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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. බත්තුලු ඔය දිගේ සිරිපතුලට (Battulu Oya-Paradise-Sri Pada trail) 22 views
  4. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 22 views
  5. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 21 views
  6. Trip to Mannar and Talei Mannar 19 views
  7. Beyond Chariot path…… 18 views
  8. Herbal Paradise Dolukanda (600m) 17 views
  9. Waterfalls of Colombo District 16 views
  10. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom 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. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 82 views
  9. Beyond Chariot path…… 78 views
  10. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 76 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! 314 views
  7. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 258 views
  8. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 256 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 25,109 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) 17,573 views
  7. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 16,964 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

To see the Dooli Ella (Neluwa), exploring the Sinharaja forest through the Pitadeniya side and the beauty of the A17 high way

The main target of this one day trip was to see the Dooli Ella which is situated near to the Neluwa town. There is a very beautiful trail though the Sinharaja Forest reserve up to Deniyaya from Dooli ella through the Lankagama and Pitadeniya. Travelling along the A17 high way between Deniyaya and Rakwana was a very interesting one.

In search of ruins around Wellassa

After mountain climbing around Ella on the previous day I was clueless what to do on day 2 and 3 because my previous agenda was not feasible at this point. After discussing with my friend Priyanjan I decided to go to Hadapanagala Lake and end my day. That was the fixed plan for the day even when I left his premises. It was around 11am when I got in to a bus towards Wellawaya and the bus conductor came close to me to issue a ticket and suddenly a question popped out. “කන්දෙ විහාරෙ ගාවට යන්නෙ කොහොමද?”

Wilpattu – Land of Lakes and Great Landscapes

It had been almost six years since I last visited Wilpattu. My last visit was in 2006, few weeks before the tragic incident of the landmine explosion which killed six visitors who where on safari. The park was pretty much out of bound since then until the end of the war in 2009. Even after it was re-opened I wasn’t able to plan a trip due to various constraints. This is when a firend at work invited me to join him in a three day trip to wilpattu. I couldn’t have been happier!

Exploring Pilkington point & Millennium point, the popular view points at Poonagala Estate

It was an extraordinary cool morning to Wellawaya. We waked up before the Sun and left the Little Rose Inn, the night stay of us at Wellawaya. We moved heading Diyaluma, as the first travel location of the day. The fall was rather young because it might rain at Bandarawela area, those days. Because Poonagalla Oya the stream Foamed Diyaluma, was originated from Bandarawela area.

Bambarakanda to Kirigalpoththa (Scenic Driving and Hiking)

Everything was set for the journey and we took off from Moratuwa around 6 p.m., after a full day work at office. The idea was to travel somewhere close to Kalupahana and start journey in the next day early morning as we needed a full day to cover both off-road driving and hiking. We reserved ‘The Jungle Rest’ (just 500m away from the Belihuloya Rest House) which was situated away from the road as the name implies. The place was quite ok and affordable.

Exploring Yala Block II

Leaving park office we drove along the Yala main road to paranaganthota (a.k.a Parana Thotupola) where we crossed Menik River and entered Block 2. Our camp site was “Nuga Sevana”, one of the newer camp sites established on the bank of the river. It was only a couple hundred meters away from Paranaganthota (පරන ගං තොට).

Wawethenna (වැවේතැන්න), the hidden paradise

Wawetenna an off the beaten travel location has been hidden from popular travel forums for years. Times to time many inquiries have been made by travelers on this marvelous travel location, but none has received answers satisfactory. As per the 1:50,000 map of Kandy, there were two locations with the same name. Finally having analyzing limited data available, a place closed to Madamahanuwara was identified as the real Wawethenna where a panoramic view point was existed. This travelogue is dedicated to all who interested on re-discovering of this hidden travel location.

Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

The story is that the God Kataragama had met his future wife Walli amma on a rainy day near a tamarind tree at this place which is also called Siyambalawa devalaya (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය).We were asked to be refrained from consuming all kinds of meat and alcohol for one week before the date and we bought fruits and other stuff which are needed for the pujawa (පූජාව) the day before.Mohan been a veteran organized a couple of cooks with all the dry rations needed.

Jeep Track from Bambarakanda to Ohiya, a must do for the adventure seeker

The road conditions were pretty much the same if not worse for a fairly long distance and it was a very slow climb. On to your left was the precipice of the Bambarakanda and in certain places it was clearly visible. It’s important to engage 4X4 and be cautious on the steering. Thereafter we came to the infamous V-cut pass, where the first flat terrain is found after leaving the resort, and it was a perfect place to rest a bit and click on some beauty.

Journey from Kalupahana to Ohiya through the Devil’s Staircase.

Sun was shining in the sky as a silver globe. We were on our way to another adventurous journey heading Namunukula. The small open canopy jeep was packed with 5 Lakdasun members. The itinerary of the day was to reach Passara via Beragala & Pilklinton point @ Punagala estate, since it was identified as a much scenic drive. Just as we passed Balangoda; our itinerary was challenged by ourselves. The main role of the same was played by Dinesh, who bucked on the distinctive weather condition prevailing and suggested to change the route.

Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya

If I explain to you the very little I know about the devalaya, this place is considered very sacred by devotees of God Katharagama . They believe that the God’s present staying place is the ‘Maha Siyambalawa Devalaya’ (Kebaliththa). I’m too believe that without any doubt. There are so many ‘Haskam’ which I cannot explain here. People at Kotiyagala respect this place very strongly and they are even scared to deal with this place. So I listened to their word and prepared my self as per the customs which they told that we have to follow.

Trip to Wasgomuwa National Park

We stopped at a night hotel somewhere near Nittambuwa as two of my friends were out of dinner and drove up to Dambulla without stopping. We re-fueled from Damdulla around 3.00 am and drove to Pallegama. We stopped in a night tea shop somewhere near Pallegama to have a cup of tea. We arrived at the Park Entrance at around 5.45 am and proceeded to the bungalow after completing the formalities at the entrance office.

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