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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 22 views
  2. Uda Diyaluma Fall Hike 15 views
  3. Lunugala the peak with a 360 degree view of Passara! 13 views
  4. Hunting off cascades of Matara – Deniyaya area 13 views
  5. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 12 views
  6. In searching of Gawarawila and sub plains 12 views
  7. Camping at Gawarawila plains 12 views
  8. Cascades of Ranamuru Oya 11 views
  9. Gombaniya /ගොම්බානිය (1906m)-Highest of Knuckles mountain range 10 views
  10. Kumana – Camping at Gal Amuna : Picture Report 10 views

This Week's

  1. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 75 views
  2. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 61 views
  3. Hunting off cascades of Matara – Deniyaya area 60 views
  4. In searching of Gawarawila and sub plains 59 views
  5. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 55 views
  6. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 53 views
  7. Cascades of Ranamuru Oya 50 views
  8. Gombaniya /ගොම්බානිය (1906m)-Highest of Knuckles mountain range 49 views
  9. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 49 views
  10. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 48 views

This Month's

  1. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 145 views
  2. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 133 views
  3. Gombaniya /ගොම්බානිය (1906m)-Highest of Knuckles mountain range 131 views
  4. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 126 views
  5. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 124 views
  6. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 116 views
  7. In searching of Gawarawila and sub plains 109 views
  8. ගැරඬි ඇල්ල (Gerandi falls) the extreme hike 106 views
  9. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 105 views
  10. Knuckles Duwili Falls in and out / නකල්ස් දූවිලි ඇලි 104 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,682 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 32,058 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,102 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 27,008 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,830 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,875 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 19,077 views
  8. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 19,033 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,269 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,511 views

විල ඔයේ සැඟවුණු බුදුපටුන (Hazardous expedition in search of Budupatuna)

Wila Oya Budupatuna was a totally unheard place to me until few weeks back when I came across a post by NG on Lakdasun which made me go in search of these mysterious statues similar to Buduruwagala. The only information I had was about Two Japanese (archeologist) teams visits in 1985 and 90’s and some photographs in a book called ELOQUENCE IN STONE.

Hiking “The Paradise”

From the beginning of this year I had planned to do a hike along the Bambaraknda – Ohiya track. August was my target month and I was thinking of doing this on my own even if my friends would not join me (I thought they might not be interested in a long hike). But surprisingly they all agreed to join me and were quite interesting in this hike.

“Neelagiriya” the hidden colossal and Na maluwa monastery

Neelagiri Seya (නීලගිරි සෑය) is a name I came across when I was going through the web site of archeology.lk. Since then I wanted to visit this site. So on a Saturday I got in to a Panama bus and travelled towards Lahugala where I got down and inquired from few locals about the sthupa. And one person volunteered and gave me a lift towards Heda Oya (හැඩ ඔය) where the road continues across the stream.

Richmond Castle, Kalutara

So along the road to the castle we went happily. (Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera, however, the previous month I had bought my new phone, Trusted Nokia X6 and it has a 5 MP camera which I had to be content with. However, the pics came nicely, so much better than I anticipated, however I again want to visit the place more leisurely with my digital camera)

Two nights at Kalawewa Mahaweli Authority Holiday bungalow

This trip was done some time back in 2009, but still I cherish the memorable experience of this fantastic place. The other reason which prompted me to write this report is to clear the erroneous doubts among the members of this forum about the ‘bookings getting cancelled’. You can reserve this place in advance but they accept money and confirm your reservation only two weeks before the arrival date. Once you pay, your booking is confirmed and there is very rare chance of getting it cancelled.

A Two Day Trip to Nellikulama, Thanthirimale, Arippu, Mannar & Madhu

Our first stop was at Kurunegala for our breakfast. After the breakfast we drove through Dambulla,Nelumkulama and turned left to Anuradhapura air force camp road through Wilachchiya road to Nellikulama. Nellikulama was a modern temple but its concept was little different from our traditional temple.

Trip to Trinco – Less Frequented Places

We intended to cover Trinco and surrounding places of interest as much as possible and the trip was planned to the minute detail. However unexpected bad weather, poor road conditions and Grease Yaka prevented us from touching all places, meaning another trip when time permits!!!!

One day trip to Reverseturn, Pitawala pathana and Sera Ella in Windy/dry season

This is the first time we visited to Riverseturn. That was windy season for Riverstone and best time to visit. The breathtaking surroundings, strong cool winds and challenging hikes. But the pitawala pathana was very dry at that time. According to the local persons, they didn’t get rain from 2-3 months. You can see how dry it was. We visited to Thelgamuwa oya for bath but we saw not enough water for that. Then we visited to Sera fall. We didn’t see large and beautiful water fall because of lack of rain.

Trip to Galkadawala, Kantale and Lankapatuna

This lodge is an isolated, quiet very simple place and it is far away from human habitat. It’s surrounded by huge trees and gives the real feeling of a forest. You will not be disturbed as there are no TV or telephones, except the hassle of your mobile phone. There are swings and outdoor showers. This is an ideal place for a relaxing holiday.

Two day trip to Kataragama – Yala

We entered the park around 2.30 pm and was lucky to get Saranga as the tracker(He was our tracker on our trip to Kebilitta in 2008). We told him that our priority was to see the Leopard and then Birds and may be a tusker as My wife and daughter were more in to animals than birds. During the period of 3 hours in the park we were able to see the Leopard , a tusker and a few birds and the photo session was pretty good because of the superb lighting.

Exploring lost memories of 15 years back

As a travel location; Devon was the first in our journey. 97m height water fall was identified as one of the 20 most spectacular waterfalls in Sri Lanka. It was located at a distance of 7km from Talawakele. There were two main view points located at A7. One was closed to Mlesna tea castle. The other was the lower one which was special because the both Devon & St. Claire falls can be viewed at the same place.

Exploring an off the map beauty at Amithirigala

Passing some manioc chena(s), the two vehicles turned into a by road lead to Amithirigala, which started from Kirindiwela – Hanwella main road, just before the AGA office at Weeke. Having traveling less than a kilometer from Weeke, both were stopped for a while at the base of Medagama viharaya, a temple where one of the first 8th daughter-plants of sacred Bo tree (Jaya sri maha bodhi) at Anuradhapura were planted. Traditionally each vehicle passing this temple used to stop; pray and put some coins in the till box on the name of the rural god “Ranwala Dewiyo”.

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