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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Demodara

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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 19 views
  2. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 16 views
  3. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 14 views
  4. Journey to Paduruthalawa /පැදුරුතලාව (1690m) 13 views
  5. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 12 views
  6. හරිත කන්ද, බෝපත්තලාව – Haritha Kanda Hike 12 views
  7. Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls 12 views
  8. Kondagala Mountain, the beauty of Loolcandura 11 views
  9. Kunudiya Parwathaya (1580m)/ කුණුදිය පව්ව තරණය 10 views
  10. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 10 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 104 views
  2. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 49 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 47 views
  4. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 45 views
  5. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 44 views
  6. Days at Chilaw 43 views
  7. Waterfalls of Colombo District 40 views
  8. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 37 views
  9. Kondagala Mountain, the beauty of Loolcandura 35 views
  10. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 33 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 397 views
  2. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 235 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 214 views
  4. Bulathkohupitiya-Narangala Hike (880m) 163 views
  5. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 157 views
  6. Misty point-Ambokka (1159m) and Selagama Mini world’s end 152 views
  7. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 140 views
  8. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 139 views
  9. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 133 views
  10. Monkey Mountain (520m)…….A part of Viyana Hela 122 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,160 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 31,920 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,032 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,742 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,542 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,558 views
  7. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,921 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,883 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,127 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,346 views

Re-visited Adisham and Nine arch Bridge

Adisham Hall, or Adisham Bungalow is a country house near Haputale, in the Badulla District, Sri Lanka. At present it houses the Adisham Monastery a congregation of St. Sylvester.

The house was built in 1931 by an English aristocrat and planter Sir Thomas Villiers, former Chairman of George Steuart Co, a trading and estate agency based in Colombo. Sir Thomas was a grandson of Lord John Russell and descendant of the Dukes of Bedford. It was designed by R. Booth and F. Webster in Tudor and Jacobean style, on 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land. Adisham Hall played host to many prominent personalities of the colony until the retirement of Sir Thomas, after which it was sold to Sedawatte Mills. In 1961 it was purchased by the Roman Catholic Church and was subsequently converted to a monastery. The house is well preserved along with its period fittings and furniture, and is open to visitors.

Pluckers Hut – 1365m

Year and Month  04-June-2018 Number of Days  One Crew  02 Accommodation  N/A Transport  Motor Bicycles Activities  Hiking, Nature Exploring, Photography, Sightseeing Weather  Good Route  Colombo -> Avissawella -> Ratnapura -> Balangoda -> Haputale -> Bandarawela -> Etampitiya Road -> Maliththa -> Neluwa Road -> Haliela- Neluwa Estate -> Pluckers Hut Tips, Notes and Special remark […]

The Mixed Salad of Traveling…

Hello everyone! Hope you’re all well and getting geared up for the up-coming festive season. Well, all the glamour of the festive season would’ve been over by the time you read this article. However, after our previous hike based at Kande Ela, there was a transitional period, very much like the “Nonagathaya” aka inauspicious time during April New Year. I was going mad with nowhere to go and was ready to walk up a wall when finally Hasi came into my rescue and we managed to do a small Waterfall Hunt in Colombo.

If it wasn’t for that, I’d’ve had to be admitted to a sanatorium. Even after that, there was a long wait before our scheduled journey to the Koslanda, Bandarawela and Demodara. The constant rains made me think of those gorgeous cascades falling majestically having been fed by the increased volume of water but I was stuck at home with no means to go see them. However, we planned to visit a few of them during our journey, most notably the Upper Diyaluma Falls or according to Dr. Eberhard Kautzsch who wrote the book “A Guide to the Waterfalls of Sri Lanka”, this could even be the Kudalu Ella.

Camping On Ella Rock

It’s been while after my last report. I did Wangedigala Hike on September 2014. It didn’t go well because of bad weather condition so I didn’t write a report. Then I planned to hike to HP via Kalupahana – ohiya on December. Again unpredictable weather condition stopped me. So I decided to go Ella.

Bambaragala Pathana, Namunukula & Attractions around Ella

The five-day holiday following Vesak Poya was a long awaited event in the calendar and we planned to venture into an area that we have never explored – Namunukula and Ella. Ella of course we have passed many times en route from Wellawaya, but Namunukula was a totally new destination.

EXCITING ELLA ‘FEB 2014

The number of times that I have travelled in the train “passing” Ella equals to the number of visits to Horton Plains National Park by my-self which is self explanatory for those who know about me and Horton Plains 🙂 Finally the day had come! After several “passing by” trips I decided to head over to Ella on an exploration visit over the long weekend which was laid out alongside the Independence Day of Sri Lanka (4th of Feb) As usual my decision was sudden and only a few days left for me to plan my trip.

The Dawn of a New Era – Rail Hike Stage 01

The perfectly square-shaped rocks had been put together by a very thin layer of a special mixture (about 1cm) and it’s really surprising that she’s been standing all these years. The mastermind behind this magnificent structure is Mr. P. K. Appuhamy, who was a resident of Keppetipola born in 1870 and died at 1951.

Rail hike from Demodara to Pattipola and hike to Ella rock

It was a rainy Friday when I went to Gampola from Colombo to spend the weekend at my aunt’s place. I took the 5.50 am train from Colombo and reached Gampola at about 10.30 am. My mother was at my aunt’s place and as we were having a small chat, she wanted me to go to Haputale and deliver some documents to a relative. I was instantly willing to go because I have not been to Haputale for years. As soon as I was dreaming about going by train to Haputale, I remembered Ashan ayya’s trip report on his hike from Badulla to Ambewala 🙂 YES, I wanted to do at least a small bit of it.

Life along the railways of Uva (Badulla to Ambewela)

It was end of the monsoons and everywhere seemed to be flooded. I did have few free days in hand but couldn’t think of a better thing to do other than a rail hike. Since I dint get a chance to do a long distance hike after last year’s 90km “Pada Yathra” I thought of walking 70km along the railway backwards from Badulla. Usually many hikers do not do the Badulla – Haputale stretch because nothing much to see but you won’t believe, there are plenty to see around.

Memorable journey to OHIYA

Ohiya is a rural village and one of the most scenic and coolest places in Sri Lanka. Normal temperature is less than 12 Celsius. It’s a lonely and sleepy town. The entire town consists of two boutiques and the railway station only. Nearest town by road is Boralanda (10 KM). Nearest Petrol shed is Welimada (22 KM).

Samanala wewa,Kaltota,Pelwatte sugar and nine arches bridge

Our basic target was to see the nine arches bridge at Demodera and travel around that area. We used different way to reach wellawaya instead of normal ways (not via Beragala or via Thanamalwila).

Family trip to Ella in January

Ella has always been a fascinating place for me and it is no wonder that we decided to go there again for the third time in 18 months to have a nice and quiet getaway with the family. We booked the Grand Ella Motel (GEM) which is operated by the Ceylon Hotel Corporation well in advance as Ella becomes a popular spot for tourists during the winter season.

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