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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Elephants

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 118 views
  2. Beyond Chariot path…… 44 views
  3. Memories of the Tragic Plane Crash Ever Happened In Sri Lanka 37 views
  4. Trekking from Mandaram Nuwara to Piduruthalagala 34 views
  5. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 32 views
  6. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 27 views
  7. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 25 views
  8. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 24 views
  9. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 21 views
  10. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 16 views

This Week's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 597 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 123 views
  3. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 102 views
  4. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 79 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 78 views
  6. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 78 views
  7. Trekking from Mandaram Nuwara to Piduruthalagala 74 views
  8. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 71 views
  9. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 71 views
  10. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 68 views

This Month's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 1,861 views
  2. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 440 views
  3. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 401 views
  4. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 369 views
  5. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 366 views
  6. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 328 views
  7. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 267 views
  8. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 261 views
  9. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 239 views
  10. Alagalla mountain hike (1140m) 227 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 35,647 views
  2. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 29,677 views
  3. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 25,078 views
  4. Waterfalls of Colombo District 22,883 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 22,829 views
  6. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 17,561 views
  7. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 16,957 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 16,701 views
  9. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 16,201 views
  10. Rarely visited places in Trincomalee 15,774 views

One Day Trip to Pinnawala, Kandy and Ambuluwawa

We stopped at Wahalkada in Warakapola for breakfast. This turned out to be an excellent one. They serve buffet (a bit expensive – but once in a while on a day like this, it’s worth going for something like that) breakfast with a wide range of meals such as Egg Hoppers, String Hoppers, Rice and Curry, Rotii, etc… However, they serve Kenda which was one of the very best I’ve ever had.

Trip to Kaudulla National Park

We left for Kaudulla national park for a Elephant watching safari and reached the park around 3.00. The park entrance was well maintained and there were some peddle boats which the visitors can hire and have a ride in the lake. But unfortunately we had no time. Then we started our safari. The driver took us straight to a place where he was informed that there was a number of elephants on that day. That was a herd of elephants with about 100-120 elephants. That was a stunning view. We enjoyed those 2 hours of our lives to the max

Galkadawala, Kaudulla & Nilaweli – A weekend of Fun and Relaxation

After much planning and anticipation we left Kandy at 8.00 am on 30th October 2010. We had our breakfast of bread, pol sambol and Srinath’s mom’s milk rice (yum yum) just past Palapathwela under a big roadside tree. We proceeded to Dumbulla while munching boiled bada iringu on the way. We bought all our provisions from the Dambulla Cargill’s Foodcity. Fully equipped, we left Dambulla and headed straight to Galkadawala. We reached the lodge by 11.30 am. We were greeted by Kariyawasam, the friendly caretaker. We were stunned by the serene environment and the simple beauty of the lodge.

Galkadawala, Ritigala and an evening with elephants

The trip was planned mainly to get away from all the stresses of our usual schedules. We wanted to visit Ritigala as most of us had not been there and Galkadawala was selected as it came highly recommended by one my friends. It was also perfect for the activities we had in mind – visit Ritigala, see the Gathering at Minneriya, photography and to relax. There was no TV, no telephone and that was just perfect for us (except for those who couldn’t bear to be away from their mobiles 🙂 )

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage – An ideal one day trip for kiddies vacation

Thusitha asked me to park the vehicle at a suitable place for the brake-fast, having observing my eyes were locating the face (dial) of the wrist watch. We were going on a trip with Thusith’s family; since it was the August vacation for kids. In the next moment we were under a tree near the construction site of proposed Zoo at Pinnawala. At that point; we had almost reached the first travel location of the journey, the elephant orphanage at Pinnawala.

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