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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Gal Koth Kanda (631m) ගල් කොත් කන්ද 14 views
  2. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 12 views
  3. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 12 views
  4. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 11 views
  5. Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls 10 views
  6. Camping at Gawarawila plains 9 views
  7. Waterfalls of Colombo District 9 views
  8. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 9 views
  9. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 8 views
  10. Kobonilagala Hike/ Aliya Kanda -1556m (කොබෝනීලගල) 8 views

This Week's

  1. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 54 views
  2. Knuckles Duwili Falls in and out / නකල්ස් දූවිලි ඇලි 53 views
  3. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 47 views
  4. Gombaniya /ගොම්බානිය (1906m)-Highest of Knuckles mountain range 45 views
  5. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 43 views
  6. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 40 views
  7. Alagalla mountain hike (1140m) 39 views
  8. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 36 views
  9. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 36 views
  10. Trekking from Bambarella to Meemure with hiking Wamarapugala (වමාරපුගල) (1551m) 36 views

This Month's

  1. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 173 views
  2. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 130 views
  3. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 110 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 103 views
  5. Gombaniya /ගොම්බානිය (1906m)-Highest of Knuckles mountain range 102 views
  6. කුවේණි විජයට දෙස් තැබූ යක්දෙස්සා ගල (Yakdessagala 540m) 99 views
  7. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 97 views
  8. Knuckles Duwili Falls in and out / නකල්ස් දූවිලි ඇලි 96 views
  9. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 95 views
  10. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 89 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,625 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 32,047 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,091 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,982 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,816 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,832 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 19,051 views
  8. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 19,014 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,260 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,495 views

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

Hidden beauties at the Valley of Ritigaha Oya, Dedugala

There was nearly 45 minutes drive from Ruwanwella to Bulathkohupitiya. Bulathkohupitiya was a small town at an elevation of 130 ft from MSL, located in between Kegalle & Karawanella. This colonial type town was margined by a stream known as Ritigaha-oya, a tributary of Kelani River. It was started from the ranges of Dolosbage, located within a distance of 20 km from Bulathkohupitiya. On the other hand, the elevation rose dramatically from 140ft to 3000ft within a distance nearly 14km.

Visit to Muthurajawela Visitor Center

Total distance of the boat tour was around 14 Km and it took 2 hrs. We started from Hamilton canal and the canal was full of water monitors. We were fortunate to see a young crocodile. We reached to Negombo lagoon within 20 minutes. Then we entered to Dandugam oya through boarder of the Muthurajawela marsh. There we saw lot of fishing boats (canoes) with fishing nets.

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