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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Kota Vehera

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 29 views
  2. Hike to Dumbanagala (1642m) in a clear day 18 views
  3. Waterfalls in Deraniyagala-Noori road 15 views
  4. කුවේණි විජයට දෙස් තැබූ යක්දෙස්සා ගල (Yakdessagala 540m) 14 views
  5. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 12 views
  6. Nuwaragala the castle with a heavenly pond! 12 views
  7. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 10 views
  8. Scenic walk to Karagahatenna 10 views
  9. 3 Day Trip to Waulpane ,Pitadeniya Conservation Center via Sinharaja (වන නිවහන) 10 views
  10. Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls 8 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 118 views
  2. A Family Trip to Morningside 88 views
  3. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 74 views
  4. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 61 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 59 views
  6. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 47 views
  7. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 46 views
  8. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 45 views
  9. Hike to Bathalegala and some attractions of Pilimathalawa 45 views
  10. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 39 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 452 views
  2. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 304 views
  3. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 299 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 245 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 209 views
  6. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 180 views
  7. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 180 views
  8. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 166 views
  9. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 164 views
  10. A Family Trip to Morningside 156 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,492 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 32,022 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,060 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,902 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,722 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,747 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 19,003 views
  8. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,983 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,206 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,436 views

Pinch of Our Heritage – Pic Journey 1…

“Among the carvings, there are 125 series of decorations, 256 liyawel, 64 lotus designs in Pekada, 30 decorative patterns on timber, roof members, making a total of 514 such exquisite carvings.”

“The ‘Madol Kurupuwa’ is one of the finest examples of medieval carpentry excellence. It is a wooden pin (this Madol Kurupuwa) which holds together 26 rafters at the hipped end of the roof of the Digge of Embekke Devale.”

Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom

During this journey I needed to visit at places in Warakapola-Karawanaella, Galapitamada-Nelundeniya and Ruwanwella-Galigamuwa roads. Ancient Seethawaka kingdom was situated over this area. Although I had a tight schedule before the journey, the evening shower ruined some of my plans.

One day trip to Sambuddha Maligawa and Bambaragala Viharaya at Polgahawela and Kotavehera Viharaya , Manikkadawara Viharaya and remnants of a Portuguese fort at Dedigama

Hence beginning of January we thought to travel to Polgahawela and Dedigama for a one day trip to visit few ancient temples and sites.
Starting at about 9.30am on the 7th of January 2013 we drove via Kandy road and turned off at Ambepussa to the Kurunegala Road up to Alawwa. At Walakumbura near the now famous train crossing with accidents you find the turn off road to Waduwawa.

Relaxing evening at Arugam bay, a day at Lahugala & Mysterious Rajagala

This time our main focus was to explore the east. Our crew consisted of 4 including my-self. And others had explored batticalo, Oluvil area prior to meeting up with me on a Friday evening at Arugam bay Muhudu maha viharaya. After meeting up we enjoyed the beautiful landscape of Arugam bay coastal shores and hurried up towards the lagoon along the beach until we reached the newly built bridge and waited until the sun disappeared beyond the horizon.

A Pilgrim to “Suthighara Chaithya”

Our first travel location, the historic temple at Thalagama was located at a distance less than a kilometer from Ambepussa, the first train destination of Sri Lanka. The temple was consisted with three levels. The Sangawasaya, Dharma Shalawa and other general buildings used by Bhikku are located at the lower level.

TRIP TO POTHUVIL (POTTUVIL) AND DOWNWARDS

We started after dinner, from Maharagama around 10.00 pm and reached Udawalawa Dam by 2.00 am. The barrier was closed. However after checking our credentials, they allowed us to pass through with a warning about the bad road condition. Closing the Dam at 10.00 pm seems to be a formality now.The road condition from Udawalawa to Thanamalwila was really bad. It was under construction and it took nearly 2 hours to pass that stretch. Our 5th member was to join us at Okkampitiya. We reached Buttala by early morning and reached his home for breakfast.

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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