It has been a long pause from my last report but finally I found some time to do this write-up. Since lately I have found a special interest in Dambulla area and there was a long range which was at the eastern boarder of Dambulla which caught my sight when I did a hike to Arangala.

Year and Month  Octomber  01st 2017 Number of Days  One Crew  04-Anupama, Keshan, Nuwan and my self Accommodation  N/A Transport  Bus and hiking Activities  Hiking, Sightseeing and photography Weather  Intermittent drizzling Route Colombo->Mawanella->Dippitiya->Hulangkapolla->Kodigala ->Back in same route Tips, Notes and Special remark Talk with villagers and clarify the directions. Start the journey early. Better wear […]

Sandaraja Wana Arana is a sub mountaneous rain forest situated in Dotel Oya area at Kegall district. It is rich in bio diversity. Ganthuna Falls is situated closer to Sandaraja Forest reserve.

On 26th June I had an office work at Kandy. I took “Podi Menike” train from Fort at 6.00 a.m. As usual it packed with people. Around 8.45 a.m it reached to Kandy.

After passing about one year from my 1st beach walk I thought of doing another because, I wanted to have a change and diversify my traveling portfolio. Even though, the total length around our Country along the beach is about 1600+ km it was bit difficult to select a definite stretch but, finally decided to walk 10km from Godawaya to Kalametiya along Southern coastal border.

This is actually a three day tour and it had a hike to Manigala in the day in middle. On day one, we (three males and two females) got onto a bus at about 11.30 a.m from Kandy to reach Dambulla. We reached Dambulla in about two hours time and had the lunch there. Then we took a Mahiyanganaya via Kalu ganga bus to reach Kalu ganga where we had a generous host.

Aliyakotagala (1126m) mountain is situated closer to Ududumbara town. It is a good view point for mountains in Knuckles range.

Belgoda Mountain is a peak of range which has 2nd highest peak of Kurunegala District-Hadurukkanda (හදුරුක්කන්ද).I have noticed this range during my visit to Bisogala-highest peak of Kurunegala District and wanted to conquer one of middle peaks not Hadurukkanda.

Ragala Rock (1896m) is the 19th highest peak of Sri Lanka related to Rama-Rawana legend. It has unique appearance due to it’s out growth rock and has different viewpoints. King Rawana got injured in Rama-Rawana war and he was bought here to treat. Seetha has made some herbal pills but Rama converted them to small stones. Villagers believe these stones still can be seen at somewhere of this rock.

Mahakudugala is one of a peaks comes in Rawana legend. It says King Rawana’s body was hidden here 5000 years ago.
This is considered as the eleventh highest peak of Sri Lanka with 2096m height situated in Nuwara Eliya district.

Bisogala (823m) is a mountain range of different peaks situated in Kurunegala district closer to Mawathagama. Famous Ridee Wiharaya and Rambadagalla Buddha statue are situated at the base of this mountain range. It stands as the highest peak of Kurunegala district.

The journey was started from the Kandy bus stand where we all gathered and took a bus to Matale (Warakamura road Matale |Route No. 593 | Rs.45 – normal). Then we took an Etipola bus up to Asgiriyawaththa junction (Rs. 20) from where the road to Madiwela begins.