Nawalapitiya and Thalawakele are two areas situated in different districts (Kandy and Nuwera Eliya) connected by B grade road-B317. Travelling along this winding road gives opportunity to visit number of waterfalls. This is my attempt to give information about some waterfalls situated in this scenic road.

Dumbanagala (1642m) is a mountain situated at Knuckles Forest reserve. It’s peak is always covered by the mist giving the name Dumbanagala. This is our journey to Dumbanagala in a misty day.

Kikiliyamana (2240m) is the 6th highest peak of Sri Lanka and top is occupied by transmission towers. Karunagala (1668m) is a trekking peak situated at other end of Kikiliyamana Forest Reserve. This is our two days journey to both peaks.

Alugal Lena Mountain (=1780m) situated in Knuckles massif closer to Knuckles five peaks. This is our one day hike to Alugal Lena Mountain.

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.

Conical Hill is the 10th highest mountain in Sri Lanka which is height about 2166m. It is also a forest reserve which belongs to the Forest Department (DFO-Nuwewaraeliya).

I was visited Sri Palabaddala temple for collecting some information about the mysteries and unbelievable incidents that Rev Premaloka Thero and Rev Chandraloka Thero faced.

Rilagala (1652m) mountain is situated at Kandy-Nuwera Eliya district border closer to Nawalapitiya. Lower part of this range has tea estate and upper part covered with forest. Dimbula-Pathana Mini world’s end also situated next to Rilagala / Pasmale.

Year and Month 2018 December 30th Number of Days One Crew 3-Eshan, Tharindu and Myself Accommodation Previous day night at Eli Hatha Pusse Ela-Meemure Transport By bike , Three wheeler and Hiking Activities Hiking, Sightseeing, Trekking and Photography Weather Excellent Route Pusse Ela-Meemure-> Corbett’s gap->Thangappuwa->Aliyawetunaela Kanda ->Back to Thangappuwa->Rangala->Colombo Tips, Notes and Special remark Start […]

There are two square shaped rocks situated at Knuckles range closer to Corbett’s gap, known to as Sphinx rock-1 and 2. This is my journey to Sphinx-1.

History of Samasara Kanda goes back to Rama-Rawana war . This is the story of Samasara kanda hike along old village siripura

First of all let me go to the past. It was in 2009 when Mithila suggested that lets start a trip report section on Lakdasun which was more of a Forum based web site and I was lucky enough to contribute the 2nd report to this archive which was my virgin hike to Sripada { Sri pada Off season and Mapalana (Mapanana) Falls(141m) }.