The drive to wettambuyaya was quite effortless. The road via udawalawe is in good condtion, thanks to Ashan’s and suneth’s info via lakdasung we managed contact Ajith who is the contact person to take us to wettambuyaya, not even the local villages there are familiar with this place or its value. the service of guide is a must as there is about 6-8KM distance from the main road to “wettambugala” in “wettambuyaya”.

Both of us were looking for a getaway and this time we selected central hills rather than the usual dry zone. Went through the internet and finally found a nice place close to Nilambe. And yes the place was well worth and the perfect location with a window view towards Piduruthalagala western reaches (my kind of place). Though the food was terrible the surrounding environment made us forget it.

We took a tuk-tuk and headed along the Punagala road. The morning was chilly and the smell of wet earth wafting through the air was surprisingly good. This is another way to the iconic Lipton’s Seat. Usually people take the Haputale-Dambethenna road but this is also an alternative should you happen to start from Bandarawela. After about 5km, we came to a ‘Y’ junction where the Punagala road continued to the left while the right one goes to the Lipton’s Seat. It’s nicely carpeted and in good condition compared to the Punagala road.

I’ve been to Lipton’s Seat couple of times so decided to skip it for now. We carried on along Punagala road for about 3 more kms till Doolgolla where Doolgolla Ella is located. She’s at the edge of Craig Estate very close to the main road. You can see her from the road as well. There’s a shop and an estate signage just passing a bridge. That is where you have to stop and then take the tiny footpath to the right to reach the base of the falls that is only about 50m away.

“This area which known as “Kalmunai” or “K point” is an area which completely sandy and depopulated. An army camp is situated on there and a land way also consists from “Navathkuli”. Besides from that a sea way also situated from Manniththalai jetty. Manniththalai has populated areas. And also it has very beautiful beach in k point and its surrounding. The sweet memories which we get from the sea journey from “Ariyalei” are shared with you like this.”

We got to know about this Ayurveda doctor from a person who lives in the same village and decided to visit. I think of providing these details so that it may benefit at least one of you some day. We left Colombo around 4AM and reached Matale by 8AM. Had breakfast there and came to Andawala by 10AM.

Nilambe is a popular place in our area due to the Natural beauty. Exploring this area was a long waited dream for me. Our School Gang initiated the idea of visting the area along Nilamba Oya. This trail was done at during the period of February 2011.

I had visit Jaffna only one time after war period, but it was limit to tired journey. So I had a big eager to fulfill that as my wish. Though I plan it with discussing my jaffna friends, I couldn’t do that because of many reasons. However this vacation made a time to me to gain that experience. After that I could visit many places which studying their tradition and enjoying with a whole week and I could add many novel and rare experiences to my memory book.

It was Awurudu holidays and the weather was playing tricks on our minds but we didn’t want to let this holiday pass away without doing any hikes. There were two options it was either knuckles or sinharaja. So we decided go anywhere depending on the rain pattern. I was really motivated to do Knuckles after seen that Niroshan had covered all 5 peaks within a day and that was an inspiration for me (I’m sure you could read about that adventure in near future).

We passed the idea this way, that way and the other way and still got nowhere. After what felt like an eternity, we came to the conclusion that we need minimum two nights. We couldn’t anyway afford more therefore settled at two. Having arranged everything we set off on the dawn of Saturday, 21 February. Just a word on the way we were given the instructions by the Nagrak Management. They gave us the account details promptly to deposit money and other than mentioning about the electricity which is available from 6pm to 12 midnight, there was no other information given. It’s a major lapse from their end because the way Fishing Hut Management (click on the link to check the info sent by them) sent out the information was simply brilliant. They had gone to great trouble to put everything in writing so that there was no misunderstanding. We knew exactly what was they were giving and what we had to take. Further, what we could do and shouldn’t do. It was just great and I feel Nagrak Management failed to meet those standards. They have some catching up to do and do it fast coz that small lapse could lead to very unpleasant things and disappointments.

Ah it’s time to do another “Secrets of….” album and this time I wanted to do one on Badulla. Look out for the new additions when you guys pay a visit to Badulla again.

Year and Month 2014 March 01 Number of Days One Day Crew 02-Uddika and Myself Accommodation N/A Transport Train, Bus, Three wheeler and walking Activities Climbing, Archeology and Photography Weather Excellent Route Colombo -> Kadugannawa -> Around Kadugannawa -> Back to Colombo Tips, Notes and Special remark Start the journey as early as possible Some […]

I grew up in Haldummulla. I lived 20 years there. It is shame to say 🙂 I never heard about Adarakanda, Havagala, wangedigala beside lakdasun. Thanx again to lakdasun.org and members. When I reading the Camping, Hiking reports I wanted go for camping, so I thought ADARAKANDA range will be good for me as a beginner. I planned to go on December 2014 but it didn’t work out because of bad weather. Then I planned to go on February 2015. My brother and Prabath joined with me.