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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 52 views
  2. Sri Pada via Sandagalathenna( The Holly Moon Rock Plain ) 45 views
  3. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 28 views
  4. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 24 views
  5. The Pilgrimage to Sri Pada via Kuruwita-Erathna route 23 views
  6. Exploring cascades of Kaluthara District-Part-2 17 views
  7. Trip to Embilipitiya 15 views
  8. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 14 views
  9. Uda Diyaluma Fall Hike 13 views
  10. Mystery of Waduwa Ketu gala & kingdom of Dambadeniya! 13 views

This Week's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 333 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 138 views
  3. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 85 views
  4. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 80 views
  5. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 78 views
  6. Beyond Chariot path…… 78 views
  7. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 77 views
  8. The Pilgrimage to Sri Pada via Kuruwita-Erathna route 71 views
  9. Sri Pada via Sandagalathenna( The Holly Moon Rock Plain ) 71 views
  10. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 69 views

This Month's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 1,788 views
  2. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 435 views
  3. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 411 views
  4. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 403 views
  5. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 332 views
  6. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 302 views
  7. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 241 views
  8. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 239 views
  9. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 238 views
  10. Alagalla mountain hike (1140m) 227 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 35,935 views
  2. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 29,683 views
  3. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 25,125 views
  4. Waterfalls of Colombo District 22,941 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 22,898 views
  6. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 17,603 views
  7. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 16,978 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 16,765 views
  9. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 16,247 views
  10. Rarely visited places in Trincomalee 15,789 views

Trip to Sinharaja Via Pitadeniya to see the hidden waterfalls of Sinharaja in Deniyaya

We started form the Galle at about 5.00 in the morning. The crew was eight in a hired high roof Dolphin van.
The first stop of us was a beautiful waterfall called Ethamala ella situated near by Morawaka town.
You have to turn right 1km before the town and have to travel along NilElla estate about 1.5km. Our next stop at Hathmale ella near by Pallegama city.

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage – An ideal one day trip for kiddies vacation

Thusitha asked me to park the vehicle at a suitable place for the brake-fast, having observing my eyes were locating the face (dial) of the wrist watch. We were going on a trip with Thusith’s family; since it was the August vacation for kids. In the next moment we were under a tree near the construction site of proposed Zoo at Pinnawala. At that point; we had almost reached the first travel location of the journey, the elephant orphanage at Pinnawala.

Salgala monastery, Manella & Theli Falls (Galapitamada)

We decided to go in search of a waterfall called “Theli falls” which is 3-4m in hight and which is formed by the Gurugoda oya. To reach to this waterfall one needs to travel on Nelundeniya- Galapitamada route and get down from “Thuntota” where you will have to travel about 4Km on a track which leads you in to an islolated rubber estate. At one point you will come across a huge rock on the left of the road(see the photograph), right after you pass the rock you will find the path towards the Waterfall! Since this was the dry season Gurugoda oya was sought of dried off.

Lankagama – An isolated village in the Southern boundary of Sinharaja Rain Forest.

Lankagama is known as an isolated village in the Southern Province. It had no proper access road could not be reached without a tough 4×4 vehicle (until the first quarter of 2010). The village borders the Sinharaja rainforest & the Gin River. It is also the home for a complex of 5 ever young waterfalls within an area less than 1 Sqkm, known as “Hariyawa Dola” waterfall complex. By 9.00 am we were at Neluwa. The jeep ran & turned to a by road near the school at Happitiya village. There was an iron bridge over the Gin Ganga (river), established recently known as Mandugeta bridge

Fascinating Alagalla (1148m) & Dekinda Falls(30m)

Alagalla hike was a hike I was looking forward to do since last year but always the weather condition was the limiting factor. I left early morning from Yakkala and arrived at Mawanella. Guess what! as I got off the bus straight away I saw the gigantic mountain covered with a veil of mist which is a peculiar sight. I decided to do the hike from the Ihala Kotte station because that was the route that I was aware about but the easiest way would be taking a Kandy-Poththepitiya bus from Pilimathalawa.

In search of “Soora Saradiel’s” hide out and Bo Ella

I left Colombo and reached a small town just before Mawanella called Utuwankanda where you can find the road which leads you to Saradiels rock (Utuwan mawatha). After walking about 1Km I came across a small road branching off towards the Saradiels rock towards the left. I travelled uphill until I met some locals where I asked for directions, they said take the path which goes uphill so at one point I entered another path which branched out to the left trough a small rubber estate. The path was there until the last bit, it was a steep climb on the slippery muddy track.

Exploring the Southern boundary of Sinharaja Rain Forest – Duli Ella, Neluwa

When a waterfall emits dust-like spray, people used to name it as a Duli ella. (Duli / Duwili mean “dust” in Sinhala). Other than the famous Duwili fall at Kalthota, there are several Duwil falls situated in various parts of the island. It’s a common experience that each an every waterfall has a unique beauty, though they are varies in height, width and capacity. Duli ella at Kosmulla, Neluwa is such a beauty, which allow travelers to explore her with a minimum effort.

Sripada via Deraniyagala, Uda-Maliboda Trail

After completing the three most traveled trails (Hatton-Nallathanni, Rathnapura-Palabaddhala and Kuruwita-Erathna) to SriPada my focus shifted towards the lesser known ones. The Uda-Maliboda trail from Deraniyagala was on the top of that list. I was looking out for more details on this trail and that is when the topic came in to discussion on the forum in the threads – Trail to Sri Pada from Uda Maliboda, Deraniyagala and Trail to sri pada to udamaliboda – Thanks to the discussions there I got all the information required and was wating to find some time to do the walk.

Andahalena Falls (අඩාහැලෙන ඇල්ල) and Diwankara Lena Hermitage

To reach falls, we travelled about 4kms along Elpitiya-Kahaduwa road and came to Pituwala village. Before the village we had to turn left from the main road. At that junction there was a yellow color name board of “Diwankara lena Hermitage”. If you come by bus you have to get in to Elpitiya- Kahaduwa bus and get down at the this junction. Road conditions are very good. Still the bus service is not good. There was only one bus for two hours.

Knuckles – Doovili Eli – Kalupahana 2010

Started from Colombo fort at 6.00 a.m. but got into a Kandy bus around 8.30 a.m. as it was the start of the ‘Wesak weekend ’. From Kandy to Wattegama around 1 hour in the bus and the last bus from Wattegama to Bambarella at 7.15 p.m.
There are enough buses on normal days to Bambarella from Wattegama. Even from Kandy there are few. Total distance from Kandy to Bambarella – 38km.

A Whale Of A Time! – Whale watching at Mirissa

Arrived at the Mirissa harbour by 6.20am since we were to leave by 7am. Was at sea for around 40 minutes when the guide spotted whales. Got to see 3 whales(for the entire trip….hmph) of which only 1 posed for the camera. Disappointed with the lack of show put on by the whales for us we were circling around at sea for another good 2-21/2 hrs hoping to see some more when we came across a school of dolphins that put on a terrific performance cheering the whole group up after a disappointing morning……Should say that the dolphins made up for it..

Aberdeen – The most beautiful location in the valley of Kehelgamuwa oya

Our van moved slowly since the road was narrow and hilly. The condition of the road was un-expectably good. (It seemed to be repaired recently). The sky was covered with crowns of wet zoned trees. We had moved more than 3km. along a by road starting from Ginigathhena. In the next moment, we were free from the shades of trees and came to an open area surrounded by a tea plantation. Then we notice a silver string laying on black dress in a distance. That was the Aberdeen fall; the most beautiful place in the Kehelgamuwa River

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