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Year and Month | May 2011 |
Number of Days | Four days (3 night) |
Crew |
7 (between 3 – 74 years of age)
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Accommodation | Guru Gedara and other two rest houses at Anuradhapura and Minneriya |
Transport | Toyota Town-ace |
Activities | Ruins, Wildlife, Photography |
Weather | Good but very dry and hot |
Route | Panadura -> Horana ->Kurunegala -> Anuradhapura -> Sigiriya -> Polonnaruwa |
Tips, Notes and Special remark |
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Related Resources | Trip Planing Thread – How to travel from Galle to Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa ? Trip advice pls |
Author | Lakmalnj |
Comments | Discuss this trip report, provide feedback or make suggestions at Lakdasun Forum on the thread |
1st day – Kurunegala Ridi Viharaya at Ridee gama and Monaragala Buddha statue.
Ridi Viharaya is a nice and ancient place. You will not be allowed take the photographs even without flash. But sadly you will see high voltage flash lights directed to some walls with ancient paintings.(Now those paintings are difficult see and don’t seem to have any protection)
I noticed that there were several renovation and repairing workhappening when at A’pura and P’naruwa. people who are assigned to do these tasks seems to have no idea about the value of ancient structures. No one was monitoring what they were doing. This should not be just repair job and should follow the correct process for it.
2nd day – Mihintale and Atamasthanya (අටමස්ථානය)
Difficult to visit the palces in time between 11 am – 2 pm because of strong sunlight and hot conditions. I think it is better for you to start going there early in the morning and rest in between mentioned hours (You can use these hours for cooking/lunch/bathing)
3rd day – Sigiriya and Polonnaruwa
Use morning hours. Then you can get there without much tired.
At Sigiriya only few sentences you can see clearly in “Katapath Pawra (කැටපත් පවුර)” and don’t foget to see it.
At Polonnaruwa don’t forget to visit “thiwanka Pilima gee” If you are interesting in our old paintings (But you should go there before 6 pm. Because you have to go through forest)
4th day – Minneriya National park, Namal Uyana
These days you will not see many Elephants in the park (sometime not even one). That happens due to heavy rain experienced during last few months. According to our trekker, a lot of elephants can be seen in July – August months. Also you will not be able to visit some areas of National park during this time of the year because the graces growing.
Also don’t use early morning session and use after 3 pm session to visit there.