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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Hathgampala

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 81 views
  2. Memories of Udupussallawa Railway Track (UPR) 34 views
  3. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 31 views
  4. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 30 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 26 views
  6. Trip to Wewathanna (Lake Plains) 25 views
  7. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom 24 views
  8. Trip to Mannar and Talei Mannar 23 views
  9. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 22 views
  10. The Pilgrimage to Sri Pada via Kuruwita-Erathna route 21 views

This Week's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 481 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 161 views
  3. Memories of the Tragic Plane Crash Ever Happened In Sri Lanka 93 views
  4. Beyond Chariot path…… 93 views
  5. Trekking from Mandaram Nuwara to Piduruthalagala 92 views
  6. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 85 views
  7. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 84 views
  8. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 81 views
  9. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 78 views
  10. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 76 views

This Month's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 1,838 views
  2. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 423 views
  3. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 420 views
  4. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 403 views
  5. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 354 views
  6. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 296 views
  7. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 254 views
  8. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 239 views
  9. Alagalla mountain hike (1140m) 233 views
  10. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 230 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 35,841 views
  2. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 29,680 views
  3. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 25,115 views
  4. Waterfalls of Colombo District 22,913 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 22,872 views
  6. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 17,579 views
  7. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 16,967 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 16,735 views
  9. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 16,231 views
  10. Rarely visited places in Trincomalee 15,784 views

ඌරා කන්ද (Ura kanda – 980m) hike!

I have been to Bathalegala twice and on both occasions I did note the massive mountain close to it which is called Ura kanda / Ashraff kanda. It is well known by many because in year 2000 a helicopter carrying Minister Ashraff and 14 others crashed mysteriously causing their tragic demise. This 980m mountain is said to be tough to tackle and many who have attempted have done it from the rocky side, during the rainy season.

One day outing to Batalegala

During my early school days I was assuming Batalegala is the Sigiriya Rock. So whenever I pass Kadugannawa I was thinking that we are living close by Sigiriya. After I was taken in school trip to Sigiriya only I realized the truth 🙂 Rachitha, Nafly and I gathered in Mawanella around 10 am and took a bus to Aranayaka, We got down from Gewilipitiya town and took a three wheeler to Hathgampola junction.

Lakdasun Rangers on a Joint Venture – Bathalegala

The people who’ve been on either along the road or by train must have seen a gorgeous girlie from Kadugannawa towards Aranayake. She’s so unique and iconic; you simply can’t have missed seeing her. I’ve seen many people including myself, craning their necks out of the windows to get a better look at her.

Hike to Uthuwankanda and Bathalegala

So it was 7 in the morning when we got off the bus at Mawanella with a crew of three, had our breakfast and hired a three wheeler to Uthuwankanda junction (1.5km from Mawanella), turned right at the junction to Uthuwam Mawatha. It is possible to travel in a vehicle along this road to get closer to the destination but since we needed to see the surroundings we started our journey on foot from the junction, after about 1km turned left to a concrete paved way which was heading toward Saradiyel Gala and about 500m ahead we found the trail head.

Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m

Batalegala Kanda, situated in Kandy, and visible as you reach Kadugannawa Pass is shrouded in thick jungle from time immemorial. If you love Sceneries and want a one day hike Bible’s rock is a good place to be, we did climb this special rock few months back. It took us only 12hours to climb it and return back to Colombo.

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