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Trip Reports Archive » By Location » Wetlands

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Herbal Paradise Dolukanda (600m)

  2. Yala Block II

  3. Soldiering onto Greater Hikes – Great Western

  4. Trip to Piduruthalagala Summit

  5. Quick visit to Olagangala & Kanugolla ancient hermitages

  6. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom

  7. Two nights at Kalawewa Mahaweli Authority Holiday bungalow

  8. Salgala monastery, Manella & Theli Falls (Galapitamada)

  9. World’s End via Non Pareil Estate in 2008

  10. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)…

This Week's

  1. Trip to Piduruthalagala Summit

  2. Soldiering onto Greater Hikes – Great Western

  3. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera!

  4. Quick visit to Olagangala & Kanugolla ancient hermitages

  5. Jaunting off to the Most Beautiful Village on Earth – Meemure

  6. Herbal Paradise Dolukanda (600m)

  7. Hike to highest Peak (Gombania, 6,253 ft) of the Knuckles Range

  8. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom

  9. Hike to Ella Rock Point

  10. Quest to Singhagala (Lion Rock – සිංහ ගල) In Singharaja Rain Forest

This Month's

  1. Jaunting off to the Most Beautiful Village on Earth – Meemure

  2. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera!

  3. Nature “Drive Thru” via Hambegamuwa, Welioya, Bogawantalawa and Maskeliya

  4. Hike to highest Peak (Gombania, 6,253 ft) of the Knuckles Range

  5. Quest to Singhagala (Lion Rock – සිංහ ගල) In Singharaja Rain Forest

  6. A trip to Ampara and Monaragala

  7. Life along the railways of Uva (Badulla to Ambewela)

  8. Cleaning Effort at Kumari Ella

  9. Hike to Ella Rock Point

  10. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom

All-Time

  1. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya

  2. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

  3. Heaven On Earth (Knuckles – Illukkumbura, Reverstan)

  4. Ancient Paradise – Mahiyanganaya

  5. Wilpattu National Park, Horse Mountain, Thumbapanni

  6. Trip to Jaffna

  7. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m

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

  9. Ravana Gala, Laxapana – King Ravana’s other airport

  10. Siyane Korale Heritage – Maligathenna, Pilikuththuwa, Varana, Koskandawala, Petta-gam Gala Historic Cave Temples

Palpatha and a Day in the Land of Villus

Wilpattu has always been on our wish list, more so after reading Nihal de Silva’s The Road to Elephant Pass. Even though the park was reopened in 2009, we were not able to go that way due to many constraints. The wish finally became a reality only in December 2012.

Visit to see Comb Ducks –Embilikala Kalapuwa

As I live close to Bundala Embilikala kalapuwa (just 15km away my home) I frequently visit there for bird watching. This is a very good place to watch migrant birds as well as locals. This time I could spotted 9 Comb ducks

Searching South for New Comers

I have traveled many times to Mannar in search for flamingos, but only this year I head that they are back in Sri Lanka. Not at Mannar, it was at Bundala their good old habitat. I had no plans of going anywhere till end of November but this news made me anxious to go there. Though some of my friends in to birding have heard the news, no one had been managed to capture a photograph till that moment (as per my knowledge at that moment)

Wilpattu – Land of Lakes and Great Landscapes

It had been almost six years since I last visited Wilpattu. My last visit was in 2006, few weeks before the tragic incident of the landmine explosion which killed six visitors who where on safari. The park was pretty much out of bound since then until the end of the war in 2009. Even after it was re-opened I wasn’t able to plan a trip due to various constraints. This is when a firend at work invited me to join him in a three day trip to wilpattu. I couldn’t have been happier!

Kahandamodara, Kalametiya and Ussangoda – The best year end so far!

Early morning on the 30th December we started heading south on the E01. It was my first time on E01 and I couldn’t have asked for anything better! Cutting across paddy fields, rubber plots and forest patches, E01 was virtually emerging from a sea of mist. Even though the scenary was heavenly, capturing it on camera at 100kmph was not easy. The dirty windshield did not help the cause either.

Mannar round trip

It has been almost a year since visiting Mannar and I was tempting to go there again, especially in the middle of the migration season. I have called Mr. Laurance, the owner of Four Tees Guest Inn, many times since the season begun, but couldn’t go there due to some concerns. This time I was very determined to go there and ask my friends to join me from about month a go.

A Two Day Trip to Anawilundawa, Rajanganaya reservoir & Wilpttu National park

Our first stop was at Kochchikade for our breakfast. After the breakfast we drove through Chillaw to Mundalama till we got to know that we missed Anavilundawa junction, and return to Anavilundawa and turn to right (from Colombo to puttalm you have to turn left) at Anavilndawa junction, Nalladaran kattuwa,that was just few meters before 90 km post. Any way we arrived to sanctuary at 9.00 A.M. That may be little late for bird watching any way we were lucky to watch lot of birds.

Tour de Mannar

According to the “Birds of Sri Lanka” by Prof. Sarath Kotagama, Mannar is one of the main entry points for migrant birds to the main land of Sri Lanka. The area facilitates lot of water holes which are rich of food for these birds. So only few of those birds that are not satisfied with those facilities only come inland, so Mannar is rich with bird life on migrant season mainly from September to May. Few of my friends who had been to Mannar recently had seen lot of bird life there. So we decide that it’s time to pay a visit to Mannar.

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.

Bird watching @ Bundala & Wirawila With the experts!

Bundala National Park is an internationally important wintering ground for migratory water birds in Sri Lanka. Bundala harbors 197 species of Birds, the highlight being the Greater Flamingo(WHICH IS NOT SEEN RECENTLY), which migrate in large flocks. Bundala was designated a wildlife sanctuary in 1969 and redesignated to a national park on 4 January 1993. In 1991 Bundala became the first wetland to be declared as a Ramsar site in Sri Lanka. In 2005 the national park was designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, the fourth biosphere reserve in Sri Lanka.

Scenic Boat Safari in Madu Ganga, Balapitiya

We started the journey from Colombo around 8AM and the crew was four. We used a Suzuki Swift as our transportation.

The drive to Balapitiya was quite effortless and the Galle road was in pretty good shape. Although it is good be sure to stay in the speed limit. Because occasionally you find traffic cops waiting for you to speed!

Anawilundawa and Nawadankulama, the Bird watchers paradise

This event was organized by Adventure Sri Lanka (flickr) group as its 4th consecutive event on this year. Anawilundawa is a bird sanctuary located aproximately 10Km away from Chilaw on Colombo Puttalam road (120Km from Colombo) and Nawadankulama is a lake complex about 10-15Kms away from turn to Anawilundawa. Anawilundawa is a ramsa wetland where there are many migrant birds in the migration season.

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