We still in Mahiyanganaya & first we went to “Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya”. After that we went to Sora Bora Wewa.

Kotagala mountain (1754m) is well seen behind Hatton town as a giant. It is known as a Singimale mountain due to close proximity of longest railway tunnel of Sri Lanka-Singimale. Hike to Kotagala Mountain is a hard trek because of Mana bushes.

Year and Month  2018 March 25th Number of Days  One day Crew  4-Keshan, Kasun, Nuwan and Myself Accommodation  Previous day night at Hatton Inn Transport  By bus, three wheel and hike Activities  Hiking, sightseeing and Photography Weather  Excellent Route Hatton->Teinsin in Hatton-Bogawanthalawa road->Rogbill estate->Elbedda /Elbeddakele Tips, Notes and Special remark Nobody at Bogawanthalawa call it […]

I got to know the place from a friend of Mine and wanted to be relaxed with my family and without any prior plan we decided to visit the place in the morning. Got packed our lunch and got some snacks started the journey.

Urakanda (980m) is the giant standing next to famous Bathalegala. Though Bathalegala is a popular destination among travelers Urakanda has not derived attraction. This is the summary of journey to Urakanda from Hettimulla side

Uthuwankanda (431m) is the place where Soora Saradiyel lived. He is identified as the local Robbin hood.

So I have been very busy for a while but yet found some time for traveling. Only thing is i didn’t have anytime to do a write up. So this would be a short write up on two locations i visited last December.

Nawgala is a rock situated at Galigamuwa area. It seems like a ship in distance causing this name. Nawgala rock is easily accessible from Galigamuwa town.

Koboneelagala (1555m) is a well known peak of Knuckles forest reserve. This is our one day visit to Koboneelagala assuming it as Dumbanagala but ended up at Koboneelagala.

Deraniyagala area is blessed with number of waterfalls and water level of these falls are high throughout the year due to good rainfalls. Most of these falls are less in height but rich in beauty.

Veediyagoda Raja Maha Viharaya very famous in Bandaragama area. Every year they have very proud & colorful “Esela Perahera”. It was one of the most important & large “Perahera” in the area of Raigam.

A little drizzle started, and the leaves were dripping with water and they made our clothes wet as we brushed past them. However, we decided to walk through it since we were little too lazy to open our heavy backpacks that early of the walk. At the end of the paved road we turned back, and we saw a golden painted dagoba among the neighboring mountain.