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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Uthuwankanda

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Uthuwan Kanda and Bo Ella Hike

My First hike to Uthuwan Kanda done in 2003 when I’m in grade 10. I still remember that we went there as Alter service association of our church. We went to a Church at Mawanella and in the evening our Rev. Fr. took us to show the Uthuwan Kanda. We were guided by a villager and we sent to the top of the mountain but our Fr. didn’t give the permission to climb up the giant rocks. This is a beautiful mountain in this area and a best place to check the surrounding and it was clear that Saradiel used this mountain for that purpose. This is the beginning of the valley of central province mountains.

After a decade I was able to visit this smallest beauty again with my Sobasiri friends and were able to climb up the mountain. Those days there were no many people around hence we feel the freedom. Later we went to a small waterfall called “Bo Ella” and had a wash on our return journey from Kandy after another adventure.

Uthuwankanda and Saradiyel village

Uthuwankanda (431m) is the place where Soora Saradiyel lived. He is identified as the local Robbin hood.

Roaming around Kingdom of Saradiel

Year and Month 2015 February Number of Days 1 Crew Myself, Saoodh and 5 O/L Boys (aged 16) Accommodation N/A Transport Public Transport and a three-wheel ride Activities Scenery, Photography, Hiking, and Waterfall Weather Sunny Route Daskara(10:00 am) -> Gelioya (10:15pm) -> Uthuwankada Junction(11:15 am) -> Uthuwankanda/Saradiel Village (11:45 am) -> Gondiwela (1:30 am) -> Bo-Ella (2:00 am) -> Koondeniya […]

Hike to Uthuwankanda and Bathalegala

So it was 7 in the morning when we got off the bus at Mawanella with a crew of three, had our breakfast and hired a three wheeler to Uthuwankanda junction (1.5km from Mawanella), turned right at the junction to Uthuwam Mawatha. It is possible to travel in a vehicle along this road to get closer to the destination but since we needed to see the surroundings we started our journey on foot from the junction, after about 1km turned left to a concrete paved way which was heading toward Saradiyel Gala and about 500m ahead we found the trail head.

In search of “Soora Saradiel’s” hide out and Bo Ella

I left Colombo and reached a small town just before Mawanella called Utuwankanda where you can find the road which leads you to Saradiels rock (Utuwan mawatha). After walking about 1Km I came across a small road branching off towards the Saradiels rock towards the left. I travelled uphill until I met some locals where I asked for directions, they said take the path which goes uphill so at one point I entered another path which branched out to the left trough a small rubber estate. The path was there until the last bit, it was a steep climb on the slippery muddy track.

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