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Year and Month | 2014 January 16th |
Number of Days | First day of three days trip to Jaffna |
Crew | 02-Nirosh and My self |
Accommodation | Nature Park Holiday Resort-Chundikulam T.P 0213216254 |
Transport | Train, Bus and three-wheeler |
Activities | Bird watching and relaxation |
Weather | Excellent |
Route | Colombo -> Palai (පලෙයි) -> Iyakachchi (අයියකච්චි) -> Chundikulam (චුන්ඩිකුලම්) |
Tips, Notes and Special remark |
I would like to thank Amila and Major Wanniarachchi (Iyakachchi camp) for their kind help |
Author | Niroshan |
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I was waiting to go by newly established Northern Railway Line (Yaldewi-යාල්දේවී) for a long time and this trip was coupled with visiting of Chundikulam Bird sanctuary as well.
We started our journey from Colombo-fort station at 5.50am (new time of departure from Colombo fort is 5.45am). This was my first experience in luxurious train in Sri Lanka. It stopped only at limited stations and our routine practice of foot board journey couldn’t be done as doors were closed. We reached Palai station around 12 noon and got a bus towards Iyakachchi junction where we had our lunch. With the help of Army friends we arranged a three wheel to Nature Park Holiday Resort-Chundikulam.
The road towards the resort was gravel in most instance and we enjoyed the view of beach as well.
The lagoon in front of the Resort is a good place for bird watching. There is a grass land adjacent to the lagoon where you can view number of birds. We spent about one hour there and moved to the nearby beach.
Chundikulam area consists of number of lagoons. We walked from one lagoon to another to view birds and for photography. There are human settlements close to these lagoons.
Then we walked along the jeep track parallel to the beach and entered a foot pathway in left hand side. This foot pathway goes to another beautiful lagoon where we had a rest on the grass
Next day early morning (around 5am) we left the resort as we had to enjoy the sun rise at Chundikulam beach and catch first bus to Point of Pedro
We got Point of Pedro bus around 7 am and said good bye to Chundikulam to start another two days trip to Jaffna Peninsula.
Thanks for reading