Lakdasun Trip Reports Archive » Trip to Kirindi Ella (Rathnapura Pelmadulla)

Year and Month	August (28th) 2010
Number of Days	One Day Trip
Crew	5 (between 10 and 64 years of age)
Accommodation	N/A
Transport	Car
Activities	Photography, Natural Bathing
Weather	Excellent
Route	Colombo -> Horna -> Rathnapura -> 600m before the Kuttapitiya junction, turn left down the Kuttapitiya road.Continue for 7km to find the fall. Return on the same route.
Tips, Notes and Special remarks	The present road condition from Kuttapitiya junction(final 7km) is not that good. But it can be managed by a car. If you are visiting during rainy season it’s better to carry raincoats and umbrellas with you. Carry a stock of water for the drinking purpose. If you are visiting the base of the waterfall be careful with the water levels. sudden increasement of water is possible in this part of the river. Do not carry Plastic items (Minimize), Make sure you bring back everything you took. Be careful when you bath in unknown places. ask from the lady in the ticketing office, she’ll show you a safe bathing place. Be aware that the Pelmadulla PS charges a fee of Rs.5 to see this fall.
Author	nupunu
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The source of this breath-taking, 116m-high fall is the Kirindi Ella (stream), which flows from its starting point 940m up the Kuttapitiya Mountain. The stream travels 13km before the cascading point in the Kaluwaramukalana Jungle. It then flows via the Denawaka River to the Kaluganga River, located in the Bambarakotuwa Jungle. Local villagers say that there is a picture of a tortoise etched into stone here.

We started our journey from Piliyandala at around 6.30 in the morning. On our way we stopped somewhere near Horana to have our breakfast and reached the waterfall around 9.00 a.m.

From there you have to descend few steps to reach the viewing platform. There are around 430 steps in total up to the base of the waterfall.

First glimpse of the waterfall

After spending sometime in the viewing point we started to descend towards the base of the waterfall. Downhill journey is not that difficult and tiresome. It took around 30 mins for us to get to the base of the waterfall.

Stunning views from the platform

Spectacular view on the way to the waterfall base

Since August is bit of a dry month the water levels were a bit low, we were able to cross the river and go near the waterfall base easily. If you rare visiting the waterfall during rainy season please be extra cautious as the rocks can be slippery.

First few steps from the viewing point

More scenery on the way…….

Still in the beginning…………

More to go......

Almost there….

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Waterfall as seen from the base…	Waterfall as seen from the base…

Waterfall as seen from the base…

If you need you can visit the top of the waterfall as well. Ask from the lady in the ticketing office and she’ll give you the directions. Unfortunately we couldn’t visit the top then since we were very exhausted from the journey uphill a bit tiresome.

Thank you very much for reading my trip report…Have a safe journey…..

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