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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Silawatura

Today's Most Viewed

  1. A Family Trip to Morningside 35 views
  2. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 33 views
  3. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 30 views
  4. Hike to Dumbanagala (1642m) in a clear day 24 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 21 views
  6. One day hike to Kabaragala (1506m) 18 views
  7. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 18 views
  8. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 16 views
  9. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 16 views
  10. Udawatta Kele – Royal Forest Park of Kandy 16 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 130 views
  2. A Family Trip to Morningside 88 views
  3. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 86 views
  4. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 78 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 58 views
  6. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 55 views
  7. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 53 views
  8. Kunissan Falls and Rupa lime cave 50 views
  9. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 48 views
  10. Hike to Bathalegala and some attractions of Pilimathalawa 45 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 462 views
  2. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 304 views
  3. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 296 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 275 views
  5. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 218 views
  6. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 180 views
  7. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 178 views
  8. ගවරා විසූ ගවරවිල (Gawarawila plains) 171 views
  9. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 159 views
  10. A Family Trip to Morningside 152 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,488 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 32,021 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,059 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! 25,720 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,743 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,995 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)... 18,205 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,434 views

Extended Journey to Doric Bungalow and Arippu Fort

Once ghost towns along the Puttlum – Mannar coastal line bordering Wilpattu National Park, these small towns and villages have now woken up form the 30 year slumber after the end of the LTTE terrorist occupation.

This stretch of sea was world famous for thousands of years for for producing finest pearls in the world but today a waste land with few fishing villages due to over exploitation. Portuguese, Dutch and British all had considerable interest in the region and the best example is the massive bungalow of the British Governor, Sir Frederick North (1798-1805) built for the supervision of pearl fishery operations in the region.

Island of Mannar

This was my first ever visit to Mannar and one of the most awaited trips. Initially I wanted to join Niroshan on his Mannar journey but had skipped it because of my wedding. Though I missed out on it I did a good copycat journey. For further information on locations please do read his report. This will be more of a picture report.

Island life on Eluvaitivu and Analaitivu

So this was my second visit (previous visit) to Jaffna this year and I would re visit this lovely land at any given time because there is so much to see. This time my main objectives were to visit two populated islands in Jaffna and also to show around my wife the beauty I experienced during my previous visits. On the way to Jaffna we did stop at Iranamadu to have some tea. We reached Jaffna at around 9am and refreshed ourselves before exploring the peninsula.

Mannar in brief

This was a long awaited trip for Wuminda and me. I could gather enough information about Mannar and places on the way to Mannar by reading Lakdasun reports. We started the journey from Colombo around 7.30am due to my job commitments. On the way we have visited some other places and reached Mannar around 8.30pm. (I will discuss it later by a separate report). We were warmly welcome by Mr.Rohan at Four Tees Inn.

Doric Bungalow at Arippu, (Silavatturei) Mannar: Sinking Bungalow with an Unsinkable history and Beauty

During a one of my field visits to Vavniya and Mannar, we had likelihood to visit few archeological and Hindu sacred places in Mannar and Silavaturei. Weather was good but too dry and wind impregnated with dust. Most of the Mannaer main roads are really good and newly rehabilitated. Railway constructions are going on up to thaleimannar. First we visited Biobab tree which is situated in the heart of the Mannar island city

Mannar round trip

It has been almost a year since visiting Mannar and I was tempting to go there again, especially in the middle of the migration season. I have called Mr. Laurance, the owner of Four Tees Guest Inn, many times since the season begun, but couldn’t go there due to some concerns. This time I was very determined to go there and ask my friends to join me from about month a go.

Madu, Dancing Islands and through Wilpattu in the Dark

We chose Madu-Mannar as the destination for our year-end office trip after reading a number of trip reports on Lakdasun. We started form the suburbs of Colombo at about 12.30 in the night/morning as we had only two days to explore all interesting places that had been discussed in those reports. The crew was forty and we travelled in a 55-seater Ashok Leyland bus. As we started early, we reached Medawachchiya Rest House by 5.30 am and refreshed ourselves with a cup of tea. (Prior arrangements made to have tea so early!)

මන්නාරම සහ යාපනය (Mannar & Jaffna)

We started in the morning around six thirty and headed towards Negombo. We traveled in a 4×4 Hilux pickup and had all what was needed such as several cans of water food items and other necessary supplements. From Paliyagoda we traveled along the A3 highway. At Wenappuwa we had our breakfast and we went to the Chilaw rest house for a cup of tea. By 10.30 am we were at Puttalam. As it was a poya day the roads were peaceful and we made it to Puttalam sooner than we thought.

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