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Year and Month | 2016 March 20 |
Number of Days | One day |
Crew | 03-Nuwan,Indranatha and My self |
Accommodation | Not applicable |
Transport | Bus, Three Wheel and walking Shelton-Helpful and knowledgeable three wheel driver 0786675543 |
Activities | Sights seeing and Photography |
Weather | Excellent |
Route | Polonnaruwa -> Matale -> Raththota (රත්තොට) -> Gammaduwa (ගම්මඩුව) -> Karagahatenna (කරගහතැන්න) -> Back to same route -> Polonnaruwa |
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Author | Niroshan |
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Karagahatenna peak is situated at Raththota-Matale closer to Knuckles Forest reserve. This peak is occupied by six communication towers belong to ITN, SLBC, SL-Army, SL-NAVY, SL-Air force and TNL. Therefore it is guarded by Sri Lanka army.
Nuwan’s friend works there and therefore we had a chance to visit the peak with permission.
We reached Matale old bus stand following our breakfast at 8.30am. Next bus was scheduled at 9.30am. After waiting one hour bus started the journey and following one and half hour drive it reached the destination.
Gammaduwa junction is kind of an end village where you can see few boutiques. After inquire about different options to reach Karagasthenna, we hired a three wheeler.
It was amazing to drive up to the camp entrance. As it was a sunny day surrounding view was so beautiful.
Where Karagahatenna is situated
After three wheel journey we got down at the gate where first check point placed. Nuwan’s friend welcomed us warmly and refreshed us with lunch. Following lunch we started to walk up. It was about two and half kilometers uphill till we reach transmission towers and buildings.
There are six transmission towers on top of Karagahatenna. It provides a nice panoramic view of surrounding areas. At one side you can see Puwakpitiya, Pitawala Pathana, Mini World’s end, Maningala and number of peaks of Knuckles massif. Riverstone is covered with the nearby peak.
Then we walked to other end of the peak where ITN tower is placed. We were able to view Bowathenna reservoir, Arangala peak, Manikdena with Lenadora and Gedaragalapathana range. Ibbankatuwa reservoir and Beliya Kanda were also seen far away.
After spending about hour on top of the peak we said good bye to Nuwan’s friend and started return journey. We wanted to walk down with enjoying the beautiful view. But later we found the “short cut” mentioned by three wheel driver. It shortened our coming back to an hour. On our way we had a dip from a water stream.
Thank you for reading