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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Memories of the Tragic Plane Crash Ever Happened In Sri Lanka 24 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 18 views
  3. Hunting off cascades of Matara – Deniyaya area 17 views
  4. Idalgashinna Mountain Hike 17 views
  5. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 15 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 15 views
  7. Neelagiri Hela (දකුණේ ආකාස චෛත්‍ය)! 15 views
  8. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 14 views
  9. Waterfalls in Deraniyagala-Noori road 14 views
  10. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 13 views

This Week's

  1. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 60 views
  2. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 54 views
  3. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 51 views
  4. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 46 views
  5. Waterfalls of Colombo District 46 views
  6. Gombaniya /ගොම්බානිය (1906m)-Highest of Knuckles mountain range 43 views
  7. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 42 views
  8. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 40 views
  9. Five peaks of knuckles (1862m) 38 views
  10. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 35 views

This Month's

  1. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 151 views
  2. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 142 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 114 views
  4. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 112 views
  5. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 106 views
  6. Gombaniya /ගොම්බානිය (1906m)-Highest of Knuckles mountain range 104 views
  7. Knuckles Duwili Falls in and out / නකල්ස් දූවිලි ඇලි 96 views
  8. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 94 views
  9. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 91 views
  10. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 90 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,644 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 32,049 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,098 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,990 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,822 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,850 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 19,063 views
  8. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 19,026 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,263 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,500 views

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

This journey we did some times back, most of the members of the crew are members of “Dumbara Mithuro” Environmental and Cultural Society. The society is devoted for the conservation activities in the Knuckles mountain range. On the other hand expedition in the knuckles forest is another prime objective of the society.

In and around Lunugamwehera, Kumana & Kabelittha (සියඹලාව දේවාලය)

කැබලිත්ත සියඹලාව දේවාලය හාස්කම් වලින් පිරුණු ස්ථානයක් ලෙස බොහෝ දෙනාගේ පිළිගැනීමයි. පුරාවෘත්තයන්ට හා ජනප්රවවාදයට අනුව ඉන්දියාවේ සිට පැමිණි ස්කන්ධ කුමාර හෙවත්, කතරගම දෙවියන් ලංකාවේ නතර වීමට තීරණය කල බැවින්, එතුමන් පැම්ණි රන් ඔරුව ගල් කල බවත්, එම ස්ථානය රන් ඔරුගල නමින් හඳුන්වන බවත් සඳහන් වේ.

In and around Panama, Kumana & Kudimbigala

පිළියන්දලින් රාත්රී 11 ට පමන පිටත්වූ අප උදෑසන 9 පමණ වන විට පොතුවිල් මුහුදු මහා විහාරයට ලඟා වුනෙමු. කුමන පිවිසුමට ලඟාවන විට දහවල් 12 පමණ විය. එතැනින් දිවා ආහාරය ගත් අප අපේ පළමු දින නවාතැන වූ කුඹුක්කන් ඔය හෙරලිගස් ආර බලා පිටත් වුනෙමු. කුමන පිවිසුමෙන් ඇතුල්වූ අප බාගුර පිටිය, කුමන විල්ලුව, මඩමතොට පසු කරමින් 23 පමණ දුර ගෙවා හෙරලිගස් ආරට ලඟා වුනෙමු.

On the A9 Road to Jaffna 2010

Once reaching Anuradhapura town by road and travel up to Jaffna junction_( Yapane Handiya) its KM199 from that point to Jaffna. At Ranbewa it’s connected to the A9 road extending from Kandy to Jaffna. The road came to prominence during the war
Once reaching Vavuniya the gate way pictured below is the entrance to the North the predominantly Tamil area.

4 – Day Trip to Welimada / Bomburu Ella / World’s End / Haggala / N’Eliya

This was a very well planned trip as our friend Lasantha’s home town is Welimada. We decided to pay a visit to his place and visit many other places. This came as a blessing having toiled night and day at office for nearly 2 months. So Roshan, Buddhi and I got into “Podimenike” leaving for Badulla at 5.55 am from Fort on 07 July. Lasantha was to meet us at Welimada.

Trail to Hanthana – Paradise of the Hill Capital

We organized this hike as a university tradition. There were seven secret members for organizing the hike. We started the hike at about 9 in the morning from the Faculty canteen with a guide dog “White Fang” . Then we entered into Hanthana forest reserve with sudden a rain fall. We had to face a terrible leech attack at the start. We came to a huge area with pine trees. Then we climbed through the tea estates to a plain area of the mountain range. We had our lunch there.

Achievement of the Hang on target at Namunukula

Before the Sun wake up, we were busy in examination on 1:50,000 maps, to ascertain how & why we loss our goal during the last exploration. After such a hard trekking (not less than 13+3 =16km on foot) in the previous day, the crew was still aggressive to re-do the hike & not known the meaning of giving up. Having an idea on the road (Jeep track) network at the tea estates in and around Namunukula range, we decided to follow the path of the previous day as much as possible with our jeep & reach the village where we suspended our exploration last day.

The lost aim at Namunukula

Existence of nine peaks was caused to name the range as Namunu- Kula. It was the 12th highest mountain in SL. The highest peak out of 9 was climbed by many hikers each year; but from Spring Valley side which was considered as the formal path. Our ambition was to explore the whole 9 peaks from Passara side which was not popular trail and even done by nobody in popular travel forums.

A Pilgrim to “Suthighara Chaithya”

Our first travel location, the historic temple at Thalagama was located at a distance less than a kilometer from Ambepussa, the first train destination of Sri Lanka. The temple was consisted with three levels. The Sangawasaya, Dharma Shalawa and other general buildings used by Bhikku are located at the lower level.

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.

Panavitiya Ambalama, another landmark found in the ancient route from Dambadeniya to Yapahuwa

An “Ambalama” can be described as one of an important public building in ancient Sri Lanka. There were series of “Ambalama(s)” located along the roads, being land marks & resting places for travelers for free. It was a convenience and comfort to people traveling far; going on pilgrimages or visiting relatives by foot or cart. Usually “Ambalam” were built in a chosen spots such as by the side of a paddy field or stream. Facility of portable water was provided with a “pin-thaliya” (a pot of water) or a well

Sithulpawwa Rock Temple – One of the greatest Buddhist site, south of Sri lanka

I visited there several months ago but I thought it is good to publish trip report at least now because I don’t see any trip report related to Sithulpawwa. Beacuse of the time past, I can’t remember much details about visited places at Sithulpawwa

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