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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Westminister Abbey

Today's Most Viewed

  1. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 21 views
  2. Days at Chilaw 17 views
  3. Waterfalls of Colombo District 16 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 13 views
  5. Highlights of Kalpitiya 13 views
  6. බිසෝගල-Bisogala (823m)-Highest peak of Kurunegala district 13 views
  7. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 11 views
  8. Kondagala Mountain, the beauty of Loolcandura 11 views
  9. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 11 views
  10. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 11 views

This Week's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 109 views
  2. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 57 views
  3. Days at Chilaw 52 views
  4. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 50 views
  5. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 45 views
  6. Hike to Hunnasgiriya Mountain (1514 m) and near by Attractions 39 views
  7. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 36 views
  8. Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls 36 views
  9. Waterfalls of Colombo District 35 views
  10. Uda Lakshapana Gala / Saptha Kanya / Seven Virgins (1569m) hike 35 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 377 views
  2. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 270 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 242 views
  4. Misty point-Ambokka (1159m) and Selagama Mini world’s end 157 views
  5. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 153 views
  6. Bulathkohupitiya-Narangala Hike (880m) 153 views
  7. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 143 views
  8. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 141 views
  9. Monkey Mountain (520m)…….A part of Viyana Hela 132 views
  10. A Family Trip to Morningside 127 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,142 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 31,916 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,029 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,736 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,533 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,536 views
  7. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,916 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,877 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,121 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,343 views

Giants of Siyambalanduwa- Govindahela (558m) and Diggalahela / Degal Hela (480m)

Govinda Hela and Degal Hela / Diggalahela are two gigantic rocks situated at side of A 25 road closer to Siyambalanduwa. This is my hiking notes on those two rocks.

ගෝවින්ද හෙළ | Westminister Abbey

I was waiting for a long holiday to travel around Siyabalanduwa as there are so many places in the list of mine to be visited & it is not worthy to travel Siyabalanduwa for a one day hike & return back on the same day.

Govindahela (Westministers Abbey) and waterfalls of Badalkumbura

Sometime ago while traveling on Ampara – Siyambalanduwa road I saw a giant box shaped rock and got to know the name “Govindahela”. I was fascinated to climb it but had literally no information about it. Later found an article on Lakdasun forum written by a foreign lady who climbed the rock. But that article was not very encouraging as her experience turned out to be a very tough and difficult one. A couple of years later suddenly there came a report on the forum by – of course – Ahsan, who had climbed it, alone, with not much hassle and once again I started living in my dream.

Westminster Abbey the Pride of Siyambalanduwa (ගෝවින්ද හෙළ 558m)

Westminister Abbey is an awkward name seen on each and every map of Sri Lanka. So I did a Google search when I was schooling few years (15 years) back to find out that this was an ancient place in SL called Govinda Hela. So I had done my reading and planned to go there someday but never thought I would do this on that particular day.

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