Locally known as "Jathika Namal Uyana", this area has two distinctive highlights; South Asia's largest pink quartz mountain and ironwood forest! Within easy reach of Dambulla and Sigiriya, the site is listed as a National Forest Reserve; it is home to ironwood trees, herbal plants with medicinal properties, archaeological ruins and wildlife including deer, elephants and monkeys. Here, you will also find the Pink Quartz Mountain said to be over 550 million years old and which offers breathtaking panoramas from the summit.