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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Puttalam

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 26 views
  2. Richmond Castle, Kalutara 18 views
  3. Sinhagala Nature Trail – Sinharaja Rain Forest 18 views
  4. One day hike to Kabaragala (1506m) 12 views
  5. Camping at Gawarawila plains 11 views
  6. Camping on Kabaragala Mountain (1506m)-The highest of Dolosbage Range 11 views
  7. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 10 views
  8. Galpadihela Mountain (1106m) and Galpadipela 10 views
  9. Trip to GalOya National Park from Nilgala 9 views
  10. Seven Falls ( Eli Hatha ) And Six Wonderers 8 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 104 views
  2. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 51 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 48 views
  4. Days at Chilaw 45 views
  5. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 41 views
  6. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 37 views
  7. Waterfalls of Colombo District 36 views
  8. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 34 views
  9. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 31 views
  10. Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls 30 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 395 views
  2. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 240 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 224 views
  4. Bulathkohupitiya-Narangala Hike (880m) 156 views
  5. Misty point-Ambokka (1159m) and Selagama Mini world’s end 152 views
  6. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 152 views
  7. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 137 views
  8. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 136 views
  9. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 134 views
  10. Back to Yahangala (1220m) 123 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,157 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 31,919 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,032 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,739 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,538 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,552 views
  7. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,918 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,879 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,127 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,346 views

Exhausting rail hike to Periya Naga Villu from Puttalam

I had already walked from Naththandiya to Puttalam along the railways and I wanted to extend the hike northwards till the last passenger station which was Periyanaga villu.

Mundalam to Puttalam Rail hike

After successfully completing the Chilaw to Mundalama stretch I wanted to do the rest and end the hike at Puttalam.

Memories of Wilpattu

We decided to do this trip in two days and planned to stay the first day night in a small hotel near Wilpattu junction and to start the safari following day early morning. So on first day we started our journey from Gampaha at around 2 p.m. and reached Puttalam at about 5 p.m. where we stopped near the lagoon for a break.

Memoirs of Occupied Ceylon and Marooned in a Fishing Village…

There were an endless number of sea gulls crashing like a stone and catching fish and at times floating on the water with the waves like ducks. We got fooled at first they were real ducks. The average speed of the ferry was about 8-10km an hour. It recorded a highest speed of around 20km according to Sheham’s GPS. Time wore on and all of a sudden Nissanka showed us a distant communications tower which was at BG Navy Camp. Without even knowing we had moved from Dutch Bay to Portugal Bay but for me it was the same lagoon or rather the sea. However the water looks more clean and clear than it was close to the mainland. We could clearly see the ocean floor and the depth can’t have been more than 10ft. The water looked a gorgeous emerald green too.

Dreaming at the Kala Oya Estuary Hugging the Nature – Gange Wadiya

After a tiring day, the water felt great on our body but Wumi kept sniffing it feeling a bit doubtful. We stayed in about an hour and the sun was ready to go down. Shantha treated us with a cup of ripe Maa Dan (berries) and they were delicious. Having changed into some comfy shorts, we decided to take a short walk into the jungle and Sunimal advised not to venture deep into the jungle as elephants are very common there.

Wilandagoda: The Saliya – Asokamala Hideaway

This September I got an opportunity to visit Wilandagoda aranya and archeological site where King Dutugemunu’s son, Prince Saliya is believed to have run away to, when he abdicated the throne in order to wed the low-caste, Asokamala.

Kalpitiya Dutch Fort and Thonigala

We started around 4.00 am from Maharagama. It was raining cats and dogs and motoring was virtually difficult. By the time we reached the extended arm of the island, it was morning and the weather was not that promising. However we were able to go to coal power plant of Norochcholei and got down in front.

Huffing & Puffing…… from East to West – Kandhakkuli, here we come from East

Remaining distance to Kandhakuli from our unplanned night park yesterday was 80km. Even though 80km was a bit of stretch to cycle in a single day, we decided that there is no point in breaking the journey for another day. So we were determined to do the full stretch in a day.

Monadnocks and History merged together in Wayamba

I visited Tonigala inscription first and it is very close to the main road. This is said to be the longest inscription in Sri Lannka and there are two of them. I had to re visit the place to see the second inscription on another day 🙂 The inscriptions are on a rocky mountain which is near by a lake. I also noted my next destination (Paramakanda) from the 2nd inscription site.

A Three Day Trip to Anuradapura, Polonnaruwa, Minneriya National Park,Sigiriya

We started our trip from Colombo at 4.30 am and we came puttulum at about 7 am and we visited wind mill developing site at Puttulum lagoon. After that we started our journey again through Auradapura and we had our breakfast at beautiful place. We stay at Nuwarawewa rest house. It is reasonable and good accommodation option at Anuradapura. Second day we went to Polonnaruwa through habarana.We stay at Girithale Hotel It is little bit Expensive but you couldn’t get that nature experience any were.

Paramakanda – Unexpected example of how ancient our land really is!

We were due to travel on the Kurunagala – Puttlam road with some time to spare. So I looked up a couple of books for some diversions and came up with two interesting sounding places – Tonigala Inscription and Paramakanda Viharaya – in සිරි ලක අැසු දුටු තැන්. We never made it to Tonigala (one of the largest inscriptions in SL) as we were so taken up with what we found in Paramakanda. Turn off a few km past Anamaduwa by the sign board for Paramakanda Purana Viharaya. Driving through very flat land you suddenly see this huge rock outcrop ahead.

The road to Sethawadiya, Kalpitiya and dolphins

A week end trip to Kalpitiya was planned as a family vacation. The main attraction was the dolphins but some detours to see interesting sites on the way were also in the itinerary.
We started around 4.00 am on a Saturday – just 3 of us in our car. En route to Palavi along A3, we visited the Munnewaram Kovil in Chilaw. The Munnewaram Hindu Kovil has many little shrines within the main complex; dedicated to various Hindu deities. Photography is not allowed inside the kovil.

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