A visit to any UNESCO World Heritage Site is special.
Yet, when its the only remaining patch of virgin Rainforest left in the entire 65,610 sq.km. of this island nation - and threatened, it lends a whole new tone to any safari.
We picked the perfect day. The landscapes en-route were just spectacular against a blue sky.
The Sri Lanka Blue Magpie greeted us at 6.20 am - the exact time it had appeared everyday the past week. Endemic, uncommon and vulnerable! We were lucky to capture an image as it hurried around.
As if to greet us on our trek, a Green Pit Viper obliged for the camera almost at the entrance to the rainforest
And the giant spider spinning a giant web.
A male Malabar Trogon - an uncommon breeding resident surveyed the forest from its vantage point
The pods of a wild pepper vine hung lusciously above us.
A Kangaroo Lizard standing erect on a dead tree-stump..we wished it would hop off.
Images of a rainforest must include at least one with morning light filtering through it's canopy.
A back-lit fern - a perfect example of how rainforest foliage adapts to the excessive moisture through elongated leaf tips or drip-tips which drains the water off easily.
A White Four Ring Butterfly basking in the morning sun.
Not to be outdone, a Common Crow Butterfly gets it's share of the sun.
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The colours of a good camouflage. A Green Garden Lizard above and aquatic life in the rainforest, below
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