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

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 […]

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.

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.