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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Udawalawe

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Today's Most Viewed

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 90 views
  2. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 44 views
  3. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 22 views
  4. Random visit at places in ancient Seethawaka kingdom 21 views
  5. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 21 views
  6. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 19 views
  7. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 19 views
  8. බත්තුලු ඔය දිගේ සිරිපතුලට (Battulu Oya-Paradise-Sri Pada trail) 18 views
  9. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 17 views
  10. Theripaha to Mahaweli Raja Mawatha via Hegasulla and Padupola 16 views

This Week's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 530 views
  2. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 156 views
  3. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 96 views
  4. Memories of the Tragic Plane Crash Ever Happened In Sri Lanka 89 views
  5. Trekking from Mandaram Nuwara to Piduruthalagala 87 views
  6. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 84 views
  7. දෙහෙනකන්දෙන් සිරිපා කරුණාකර උඩමාලිබොඩෙන් බැස්සෙමු (Sri Pada from Dehenakanda to Udamaliboda)... 82 views
  8. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 79 views
  9. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 76 views
  10. Beyond Chariot path…… 76 views

This Month's

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 1,848 views
  2. Camping on Hanthana mountain range (1300m) 424 views
  3. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 414 views
  4. A difficult hike-Hawarimana /හවරිමාන (1120m) 400 views
  5. Narangala the second peak of Uva (1500m)! 347 views
  6. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 311 views
  7. One day hike to Chariot path, Perattasi Mountain and Gerandi Ella falling point. 256 views
  8. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 254 views
  9. Knuckles Duwili Eli through Walpolamulla – The Most Wanted trip of the year 235 views
  10. Alagalla mountain hike (1140m) 233 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 35,799 views
  2. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 29,680 views
  3. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 25,107 views
  4. Waterfalls of Colombo District 22,904 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 22,856 views
  6. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 17,573 views
  7. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 16,964 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 16,717 views
  9. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 16,225 views
  10. Rarely visited places in Trincomalee 15,779 views

3 Days Trip to Donate Books to Dambarella Village Library & visit Nearby Important Places

We received a request from rural village in Angunukolapelessa area. They request books for their village library. We started collecting books from friends & relatives from last September.

Camping at Pansadara campsite, Udawalawe

December 11, 12 and 13th were the days and it was a long weekend which was not to be wasted. Our decision was to go on camping in Udawalawe or in Wilpaththu but ultimately a decision was taken to go for Udawalawe.

A One Day Trip to Handover House to Poor Family in Athimale

We start to built a house for poor family in Athimale – Siyabalanduwa. Less than 2 months we completed the house. On January 29th we went to handover the house for family. We started our journey on 28th January at 11.15 p.m & we reached to Athimale at 6.00 a.m. First we visit to see the family’s Dream Home & handover the house for them. It is very memorable moment in our life.

Grand Jumbo Bonanza – Udawalawe National Park…

One of my friends is gonna get married in September so he wanted to go on a relaxing journey before his arms and legs are tied. As I’d not been to Udawalawe before, this turned out to be the perfect opportunity. Apparently the scary things bring along good and happy returns with them. So we planned the journey during the Vesak as we all could get away without an issue. However, this time there wasn’t any of my Lakdasun buddies to accompany me. It was just the four of us, my close friends outside Lakdasun. So we all got ready to spend a night at one of national park known to harbor more than 300 jumbos. Our biggest concern, if we’d get a better bungalow.

There are four known bungalows at Udawalawe. They are Seenuggala, Thimbiriya Mankada, Gonawiddagala and Weheragolla. When I visited the Wildlife Department website to make the booking online (this is a great thing introduced by them. It saves so much trouble and painstaking process many undergo until not so long ago), none of those bungalows was available. Gonawiddagala and Thimbiriya Mankada were highly recommended but I had no luck. There was however a fifth option, Pokunuthenna, and it’s not listed in the information page for the bungalows which has photos and accommodation details. I was in two minds whether to cancel our jumbo watching and do something else coz every wildlife bungalow at all the national parks was booked.

Udawalawa National Park, Wilderness at its best

As a bunch of wildlife lovers, we’ve always been fascinated by the sheer wilderness Sri Lankan national parks offered. We planned a trip to Udawalawa National Park this summer and it was one of the memorable ones.

Waterfalls – Lagoon – Elephants : Trip to Kahandamodara

Year and Month December, 2012 Number of Days Two Day Trip Crew 8 (28 years of age) Accommodation Back of Beyond – Kahandamodara Transport A Jeep & a Car Activities Waterfalls, Sightseeing, Photography, Leisure Weather Mixed. Scattered rains, overcast and clear Route Day 1 : Kottawa -> Piliyandala -> Horana -> Rathnapura -> Pelmadulla -> […]

Insight towards Hydroelectric Power from Uda Walawe to Samanalawewa

The primary purpose of this trip was to visit two different kinds of hydropower projects in Sri Lanka, to see the sites, equipment, mechanisms, etc. and learn about them. Enjoyed some other attractions on the way too. We got this opportunity as one of our friends is an engineer attached to Samanalawewa Hydroelectric power plant.

Around Sri Lanka in 8 Days – Part 1

So on the 15th morning, we (highly excited bunch) left Colombo around 5.30 am. There was ample room in the van since it was only 7 of us (including the driver) and soon we reached Ratnapura and stopped for Breakfast. Kadala, String Hoppers, Red Rice with Kiri Hodi, Sambola and Fish may sound like a feast as we wolfed down the food. Then we reached Udawalawa and stopped around the park to take the breath taking view of the reservoir in.

Hambegamuwa and Yala Block III

For no particular reason, with no particular exploration in mind we booked accommodation in Weeravila for the long week-end. With three days looming, the question ‘what can we do around Weeravila’ was thrown open. Priyanjan’s suggestion of ‘go to Kaltota’ I thought was a joke, despite his ‘it’s a small country’ tag. Yohan’s ‘try Yala Block III’ seemed a possibility.

Trip to Kataragama and Yala national park

We took Galle road and we depart from home early morning 5.30 AM since we are planning to visit Weherahena and Wawrukannala temples in Matara as part of this trip. Took our breakfast at Koggala beach and drive towards Matara and arrived at weherahena around 9 AM. Since this is a week day (Monday) there were only few visitors to the temple and we had good chance to observe the Lord Buddha statue (It says tallest statue in Sri Lanka but not sure since Kandewihara Lord Buddha statue might be taller than that) and also Umang wihara (tunnel) art works as well.

A day trip to Udawalawe

The run in the open cab was a super experience as you could see in all directions up to a good distance and can see animals easily. Though it was very dry the surface of the roads were in bad shape and as a result the double cab got it’s side bars damaged.Though it was quite hot we managed to see quite a number of Elephants including a baby tusker and some birds as well.

Yala – Blooming and Teaming with Life!

We reached Thalgasmankada Bungalow at around 2.30 p.m. We learnt that we were the first party to stay there after it was closed about two years back following an LTTE attack on the army camp which used to be there in front of the bungalow. Until lunch was ready, we walked around the bungalow and spent some time at the river which was almost overflowing.

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