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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Indian Peafowl

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 99 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 46 views
  3. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 38 views
  4. Beyond Chariot path…… 25 views
  5. Memories of the Tragic Plane Crash Ever Happened In Sri Lanka 25 views
  6. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 20 views
  7. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 20 views
  8. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 18 views
  9. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 18 views
  10. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 15 views

This Week's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 551 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 144 views
  3. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 87 views
  4. Memories of the Tragic Plane Crash Ever Happened In Sri Lanka 87 views
  5. Trekking from Mandaram Nuwara to Piduruthalagala 86 views
  6. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 84 views
  7. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 78 views
  8. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 75 views
  9. Beyond Chariot path…… 70 views
  10. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 68 views

This Month's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 1,877 views
  2. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 435 views
  3. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 410 views
  4. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 402 views
  5. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 351 views
  6. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 299 views
  7. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 264 views
  8. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 243 views
  9. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 240 views
  10. Alagalla mountain hike (1140m) 235 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 35,756 views
  2. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 29,678 views
  3. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 25,096 views
  4. Waterfalls of Colombo District 22,897 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 22,844 views
  6. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 17,568 views
  7. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 16,963 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 16,714 views
  9. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 16,220 views
  10. Rarely visited places in Trincomalee 15,779 views

Grand Jumbo Bonanza – Udawalawe National Park…

One of my friends is gonna get married in September so he wanted to go on a relaxing journey before his arms and legs are tied. As I’d not been to Udawalawe before, this turned out to be the perfect opportunity. Apparently the scary things bring along good and happy returns with them. So we planned the journey during the Vesak as we all could get away without an issue. However, this time there wasn’t any of my Lakdasun buddies to accompany me. It was just the four of us, my close friends outside Lakdasun. So we all got ready to spend a night at one of national park known to harbor more than 300 jumbos. Our biggest concern, if we’d get a better bungalow.

There are four known bungalows at Udawalawe. They are Seenuggala, Thimbiriya Mankada, Gonawiddagala and Weheragolla. When I visited the Wildlife Department website to make the booking online (this is a great thing introduced by them. It saves so much trouble and painstaking process many undergo until not so long ago), none of those bungalows was available. Gonawiddagala and Thimbiriya Mankada were highly recommended but I had no luck. There was however a fifth option, Pokunuthenna, and it’s not listed in the information page for the bungalows which has photos and accommodation details. I was in two minds whether to cancel our jumbo watching and do something else coz every wildlife bungalow at all the national parks was booked.

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