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Trip Reports Archive » By Interests » Caving

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Trip to Piduruthalagala Summit

  2. Jaunting off to the Most Beautiful Village on Earth – Meemure

  3. Quick visit to Olagangala & Kanugolla ancient hermitages

  4. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera!

  5. Hike to Ella Rock Point

  6. A Days Trip To Non Pareil – From 427 feet to 6990 feet in 5 Hours

  7. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom

  8. Searching for Rabbits on top of Havagala (1400m)

  9. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m

  10. Camping at Meemure

This Week's

  1. Jaunting off to the Most Beautiful Village on Earth – Meemure

  2. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera!

  3. Hike to Ella Rock Point

  4. Excursion to the Lifeline of Hasalaka – Rathna Ella

  5. Hike to highest Peak (Gombania, 6,253 ft) of the Knuckles Range

  6. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom

  7. Trip to Piduruthalagala Summit

  8. Quest to Singhagala (Lion Rock – සිංහ ගල) In Singharaja Rain Forest

  9. Quick visit to Olagangala & Kanugolla ancient hermitages

  10. Searching for Rabbits on top of Havagala (1400m)

This Month's

  1. Jaunting off to the Most Beautiful Village on Earth – Meemure

  2. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera!

  3. Bambarella to Thangappuwa by hiking Knuckles Peaks & Exploring Alugallena

  4. Nature “Drive Thru” via Hambegamuwa, Welioya, Bogawantalawa and Maskeliya

  5. Life along the railways of Uva (Badulla to Ambewela)

  6. Hike to highest Peak (Gombania, 6,253 ft) of the Knuckles Range

  7. A trip to Ampara and Monaragala

  8. Quest to Singhagala (Lion Rock – සිංහ ගල) In Singharaja Rain Forest

  9. One-day Trip to Water World & Bird Park, Kelaniya

  10. Cleaning Effort at Kumari Ella

All-Time

  1. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya

  2. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

  3. Heaven On Earth (Knuckles – Illukkumbura, Reverstan)

  4. Ancient Paradise – Mahiyanganaya

  5. Wilpattu National Park, Horse Mountain, Thumbapanni

  6. Trip to Jaffna

  7. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m

  8. In search of “Soora Saradiel’s” hide out and Bo Ella

  9. Ravana Gala, Laxapana – King Ravana’s other airport

  10. Siyane Korale Heritage – Maligathenna, Pilikuththuwa, Varana, Koskandawala, Petta-gam Gala Historic Cave Temples

Heritage in and around Rustic Buddama

Buddama was a place I have never heard before until I was posted there for few months, this rural area of Monaragala district boarders the southern boundaries of Gal Oya National park. Most of the population has the same surname called Dissanayake Mudiyanselage indicating that most of them had been related to the ancestors Wellassa rebellion that fled to the valleys of Gal Oya and they are farmers by occupation.

3 Day Trip to Waulpane ,Pitadeniya Conservation Center via Sinharaja (වන නිවහන)

The drive to Waulpane was quite effortless. But the last 1KM or so was bit difficult. After stopping the van at end of the road (still you need to walk about 600m to the caves ) which was an very interesting journey. You need to find a giud to got to this otherwise if your not familiar with the place it’ll be difficult (negotiable the amount before you hire a guide) normally Rs.300-500

The Caving Expedition – Waulpane (Wawulpane) ‘FEB 2011

Back in 2011, February I myself along with another 02 well experienced trekkers decided to explore the Prehistoric world of “Waulpane” which dates back to approx 500 million years..!! We started Early in the morning from Colombo and by mid-day we reached the rendezvous point close to Pallebedda.

Kitulgala Beli lena

Belilena Cave, which is about 8 km from Kitulgala high up in the Inoya Estate, is one of the larger prehistoric caves on the island, where the 12,000-year-old skeletal remains of ’Balangoda Man’ (Homo Sapiens Balangodensis) were found. The prehistoric settlements of the area date back to a very early period, as shown by recent cave excavations as well as those carried out at other sites. The earliest settlement dates back to around 32,000 years ago. Skeletal remains, microliths, bone implements, cherts and food remnants have been found in local caves.

Knuckles – Doovili Eli – Kalupahana 2010

Started from Colombo fort at 6.00 a.m. but got into a Kandy bus around 8.30 a.m. as it was the start of the ‘Wesak weekend ’. From Kandy to Wattegama around 1 hour in the bus and the last bus from Wattegama to Bambarella at 7.15 p.m.
There are enough buses on normal days to Bambarella from Wattegama. Even from Kandy there are few. Total distance from Kandy to Bambarella – 38km.

Investigating the Waulpane (Wawulpane) Lime stone cave

On the Ratnapura to Ambilipitiya road between Godakawela and Pallebedda junctions, there’s a road to the right side which leads to Kumburugamuwa. From the main road, you need to travel about 13km on a mountainous narrow road to reach Waulpane village. Unfortunately, I wasn’t tracking the road on GPS, but remembered to mark the location.
The cave is owned by bats (100s of them) and is very very dark. Cave ground has at least an inch thick bat droppings, may be a bit less on the path where people usually walk

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