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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 27 views
  2. Sinhagala Nature Trail – Sinharaja Rain Forest 18 views
  3. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 13 views
  4. One day hike to Kabaragala (1506m) 12 views
  5. Camping at Gawarawila plains 11 views
  6. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 11 views
  7. Camping on Kabaragala Mountain (1506m)-The highest of Dolosbage Range 11 views
  8. Waterfalls of Colombo District 10 views
  9. Galpadihela Mountain (1106m) and Galpadipela 10 views
  10. Alagalla mountain hike (1140m) 10 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 105 views
  2. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 53 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 50 views
  4. Days at Chilaw 46 views
  5. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 43 views
  6. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 42 views
  7. Waterfalls of Colombo District 40 views
  8. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 37 views
  9. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 35 views
  10. Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls 32 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 396 views
  2. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 241 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 226 views
  4. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 158 views
  5. Bulathkohupitiya-Narangala Hike (880m) 156 views
  6. Misty point-Ambokka (1159m) and Selagama Mini world’s end 152 views
  7. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 139 views
  8. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 138 views
  9. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 136 views
  10. Back to Yahangala (1220m) 123 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,159 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 31,919 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,032 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,741 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,539 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,556 views
  7. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,918 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,879 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,127 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,346 views

Relaxed at Morning side

Morning side is situated in east corner of Sinharaja rain forest. As it is always covered with mist it is called Morning side since colonial age. Mist and drizzling is part and parcel of morning side weather. Though it is similar to Hortain plains weather, temperature is not that much low.

Knuckles Hike

As Knuckles is a well known mountain range in Sri Lanka we felt guilty for not going hiking in this range. So after a few cancellation we decided to do this hike however. We got into a Colombo – Kandy bus from Mawanella around 06.45 am. We reached Kandy railway station around 7.20 am and wait for Matale train.

Trekking from Thangappuwa to Kalugala with Alugal Lena camping

This is part of my dream trip and part of Harinda’s dream. On my way to Kehelpothdoruwegala climbing I heard about a foot pathway from Kalugala to Meemure. Harinda has noted a foot pathway from Alugal Lena to Meemure in his Alugal Lena trip. We wanted to combine these two trails and do it in two days with camping at Alugal Lena.

Under the Microscope – Viyangala…

The surrounding countryside looked parched and many Mana patches had been torched by people for some reason beyond me. So it was a mixture of dark green patches of trees scattered across the sun bleached yellowish hills. The ravines below showed signs of life with houses and plots of paddy fields. The charred areas where Mana was burnt added to the already vivid painting. In no time we reached the “Padi Seeya” (100 steps) where there is a steep downhill path through the tea bushes. Already there was a person coming up and a lady holding a baby girl closely behind him tackling the steep ascent. I spoke to him and he was very cheerful and even bothered to show me a worship place of the estate workers high up on top of a rock. The child, even though being carried by the lady right through, looked exhausted as a result of the heat and the continuous swaying. I managed to take a pic of her (one of the few must-have requirements for me during a journey) and we carried on.

Gombaniya the Extreme hike (1906m)

Gombaniya is a mountain range and is located on the western border of Knuckles conservation its vegetation is almost similar to Horton plains because of its high altitude. The mountain could be reached from Rathnatenna (Alakolle estate) or Nelummale watta (Kabaragala side). The shorter but complex route is Rathnatenna side.

Lesser known historical places around Mahiyangana – Bibile

This was a journey I did more than a year ago and my focus was on some places close to Mahiyangana and Bibile – Medagama. On an overcast day I took a bus towards Padiyathalawa from Bibile and again took a bus towards Mahiyanganaya. Just before Wewatta temple there was a road to the left with Uva province tourism notice board directing towards Murungagala Archaeology site.

Encircling the Kotmale Reservoir – Tour de Waterfalls 7…

Atha picked me around 3.45am on 26th July and we then got Tony on board and took the Avissawella-Ginigathhena Road. It was good to be back with the old couple as it’s always full of many stories, most of them are hilarious. They kept at it right throughout and I hardly managed to get a word in edgeways. The Kelani River looked placid in the wee hours and the mist hung over her like a veil. We enjoyed her company most of the way. Reaching Nawalapitiya, the skies looked grey, heavily laden with rain clouds and I was thrilled as it meant more water for the waterfalls. You’d be surprised how low the water levels become even after a few days of rain.

This proved to be the case with Ramboda and surrounding waterfalls despite there had been a lot of rains even during last week. We took the Hapugasthalawa Road and then turned onto Harangala. As soon as we turned, there was a nice shop and we stopped for breakfast where they served hot, hot Coconut Rotti with mouthwatering Lunu Miris, delicious Kola Kenda and authentic Peni Walalu. We all stuffed ourselves to the tip and were on our way passing the Hapugasthalawa Tank.

Waterfall Orchestra (My 2nd Year Anniversary with Lakdasun) – Tour de Waterfalls 6…

It was in July 2013 when I celebrated my first year anniversary with Lakdasun, the biggest and richest bank when it comes to the Nature of Sri Lanka. I wanted to be with the ones I adore on my first year anniversary, the beautiful girls aka waterfalls. Since then, I’ve done a lot more travelling expanding my horizon, ticking the ever so growing to-do-list, adding onto my collection of waterfalls.

So if I was gonna celebrate my 2nd Year Anniversary with anyone but waterfalls, it’d’ve been a costly mistake as it was the waterfall season and most of the waterfalls along the slopes of western side mountains were in near full flow. I carefully picked the date and the route, Hasi, Dhana and Kassa nicely fell into my trap. So we were ready to go see some more waterfalls (the second of us four, you can check our Waterfall Hunt before here) in Nawalapitiya, Thalawakele and Pundalu Oya.

Secrets of Bandarawela

It was one of those random weekends and I didn’t have any scheduled places to visit so I headed towards Badarawela. It was almost 1pm when I got down at Halpe and my first place of interest was Gangarama temple. Though the Uva tourist board had put up a notice board, this temple didn’t have any historical importance. Next target was Yahalamaditta temple.

Man vs Wild on Havagala

The book COLLIN’S CAMPING & HIKING MANUAL was a great help to us especially because we were beginners. So now we knew how to go and what to do on a camping expedition; next was finding the location, that’s when we came across the Sri Lankan Adventurer’s hang out while surfing the net; the Lakdaun Forum. There we came across a trip report to a Mountain called Havagala which any one can climb to the summit and camp there; the stunning images quickly grabbed our mind, this is where we will go.

When in Love

This was a once in a life time trip and I wanted it to be a spectacular one. When one is in a romantic mood its always best to stay close to mother nature and far away from the busy world. This is what we did in our little paradise nation within 10 days. So let the pictures say our story. Our first and second day of relaxation was at Back of beyond Kahandamodara. This was absolutely the paradise we searched for. Two days of perfect harmony with many activities to pass ones time like boat rides in lagoons, cycling and etc. Thanks Yohan for building such a lovely place. The staff was simply the best; you don’t get good guys like them at 5 start hotels.

Waterfall Symphony – Tour de Waterfalls 5…

It’d been a long time since Harinda and I’d gone on a journey together and when he said that he was gonna get 6 days straight off, I decided to reap the benefits. Hari’s initial plan to visit “Eli Hatha” in Maliboda had to be called off due to intermittent rains and falling on a sudden plan B (in fact it’d been nagging at me for the past year or so), I suggested we visit Pitadeniya searching for some more waterfalls (possibly following Niroshana’s Steps) in and around Neluwa, Lankagama and Pitadeniya. As per Niro’s report, he’d mentioned about Wedan Ella (unfortunately not been able to visit her) on Neluwa-Thawalama Road. When I mentioned this to Hari, he said that one of his friends, Gabriel is from Thawalama and I prompted him to get the info about this Wedan Ella.

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