We still in Ampara & we started our 6th day of the tour to Maha Oya side. We took the bus to Maha Oya & from there we took three wheel to visit “Hot Wells in Maha Oya”. Around 9.00 a.m we came to the site.

Year and Month  2018 March 25th Number of Days  One day Crew  4-Keshan, Kasun, Nuwan and Myself Accommodation  Previous day night at Hatton Inn Transport  By bus, three wheel and hike Activities  Hiking, sightseeing and Photography Weather  Excellent Route Hatton->Teinsin in Hatton-Bogawanthalawa road->Rogbill estate->Elbedda /Elbeddakele Tips, Notes and Special remark Nobody at Bogawanthalawa call it […]

After two years of planning and reading trip reports in Lakdasun and posts on Elakiri about Doowili ella, finally we were able to gather 4 people (well, in the beginning there were 6 and on the day sprit was remain), who were extremely needed to do this hike.

I got to know the place from a friend of Mine and wanted to be relaxed with my family and without any prior plan we decided to visit the place in the morning. Got packed our lunch and got some snacks started the journey.

Urakanda (980m) is the giant standing next to famous Bathalegala. Though Bathalegala is a popular destination among travelers Urakanda has not derived attraction. This is the summary of journey to Urakanda from Hettimulla side

This beautiful plain is situated closer to Nuweraeliya at 2200m-2300m attitude. This is our journey to this plain.

Uthuwankanda (431m) is the place where Soora Saradiyel lived. He is identified as the local Robbin hood.

So I have been very busy for a while but yet found some time for traveling. Only thing is i didn’t have anytime to do a write up. So this would be a short write up on two locations i visited last December.

Nawgala is a rock situated at Galigamuwa area. It seems like a ship in distance causing this name. Nawgala rock is easily accessible from Galigamuwa town.

Karanampotha Mountain (639m) is an isolated peak situated between Melsiripura and Galewela areas, facing Kurunegala-Dambulla road. It is closely related to the mountain where famous Na Uyana Aranya (නා උයන ආරණ‍ය) is situated.

Kukulagala /Diyathalawa (කුකුළාගල/ දියතලාව) is a mountain range situated at Rikillagaskada town in Kandy district. This traingular shape mountain was popular among surveyors as a measuering point. British surveyor called C. Erskine has been there in 1910 and his engraved letters can be found at top of Diyathalawa Mountain. Other than Erskine, some other surveyors also have visited there. (Ambeek in 1924)

Beliya Kanda is a triangular shape isolated mountain seen at Galewela area. It has a height of 613m. The top of Beliya Kanda has a forest coverage therefore doesn’t provide a good view towards surrounding mountains.