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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 28 views
  2. Days at Chilaw 16 views
  3. Sensational Mandaram Nuwara – Tour de Waterfalls 15… 13 views
  4. Heritage of ancient Magama, the capital of Ruhuna kingdom 13 views
  5. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 12 views
  6. Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls 10 views
  7. Kondagala Mountain, the beauty of Loolcandura 10 views
  8. Lakegala – The Ultimate Rock Climbing Adventure in the Heartland of Ravana’s Kingdom 8 views
  9. Unseen attractions of Wewelthalawa 8 views
  10. Hike to Hunnasgiriya Mountain (1514 m) and near by Attractions 8 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 123 views
  2. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 54 views
  3. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 43 views
  4. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 40 views
  5. Story of Victoria 38 views
  6. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 34 views
  7. Hike to Hunnasgiriya Mountain (1514 m) and near by Attractions 34 views
  8. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 33 views
  9. Alagalla mountain hike (1140m) 33 views
  10. Back to Yahangala (1220m) 30 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 367 views
  2. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 272 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 240 views
  4. Misty point-Ambokka (1159m) and Selagama Mini world’s end 161 views
  5. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 150 views
  6. Bulathkohupitiya-Narangala Hike (880m) 148 views
  7. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 139 views
  8. Back to Yahangala (1220m) 134 views
  9. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 133 views
  10. Monkey Mountain (520m)…….A part of Viyana Hela 125 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,116 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 31,912 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,029 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,726 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,525 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,520 views
  7. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,911 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,864 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,115 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,339 views

Roaming in Bambarakanda and Haldummulla

I wanted to start my trip calendar of 2015 with some fresh waterfalls hunting following heavy rains of end of 2014. My first visit to Bambarakanda happened in 2010 and this is after 5 years. Bambarakanda area doesn’t have much rain during last two weeks. But feeding lands of these waterfalls-Hortain plains had such heavy rain. Therefore waterfalls showed their full phase in our visit.

So Close, Yet So Far – Tour de Waterfalls 16…

After the journey to Mandaram Nuwara and then to Victoria & Randenigala, I was feeling lonely and jittery. I’m sure Hariya would have thought differently but couldn’t ignore the proverb, “make hay while sun shines”. Watching TV was an agony, and news only managed to rouse the adventurer in me showing all the overflowing reservoirs, tanks and waterfalls. When they showed St. Claire in full flow, my heart not only missed just one beat, but quite a few. How wonderful even to see her come alive on TV. I was craving for the big moment. The news once again showed that the spills of wretched Upper Kotmale Reservoir were open so I could wait no longer. The next morning I called Morgan, and found out St. Claire was really blooming.

Camping in the paradise (Hapugastenna Trail to Adam’s Peak)

Year and Month February, 2014 Number of Days Three Day Trip Crew 5 (between 25-30 years of age) Accommodation Short stay at Samanalee shop near Gangulathenna. Short stay at Chooti mama’s shop near Ehala kanuwa (Rathnapura path) Camping near the waterfall in Hapugasthenna trail Transport Bus, Dimo batta and of course on foot Activities Pilgrimage, Sceneries, […]

My Dream HIKE- Nivitigala, “DELWALA SEVEN FALLS”

was dreaming for close to one year on conquer the Delwala Seven Falls….. I had the chance to hike the 1st two falls (1st three falls, according to my count) in April, 2014…… One can refer to my earlier report…….First a brief description of the seven falls…. As many might not hear about it…. But every single main fall in the complex is more than 20 meters in height…

Lively golden Peninsula de Jaffna

I have heard that Jaffna is like paradise especially after the monsoons so I wanted to witness it myself. Since I have visited all of those main attractions around Jaffna I was more focused on some mysterious caves plus bird life. (By the way I did visit Jaffna on the next weekend too will update you guys on that expedition in my next travel log) We had many plans during this weekend but the bad weather made us differ the plans. We were left stranded and no other option other than heading towards Jaffna where Amila’s hotel is been currently completed.

Dam the Water – Victoria & Randenigala…

Mostly used road is the one along A26 up to Medamahanuwara then turn into the Medamahanuwara-Adikarigama (B493) that runs through the Victoria dam. However we were skeptical about this due to landslides and resorted to the former choice. We finalized the journey around 8.30pm and decided to leave at 5am. Hasi’s wife and one of his friends, Gayan, too joined for the trip making it a full package for his car. We were excited and looking forward to the sight of the biggest dam in Sri Lanka.

Spills of Victoria are something you don’t get to see every now and then so this was going to be something unique and grand.

Day out at Kolonna Doowili Falls complex & Maduwanwela Walawwa

Road condition up-to Panamura is quite good with carpeted road…. But after passing 2-3kms road become old tar road with on and off road constructions. As there were no big pits on the road, easily motorable by a car with less speed. One has to beware of the edges of the road as road constructions and erosions have caused considerable height difference….

Sensational Mandaram Nuwara – Tour de Waterfalls 15…

We walked close to 3km when out of nowhere came to see this gorgeous twin falls falling amid thick jungle. The real Kolapathana Ella is the one to the right, the one to the left is a seasonal cascade yet bigger and higher. This was something I won’t ever forget. The two white lines drawn amid the dark green background with touches of white was a painting that can only be drawn by the capable hands of the Mother Nature. The mist had covered the falls nearly completely when we arrived but I started singing “Mist, mist, go away – Come again another day” and as if on cue, the rain eased and the mist lifted calmly over the Piduruthalagala showing her prominent rocky slope. The radar site is located almost on the middle of the summit making it impossible to see from here and this angle. Sumanarathna mama too joined us now and Hariya went down to the base of the falls with him and Kiri while I stayed up and took hundreds of pictures.

Mahakudagala the most awaited hike (2100m)

It was the end of North – East monsoons and the sun was shining on mother Lanka. Since this was the ideal period to do a hike around Nuwara eliya, we decided to attempt to conquer the 9th highest peak called Mahakudagala which was once a part of Piduruthalagala reserve. Kamalawarna decided to join me with all of his lenses on this hike and I was happy to find a companion at the last minute. We reached Nuwara eliya around 7am and took the Udupussellawa road. Just before Brookside we took the high forest road until we reached Mahakudugala factory. While we were finding a place to climb up we came across Gopal who volunteered to show us the path.

Defying the Adverse Weather – Tour de Waterfalls 14…

However it didn’t appeal to Hari and we made plans hastily for Mandaram Nuwara. There was very little information about this mysterious place and we had to make do with what little was available. Credit must go to Hariya for planning the whole thing and we deliberated long and hard how to get there in the first place. Not having anyone else, it had to be just the two of us. Going by bike had to be ditched at the eleventh hour due to the rains and earth slips. So finally we decided to take the road via Kandy by bus. Getting Hariya up was as easy as lifting an elephant out of a well in an abandoned paddy field. Finally I picked him close to 5am on the christmas day, while most of the country was still under the wraps trying to get some warmth from the partial wintry chill. We went to the bus stand in Pettah while the rain kept its pace. There was an A/C bus that left for Kandy at 5.30am.

Adventurous Trip to Alagalla & Dekinda Falls

After completing the check list took some valuable time of us. As we were too late, we took 2 three wheelers to go Pilimathalawa. We reached there at around 2:15pm. We bought some required item from the town and waited for the Poththapitiya bus. It took a long time to get a bus and we decided to got to the destination by three wheelers. (500/- per three wheeler). We reached the Poththapitiya town by 3.30pm

A walk to Hanthana Mountain Range

Hanthana Mountain range is made up with various mountain peaks and it is a popular destination among the mountain hikers in Sri Lanka, especially among the university students as well as foreigners. This hike was a sudden decision of us since we felt the months of heavy rains just over. We were thinking where to go, then without wasting days we decided to explore Hanthana.

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