Govinda Hela and Degal Hela / Diggalahela are two gigantic rocks situated at side of A 25 road closer to Siyambalanduwa. This is my hiking notes on those two rocks.
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Giants of Siyambalanduwa- Govindahela (558m) and Diggalahela / Degal Hela (480m) | |
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Unseen Sigiriya | |
 Year and Month 2018 September 26th and 27th Number of Days Two Crew 03-Rakitha, Heshan and Myself Accommodation We stayed at budget place closer to Inamaluwa. Booked via booking.com. There are ample of places around Sigiriya. Transport Car and walking Activities Sightseeing, Archeology, Photography and Just walking Weather Sunny Route Colombo->Dambulla (දඹුල්ල)->Inamaluwa (ඉනාමලුව)->Kimbissa (කිඹිස්ස)->Sigiriya->Back along […] |
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Gedaragalapathana / Walgamwewa Kanda (ගෙදරගලපතන/වල්ගම්වැව කන්ද) (890m) | |
 The long range of Gedaragalapathana was in my to do list. We have hiked to the highest point of the range, locals named as Walgamwewa Kanda(890m) |
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Knuckles Selva Kanda (1618m) Hike | |
 Selva Kanda (සෙල්වා කන්ද)-1618m and Rilagala (රිලාගල) are two peaks marked in metric map of Knuckles forest reserve. This is our one day journey to Selva Kanda. |
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Best Hike Ever in the Knuckles Range. | |
 What I found in my camping journeys’ wonderful is digging around the knuckles. It was two times I was in the range and I found a guy who explored knuckles about 11 times. |
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Night at Ingini’s Cave | ඉඟිනියාගල මුදුනේ රැයක් | |
 After a successful hike to Westminster Abbey (Govinda hela) we returned back to main road (A25) & were waiting for a bus heading to Ampara via Inginiyagala. |
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Trekking from Bambarella to Meemure with hiking Wamarapugala (වමාරපුගල) (1551m) | |
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Highest point of Nuwaragala forest reserve-Ethbadda/ඇත්බැද්ද (=470m) | |
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Four minor peaks of Kurunegala-Nathagane, Werapola, Kadiragala and Gonagama Kanda | |
 Kurunegala District is blessed with number of small peaks. This is my experience about Nathagane, Kadiragala, Werapola and Gonagama Kanda. |
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Trekking from Mandaram Nuwara to Piduruthalagala | |
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මහගඟ දිගේ Waterfall trail | |
 This journey for a change was an idea of Irantha. He persuaded us to join us in a venture to explore the unexplored and the eager to explore the unexplored was enough of a reason for us to join in. |
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Last day of Sri Pada season-2019 | |
 Sri Pada season begins with a procession to carry Sadhathuka Karanduwa, idol of God Saman and jewelries from Pelmadulla to Sri Pada Maluwa. After six months these sacred items are carried back to Pelmadulla by procession. This is my experience of last day at Sri Pada. |
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