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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Olu Ella

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 43 views
  2. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 29 views
  3. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 25 views
  4. Hike to Balumgala and visit to nearby Attractions 18 views
  5. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 17 views
  6. Maaragala / මාරගල (Alawwa) 16 views
  7. Heritage of ancient Magama, the capital of Ruhuna kingdom 16 views
  8. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom 16 views
  9. Trip to Embilipitiya 15 views
  10. Arts of Kandy 14 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 127 views
  2. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 102 views
  3. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 73 views
  4. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 59 views
  5. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 59 views
  6. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 58 views
  7. Knuckles Sphinx-2 / කිනිහිරිගල-2 (1500+m) 56 views
  8. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 55 views
  9. Five peaks of knuckles (1862m) 54 views
  10. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 54 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 598 views
  2. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 366 views
  3. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 321 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 291 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 231 views
  6. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 223 views
  7. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 202 views
  8. Trip to Wewathanna (Lake Plains) 188 views
  9. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 176 views
  10. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 170 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,450 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 32,010 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,051 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,872 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,672 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,706 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,984 views
  8. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,971 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,186 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,416 views

Day visit to Wewelthalawa Highland

Wewelthalawa is a beautiful plateau located near Kithulgala and Yatiyantota. It is also near to the famous Olu Fall and Wawulagala on Sea forth – Amanawela road. We should take the prior permission to visit Wewelthalawa as it is a privately owned estate.

Office trip to Wawulagala – 745m

Wawulagala is a very beautiful and unique shaped mountain located near the famous Olu waterfall. When I go to Olu falls in 2013 I remember I have noticed this massive rock but at that time I didn’t have much interest in mountaineering as I was addicted to waterfall hunting.

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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