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.

Beddagana Wetland Park in Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte is one of the newest attractions close to Colombo which was opened in 2016 close to Colombo. The park covers 18 hectares of wetland surrounding Diyawanna Oya lake which is part of the much larger Diyawanna Oya flood plains Wildlife Sanctuary declared by the Department of Wildlife Conservation in 1985. The park was created as a recreation facility that helps with flood control, provides a refuge for flora and fauna, and moderates the temperature of the immediate surroundings.

We had a train journey to Nuwaraeliya for meet a special person of our member. Since Madusanka is there, we thought to visit Ravan Fall which couldn’t see on our previous journey. So, we took Madusanka’s car and driven to Perawela to see the Bomburu Bride as we cannot pass her without visiting and after that we went to Ravan fall and spend sometime over there.

After that we went to Hakgala botanical garden we I have been there for the last time on 2002. Since we had enough time to roaming around Nuwaraeliya we walked along the paths and had a silent exploration about a path to climb Hakgala Mountain. Because Hakgala is a high sensitive forest reserve and as we heard on one can climb this giant mountain due to this restrictions. However we couldn’t find any secret path or even any clue about climbing this mountain but we were able to achieve this mountain range in October 2018 successfully. But at that time I and Malith are only able to do this secret hike and still we didn’t published any details about that hike as we are not able to disclose the methods we followed.

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.

Horton Plains National Park is a protected area in the central highlands of Sri Lanka and is covered by montane grassland and cloud forest. This plateau at an altitude of 2,100–2,300 metres (6,900–7,500 ft) is rich in biodiversity and many species found here are endemic to the region. This region was designated a national park in 1988. It is also a popular tourist destination and is situated 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Ohiya, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the world-famous Ohiya Gap/Dondra Watch and 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Nuwara Eliya.

වර්ෂ 1988 මාර්තු මස 16 වැනි දින ජාතික උද්‍යානයක් ලෙස නම්කරන ලද හෝර්ටන් තැන්න යනු මීටර 2100ක පමණ උසින් පිහිටි විශාල පතනකි. එම පතනේ ලංකාවේ දෙවැනි හා තෙවැනි  උසම කඳු පිහිටා තිබෙන තෝතැන්නකි. විශාල ජෛව විවිධත්වයකට හා අපූර්වතම කාලගුණික හා වනාන්තර රටාවකට උරුමකම් කියන හෝර්ටන් තැන්න 2010දී ලෝක උරුමයක් බවට පත්විය. අද අපගේ ක‍්‍රියාදාමය වනුයේ මීටර 2389ක් උසැති ලංකාවේ දෙවැනි උසම කන්ද වන කිරිගල්පොත්ත තරණය කිරීමයි. එලෙසම අවසර සහිතව එම භූමියේ කඳවුරු ලා රැුය පහන් කිරීම හා එහි වෙසෙන ප‍්‍රබලම මාංශ භක්ෂක සත්වයා වන දිවියන් පිළිබඳව සෙවීමයි.

කැලණි නදියේ උපත ​ෙසායා යන සෞන්දර්යාත්මක ගවේෂණ චාරිකාවේ පසුගිය සතියේ අප පොල්පිටියේ සිට හඟරාපිටිය පාර ඔස්සේ සප්ත කන්‍යාවියන් අසලින් මස්කෙළිය ඔය දිගේ ලක්ෂපාන බලාගාර සහ කැනියොන් බලාගාර හරහා මාඋස්සාවට ගියෙමු. අද අපි නැවතත් පොල්පිටියේ සිට ගමන් අරඹන්නෙමු. ඒ කෙසෙල්ගමු ඔය දිගේ ලංකාවේ පැරණිම විදුලි බලාගාරය තිබූ විදුලියේ පියාගේ සිහිවටන අතරින් කාසල්රි ජලාශය වෙතය. 

Camping at Hortain plains is a unique experience as temperature is very low at night. This our camping experience at Hortain Plains.

Ussangoda is a designated archaeological site, situated on the Colombo – Kataragama road near Ambalantota – Nonagama Junction in Hambantota District of Sri Lanka. It is also a nature reserve and is located in the southern turtle breeding zones. Ussangoda is a patch of high ground by the sea and spreads over a significant area. Unlike the rest of the land surrounding, it is only covered with grass and a few pockets of pigmy forests. The summit of Ussangoda area pans like a plateau for a significant length

After a successful hike to Westminster Abbey (Govinda hela) we returned back to main road (A25) & were waiting for a bus heading to Ampara via Inginiyagala.

Kamburagala (400m) is a funny shape rock situated in Maduru Oya NP. Kandegama / Dhanigala is situated closer to Maduru Oya reservoir became a popular travel destination in last two years.

සමනල රක්ෂිතය යනු පූජනීය ස්ථානයක් බඳුය. උතුම් බුදු සිරි පතුල පිහිටි සමනොළගිර වන්දනාමාන කිරීමට උචිත උඳුවප් පොහොය සිට වෙසක් පොහොය දක්වා කාලය වාරය (Season) ලෙස හඳුන්වන අතර එය දළ වශයෙන් මාස පහකි. ඉතිරි මාස 7 අවාරය (Off-Season) ලෙස හඳුන්වන අතර ඈත අතීතයේ පටන් පැමිණි සම්ප්‍රදාය වනුයේ එයයි. එය හුදෙක් ආගමක් සම්බන්ධ වූ නියමයක් නොවන්නේ ඒ තුළ පරිසරයේ නියමයන් අන්තර්ගත වී ඇති හෙයිනි.