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Trip Reports Archive » By Interests » Rail hike

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  8. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 12 views
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  10. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 11 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 111 views
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  3. Days at Chilaw 54 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 52 views
  5. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 48 views
  6. Hike to Hunnasgiriya Mountain (1514 m) and near by Attractions 39 views
  7. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 34 views
  8. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 34 views
  9. Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls 34 views
  10. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 34 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 379 views
  2. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 273 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 235 views
  4. Misty point-Ambokka (1159m) and Selagama Mini world’s end 157 views
  5. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 153 views
  6. Bulathkohupitiya-Narangala Hike (880m) 153 views
  7. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 144 views
  8. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 141 views
  9. Monkey Mountain (520m)…….A part of Viyana Hela 132 views
  10. A Family Trip to Morningside 127 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,144 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 31,916 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,029 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,736 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,533 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,537 views
  7. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,916 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,877 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,121 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,344 views

An unforgettable train journey to Nuwaraeliya

This was an unforgettable journey for me and my wife as we spend this vacation with our little princess. We planned this for 5 days by locating Nuwaraeliya and we rented a house via contact of our friend Madusanka. And the most wanted experience is the train journey at Expo Rail and Rajadhani Express. Hence we booked Expo Rail to reach Nanuoya and on our return journey, we booked Rajadhani Express. Unfortunately, this luxury train service is not functioning now.

An Evening at Mount Lavinia Beach

Mount Lavinia Beach in Sri Lanka is a main sea-bathing spot in the island. Here, depending on season, the waves can be swimmable and it’s host to some amazing sunsets. It also recides in a city steeped with history.

The city’s name is built up around the original residence of Sir Thomas Maitland who was the Governor General of Ceylon from 1805-1811. At a welcoming party held in his honor on his arrival in the island he set his eyes upon Lovina, a local mestizo dancer, whose father was the Headman of the troupe. It is said that Sir Thomas was smitten by her beautiful smile and charms and soon found himself obsessed by her and took every measure possible to see her more.

Half a Day visit to Dawson Tower and Balumgala

Balumgala is a visible rock to the railway line and also to the main road. This is a rock located  at the Kadugannawa gap and it is much famous around all the people live in here. There are 2-3 view points and thpse are the famous destinations to see the surrounding views and there is a small rock as well as the main rock. And the highest point of the Balumgala is about 755m. 

Just before the National Railway Museum (after passing the Dawson Tower) you will find a Lagamuwa road. Travel few distance up to the Balumgala junction and turn to the Balumgala road. You can go to a edge of a view point by motor cycles also. But remember, travelling on rainy days is bit dangerous.

Thotupola Kanda Hike (2360m)

Totapolakanda (also Thotupolakanda or Thotupola Kanda), is the third highest mountain in Sri Lanka situated in Nuwara Eliya district 2,359.46 m (7,733 ft) above mean sea level. The mountain is located within the Horton Plains National Park. A trail to the top of the mountain, about two kilometers long, starts a few metres away from the Pattipola entrance to the Horton Plains National Park. Most parts of the mountain surface are covered with shrubs adapted to the cool and windy climate of Horton Plains National Park. Strobilanthes, Osbeckia and Rhodomyrtus species grown as shrubs are common among them.

Hatton to Galboda Rail Hike – 22 Km

This is 22km journey from Hatton to Galboda along railway line.

යටියන්තොටට තිබුණු පුංචි කෝච්චිය – Yatiyantota Railway Track

කැලණි වැලි දුම්රිය මඟ (KV line) යනු වර්තමානයේ කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ පමණක් දැක්නට ලැබෙන දුම්රිය මගක් වුවද මීට වසර 115 කට පෙර සුදු ජාතිකයින් විසින් කොළඹ සිට අවිස්සාවේල්ල හරහා යටියන්තොටට දුම්රිය මාර්ගය විවෘත කරන ලදි. එම සුන්දර මගේ අවිස්සාවේල්ල සිට යටියන්තොට තෙක් ඉතිරිව ඇති නටබුන් සොයා මෙසේ අපි පිය මැන්නෙමු.

පුංචි කෝච්චිය නුවරඑළියට ගිය පාර දිගේ

දුම්රිය සේවය යනු ලංකාවේ බොහෝ දෙනෙක් භාවිත කරන ප්‍රවාහන සේවය වන අතර කොතෙකුත් අඩුපාඩු දුර්වලතා තිබුණද අදටත් අප රටේ දුම්රිය පද්ධතිය ඉතාමත් සුන්දර ඉසව් වලින් ගමන් කරන බව ලොවක් පරසිදු වූ සත්‍යයකි. බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ආණ්ඩු සමයේ ඉදිවූ මෙම දුම්රිය පද්ධතිය තුළ සුන්දරත්වයේ අග්‍රගණ්‍ය නිමැවුම වනුයේ උඩරට දුම්රිය මාර්ගයයි.

Naththandiya to Kochchikade Rail hike (17Km)

When I stepped foot in Chilaw few years ago I wanted to do a complete rail hike along Puttalam rail line and my main intentions were to complete the stretch along Puttalam district.

Exhausting rail hike to Periya Naga Villu from Puttalam

I had already walked from Naththandiya to Puttalam along the railways and I wanted to extend the hike northwards till the last passenger station which was Periyanaga villu.

Rail hike from Nattandiya to Chilaw – 21 Km

I did not have a desire to do a rail hike along Puttlam line though it is very close to my home but, I tempted to do it by seeing the photos of Ashan’s rail hike from Chilaw to Puttlam.

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