Mandaram Nuwara is a misty village surrounded by hills and situated at foot of the highest peak of Sri Lanka. This is our two days journey to Piduruthalagala from Mandaram Nuwara.

Last month we saw news item that new train brought by Sri Lanka Railway Department & it deployed to Northern Line. This news item saw by our little one & on that time he wants to travel on this train.

Alugal Lena Mountain (=1780m) situated in Knuckles massif closer to Knuckles five peaks. This is our one day hike to Alugal Lena Mountain.

Chilaw is a city with a lagoon which acts as a tsunami barrier, mode of living and the most important aspect which is the bio diversity it provides.

Kotagala (520m) is a mountain situated closer to Ibbagamuwa. We had a day hike to enjoy the surrounding view from Kotagala

We left from Anuradhapura around 8.00 a.m & reached to Jathika Namal Uyana around 9.00 a.m. We spent couple of hours there & came back to entrance around 11.30 a.m. From there we went to Ibbankatuwa Wewa. We had good bath there & we left to see Ibbankatuwa Megalith Cemetery. Now this place developed & maintain nicely.

On July 9th morning we started our journey around 5.00 a.m. We stopped our relative’s house in  Mawanella for breakfast.

One of our relative every year offer “Dhanaya” for  “Kudumbigala Aranya”. For this trip he is taking large number of people.

Same as last year we arrange donate school items for rural school. This time we selected Batuhena Primary School in Elehera Bakamuna area for our donation. 81 children & 6 teachers in that school.

Great Western Mountain (2212m) is the 7th highest mountain in Sri Lanka situated closer to Great Western estate and station. I have been there 9years ago and now the hike is not a difficult task with well paved pathways. We have added task to get down to Pundalu Oya side to explore hidden waterfalls.

Kaudulla national park probably is the best location to watch elephants in Sri Lanka if you are a big fan. But the exposure given is very much less in my opinion comparing to other national parks.

It has been a long pause from my last report but finally I found some time to do this write-up. Since lately I have found a special interest in Dambulla area and there was a long range which was at the eastern boarder of Dambulla which caught my sight when I did a hike to Arangala.