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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Hambantota

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 20 views
  2. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 17 views
  3. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 15 views
  4. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 15 views
  5. Journey to Paduruthalawa /පැදුරුතලාව (1690m) 14 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. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 10 views
  10. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 10 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 105 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) 46 views
  5. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 44 views
  6. Days at Chilaw 43 views
  7. Waterfalls of Colombo District 41 views
  8. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 40 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) 398 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) 165 views
  5. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 158 views
  6. Misty point-Ambokka (1159m) and Selagama Mini world’s end 152 views
  7. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 143 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 26,743 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 24,559 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

Randoms around Hambanthota

In 2013 I did a grand tour around Thissamaharama and Kataragama and this year I thought of extending it further away towards Hambanthota. In this report I have focused on few places I haven’t visited already. As usual I left early morning and reached Bandagiriya to start off my day.

Emerging city – Hambanthota and surrounding historical places

When the Kingdom of Ruhuna was established it received many travellers and traders from Siam, China and Indonesia who sought anchorage in the natural harbor at Godawaya, Ambalantota. The ships or large boats these traders travelled in were called “Sampans” and “thota” means port or anchorage so the port where sampans anchor came to be known as “Sampanthota” (which is now known as Godawaya). After some time the area became to be called “Hambanthota”.

Flamingos have come to see me

I live in Hambantota as I am working at the General Hospital Hambantota. On the 3rd of September 2012 I got the message that a flock of Greater Flamingos can be seen in the salt pan , Hambantota. I rushed there with my husband and my son. I was very happy to see the Flamingos just few meters away from my home.

Visit to see Comb Ducks –Embilikala Kalapuwa

As I live close to Bundala Embilikala kalapuwa (just 15km away my home) I frequently visit there for bird watching. This is a very good place to watch migrant birds as well as locals. This time I could spotted 9 Comb ducks

Searching South for New Comers

I have traveled many times to Mannar in search for flamingos, but only this year I head that they are back in Sri Lanka. Not at Mannar, it was at Bundala their good old habitat. I had no plans of going anywhere till end of November but this news made me anxious to go there. Though some of my friends in to birding have heard the news, no one had been managed to capture a photograph till that moment (as per my knowledge at that moment)

Trip to Kataragama and Yala national park

We took Galle road and we depart from home early morning 5.30 AM since we are planning to visit Weherahena and Wawrukannala temples in Matara as part of this trip. Took our breakfast at Koggala beach and drive towards Matara and arrived at weherahena around 9 AM. Since this is a week day (Monday) there were only few visitors to the temple and we had good chance to observe the Lord Buddha statue (It says tallest statue in Sri Lanka but not sure since Kandewihara Lord Buddha statue might be taller than that) and also Umang wihara (tunnel) art works as well.

Sithulpawwa Rock Temple – One of the greatest Buddhist site, south of Sri lanka

I visited there several months ago but I thought it is good to publish trip report at least now because I don’t see any trip report related to Sithulpawwa. Beacuse of the time past, I can’t remember much details about visited places at Sithulpawwa

Trip to Yala National Park and Bundala

We planned this trip to visit Yala and Bundala National Parks. On our way back home we also visited Hummanaya Blow Hole. We started our journey at about 9.30 pm by taking a Kataragama bus from Colombo. Chamika, Miniruwan, Aravinda and Supun joined with me. We got off the bus from Tissa at about 4.30 am. Lokayya (safari jeep) came to pick us from there to the rest house. After a short breakfast we headed towards the Yala entrance. We entered the park at about 6.00 am. Four or five other jeeps also entered the park with us

Beauty of the south – Kahandamodara, Kalametiya, Ussangoda and surroundings

The north-east monsoon was being highly uncooperative. With no consideration whatsoever of our holiday plans, it started battering our planned destinations – the ancient capitals of the North Central – with unusual volumes of rain, forcing us to cancel and rethink our family trip. Hoping for better weather and determined to go somewhere before the holidays ended, we decided to head down south. These are highlights of our three-day trip to yet another fascinating part of beautiful Sri Lanka.

KAHANDAMODARA and beyond

We left early morning at 0500 hours from Colombo by car on 22nd October 2010. The first stop was at our favourite breakfast spot, Leyons, Hanwella close to the 40th Km post. We drove at a leisurely pace taking in the scenery of the surroundings and stopping to take photographs. We turned off at Pelmadulla and went through Embilipitiya. Past the town we stopped near the Chandrikawewa tank bund for a thirst quenching drink of king coconut water and then walked up the bund to enjoy the scenic view of the wewa.

Bird watching @ Bundala & Wirawila With the experts!

Bundala National Park is an internationally important wintering ground for migratory water birds in Sri Lanka. Bundala harbors 197 species of Birds, the highlight being the Greater Flamingo(WHICH IS NOT SEEN RECENTLY), which migrate in large flocks. Bundala was designated a wildlife sanctuary in 1969 and redesignated to a national park on 4 January 1993. In 1991 Bundala became the first wetland to be declared as a Ramsar site in Sri Lanka. In 2005 the national park was designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, the fourth biosphere reserve in Sri Lanka.

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