Kokagala is a rock of 640m height situated closer to Padiyathalawa town. This is my experience of hiking Kokagala mountain.

Matale line streches from Peradeniya junction to Matale with the distance of 28km. This is our experince of rail walk at Matale line from Ukuwela to Waththegama.

Ambewela is called little New Zealand of Sri Lanka. The climatic conditions of Ambewela make it an ideal location for dairy farming in Sri Lanka. It has highest (in attitude) and largest grasslands in Sri Lanka.

Indikada Mukalana and it’s water stream is a famous bathing place at Waga area. As it is situated in Colombo district a lot of visitors come in weekend for bath and drink here. This small report to not down the cleaning project of the water stream.

Palaitive is an Island situated closer to Jaffna peninsula. It has no inhabitants and Sri Lankan Navy base is situated. This is my experience about short visit at Palaitive Island for it’s annual festival at St. Anthony church.

Longest distance between two railway stations of Sri Lanka is 25.4km between Gal Oya junction and Agbo Pura. Trinco railway line goes through Kawdulla National park and Somawathiya forest reserve in this section. Rail walk along this section will give oppurtunitiy for visiting wild animals.

Wilpaththu NP (විල්පත්තු ජාතික වන උද‍යානය) is the largest (131, 693ha) and oldest national park in Sri Lanka. It is famous for visiting Leopards and wild bears. Special feature of Wilpaththu NP is having water filled natural lakes-Willus.

Thunhisgala/ Kalupahana is a prominent peak of Knuckles massif with 1627m height. It is situated at center of Knuckles area-Kalupahana which was covered with Cardamom estates 30 years ago. The reason for the name Thunhisgala is due to three peaks in climbing. (Thun+His+Gala) (තුන්+හිස්+ගල). Alternative meaning is three ridges meet together to form the mountain.

Somawathiya temple (Somawathi Chethiya) is one of the popular places among Buddhist devotees. The right sacred tooth relic of Lord Buddha was kept at Somawathi stupa. It is said there are seven acessory stupa around Somawathi temple. This is our attempt to visit one of them.

Gongala (1357m) is the highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Hills. Gongala is a range and it’s appearance of an ox gives the name Gongala. But the highest point of Gongala range is not Gongala, another point of Gongala. Sabaragamuwa hills are also known as Rakwana hills/ massif

Sri Lankan rail tracks run in different environmental locations of the country where you can have different experiences with rail walk. Rail hike along central part gives maximum beauty of the country and costal rail walk is totally different from it. We thought of doing a rail walk in dry zone mainly rail tracks runs through forests.

Kalpitiya is major tourist attraction where you can enjoy the beach life a lot. This is our experience on camping at Kudawa beach and beach walk to sacred church-St.Annes church at Thalawila.