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Today's Most Viewed

  1. A Family Trip to Morningside 21 views
  2. Hike to Bathalegala and some attractions of Pilimathalawa 18 views
  3. Mysterious cave paintings at Ella, Kurulangala(කුරුලන’ගල) 13 views
  4. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 13 views
  5. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 11 views
  6. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 10 views
  7. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 10 views
  8. Trip to Wewathanna (Lake Plains) 10 views
  9. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 10 views
  10. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 9 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 129 views
  2. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 93 views
  3. A Family Trip to Morningside 61 views
  4. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 61 views
  5. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 60 views
  6. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 58 views
  7. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 54 views
  8. Waterfalls of Colombo District 52 views
  9. Kondagala Mountain, the beauty of Loolcandura 50 views
  10. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 48 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 487 views
  2. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 321 views
  3. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 292 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 286 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 220 views
  6. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 180 views
  7. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 174 views
  8. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 171 views
  9. Trip to Wewathanna (Lake Plains) 160 views
  10. කුවේණි විජයට දෙස් තැබූ යක්දෙස්සා ගල (Yakdessagala 540m) 160 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,480 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 32,018 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,057 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,898 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,692 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,738 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,993 views
  8. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,981 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,197 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,429 views

Visit Historical Olde Empire Hotel and the Temple of Tooth Relic

The Olde Empire Hotel building, which is located within walking distance from the sacred Buddhist Temple of the Tooth, was established as a coffee factory over 110 years ago has been declared a conserved building in the world heritage city of Kandy by the United Nations. The building was converted to a Hotel in the late 1800s.

Wife’s first Pilgrimage of Sripada in the off-season

This is the first time that my wife visited peak wilderness for the pilgrimage of holy foot-print. We had this on a poya day as the Uda Maluwa is open on poya days. We headed to Hatton by night mail the previous day and we have arranged a van to pick up us from there and to Nallathanniya for Rs.3,500/-. We started our hike in the dawn and slowly we were able to reach the summit at 12 noon and fortunately, the Uda Maluwa was open for worship.

Beauty of Bandaragama – වීදාගම වැව (වල්ගම වැව/ ලෝකපිල වැව)

දින දින නොඅඩු දින පුද පැවති මනහර
දනමන රඳන සැදි ගෙඋයන් සිරිත් සර
වැජඹෙන පසිඳු මහ රයිගම්පුර අතුර
බබළන සොඳුරු වීදාගම මහ වෙහෙර

Exploring the Labuheladola Waterfall chain and Gonamagulana Fall

Labuheladola Waterfall chain is a hidden waterfall in the area as there is a risky path but we were get notified of this from one of our contact at the Gawawragiriya. After that, he was able to give the exact details of the area and the path and advised us to be more careful as the path is too risky.

A relaxed journey to Dumbara and Elle Kanda Fall

We had another day to enjoy by hunting a few hidden waterfalls in Horana and Ellagawa which were we noted during our previous journeys. We headed from Bandaragama and continue the first visit to Ella Kanda Ella/ Elle Kanda Fall/ Elle Kanda Ella which is near to the famous Ella Kanda Dewalaya. This was what we identified on our previous journey to Wanahami Cave complex.

A day spent at dried Habarana Lake and Minneriya Park

This was the first official trip I had after joining. This was to Habarana Village by Cinnamon for 3 days and we have enjoyed a lot and I and two of my friends had a small adventure on massive Habarana lake as it was fully dried. We walk around the lake and crossed it and again walked for nearly 2Km on the river to explore the atmosphere to get an understanding of the status of a dried lake.

Erathna route cleaning project with Derana

We were lucky to invited from Manusath Derana to lead the cleaning project on Kuruwita – Erathna route on this massive project. As we planned we came to the Galwangediya Ambalama and get down via Erathna route for cleaning and collecting garbage. It took all over the day and Derana has provided garbage bags and some stuff for the participants and it was much easier for everyone too.

An unforgettable train journey to Nuwaraeliya

This was an unforgettable journey for me and my wife as we spend this vacation with our little princess. We planned this for 5 days by locating Nuwaraeliya and we rented a house via contact of our friend Madusanka. And the most wanted experience is the train journey at Expo Rail and Rajadhani Express. Hence we booked Expo Rail to reach Nanuoya and on our return journey, we booked Rajadhani Express. Unfortunately, this luxury train service is not functioning now.

Dhanigala / Alien Mountain at Aralaganwila

Dhanigala mountain is actually an exploration by Travel with Chathura program as they captured an amazing circular photo of this unique shaped mountain. Hence I wanted to climb this mountain before get it rush by unethical travelers. However, I and few of my friends were able to conquer Dhanigala mountain and explore some more beauty than we saw on Chathura’s video.

Magnificent 360° scenery at Kallebokka Viewpoint

Kallebokka 3600 viewpoint (height: 1,175m) became a trending destination after it was promoted by a certain TV programme. The summit is located right on the border of Matale and Kandy districts and shares the same ridge that forms Hathale min-worlds end and Hunnasgiriya mountain. The said ridge extends to the north and joins with western massif of Knuckles.

On a clear day, visitors can observe Central Highlands, Kandy City, Sembuwatte lake and Knuckles Mountains.

Visit to Pathahawatte Raja Maha Viharaya

The temple is now known as Sri Pushkararama Rajamaha Viharaya at Pathahawatte, Kothalawela is certainly an important piece of Raigampura Heritage – and not just for its religious significance.

Reachable by taking the right turn at ‘Kotalawela junction’ – near the 11th-kilometer post on Panadura-Horana Road, the entire land of the temple of 12 Hectares (5 acres), an archeological reserve since 1970, is surrounded by a huge wall of kabook. It is 2 meters wide and the height varies between 2 -3 meters. Given the depth of the foundation, the original height could have been easily twice of that. This wall dates back to either Kotte or Gampola period.

Family Trip to Sembuwatte Lake

Sambuwatta Lake is a beautiful man-made reservoir located in Elkaduwa, Matale. The lake is bordered by Cambell’s Land forest reserve and situated at an elevation of 1,140 m. The misty and chilly atmosphere with pine trees and tea-covered slopes surrounding the lake make visitors feel relaxed and tranquil.

What puts the lake at the top as a leisure and family travel destination is the plethora of adventure activities available such as zip-lining, swan/motorboat riding, canoeing and hiking. Bathing and swimming in the lake, however, is not allowed since the lake is fairly deep (30 – 40 ft), there is a separate pool built for that purpose.

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