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Trip Reports Archive » By Year » 2004

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Soldiering onto Greater Hikes – Great Western

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

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

  4. Trip to Piduruthalagala Summit

  5. Hike to Ella Rock Point

  6. Quick visit to Olagangala & Kanugolla ancient hermitages

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

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

  9. Scenic Boat Safari in Madu Ganga, Balapitiya

  10. Hidden beauty on top of Diyaluma, Pilkington & Millennium Point’s of Poonagala hills

This Week's

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

  2. Trip to Piduruthalagala Summit

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

  4. Soldiering onto Greater Hikes – Great Western

  5. Quick visit to Olagangala & Kanugolla ancient hermitages

  6. Hike to Ella Rock Point

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

  8. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom

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

  10. Excursion to the Lifeline of Hasalaka – Rathna Ella

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

  6. A trip to Ampara and Monaragala

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

  8. Bambarella to Thangappuwa by hiking Knuckles Peaks & Exploring Alugallena

  9. Cleaning Effort at Kumari Ella

  10. Hike to Ella Rock Point

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

Hiking Saptha Kanya (seven virgins) Mountain – Norton bridge

In the morning we got into a Hatton bus at around 9AM and reached Ginigathhena around 11:30AM. From there we haired a van to Koththellana. We had our lunch and started to climb from Koththellana area. First you have to go through tea plantation and then pine trees. After that there’s no clear path, you have to go by making a path trough the bushes. And that is the difficult part since the way is very steep. Some times you need ropes to climb. But on the way we saw some elephant dung.

One Day Trip to Udawalawa National Park

It was a strenuous trip. Need not to say that drving 170km and back with more than 8 hours spent in the park made us spend almost 2 hours in the jeeps. Still it was fun and adventurous!

We left our homes quite early in the morning. The plan was to leave at 3.00 a.m. but by the time we left Colombo it was almost 3.30 a.m. We drove straight to Rathnapura on almost deserted roads. By 5.45a.m. we were at Rathnapura, on time to witness an amazing assembly of nature.

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