In 2012 while we were exploring Rajagala we noted a prominent hill which locals called Balagala / Walimbe and after few map reading sessions we got to know that this was called Walimbe hela / Friars hood (because of the look of a hat of a priest). I was determined to conquer it and in 2014 I actually attempted it while I was turned back by a false 119 complain.

Year 2018 is not for instantaneous trips but to cover up long awaited dream hikes. Mandaram Nuwara to Piduruthalagala was once a dream since 2009 and Malaka’s report played a major part in it.

Kallebokka is a estate in Panwila – kabaragala road next to Madulkele, Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is located at an elevation of 1175 meters above sea level. The 360 View point located at the highest peak in the division/estate is the attractive place where most of the locals visit to view the surrounding beauties. We can see knuckles range with it’s highest peaks and the famous Sembuwatta Lake also can be seen. A ticket of 100/- is issued at the entrance passing the village.The road uphill is tough and all vehicles cannot be driven to the top. Bikes and 4 wheel drivers are recommended. You will never regret after reaching the top.

Ambagolla Mountain (801m) is the other end of Galpadihela range and situated closer to historical Galpadipela. It provides a nice view towards surrounding. This is my journey to Ambagolla peak in a windy day.

Lenadora-ලෙනදොර (480m) is a small pointed rock situated at base of Manikdena (මැණික්දෙන) Mountain. This is our half a day journey to Lenadora.

Kadigala (650m) is an isolated peak situated between Naula and Galewela. It’s sharpen face attracts travelers to visit there

This is one of my long waited hike. People hike the all these peaks as separate hikes. I thought of doing it differently. I wanted to do the peaks of kalupahana area and Adarakanda range as one hike. As usual another 7 members of my team also joined for this hike. initially we prepared with a proper plan with time schedules and travel plan.

Hinguruwatta Kanda is a beautiful peak with nice view points situated at upper border of Knuckles massif. This is our one day journey to this peak.

මුහුදු මට්ටමේ සිට අඩි 6,182ක උසින් පිහිටි නුවරඑළිය නගරය අවට ප‍්‍රදේශවල පවතින සාමාන්‍ය උෂ්ණත්වය සෙල්සියස් අංශක 4 – 5 දක්වා පහත වැටුණු විටක මල් තුහින දැකගත හැකිය. මෙසේ උෂ්ණත්වය පහත වැටීමත් සමඟ දැඩි ශීත දේශගුණයක් අළුයම් කාලයේදී නුවරඑළිය පුරා පවතින අවස්ථාවන් හීදී මෙම මල්තුහින පතිත වේ. මේ කාලය නුවරඑළිය පරිසරය ඇතැම් විට සාමාන්‍ය ජනතාවට ඉතා කටුක බවක් ගෙන දේ.

Single Tree is about 2105m and Kikiliyamana about 2143m and they are the border of Nuwaraeliya from Western side. Reaching to the both peaks is very easy and no need of special permission. The Single Tree road is situated near to the Race Course (6.961011, 80.767516). We can travel up to the Swarnagiri maha viharaya Temple via the narrow road by any vehicle but after that we have to walk or else go by a 4WD vehicle.

We got back to rail track before about 500m to Idalgashinna Station and walked towards the station along the track. We had out snacks at the Station and started the restof the journey at about 4.00pm from there. (Advisable to walk in an average speed from haputale to idalgashinna part as you will miss the beauty from idalgashinna to ohiya if it gets darker. Some How We Managed our walking pace for the next part)

Ella (ඇල්ල) is one of the best tourist destinations of Sri Lanka. It is attracted by more foreigners than local travelers.Therefore it has been developed as a tourist city where number of hotels, restaurant are situated. This is a short account of tourists attractions around Ella.