Lakdasun Trip Reports Archive » Tackling the devil on wheels

Year and Month	August, 2015
Number of Days	One
Crew	3 (Amila, Dharshana & myself)
Accommodation	N/A
Transport	Pajero
Activities	Adventure drive, scenic drive, Scenery & Photography
Weather	Sunny and misty!
Route	Chilaw -> Kaduwela -> Avissawella -> Haputhale -> Boralanda -> Ohiya -> Udaweriya -> West Haputale -> Yahalatenna -> Kalupahana -> Beragala –> Wellawaya -> Monaragala
Tips, Notes and Special remark	Carry water you will need it, also take some food stuff Do not carry Plastic items (Minimize), Make sure you bring back everything you took Best time to visit is during April or August Ask directions from locals The route we took was through Udaveriya and it is 24Km’s from Ohiya towards Kalupahana Accommodation options could be found at Udaweriya and Bambarakanda Road condition were terrible before the V-cut Haputhale – Boralanda rd is under construction Need a 4WD vehicle and an experience driver
Related Resources	Trail guide: Scenic and adventure drive to Horton Plains from Kalupahana Trip reports: Marching from Kalupahana to Ohiya (24Km’s)
Author	Ashan
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The map(we took the opposite route shown by the arrows) – click to enlarge

Previously I did hike from Kalupahana to Ohiya on foot and I wanted to do this on my jeep but I never planned to attempt this in 2015. All started when my friend Dharshana called me and said “machan must go somewhere because I haven’t been anywhere in 8 months”. He had been stuck with his PG degree so was desperate and this was the main reason why we did this plus Amila also joined us on the last moment. We planned to descend because that would be easy for everyone to return back to their desired destinations. The whole ride took 3 ½ hours and we also had a dip on top of Lanka ella to refresh ourselves. The lunch was prepared at Bambarakanda Holiday resort. This would be a picture report so enjoy it and drive safe..

Winding roads at ohiya

Elephant foot

starting point

violet beauty

Udaweria factory to be restored

misty hill country

old direction board

view towards A4 from the factory

A4 zoomed

to be renovated

white beauty

that lovely bunch

African lily

captured by amila

icy cold

tall trees

better than the rest of the road

seen on a light post

rough map

ascending devils stair way

crossing the gap

ah they got some chocolates

mountain forest

it was misty

antique

view towards Udawalawe

unique

kichi kichi delica

hard life

faces

i love these

ah a clear view

towards kuragala

wow

scenic

a silent day

siblings

gommolliya covered

my beast

glimpse of lanka ella

lovely

this was a dream

Thanks Amila de Silva for the pic

Yahalatenna was lovely

V cut

ah the road was well paved from here onwards

kalthota plains

extremely dry August

trail to lanka ella

heaven

scenic

where we had a bath

standing tall

looking back and saying good bye

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