Lace up your hiking boots and visit the newly re-opened Yala Safari in Sri Lanka. Closed off to British Nationals from October 2007 until this month, 
the hiking boots I bought for my wife to stabilize her steps through the Blue Ridge Mountains also served as winter snow boots for her. 4. 
Is it advisable to use winter hiking boots for hiking in the summer?
I use my standard winter boots in summer and haven't experienced any problems. I am in England though, so I can't claim to have put them to a thorough test!
I wore my old boots in India when I was there and I found that as long as I wore breathable cotton socks I didn't need a specific desert boot.
You may want to check about your soles though, I have a pair that harden as the temperature drops, which means the opposite is true also. The last thing you want is to have your treads melt!
