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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Few Cascades of Pelmadulla

  2. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya

  3. 4 days of waterfall sighting

  4. Celebrating May Day on the Summit of “Uva” (Namunukula)

  5. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

  6. Ancient Paradise – Mahiyanganaya

  7. Trip to Trincomalee and the East coast

  8. A Day Trip to Hunnasgiriya

  9. Westminster Abbey the Pride of Siyambalanduwa (ගෝවින්ද හෙළ 558m)

  10. Visit to Muthurajawela Visitor Center

This Week's

  1. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya

  2. The Caving Expedition – Waulpane (Wawulpane) ‘FEB 2011

  3. Wilpattu – Land of Lakes and Great Landscapes

  4. Westminster Abbey the Pride of Siyambalanduwa (ගෝවින්ද හෙළ 558m)

  5. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

  6. Celebrating May Day on the Summit of “Uva” (Namunukula)

  7. Aligama Village and Wasgamuwa

  8. Ancient Paradise – Mahiyanganaya

  9. Athwelthota Re-Visited

  10. බෙලිහුල් ඔයේ සැගවුණු අසිරිය (කැති ගහන ඇල්ල / Galagama Falls)…

This Month's

  1. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya

  2. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

  3. Westminster Abbey the Pride of Siyambalanduwa (ගෝවින්ද හෙළ 558m)

  4. Athwelthota Re-Visited

  5. Camped at Kokmote Camping site – Wilpattu

  6. Trip to Delft and Mullaittivu

  7. Aligama Village and Wasgamuwa

  8. Exploring Pilkington point & Millennium point, the popular view points at Poonagala Estate

  9. Wilpattu – Land of Lakes and Great Landscapes

  10. Visit to Religious and Important Historical Sites in Kebitigollawa, Padaviya and Horoupotana

All-Time

  1. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya

  2. Heaven On Earth (Knuckles – Illukkumbura, Reverstan)

  3. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

  4. Wilpattu National Park, Horse Mountain, Thumbapanni

  5. Trip to Jaffna

  6. Ancient Paradise – Mahiyanganaya

  7. In search of “Soora Saradiel’s” hide out and Bo Ella

  8. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m

  9. Bambarella,Kalupahana,Doovili Eli And Return to Ranamure

  10. TRIP TO POTHUVIL (POTTUVIL) AND DOWNWARDS

Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m

Batalegala Kanda, situated in Kandy, and visible as you reach Kadugannawa Pass is shrouded in thick jungle from time immemorial. If you love Sceneries and want a one day hike Bible’s rock is a good place to be, we did climb this special rock few months back. It took us only 12hours to climb it and return back to Colombo.

Hiking Lakegala – Knuckles Mountains

We met an elderly person and asked about climbing the Lakegala mountain. He said that season is not good for climbing Lakegala because of the strong wind. But we were not in a mood to give up the idea of climbing Lakegala. That night we camped in the jungle near Memure village. And it was a terrible night, because of heavy wind our tents were going to crash. We had to hold the tent most of the time.

Trip Across The Hill Country

We leave early in the morning from Colombo by car at around 6AM. Our destination for the first day was Haldummulla. On the way we went to Kiridi Ella at Palmadulla. But the waterfall is totally dry because of lack of rain.
Also on the way we saw the Surathalee ella at Halpe. There was some water in it. Because of this we have given up going to Bambarakanda falls.

Hiking Bambarakanda to Horton Plains

We leave Colombo by hired van at around 7AM and able to reach Bambarakanda rest at around 1PM. After having lunch we started to climb. We go alone the road heading to top of Bambarakanda falls. The road goes through the Udaweriya tea state. Before getting dark we were able to reach near the devil’s staircase. On a side of a road in a level surface we were able to put up our two tents. It’s a beautiful full moon poya day. We can clearly see the bright stars all over the sky.

Hiking Saptha Kanya (seven virgins) Mountain – Norton bridge

In the morning we got into a Hatton bus at around 9AM and reached Ginigathhena around 11:30AM. From there we haired a van to Koththellana. We had our lunch and started to climb from Koththellana area. First you have to go through tea plantation and then pine trees. After that there’s no clear path, you have to go by making a path trough the bushes. And that is the difficult part since the way is very steep. Some times you need ropes to climb. But on the way we saw some elephant dung.

Across the Hill Country

Started from Gampaha @ 4.30am in order to reach bandarawela before dusk knowing we had a long day before us. Was past kandy by 6.30am and padiyapelella by about 9am(road conditions were really bad). After getting directions from plenty of people, 1 person mentioned the above route (special remarks) which we decided to take. From padiyapelella took a road that led us to mathurata plantation tea estates to get to kurundu oya falls

A splendid weekend at Waterfalls Cottage Dunsinane (Pundalu Oya)

This was a relaxing outing for us , the cottage is located bordering Kikilmana forest(dense forest). I really liked the place because while others were resting I had the chance to hike around the forest of Kikilimana.
We started from Gampaha and went trough Peradeniya Nuwaraeliya road, and I would like to state that we came across few waterfalls on our way. First was Helboda Falls by the side of the road and all other waterfalls were between 41Km post and 47Km post I guess. Those were Gerandi Ella, Ramboda eli, Punai Falls and few nameless once.

Scenic Hike to Wangedigala

Let me start by explaining about “Wangedigala”, Im sure all of you must be wondering where the hell this is. This is a mountain range situated close to Kalupahana and facing the Badulla A4 road. it came in sight of my attention for the first time when I visited Bambarakanda falls, since then I wanted to climb it because it was a mountain range that you can walk along and enjoy the view. But actually we wanted to go further than Wangedigala. Balathoduwa and Gommolli(13th highest) was our target.

The Long Lost Trail To World’s End From Bogawanthalawa

This was a hike that we were planning to do since few months back, but lack of information was the main problem. At last we decided to this however, so on Friday we got into a Hatton bus at around 4pm and left to Bogawanthalawa but because we got late we decided to stay somewhere in Hatton(Hatton has many small places offering lodging services). Next day early morning (6am) we left to Bogawanthalawa & from there took a three-wheeler up to North-cove Cabana at around 9am. The Cabana was a wonderful place; we loved the place a lot. The caretaker was helpful in finding some guides who were Gem miners & we are thankful for the hospitality showed by the young assistant manager of the estate who we bumped into by chance!

In search of waterfalls in the Dambetenna & Upper Koslanda areas

As it is the rainy season, I decided to go in search of a couple of waterfalls listed in the book titled ‘A Guide To Waterfalls Of Sri Lanka’ by Dr.Eberhard Kautzsch. Lemasthota Oya Ella (in the Dambetenna area) and Monarakanda Oya Ella (in the upper Koslanda area) were what I was going to look for. These waterfalls are two lesser known and seldom visited.
Ah! I had a little ulterior motive too. That was to try to approach some other waterfalls of which their existence is almost unknown to us, the general public, including most of the residents of the area.

Kadienlena waterfall – Kataboola estate- (Nawalapitiya – Thalawakele) B317

We started our journey from Laxapana where we faced a deadly incident( Laxapana trip will be reported as a separate article. It’s better to have a look at it because it describes some precautions which you need to be aware of, but sadly we’ve forgotten). After recovering from that incident we headed to kadi Ella, a waterfall which is located in Kadienlena. The waterfall acts as a divider between two districts, kandy and Nuwaraeliya..It’s easy to locate since it’s on the way to Thalawakele which is better known as the B317 route.

Waterfall Hunt 2009 – Kitulgala, Mousakelle, Thalawakele & Dimbula-Pathana

This was our last trip of the year! We started at around 5.30am from Nugegoda, On the first day the crew was only 4 of us! As always we kept our options open so at Kitulgala we took a detour which was not on plan, we visited the Kitulgala Beli Lena.
Belilena is the famous largest cave in Sri Lanka. It is located 8km from the town of Kitulgala.It is located 8km from the town of Kitulgala. It holds evidence of a lost generation of Sri Lanka 12,000 years old; then this cave belonged to the Balangoda People, described as Homo sapiens balangodensis by Paul E. P. Deraniyagala

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