was dreaming for close to one year on conquer the Delwala Seven Falls….. I had the chance to hike the 1st two falls (1st three falls, according to my count) in April, 2014…… One can refer to my earlier report…….First a brief description of the seven falls…. As many might not hear about it…. But every single main fall in the complex is more than 20 meters in height…

This is an unknown hidden beauty found in Doloswala Kanda area few meters from foot path to Pitakele from Doloswala Kanda….. It is roughly 30 feets in height and has three main sections. Amount of water is less now a day as there is a diversion for mini hydro plant. The name “Kamani” which some people in Doloswala unheard of given after a 16 year old girl committed suicide by jumping from the top of the fall few years back.

Year and Month October, 2014 Number of Days 1 Crew 8 (between 25-45 years of age) Accommodation Not applicable Transport 4wd Micro cab and by foot from Wathurawa Activities Water Fall hunting, Photography, off-road driving, official duty Weather Gloomy to light rain… Route Nivithigala -> Karawita -> Kalawana -> Wathurawa -> Panahatagala return on the […]

Year and Month September, 2014 Number of Days 1 Crew 2 (between 25-30 years of age) Accommodation Not applicable Transport Car up to Athweltota then by bike until end of road, rest by foot….. Activities Waterfall hunting, Hiking, Photography Weather Excellent Route Nivithigala -> Kalawana -> Morapitiya -> Maha Ella -> Yaka Bedhi Ella -> […]

Although I describe all these waterfalls under Rathnapura-Kalawana road, they are situated some distance away from the main road except Rajanawa Falls. Road condition of Rathnapura-Kalawana road is good following constructions. But road conditions are not good in some byroads.

After reaching Uda-delwala, there is a gravel road to right as one pass the temple of Uda-delwala. This road can only be managed by a 4wd vehicle or by a three wheeler. Otherwise one has to walk 1 km to reach the starting point of the hike. We were lucky as one boy volunteered to guide us. Otherwise we might have spent hours looking for the waterfall as some places path was not clear.

We started our journey from Kahawa at about 6.00am. Normally if we need to go to Ratnapura we used to go to Panadura and head to Ratnapura. But we thought to go our journey through the country then I found the way using the road map published by the dept. of survey. We turn from Kahawa junction and refueled our bike at Meetiyagoda. Then we reached to Elpitiya and about 7.15am were able to reach Pelawatta. There is a road from Pelawatta to Baduraliya.