When I wanted to do a small hike on a half day of a Holiday Nirosh suggest me a hike around in his area. It was a small mountain situated in Remuna near Anguruwathota. I left from Moratuwa and met Nirosh at Bandaragama and we proceed along the Panadura – Anguruwathota road and quickly reached to Remuna village. It is called Kumariyan Penna Gala (කුමරියන් පැන්න ගල) and there was a story behind that name. 

However when I checked it in Metric Maps, it marked as “Ramuna Kanda” (රෙමුණ කන්ද) and height about 149.05m. We came to the trail head where the name board established and then after passing the Anda Dola (ආඳා දොළ) we have to go along the rocky staircase and it was not difficult as the footpath is fully clear. It took few minutes and we came to the top of the mountain. As long as in my memory this is the shortest mountain that I have climbed and the view also good. Even then height is very small we had a good view of the entire area.

It was very easy to find Pahanthudawa fall as it is the main attraction of this road. So far many hotels and guest houses in this area was based on this fall. This is a very small waterfall and beautiful and too dangerous. Many of people were died over there due to flash floods and falling to the deep pool. Reaching to the closer of the fall is much difficult since we need to walk along the rocks and it might be slippery. Hence please avoid of visiting this fall during rainy season and soon after the raining.

We had a trip around Walapane and Nuwaraeliya area and suddenly Madusanka said that there is a place called Golumale and it was situated near Walapane area. Then we thought to visit this place and we thought this will be a just a place for a bath. At that time it was nearly around 2pm and we are also at the same area. Hence we headed to Golumle asking the directions from the locals. Villagers are very friendly and they clearly told us the path to Golumale. We had another plan to visit Harasbedda Mini World’s End on the way back to Nuwaraeliya.

Kiribathgala is a long awaited hike in our life as we have seen this giant mountain many number of times at the time of passing Pelmadulla.  We went to pathakada side and the village called Bogoda-Aramba. We started our hike along the Lihiniyak Kelina dola and walked from the left side forest.

It was a nice journey as we walked along a stream but it was dried at that time hence it was very easy for us to climb upward. There were no much leeches and we had enough sources to dink some water. We hiked about 3-4 hours through the forest and reached to the top of mountain which looks like a flat area. Then we walked further along that flat area and was able to reach a higher point.

This was a unplanned journey which is done with Nirosh and few of his friends. On this day I was travelling to Kandy for a personal work by bicycle and Nirosh and his friends were roaming around Kithugala, Yatiyantota in the morning. Then I told him to join with me at Dolosbage road which can come from Nawalapitiya as they have passed Olu fall also. Then we met in the evening and headed to Dolosbage and planned to cover road side waterfalls as they didn’t visited them before. We didn;t think about the beautiful falls located bit away from the main road such as Suramba Fall, Diyathiri Fall etc.

This is one of our day hike done with Nirosh long time ago. We was hunting plenty of waterfalls near by our areas and these three falls we have marked to do in a one day and we left from Bandaragama around 8am. We was searching all the three falls clearly on our way to Pelmadulla. Finally we were able to come home by 5pm.

Dolukanda is a well known mountain range due to the Dolukanda Raja Maha Viharaya (Dolukanda Buddhist Temple) and it is believed that the mountain is directly linked to the great Indian epic, Ramayana Trail in Sri Lanka . In Ramayana story this mountain declared as Dolukada Sanjeewani mountain. This is one of the five Sanjeevani drops in Sri Lanka which located in Kurunegala District. This is one of the popular Ramayana sites of Sri Lanka , where it is believed that the parts of Himalaya Mountain have been felt while it was carried to Sri Lanka by Hanuman. Sanjeewani in Hindu mythology is a magical herb with super natural powers which of them considered be growing at dark and believing to cure any disease. This mountain or important site of Ramayana tour in Sri Lanka is situated in Hiripitiya village which is located about 20 KM north of the district capital of Kurunegala.

Year and Month  19-August-2018 Number of Days  One Crew  02 Accommodation  N/A Transport  Motor Bicycles Activities  Hiking, Nature Exploring, Photography, Sightseeing, Waterfall Hunting Weather  Good Route  Colombo -> Horana -> Ballapitiya -> Govinna -> Gawaragiriya -> Ayagama Tips, Notes and Special remark Carry enough water Do not try in rainy days Ask the directions from local […]

Kadadora Vihara (Also known as Kadadora Sri Priyabimbaramaya Vihara) was a Buddhist temple, situated in Kadadora, Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka. The temple was abandoned and ruined as the construction of Kotmale Dam in 1979 by Mahaweli Development programme. The ruins of Vihara still can be seen when the water level of Kotmale Reservoir is low, but the sight is very rare.

It is said that about 57 villages and 54 religious places in Kotmale were submerged with the completion of the reservoir in 1985. Except Kadadora Vihara other shrines including Thispane Vihara, Morape Devalaya, Othalawa Vihara, Pattini Devalaya and Medagoda Vihara were said to have gone under water when the reservoir was built. However, many of these temple ruins no longer exist.

Balumgala is a visible rock to the railway line and also to the main road. This is a rock located  at the Kadugannawa gap and it is much famous around all the people live in here. There are 2-3 view points and thpse are the famous destinations to see the surrounding views and there is a small rock as well as the main rock. And the highest point of the Balumgala is about 755m. 

Just before the National Railway Museum (after passing the Dawson Tower) you will find a Lagamuwa road. Travel few distance up to the Balumgala junction and turn to the Balumgala road. You can go to a edge of a view point by motor cycles also. But remember, travelling on rainy days is bit dangerous.

This is a bit dangerous and difficult hike as we need to walk along the upward of Uma Oya. We headed to Bomburu falls which is the our trail head. We started upward trek since we need to catch the night mail to Colombo. Hence it is the easiest way to reach Nuwaraeliya rather than getting down to Bomburu fall from the reservoir.  We came to the Bomburu fall early morning and purchased the tickets. This remind me my first visit to Bomburu fall, at that time there is no any ticket counter or any notice board or even people.

Adisham Hall, or Adisham Bungalow is a country house near Haputale, in the Badulla District, Sri Lanka. At present it houses the Adisham Monastery a congregation of St. Sylvester.

The house was built in 1931 by an English aristocrat and planter Sir Thomas Villiers, former Chairman of George Steuart Co, a trading and estate agency based in Colombo. Sir Thomas was a grandson of Lord John Russell and descendant of the Dukes of Bedford. It was designed by R. Booth and F. Webster in Tudor and Jacobean style, on 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land. Adisham Hall played host to many prominent personalities of the colony until the retirement of Sir Thomas, after which it was sold to Sedawatte Mills. In 1961 it was purchased by the Roman Catholic Church and was subsequently converted to a monastery. The house is well preserved along with its period fittings and furniture, and is open to visitors.