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Today's Most Viewed

  1. කුවේණි විජයට දෙස් තැබූ යක්දෙස්සා ගල (Yakdessagala 540m) 19 views
  2. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 18 views
  3. Hike to Dumbanagala (1642m) in a clear day 17 views
  4. 3 Day Trip to Waulpane ,Pitadeniya Conservation Center via Sinharaja (වන නිවහන) 16 views
  5. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 14 views
  6. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 14 views
  7. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 13 views
  8. New additions of Hambanthota 13 views
  9. A Family Trip to Morningside 13 views
  10. Story of Victoria 12 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 105 views
  2. A Family Trip to Morningside 93 views
  3. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 79 views
  4. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 67 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 52 views
  6. Hike to Bathalegala and some attractions of Pilimathalawa 51 views
  7. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 48 views
  8. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 46 views
  9. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 46 views
  10. Trip to Wewathanna (Lake Plains) 43 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 430 views
  2. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 305 views
  3. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 291 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 248 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 213 views
  6. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 185 views
  7. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 180 views
  8. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 170 views
  9. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 163 views
  10. A Family Trip to Morningside 161 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,495 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 32,022 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,060 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,903 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,725 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,750 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 19,005 views
  8. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,983 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,206 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,437 views

Conquering The Beast- Kiribathgala (948m)

The best season to climb Kiribathgala is in the month of February… Usually villagers reserve February 4th to climb this mountain… And one can get the added advantage of proper footpath during February,(but still needed a local person) But I could not wait and decided to do it in month of October and waited till the morning showers were over. We were hoping to climb down before the evening showers….

Trekking to Meemure from Bambarella across Knuckles

If we decided to go Meemure from Bambarella across Kalupahana but we had to change that. Because we hadn’t clear information about that way. So we chose Knuckles way across Alugallena way. Dear brother Niroshan helped so much to reach this target to me. We were ready to this journey without any guide, but we had great information & guidance from Niroshan.

Never Ending Passion Goes on Its Merry Way – Tour de Waterfalls 10…

We took the E01 from Kottawa and were doing 100kmph while the sun as usual started his morning painting rituals. Just like waterfalls, sunrise and sunset are two other things that I never seem to get tired of, no matter how many times I witness it. It’s a whole lot different each and every time, trust me on that. The white cotton wool like clouds reflected the morning rays while sun appeared over rubber plantations and tiny hills to our left. Hasi had been busy in the weekend watching waterfalls as he’d been to 11 of them in and around Bulathkohupitiya, the day before. I wish I could have joined him for that too even though I have been to them before.

K28 Expedition

Year and Month April, 2014 Number of Days 1 Crew 5 (between 24-27 years of age) Accommodation Nuwara Eliya Town Transport Van Activities Wildlife, Photography, Hiking, climbing Weather Excellent Route Kandy -> Nuwara Eliya -> Horton Plains and return on the same route. Tips, Notes and Special remark Planning in advance will save you lot […]

Clutching at Straws – Tour de Waterfalls 9…

The more I see the more I wanna see and be with them. Visiting them again and again, I figured that I gotta do something special about them, the result being the birth of Tour de Waterfalls, my own and unique version of a guide to these wonderful creations of the Mother Nature.

The monsoon season over the last two years has been so vary and erratic causing so many discomforts to the farmers and the agricultural industry sky-rocketing the prices of food products. The draught has caused further damage depriving the people and animals of many districts. As usual the general public came to their rescue sending much needed water and dry food rations for their fellow countrymen regardless of their race or religion. Well, the draught was good for the bottled water companies, multiplying their revenues but at the same time adding an unbearable amount of plastic into the environment. Most of those (especially 500ml, 1litre and 1.5litre bottles) plastic will find their way into our forests, tanks and rivers polluting them heavily. These tiny bottles will have very little use after the draught is over.

Climbing the “Leopards’ Rock” for seeking Leopards…

Although we walked whole the day, felt not any tired. Because inside of the forest had very cool weather. We could reach top of the rock at about 1.00pm. Mist was covered everywhere by that. While we climb to top we could scene the bottom sometime. We felt the mist as our wish at the top of leopard rock.

Seeking the Veiled Princesses Surrounding the Sacred Mountain – Tour de Waterfalls 8…

I’ve a penchant for being with them as long as possible, simply looking at them can make my all sorrows, no matter how terrible they are, vanish into thin air. I’ve already a collection of more than 100 waterfalls in my Facebook page and I hope to visit as many as possible before they disappear from the face of earth thanks to ignorant, careless and heartless activities by many idiots.

I got a sudden craving to go see some of these beauties in and around the Sacred Mountain, Sri Pada and Atha too decided to jump in and this was a very last minute journey making only the two of us this time. We left around 4.00am on a rainy dawn and reached Kalugala Junction while the sun was battling an unwinnable fight against menacingly thick and grey clouds. The Kelani River that runs parallel to A7 was not so rich making us anxious to the water levels of the falls. We were nonetheless fully committed to the mission by then to turn around.

Searching our heritage in Dumbara valley

Year and Month 2014 September 05th and 06th Number of Days 02 Crew 02 Uddika and Myself Accommodation Theldeniya Guest House 081-234916 Transport By train By motor bike Activities Archeology, Photography and Just traveling Weather Excellent Route Colombo -> Kandy -> Hasalaka (හසලක) -> Minipe(මිනිපේ) -> Rantambe (රන්ටැබේ) -> Randenigala (රන්දෙනිගල) -> Kandy -> Colombo […]

Yaka Bedhi Falls & Beautiful Diganna Falls

Year and Month September, 2014 Number of Days 1 Crew 2 (between 25-30 years of age) Accommodation Not applicable Transport Car up to Athweltota then by bike until end of road, rest by foot….. Activities Waterfall hunting, Hiking, Photography Weather Excellent Route Nivithigala -> Kalawana -> Morapitiya -> Maha Ella -> Yaka Bedhi Ella -> […]

Wilshire (1200m).……..different approach

Wilshire is the mountain stands behind famous Aluwihare temple in Matale. It is also called Aluwihare Kanda (අලුවිහාරේ කන්ද) and Etigala (ඇටිගල). This mountain is nicely popped up at Asgiriya side (not in Matale town side) as a peak. Then it’s two peaks are prominent in that side.

Ploughing Through the History of Railway – Rail Hike Stage 07…

Sun was opening his doors to the world sending the early rays across the world when the whistle blew, green LED torches flashed from the back and front and the train left for her long arduous journey. The things got nastier at Ragama, Gampaha, Veyangoda and Polgahawela as many people tried to get in pushing and squeezing. Those who chewing beetle leaves and aricanut were forced to go deeper into the carriages making it impossible to spit out of the train, and Tony joked they must’ve had to swallow the lot as a result.

Eventually after it felt like being in a sea of people, we reached Kadugannawa and got off with a sigh of relief and went in search of a place to have a hearty breakfast before starting. This is when we met two of Lakdasun Members, Amran and Parsi who were leading a bunch of their office colleagues on a hike to Bathalegala. It brought back the happy memories of Our Bathalegala Journey. After a bellyful meal, we started our journey from Kadugannawa towards Rambukkana and you’re gonna read that here on.

Project Kohonawala – Donation of Wheelchair…

So thanks to them all, the fee was paid and the wheelchair was ready to be taken but how we were to take it from Colombo all the way to Kohonawala was the million dollar question. As it was custom built so that it could handle the rugged and uneven terrain of Kohonawala, the wheelchair was, compared to an ordinary one, larger and heavier making it impossible to transport by bus. We didn’t wanna send it by train either in case it got damaged in the process as there were many cables and handles that might not survive a train journey amid many other goods to Badulla. Dismantling it was out of the question as we had no technical knowledge about many screws and bolts attached to it so had to take the full packaged assembled as it was.

Again it was Ana who came to our rescue offering his SUV to take the wheelchair to Kohonawala. So we set the dates for 22-23 Aug but due to the busy schedule NG was unable to join us but Athula and I joined Ana for the Journey. Ana had gone and picked up the wheelchair from the manufacturer at Borella in advance which took the whole back space of the vehicle and we left around 3.00am on 22 August while the rains were hitting us from all around.

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