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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 99 views
  2. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 27 views
  3. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 22 views
  4. බත්තුලු ඔය දිගේ සිරිපතුලට (Battulu Oya-Paradise-Sri Pada trail) 22 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 22 views
  6. Beyond Chariot path…… 18 views
  7. Herbal Paradise Dolukanda (600m) 17 views
  8. Waterfalls of Colombo District 16 views
  9. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom 16 views
  10. Trip to Mannar and Talei Mannar 16 views

This Week's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 539 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 160 views
  3. Memories of the Tragic Plane Crash Ever Happened In Sri Lanka 90 views
  4. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 89 views
  5. Trekking from Mandaram Nuwara to Piduruthalagala 87 views
  6. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 85 views
  7. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 84 views
  8. Beyond Chariot path…… 78 views
  9. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 76 views
  10. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 75 views

This Month's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 1,857 views
  2. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 419 views
  3. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 406 views
  4. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 402 views
  5. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 343 views
  6. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 301 views
  7. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 258 views
  8. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 257 views
  9. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 237 views
  10. Alagalla mountain hike (1140m) 234 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 35,808 views
  2. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 29,680 views
  3. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 25,110 views
  4. Waterfalls of Colombo District 22,906 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 22,859 views
  6. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 17,576 views
  7. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 16,965 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 16,725 views
  9. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 16,226 views
  10. Rarely visited places in Trincomalee 15,780 views

ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains)

Would you believe that if I said there is a mini Horton plains in the peak wilderness. Yes that’s true this beautiful savanna plain first came to my notice during an Adams peak hike in 2009 and after seen it for the second time in 2013 I started gathering information about this mysterious plains. Once there was a newspaper article but without any pictures of the plains and reading it urged me to explore this unseen territory some day in my life. It is said a Bison like buffalo called “Gawara” once lived here long ago and hence the name Gwarawila was given. It is also said that once the Haldumulla route to Adams peak fell across this plains of Gawarawila too.

Kalugala 1450m where 5 provinces could be seen

Kalugala is a location on the northern point of Madulsima range which consist of two peaks and out of those Kalugala no 2 is the highest. Kalugala No 1 peak belongs to Monaragala district and is the highest point of Monaragala. I have been eyeing on this for few months and out of nowhere the anticipated day arrived.

Marching from Kalupahana to Ohiya (24Km’s)

The famous scenic hike from Kalupahana to Ohiya was one I wanted to do for a while and as usual this was decided within few hours. On the previous day we hiked Gommolliya and were spending the night at Bambarakanda rest relaxing and watching the football world cup. Since our Sunday plan was to return back to our homes we decided to alter it and do this hike. Bambarakanda rest which is managed by Mrs. Mayakaduwa is located 4km’s from Kalupahana so we had 20 more Km’s to get to Ohiya.

Worship the “Kebiliththa” along the “Galge” way…

රුහුණු කතරගම දෙවියන්ගේ පිහිට ප්රාaර්ථනා කරගැනීමට කතරගම දේවාලයට එන බැතිමතුන් කතරගම දෙවියන් පිදීම සඳහා යන තවත් අනුහස් ඇති ස්ථානයක් යාල වනෝද්යාgනයේ පිහිටා තිබේ. ඒ සියඹලාව හෙවත් කැබිලිත්ත දේවාලයයි.දෙවියන්ගේ කැලය ලෙස අතීතයේ ජනයා හැදින්වු මෙම ඓතිහාසික භූමිය පිහිට ඇත්තේ යාල වනෝද්යාිනයේ කළාප අංක 3 කොටසේය.

Kumana – Camping at Gal Amuna : Picture Report

Kumana was on the list for too long. So we thought of giving it a shot this time. Though the dry season is not at its peak yet, Kumana was extremely hot when we visited. The sightings were not the greatest, but we had enough sightings and more importantly had a great time especially at the awesome Gal Amuna campsite.

Laboring Up to the Sun-Deprived Lost World – Kohonawala…

This is an isolated village completely surrounded by numerous mountains making it located in the bottom of a deep ravine. Badulla-Passara road seems to be running around this and a few other isolated villages. Namunukula-borne Loggal Oya flows between the border of Urumeethenna, the last village with main-line-supplied electricity, and Kohonawala before joining the mighty Mahaweli at Mahiyanganaya, making it further isolated.

The story behind the start of this village has many different variations. According to the folklore, they origins run far deep thousands of years backwards where the indigenous people of SL, the Veddhas, roamed this island at will. According to one old farmer, the leader of that Veddhas in the village was an elite archer. Once he won a contest of shooting an arrow through a golden ring thus getting the name “Ranpath Mudiyanselage” bestowed upon his clan. Surprisingly all the people in Kohonawala has that as their surname to-date. Everybody is called R.M. and their given name.

Memories of Wilpattu

We decided to do this trip in two days and planned to stay the first day night in a small hotel near Wilpattu junction and to start the safari following day early morning. So on first day we started our journey from Gampaha at around 2 p.m. and reached Puttalam at about 5 p.m. where we stopped near the lagoon for a break.

Descendants of the Mammoths – Elephas Maximus Maximus…

It’s such an amazing sight to watch them and one would never get tired of watching, no matter how many times they come across, this wonderful creature. It’s even more wonderful when you get to see them in their natural habitat such as the wild life parks and forests. Lately, I was itching to go see as many of them as possible and when Sheham came up with the idea of visiting Maduru Oya I kept jumping up and down till I was exhausted.

Devil’s staircase in a 2WD SUV

It was a longtime dream of mine to tackle the devil staircase. But because most of the travels went by 4×4’s on this road I was a bit skeptical how my vehicle, which is a 2wd(RWD) would perform. So on our way back from Horton planes we decided to travel via this road. Luckily there weren’t many landslides which could have made our journey more difficult. But the mist did block our view of the beautiful sceneries.

Three day trip to Wilpattu national Park

I was home alone and since I will have to go back to ship somewhere in November, came up with an instant idea to visit Wilpattu once more. Called the usual resting place, L.L.T safari rest inn 1 day before to check the availability.I was lucky. One room was available. Spoke to my friends but no one could come in a short notice + since it’s during the week days. So, thought of going by bus instead of driving alone.

Devil’s Staircase, Horton Plains and Bottom of the World’s End drop

ince we have enough time, we decided to go to Devil’s Staircase around 2.00 pm. Road beyond BHR was very good (Concreted / paved). Even though we expect bad road, less than 2 kms from BHR road condition was horrible. After climbing about ½ km we decided to revise the vehicle for ½ km and came back to BHR.

Leopard Hunt- Wilpattu edition

We started from Gampaha at about 5 o’clock in the morning. The crew was five in a car. Could not book a bungalow inside the park and since arranged to stay @ L.L.T safari hotel close by wilpattu park. Owner Tiuder is a very nice and honest guy. He has few jeeps as well. Charges were very fair and helpful as well. Contact him through 0714187083 and try to arrange the driver named Dammika. Very nice and a great guy who will go for that extra bit to show us the best.

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