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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Olu Ella

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Covering the longest distance between two railway stations in Sri Lanka (25.3Km) 79 views
  2. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 63 views
  3. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 42 views
  4. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 41 views
  5. Waterfalls of Colombo District 28 views
  6. Makulussa Mountain/මකුලුස්ස කන්ද (916m) 27 views
  7. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 24 views
  8. Madakada Buddhist Hermitage and Nachchimale Dola. ( මඩකඩ ආරණ‍ය සේනාසනය හා නාච්චිමලේ දොල)... 21 views
  9. An adventures hike to Alagalla Mountain 20 views
  10. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 20 views

This Week's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 287 views
  2. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 188 views
  3. Makulussa Mountain/මකුලුස්ස කන්ද (916m) 161 views
  4. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 141 views
  5. Waterfalls of Colombo District 132 views
  6. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 95 views
  7. Sensational Mandaram Nuwara – Tour de Waterfalls 15… 88 views
  8. Being Lost on Hawagala 88 views
  9. Knuckles Doowili Eli from Etanwala-Walpolamulla and return to Rambukoluwa. – Mapping the Dream Trek 84 views
  10. A walk to Hanthana Mountain Range 83 views

This Month's

  1. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 1,183 views
  2. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 989 views
  3. Muthukeliyawa Lake : Moragolla, Kandy : The Sky View 699 views
  4. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 575 views
  5. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 497 views
  6. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 492 views
  7. Knuckles Doowili Eli from Etanwala-Walpolamulla and return to Rambukoluwa. – Mapping the Dream Trek 488 views
  8. Waterfalls of Colombo District 437 views
  9. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 415 views
  10. Being Lost on Hawagala 368 views

All-Time

  1. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 28,735 views
  2. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 18,741 views
  3. Waterfalls of Colombo District 16,892 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 15,739 views
  5. Rarely visited places in Trincomalee 14,496 views
  6. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 14,373 views
  7. Heaven On Earth (Knuckles – Illukkumbura, Reverstan) 13,923 views
  8. Kebaliththa (Kebiliththa) Devalaya 13,725 views
  9. Memorable Pilgrimage to Kebiliththa (මහ සියඹලාව දේවාලය) 13,635 views
  10. Trip to Mahiyanganaya and Badulla visiting 5 reservoirs, 5 temples and 5 waterfalls 13,288 views

Unseen attractions of Wewelthalawa

Wewelthalawa is a plateau located in Amanawela – Yatiyanthota region on the mountain top, above a height of 2,800 feet. It lies in the center of a ring of mountains like a bottom of a basin. This belongs to Halgolla Estate of Kelani Valley Plantations Ltd.

Waterfall hunting around Kithulgala

From Yatiyantota town turn to Amanawela road and proceed about 10-15km to the Olu fall. On the way to Olu ella you could find Kithul ella, We oya ella and some other small falls. When we came to Olu fall we started to climb it up to the final drop point. It is not easy to cross the speediest water stream but we reached there and had a bath from that milk type water.

Hike to Wawlagala and Waterfalls on the way

We Started the journey at 7 am and reached Nawalapitiya by 8 am. We had Breakfast at Nawalapitiya and came along the Nawalapitiya Ginigathena road around 5 Km. Just before the Balanthota there is a road to the right which is heading to Seaforth (17 Km). You have to have a 4 x 4 Vehicle to go in this road for first 12 KM.

Wawulagala the wet zone plateau

Ok all started when someone teased me up with an image of a mountain top and he mentioned that this was shown on a TV program. I was tempted so I went through that video and decided that I need to visit this place. I was running through Google maps plus 1:50000 maps and I suddenly remembered that I saw this plain in 2009 while I was at Ihala Pelampitiya. I was told by a local at that time that this was Amanawala region though I was interested in climbing at that time, the interest faded away from me with years passing by. I was waiting till the monsoons to give a little break and soon as the weather settled during X-mas holidays I decided to give it a try.

Exploring the beauty of Wewalthalawa, Bulathkohupitiya and Yatiyanthota

I was travelling between Karawanella and Rajagriya few times in the past month and had few opportunities to visit places close to Karawanella. 1st day I went to Yatiyanthota and took the Seaforth road. Seaforth road winds around villages and rubber plantation areas and Wee oya providing unique views. Though this road is not carpeted, it can be easily navigated by a car.

13+ in one day-Waterfalls hunting in Bulathkohupitiya & Yatiyanthota

This is kind of an old story but I thought to note down my experience.
We wanted to get an experience of these small waterfalls in Bulathkohupitiya and Yatiyanthota area after rainy season. Ashan has been there before with Harinda and Sri. That report was our guide. I met Anupama (who came by bike from Kurunegala) at Awissawella and we headed towards Yatiyanthota via Awissawella-Hatton (A-7) road. Then we drove along Yatiyanthota-See forth road.

Waterfall HQ – Tour de Waterfalls 13…

It was nearly a year and a half since we (Ashan, Amila, Hari and me) went on a bike tour covering Yatiyanthota-Seepoth and Parussella-Dedugala roads and saw many waterfalls. There were more than a dozen of them at the time making me think that the waterfalls headquarters were here. What’s more, there’s no need to go for treacherous hikes searching for these beauties as they’re more or less located either by the roadside or with a short hike.

So you’re blessed to go see more than a dozen of gorgeous falls within less than 12 hours that is something you won’t get anywhere else. So, having done it once didn’t stop me from getting back again. The intermittent rains made the thought more appealing and I managed to find Atha to accompany me after a numerous put-offs.

Yatiyanthota-Bulathkohupitiya re-explored on bikes!

It had been raining continuously during the past few weeks and the waterfalls were living their dream. It was time for another waterfall hunt and the idea was further facilitated by my friend Amila who said lets go on a bike ride and find few cascades tomorrow. So as usual this bike ride was planned on 8pm on the previous day and to be successfully carried out on the following day. Harinda decided to break the silence and join in this venture after a long pause and Sri was ever so ready to explore some beauties. We decided to explore Wee oya valley of Yatiyanthota and Ritigaha wahaka oya valley in Bulathkohupitiya , targeting few hidden cascades that were waiting until some waterfall lovers visit them.

Few hours in a drizzle of Olu–petals

We were beaten by sun rays showed no mercy. But in the next moment we were covered & protected by an umbrella woven with crowns of trees. Rubber was introduced to Sri Lanka by English in 1876. From the day it introduced as a crop, Rubber plant has been served the country for not only earning of coins, generating a culture of cultivation. Meanwhile rubber is known as the only crop which served the environment much the same like a forest. As like providing evidence for the same, the atmosphere of our surrounding became more & more fresh & comfortable in each kilometer.

Nawalapitiya from Yatiyanthota via Seeforth, Nagastenna, Rambukpitiya

We left Malabe at 8.00 a.m. The destination for the first day was “Olu Ella inn” which is located 15.5km from Yatiyanthota town on the Yatiyanthota – Seeforth road. At around 9.30 in the morning we were stopped by the stunning scenery of the Kelani River at the Karawanella bridge on the A7.
After spending about half an hour on the bridge, enjoying the scenery we continued our drive along the A7 towards Yatiyanthota.

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