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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Bomburu Ella

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  1. කුවේණි විජයට දෙස් තැබූ යක්දෙස්සා ගල (Yakdessagala 540m) 21 views
  2. Hike to Dumbanagala (1642m) in a clear day 17 views
  3. 3 Day Trip to Waulpane ,Pitadeniya Conservation Center via Sinharaja (වන නිවහන) 17 views
  4. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 14 views
  5. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 14 views
  6. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 13 views
  7. New additions of Hambanthota 13 views
  8. A Family Trip to Morningside 13 views
  9. Story of Victoria 12 views
  10. Scenic walk to Karagahatenna 12 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 105 views
  2. A Family Trip to Morningside 93 views
  3. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 81 views
  4. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 67 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 53 views
  6. Hike to Bathalegala and some attractions of Pilimathalawa 51 views
  7. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 49 views
  8. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 47 views
  9. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 46 views
  10. කුවේණි විජයට දෙස් තැබූ යක්දෙස්සා ගල (Yakdessagala 540m) 44 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 430 views
  2. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 305 views
  3. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 292 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 250 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 214 views
  6. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 187 views
  7. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 180 views
  8. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 170 views
  9. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 166 views
  10. A Family Trip to Morningside 161 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,497 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 32,022 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,062 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,904 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,726 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,750 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 19,006 views
  8. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,983 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,206 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,438 views

Bomburu Fall / Ravan Fall and Hakgala Garden

We had a train journey to Nuwaraeliya for meet a special person of our member. Since Madusanka is there, we thought to visit Ravan Fall which couldn’t see on our previous journey. So, we took Madusanka’s car and driven to Perawela to see the Bomburu Bride as we cannot pass her without visiting and after that we went to Ravan fall and spend sometime over there.

After that we went to Hakgala botanical garden we I have been there for the last time on 2002. Since we had enough time to roaming around Nuwaraeliya we walked along the paths and had a silent exploration about a path to climb Hakgala Mountain. Because Hakgala is a high sensitive forest reserve and as we heard on one can climb this giant mountain due to this restrictions. However we couldn’t find any secret path or even any clue about climbing this mountain but we were able to achieve this mountain range in October 2018 successfully. But at that time I and Malith are only able to do this secret hike and still we didn’t published any details about that hike as we are not able to disclose the methods we followed.

Hunting Dozen of Waterfalls along the Uma Oya

This is a bit dangerous and difficult hike as we need to walk along the upward of Uma Oya. We headed to Bomburu falls which is the our trail head. We started upward trek since we need to catch the night mail to Colombo. Hence it is the easiest way to reach Nuwaraeliya rather than getting down to Bomburu fall from the reservoir.  We came to the Bomburu fall early morning and purchased the tickets. This remind me my first visit to Bomburu fall, at that time there is no any ticket counter or any notice board or even people.

Upper Bomburu Cascades / ඉහළ බෝඹුරු ඇලි….

Bomburu Ella is considered as one of widest waterfalls in Sri Lanka. Bomburu Ella Oya / Duulgolla Oya forms Bomburu Ella. But there are eight cascades formed by this water stream above Bomburu Ella , called upper Bomburu cascades.

Cascades in Nuwara Eliya – Lover’s Leap, Piduruthalagala & Bomuru Ella.

We had started our journey around 7.30AM from Peradeniya and we had planned to reach Nuwara Eliya without the normal route (through Gampola and Ramboda). Actually Padiyapelella Ragala route is one of most beautiful route to reach Nuwara Eliya.

Cascade fiesta at Kandapola forest reserve on Valentine’s day

All this year I have been following streams and hunting cascades and there was one major pending to do adventure! As always I needed a motivation and Nalinda and the gang provided me with it. They did this trail 3 weeks back so I was tempted to follow their footsteps. For years I have noted many cascades above Bomburu falls and wondered how was I going to plan this trip but after getting few tips from my friends I decided to go ahead.

Bomburu Ella Hunting

We started our journey to Bomburu Ella from Nuwaraeliya to Hakgala and turn left to Perawela village. Bomburu fall is the widest fall in sri lanka. There is about 2/3 km hike through the forest. There are plenty of leeches. Do not go on a rainy day. Do not bath at every massive pool; there will be a good place near the main fall.

New Year Rituals in Uva – Tour de Waterfalls 17…

Now that I’ve taken it off my chest, let’s see what was in store for me upon arriving in Kumbalwela where the Ella-Wellawaya Road begins. It had gone 8am, much later than I’d planned but there was hardly anything I could do about the crawling bus, when we reached Kumbalwela and waited for a bus to get us to Ella. The under construction road was full of dust and waiting proved to be a huge challenge but after it felt like an eternity, there was a bus and we got in quickly.

My efforts to catch up on sleep became futile so had a tough time waiting till we reached Belihul Oya for breakfast. Pan Cake just out of the oven washed down with ginger-flavored plain tea brought the active adventurer in me. From there the journey became more pleasant. The Walawe Valley stretched into miles with vivid colors. Finally around 8.30am, we reached Kumbalwela and got off the bus. Then it was another sometime before a bus arrived for us to get to Ella.

In and around Welimada

I was able to visit at following places at Welimada in two days. Bomburu Ella and climbing to top of Bomburu Falls, Ravan Falls, Sthreepura cave expedition, Mana Falls, Ganethanna RMV, Ulugala RMV, Keppetipola fort, Diwrumpola Temple. Famous Bogoda wooden Bridge (බෝගොඩ ලී පාලම) and Boralanda government farm (බොරලන්ද ගොවිපල) are also closer to Welimada. I couldn’t go there.

Cascades – The Never Ending Passion!

So finally I decided to tackle the rains, it was not a pleasant experience but my desire and the outcome made it pleasant at the end. On day one when I arrived at Welimada it was around 1pm and it was drizzling at that moment and I had to face a major obstacle which was a bus strike at that moment, somehow got in to a CTB and went towards lunuwatta.

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.

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