In 2014 when I hiked Gombaniya I did note this magnificent giant called Yakkunge hela and ever since that day I wanted to conquer it so It was pushed up the list on 2019 and It didnt fail my expectations.

As per my view Thangappuwa is the most beautiful village rather than Meemure. Because this innocent village still under traditional and village life style.

When I was travelling to Dambulla for Yakkuragala hike I was suddenly saw this small rock and quickly turned to the sub road and parked the bike at the nearest house.

Once we are searching for a new destination we come across about the giant solider at Corbet’s Gap. The name of that giant is Dumbanagala (Dumen bara kanda).

හපුතලේ කන්ද නොහොත් හල්දුම්මුල්ල බෙරගල පසුකොට හපුතලේ දක්වා ඇති බදුලු මාර්ගයේ එම කොටස ඉතා අසීරු හා දුර්ග ගමනක් බව ආදි කරත්ත කවිවල පවා සඳහන්ය.

Uda Radella is a mountain situated at the west border of Nuwaraeliya. It’s located near Shanthipura and reaching to it was very easy. We noticed this mountain on our first visit to Great Western long time ago and then we saw the edge of this mountain near Nanuoya and Radalla.

බෙලිහුල් ඔය යනු ලංකාවේ තිබෙන තවත් නුවරඑළියක් වැනි කඳු, දියඇලි, නිම්න හා මීදුම් යායන් පිරුණු නගරයකි. බෙලිහුල්ඔය දැවැන්තයින් වන වංගෙඩිගල, බලතුඩුව හා ගොම්මෝලිය කඳු අතර කරට කර ගැටෙන අනෙක් කඳු ත්‍රිත්වය නම් පරවියන්ගල, හාවාගල සහ නැග්රුක් කඳු වේ.

Alugal Mountain is one of my dream targets on this year. Hence I was finding several routes and paths to conquer this mountain easily. Before this expedition I have climbed some of nearby mountains to have understood about Alugal kanda.

Ballabendigala / Ballanbendigala / Ballanbendihela is the highest point of Kegalle District. It is a good observation point of Sri Pada mountain.

They are six acceptable routes to reach most sacred mountain of the world-Sri Pada / Adam’s peak. This is the seventh route along Battulu Oya from Fishing hut.

Year and Month 2019 February 03rd Number of Days One Crew 04-Eshan, Nileeka, Sanjeewa and Myself Accommodation Not applicable Transport By car and hiking Activities Hiking and Photography Weather Sunny but high cloud cover Route Colombo ->Kandy->Moragahamula (මොරගහමුල) ->Wendaruwa (වේඩරුව)->Sandasirinuwara (සදසිරිනුවර) ->Sandagirilen ancient temple->Kodibendihinna->Back in same route->Kandy Tips, Notes and Special remark Leech protection methods […]

Dumbanagala (1642m) is a mountain situated at Knuckles Forest reserve. It’s peak is always covered by the mist giving the name Dumbanagala. This is our journey to Dumbanagala in a misty day.