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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Devon falls

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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. Neelagiri Hela (දකුණේ ආකාස චෛත්‍ය)! 15 views
  6. Waterfalls in Deraniyagala-Noori road 14 views
  7. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 14 views
  8. Waterfalls of Colombo District 14 views
  9. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 13 views
  10. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 13 views

This Week's

  1. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 59 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! 45 views
  5. Waterfalls of Colombo District 45 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) 39 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) 150 views
  2. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 141 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 113 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) 45,643 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 24,849 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

The longest single mountain range in Sri Lanka, DELL

කඳු, හෙල්, නිම්න, තැනිතලා, පතන, දිය ඇළි, උමං, ගුහා ආදී සොබා නිර්මාණ රාශියක් පිරුණු මේ ලක්බිම සැබවින්ම සුන්දරය භූමිකම්පා, ගිනිකඳු රහිත මේ පොළොව විවිධ දේශගුණික තත්ත්වල පිරුන කුඩා දිවයිනකි. ඉන් මධ්‍යම පළාත යනු රටේ අතිශය සුන්දර ඉසව්වකට දෙස් විදෙස් කවුරුත් පිළිගන්නා මතයකි.

Nawalapitiya, the interchange for Waterfalls

Nawalapitiya is like a inter change for many beautiful places in central province. Here are some information about the routes connecting with Nawalapitiya town.

Waterfalls from Nuweraeliya to Thalawakale

We have reached Nanu Oya (නානු ඔය) railway station in early morning by night mail from Colombo and waited till dawn comes. Glassaugh Falls were seen in distance and we started to walk towards Radella (රදැල්ල) station. (Same direction we came)
According to Sri’s report there is a significant cascade down the bridge closer to Nanu Oya railway station. We attempted to reach the base of the falls just before the railway bridge and it was failed.

Riding towards Horton Plains by Bicycle (Kirigalpotta hike returned via, Thalawakele)

Riding bicycles on those hilly roads were somewhat difficult, but it was a life time experience for us. Climatic condition in Nuwara Eliya during December and January is cold and dry. Therefore, it is better to arrange your journey during December.

Conservation Project No. 2: Continuing the Hunt for Ulex in Horton Plains…

Hello everyone, hope you guys are doing great and had enjoyed our conservation effort at Horton Plains before. Well, we (rather Ana) simply couldn’t rest letting Ulex take control of our beautiful country, especially our beloved Horton Plains. So we went earlier (about 6 weeks before this) with a larger group of 9 people and worked for two days and cleared a substantial area with the help of couple of HP workers.

During that journey itself, Ana must’ve made a vow to come back to destroy more Ulex as we got yet another invitation from him to go back once again to clear as much of an area as possible. Well, all we had to do was say yes which we did with no hesitation. So our familiar bungalow was booked once again and we were counting days to go and fight this menace once again. Ana had brought the broken equipment from the last journey and had got them repaired, this time with more robust handles.

Front Row Seat – Podi Menike…

The smartly dressed engine driver reminded me of a senior air force officer. Their uniforms were that good. Climbing up the steps into the engine at Nanu Oya was like a dream. Thinking back, I was as if sleep walking into it. Inside, the space was fully occupied by the two comfortable seats for the engine driver and his assistant, pilot and copilot in aviation terms. Behind them in the middle were two fire extinguishers. They could move about along the narrow path behind the seating. The engine compartment was the bulk of the sky blue enclosed wagon with no access whatsoever for others including them. If there was, I wasn’t gonna push my luck that far. The full length dashboard has various control panels including the touch LCD screen of the computer making it easy for the operators. The German and Canadian engines are more towards manual operations whereas this Chinese is largely computer-controlled.

So Close, Yet So Far – Tour de Waterfalls 16…

After the journey to Mandaram Nuwara and then to Victoria & Randenigala, I was feeling lonely and jittery. I’m sure Hariya would have thought differently but couldn’t ignore the proverb, “make hay while sun shines”. Watching TV was an agony, and news only managed to rouse the adventurer in me showing all the overflowing reservoirs, tanks and waterfalls. When they showed St. Claire in full flow, my heart not only missed just one beat, but quite a few. How wonderful even to see her come alive on TV. I was craving for the big moment. The news once again showed that the spills of wretched Upper Kotmale Reservoir were open so I could wait no longer. The next morning I called Morgan, and found out St. Claire was really blooming.

The Repeat Performance – Kirigalpoththa & Thotupola…

I woke up and lowered the blanket covering me and a rain of needles hit my exposed skin. Oh dear, I’m in HP, it suddenly dawned on me. There was a light moving out of the room and it made me feel jittery. Getting out of the bed and landing my feet on the ground sent another dose of needles up my body. It was so cold (probably around 10-degrees) and I followed the light out of the room to find Ana already up and getting ready to make some coffee. The time had just gone 4.30am and I was shivering when I entered the kitchen. There wasn’t any sign of the bungalow keepers (they can’t have ever had their guests waking up at 4.30am) and I waited with my feet up for a steaming cup of coffee.

Atha and Prasa were still sound asleep and I went back to wake them up. It was very cold and we sipped at our scalding coffee hugging ourselves so tight. The caretakers got a shock when they appeared around 5.30am to see us up and about. I guess this was a great shock for them and they got very busy making our breakfast while we washed in the freezing water and got ready to leave while the sun was beginning his painting class towards the east.

Waterfall Orchestra (My 2nd Year Anniversary with Lakdasun) – Tour de Waterfalls 6…

It was in July 2013 when I celebrated my first year anniversary with Lakdasun, the biggest and richest bank when it comes to the Nature of Sri Lanka. I wanted to be with the ones I adore on my first year anniversary, the beautiful girls aka waterfalls. Since then, I’ve done a lot more travelling expanding my horizon, ticking the ever so growing to-do-list, adding onto my collection of waterfalls.

So if I was gonna celebrate my 2nd Year Anniversary with anyone but waterfalls, it’d’ve been a costly mistake as it was the waterfall season and most of the waterfalls along the slopes of western side mountains were in near full flow. I carefully picked the date and the route, Hasi, Dhana and Kassa nicely fell into my trap. So we were ready to go see some more waterfalls (the second of us four, you can check our Waterfall Hunt before here) in Nawalapitiya, Thalawakele and Pundalu Oya.

Sri de Lakdasun – One Year Anniversary Celebrations amidst Heavy Rains with Angels

It’s been a year ever since Sri de Lakdasun was born and I wanted to celebrate his first birthday in an unforgettable way. He’s now beginning to stand on his own and even say a few words such as: Waterfall, Hike, Mountain, etc. It’s been so nice watching him grow bit by bit and learn things as the time goes on

Hiking “The Paradise”

From the beginning of this year I had planned to do a hike along the Bambaraknda – Ohiya track. August was my target month and I was thinking of doing this on my own even if my friends would not join me (I thought they might not be interested in a long hike). But surprisingly they all agreed to join me and were quite interesting in this hike.

Chasing Waterfalls

On the 18th two of us left delgoda at about 4am and picked up the other two crew members from ambepussa and we were past gampola when the sun was rising above the mountains. It was a beautiful morning with a slight chill in the air and the scenery that unfolded before us when we drove past nawalapitiya on the talawakelle road was simply amazing.

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