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Trip Reports Archive » By Month » February

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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Few Cascades of Pelmadulla

  2. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya

  3. 4 days of waterfall sighting

  4. Celebrating May Day on the Summit of “Uva” (Namunukula)

  5. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

  6. Ancient Paradise – Mahiyanganaya

  7. Trip to Trincomalee and the East coast

  8. A Day Trip to Hunnasgiriya

  9. Westminster Abbey the Pride of Siyambalanduwa (ගෝවින්ද හෙළ 558m)

  10. Visit to Muthurajawela Visitor Center

This Week's

  1. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya

  2. The Caving Expedition – Waulpane (Wawulpane) ‘FEB 2011

  3. Wilpattu – Land of Lakes and Great Landscapes

  4. Westminster Abbey the Pride of Siyambalanduwa (ගෝවින්ද හෙළ 558m)

  5. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

  6. Celebrating May Day on the Summit of “Uva” (Namunukula)

  7. Aligama Village and Wasgamuwa

  8. Ancient Paradise – Mahiyanganaya

  9. Athwelthota Re-Visited

  10. බෙලිහුල් ඔයේ සැගවුණු අසිරිය (කැති ගහන ඇල්ල / Galagama Falls)…

This Month's

  1. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya

  2. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

  3. Westminster Abbey the Pride of Siyambalanduwa (ගෝවින්ද හෙළ 558m)

  4. Athwelthota Re-Visited

  5. Camped at Kokmote Camping site – Wilpattu

  6. Trip to Delft and Mullaittivu

  7. Aligama Village and Wasgamuwa

  8. Exploring Pilkington point & Millennium point, the popular view points at Poonagala Estate

  9. Wilpattu – Land of Lakes and Great Landscapes

  10. Visit to Religious and Important Historical Sites in Kebitigollawa, Padaviya and Horoupotana

All-Time

  1. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya

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

  3. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

  4. Wilpattu National Park, Horse Mountain, Thumbapanni

  5. Trip to Jaffna

  6. Ancient Paradise – Mahiyanganaya

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

  8. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m

  9. Bambarella,Kalupahana,Doovili Eli And Return to Ranamure

  10. TRIP TO POTHUVIL (POTTUVIL) AND DOWNWARDS

The Caving Expedition – Waulpane (Wawulpane) ‘FEB 2011

Back in 2011, February I myself along with another 02 well experienced trekkers decided to explore the Prehistoric world of “Waulpane” which dates back to approx 500 million years..!! We started Early in the morning from Colombo and by mid-day we reached the rendezvous point close to Pallebedda.

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!

Exploring Pilkington point & Millennium point, the popular view points at Poonagala Estate

It was an extraordinary cool morning to Wellawaya. We waked up before the Sun and left the Little Rose Inn, the night stay of us at Wellawaya. We moved heading Diyaluma, as the first travel location of the day. The fall was rather young because it might rain at Bandarawela area, those days. Because Poonagalla Oya the stream Foamed Diyaluma, was originated from Bandarawela area.

Trip to Delft and Mullaittivu

As most of our members are aware through my “Help Planning Request”, I intended to go with a large group to Jaffna and branch off to go to Delft. Factually it was our annual office trip which decorates by 7 families, (trigger, stock and barrel) and we are very concerned about accommodation as very fragile wives and kids are involved.

An adventures hike to Alagalla Mountain

Year and Month February 2012 Number of Days Two Crew 3 (between 23-30 years of age – office colleagues ) Accommodation Camping Transport Public Transport Bus, Train and Three wheeler Activities Photography, rock climbing, Hiking, Camping Weather Excellent Route Colombo -> Mawanella -> Kadugannawa -> Poththapitiya and return on the same route. Tips, Notes and [...]

Hike to Nuwaragala – Ampara

For a number of years my father has been mentioning the name ‘Nuwaragala’ and had told me that we should climb it one day. On a Thursday night, as I was about to go to bed he ordered me to make ready my backpack before I sleep and said that we would be going to Ampara the following day. I knew that it was going to be a tiring weeken

In search of the Tomb of King VIJAYA (කන්දේ මැදගම දෙමටව කන්ද 300m)

Since I got my appointment at General Hospital Chilaw, I was planning to visit this place and finally the day arrived (almost after 1 year). I left towards Hettipola and beyond to meet one of my friends. We packed up our stuff and decided to go in his Maruti rather than the bike because it was drizzling. The mountain can be seen to the Chilaw-Kurunegala main road Between Hettipola & Medagama junction

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

This rock is not a place to mock around and it’s not an easy hike at all, it’s also believed to be a holy place protected by the local god (ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ ගබඩාව). There have been many incidents where the god have punished travellers & locals who was wondering about with a bad intent (stung by wasp, elephant attacks, lost in the jungle, etc)

Rush Trip to Trinco to entertain some visiting friends who missed sea and sand of our golden island

In good old days we used to come to hot water springs in the morning for a bath and a glass full of pure hot milk from a nearby polathu kade and the area was deserted other than that kade. Now it is a carnival and even the springs have lost their warmth to some extent!!!!! We wanted to visit the secrete tomb of the Muslim saint which is in the wilderness beyond the springs but the security people warned us off telling that the trail is now vanished and wild elephants are roaming around. Someone should do something about that.

Chasing Waterfalls

On the 18th two of us left delgoda at about 4am and picked up the other two crew members from ambepussa and we were past gampola when the sun was rising above the mountains. It was a beautiful morning with a slight chill in the air and the scenery that unfolded before us when we drove past nawalapitiya on the talawakelle road was simply amazing.

“I came, I saw, I conquered” – Highest peak of Dolosbage (Kabaragala 1506m)

Almost one week after the peacock hill adventure, it was time for another hike. Mount Kabaragala was an unknown mountain for me until one week back when I first saw it while I was on top of Monaragala. I had no idea about the geography and how to conquer it. Only few google images, survey departments map information and few photographs which I have taken few days back, were there for my aid. Kabaragala is unique in the sense it’s the tallest mountain peak of Dolosbage range and it has an almost flat terrain on top of it which makes you feel that you are walking in heaven.

Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls

Since this is the ideal time for hiking I thought of starting up by doing a scenic warm up hike. I left early from Colombo and arrived at Para deka (just before pussellawa) and took a trishaw towards Doragala junction. And continued uphill along the road, passing the tea factory until I reached the pines estate. From here onwards it was a 400m hike uphill on a well cleared path. Suddenly I was at the top at the base of one (out of four) communication tower

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