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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 43 views
  2. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 28 views
  3. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 25 views
  4. Waterfalls of Colombo District 20 views
  5. Hike to Balumgala and visit to nearby Attractions 18 views
  6. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 17 views
  7. Heritage of ancient Magama, the capital of Ruhuna kingdom 16 views
  8. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom 16 views
  9. Maaragala / මාරගල (Alawwa) 15 views
  10. Trip to Embilipitiya 15 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 127 views
  2. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 101 views
  3. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 73 views
  4. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 59 views
  5. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 59 views
  6. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 58 views
  7. Knuckles Sphinx-2 / කිනිහිරිගල-2 (1500+m) 56 views
  8. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 55 views
  9. Five peaks of knuckles (1862m) 54 views
  10. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 54 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 598 views
  2. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 366 views
  3. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 320 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 291 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 231 views
  6. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 223 views
  7. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 202 views
  8. Trip to Wewathanna (Lake Plains) 188 views
  9. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 176 views
  10. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 170 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,450 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 32,010 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,051 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,872 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,672 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,706 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,984 views
  8. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,971 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,186 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,416 views

Puttalam – Kalpitiya

Last day of our trip we planned to visit Kalpitiya and Bathlangunduwa. We were so tired and got up late and started the journey around 8.30AM. It took lot of time as the Puttalam – Anuradhapura (A12) is under construction. On Our Way to Puttalam we stopped at “Thabbowa Wewa” and relaxed a bit. It is near karuwalagaswewa and it was a nice location to have breakfast.

Wilpattu National Park, Horse Mountain, Thumbapanni

Next Day was a big day for us as any of us haven’t been to Wilpattu National Park. Early morning we got up and headed to the park. Mr Chaminda Dissanayake, the owner of Kahala Jeep Safari gave us a great help arranging the best guides and the safari.

Trip to Mannar and Talei Mannar

We started our journey around 12.30 AM and continuously drove up to Puttalam it was 2.45AM when we arrived Puttalam. From Puttalam there were 2 roads to go to Talei Mannar. Short one goes through Willpattu but it need a 4×4 vehicle and the other one through Madawachiya and joins A14 road. We chose the long drive as the Road through Willpattu opens at 4.30AM and it is a Hazardous journey. We came to know later when we arrived at Mannar the road through Willpattu was flooded.

Jaffna / Chavekacheri Travelogue

We booked the Luxury AC bus in advance and it starts near Isipathana College and costs 4000 Rupees Return. (Believe me it’s worth every cent we paid)
We went there by 9.30PM although bus starts at 10PM they checked IDs and then we packed our bags in to bags compartment in the bus. Bus left around 11PM. The bus is super luxury with reclining seats and headrest. But the bus has seal type windows.

Knuckles Dothalugala Camping Experience

Early morning we got up and left to Dothalugala Camp Site. Dothalugala Cabin is 2Km from Deanston. The road is mortable but some parts the condition is not that good. So it is better if you can use a 4WD. Dothalugala camp site is around 750M away from Dothalugala Cabin. Forest Officers provided us a Villager / Guide. Please make sure to carry enough kerosene oil and lanterns, because you are entirely depending on it and there is no electricity available for nearly 2.5KM. When you need to charge you phones and Cameras you can head back to deanston (2.5Km + from campsite) and get it charged.

Deanston Conservation Centre and Mini Worlds End Trail – Knuckles

We started the journey in the early morning from Colombo and we reached Kandy within three hours. We bought all the food items / kerosene oil from Kandy. We planned to stay first night in Deanston Conservation Centre and second night in Dothalugala Cabin and we had no idea that Knuckles has a camping site. If you need to book any of these places you need to book it from “Sampathpaya” Forest Department office and for that you will need a recommendation from a Forest Dept Official.

Kirigalpotta (Kirigalpoththa) Travelogue (2392M)

Our 2nd day objective was to do the Kirigalpotta Nature Trail and My Engagement on top of Kirigalpotta. But it previous night it rained….. Tent got damaged… didn’t have a good night sleep and crew members wanted to return home so we did Circular Trail. We finished the trail around10AM we had our breakfast on campsite and returned to the Van. But I had hope in getting Engaged on top of Kirigalpotta and I convinced my crew members to agree on doing the “Kirigalpotta Nature Trail” But they didn’t agree with me at first.

Horton Plains Camping at Camp Site 3

We booked the camp site 3 from Wild life department which was the totally isolated from crowd but unfortunately when we reach there, the camp site numbers had been changed by Wildlife Dept. Earlier site number 2 had been changed to 3. We got the camp site in between the two (1&3 earlier)

This was a real disappointment but anyway its bit isolated from the bakers trek. So its better to call and find out before booking.

World’s End, Mini Worlds End, Bakers Falls Circular Trail (8Km)

This is a continuation of a 4 day trip. We camped First Night and before going to sleep our objective was to complete the “Kirigalpotta Trail” on next day. It was a special trail because I was planning to get engaged on top of kirigalpotta.

But unfortunately there were heavy showers at night with extreme wind conditions. Our tent got damaged. Water came in to the tent and we had to take a decision and there were no alternative other than returning back to our Van. It was 11.30PM and we started walking on the rain to the Van. Phew! This was a once in a lifetime experience. I don’t think anybody have ever walked around 12AM inside Horton Plains.

Scenic Boat Safari in Madu Ganga, Balapitiya

We started the journey from Colombo around 8AM and the crew was four. We used a Suzuki Swift as our transportation.

The drive to Balapitiya was quite effortless and the Galle road was in pretty good shape. Although it is good be sure to stay in the speed limit. Because occasionally you find traffic cops waiting for you to speed!

Totupota (Thotupola) Kanda Travelogue (2359m) 3rd Highest Mountain in Sri Lanka

We started the journey from Colombo. We used a Nissan Caravan as our transportation. First day we stayed at Havaeliya and next day morning we started the journey towards Horton Plains. You will need to purchase a ticket before entering Horton plains. Our main target was to cover most of Horton Plains within three days and First day we planned to treak to the top of Totupola kanda. When we arrived at Horton Plains it was cold and Misty.

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