Gombaniya (1906m) is the highest peak of Knuckles mountain range. This is our one day hike to false popular summit and true peak of Gombaniya.
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Gombaniya /ගොම්බානිය (1906m)-Highest of Knuckles mountain range | |
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Sri Pada-Battulu Oya-waterfall trail | |
 Sri Pada Battulu Oya waterfall trail is a different experience to worship sacred peak. We have come across 12+ waterfalls in this route. |
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Knuckles-Kirigalpoththa / නකල්ස් කිරිගල්පොත්ත (1647m) hike | |
 Knuckles Kirigalpoththa (1647m) is another prominent peak in Knuckles range and well known for misty cap all over the year. This is our one day hike to this lesser known mountain in a clear day. |
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Pathangala /පතන්ගල (1515m)-The bamboo forest | |
 Pathangala (1515m) is the mountain situated next to famous Riverstone Peak. Hiking to Pathangala is a fight with Bamboos, but end result was beautiful view towards Knuckles massif. |
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යටියන්තොටට තිබුණු පුංචි කෝච්චිය – Yatiyantota Railway Track | |
 කැලණි වැලි දුම්රිය මඟ (KV line) යනු වර්තමානයේ කොළඹ දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ පමණක් දැක්නට ලැබෙන දුම්රිය මගක් වුවද මීට වසර 115 කට පෙර සුදු ජාතිකයින් විසින් කොළඹ සිට අවිස්සාවේල්ල හරහා යටියන්තොටට දුම්රිය මාර්ගය විවෘත කරන ලදි. එම සුන්දර මගේ අවිස්සාවේල්ල සිට යටියන්තොට තෙක් ඉතිරිව ඇති නටබුන් සොයා මෙසේ අපි පිය මැන්නෙමු. |
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Nawanagala surveyors point / නාවනගල | |
 Navanagala is a prominent peak of knuckles range and its identifiable from many destinations due to its unique shape. Protruding southwards from knuckles mountain belt this seems to be an ideal location for a surveyor and the carvings of the surveyors which were found on the summit justified it. |
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Waterfalls in Rathnapura-Siripagama road | |
 Rathnapura-Siripagama is the second popular trail among Sri Pada devotees. This about waterfalls come across at Rathnapura-Siripagama road. |
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Neighbor of Knuckles trail, Kandasamigala | |
 We have noticed this mountain long time ago on our way to Knuckles peaks from Bambarella side and again we have noticed this on our way to Kotagaga falls from Rangala side. |
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යක්කුන්ගේ හෙල / Circular trail of Devil’s cliff | |
 In 2014 when I hiked Gombaniya I did note this magnificent giant called Yakkunge hela and ever since that day I wanted to conquer it so It was pushed up the list on 2019 and It didnt fail my expectations. |
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Beauty of Thangappuwa to Corbet’s Gap Road | |
 As per my view Thangappuwa is the most beautiful village rather than Meemure. Because this innocent village still under traditional and village life style. |
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Dumbanagala Expedition | |
 Once we are searching for a new destination we come across about the giant solider at Corbet’s Gap. The name of that giant is Dumbanagala (Dumen bara kanda). |
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පුංචි කෝච්චිය නුවරඑළියට ගිය පාර දිගේ | |
 දුම්රිය සේවය යනු ලංකාවේ බොහෝ දෙනෙක් භාවිත කරන ප්‍රවාහන සේවය වන අතර කොතෙකුත් අඩුපාඩු දුර්වලතා තිබුණද අදටත් අප රටේ දුම්රිය පද්ධතිය ඉතාමත් සුන්දර ඉසව් වලින් ගමන් කරන බව ලොවක් පරසිදු වූ සත්‍යයකි. බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ආණ්ඩු සමයේ ඉදිවූ මෙම දුම්රිය පද්ධතිය තුළ සුන්දරත්වයේ අග්‍රගණ්‍ය නිමැවුම වනුයේ උඩරට දුම්රිය මාර්ගයයි. |
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