Nature Tours

Railway Tour to Badulla from Kandy

This is a Railway tour to Badulla from Kandy with passing every railway stations with supplying several information, pictures. We point that the bridges, Tunnels, stations and special places.

Kanneliya Forest Reserve
Kanneliya forest reserve is at Udugama of Galle district. Kanneliya is included to KDN complex of Sri Lanka. This tour is about several information of Kanneliya forest rerve of Galle Sri Lanka.

Sinharaja Tour from Kalawana Side
The main entrance of Sinharaja world heritage tropical rain forest via Kalawana. Several endemic species and natural beauties can be seen with accessing of Kalawana entrance of Rathnapura district.

Sinharaja Tour of Pitadeniya side
Most beautiful entrance to Sinharaja forest is via Pitadeniya entrance. There are about 8 main waterfalls are at Pitadeniya side. Residence places also available at Pitadeniya entrance of southern side.

Adisham Bungalow tour
Adisham Bungalow is at Haputhale Sri Lanka. It's ancient bungalow which was made by British Government at before 1948. Now it is a church and wonderful flower garden on it.

Udamala mountain tour
Udanala is a mountain which is at Badulla district of Sri Lanka. Closed places of Udamala mountain is Alawathugoda vilage, Bogahakumbura place and Pattipola.

Ambewela tour
Ambewela is at Nuwaraeliya district and two cattle and vegetable farms, reserviors, railway station, Milco milk powder factory is available to see and cool climate can be felt.

Nature Tours

Worlds end of Sri Lanka

Worlds End means the place which has highest gap in Sri Lanka. This place is situated at the border of Nuwaraeliya, Badulla and Rathnapura districts and also Horton plains which is highest plain in Sri Lanka. There has two worlds ends one of the small worlds end and other one is big worlds end. The big worlds end is higher than other gaps. You can Travel to this place via Nuwaraeliya, Pattipola, Ambewela road or via Boralanda, Ohiya road.

There is 25 km to this place from Alawathugoda village. There are a lot of beautiful places and a lot of beautiful sceneries we can see in down side of Words End at clear time. In the morning time the down side is very clear and we can see long distance and beautiful sceneries. After few hours the fully down side attack with mist. What a wonderful thing is happen now. If you see this place I trust you mutter above words. There after this place become the real Worlds End because there is nothing to see down side. You may think there is nothing world along here.

To travel to worlds end is very easy. First you want to come Horton plains via vehicle or by foot. If you get reside near Alawathugoda, Ohiya, Pattipola or near place you can travel by foot. From Horton plains you should go on foot to Worlds End. This way is 5km. When you come the way of Worlds End you met two ways. One of way go to Bakers falls and Plain way is go to worlds end.

When you come to Worlds End road first you meet little worlds end. Little worlds end is same to the main worlds end. But this gap is not higher than main one.

This is our advice. When you visit this place don't dirt this. You must protect this place for our future generation. Lot of deer die by eating polythene. This polythene is brought by you. Don't bring it next time. If you will visit Sri Lanka don't miss this place because this place is very nice.

Dunhinda Waterfalls of Sri Lanka

Dunhinda waterfall is big waterfall of Sri Lanka and which is at Soranathota place of Badulla Sri Lanka. Dunhinda waterfall is made by jump water with high gap of Badulu river. This water ways started with Uma Oya, Hal Oya and various water ways. Dunhinda is at Badulla - Mahiyangana road and there are about 10km from Badulla town. Dunhinda waterfalls at about 1km from main road. This path is to be walk. First you can see little Dunhinda waterfalls which is at downside of main waterfall.

Dunhinda waterfall is one of beautiful waterfall of Sri Lanka. Downside of Dunhinda there are three main water Walleyes call Randenigala, Rantambe and Randenigala. Uma oya direct to Rantambe and other two Walleyes from Mahaweli river from Kandy. Uma Oya starts at worldsend and it travels Ambewela, Nuwaraeliya, Uva Paranagama, Welimada, Attampitiya, haliela, Badulla and end with Mahaweli river.

In several years ago Badulla town is a valley. In those time there was no Dunhinda waterfalls in this place. The very big vine is blocked the way of Badulu river and there for Badulla city become big Valley. The man called Ranhawadi Dhuraya tried to remove this vine. How ever whiting several months he could cut the big vine and he was died in slept. After all the water stoked in Badulla town was flow down in this place and build a nice waterfall called Dunhinda. Bathing in Dunhinda waterfall is very danger because downside of the fall is very deep and it contains stones. Dunhinda is very famous waterfall in world after showing the drama of "Dunhinda Addara".

Diyaluma Waterfalls of Sri Lanka

Diyaluma Waterfall is Sri Lankan No 1: most beautiful waterfall and which is situated at Koslanda. Koslanda is situated between Beragala and Wellawaya. Beragala is junction of Badulla Colombo main road. Another way to Diyaluma waterfall via Poonagala from Bandarawela. Poonagala place is very famous to tea estates and Tamil people. Diyaluma waterfall is Third highest waterfall in Sri Lanka. It is high about 171m. Visit Diyaluma is very easy because Diyaluma waterfall is at main road. Most tourists are like very much to visit this waterfall.
Diyaluma is said Sri Lankan no 1 and most beautiful waterfall because its various qualities. This waterfall is very high and high capacity of water come from the top. Then water hits the rock millions of times and water way breaks many times. Mix with wind the waterfall like angel.
Diyaluma waterfall is no1. There fore you should visit Diyaluma waterfall just now. Visit Diyaluma in next new year season.
Fox hill super cross motor race holds in new year season at Diyathalawa military academy motor cross way. Little distance to Diyathalawa and Haputale to Diyaluma waterfall.
When you see the nature Keep this sentence in mind.TAKE NOTHING BUT PHOTOS LEAVE NOTHING BUT YOUR FOOTPRINT

Mahaweli River

Mahaweli River

The Mahaweli River (Sinhala: Mahaweli Ganga; literally: The Great Sandy River)[1] is a 335 km (208 mi) long river, currently ranking as the longest river in Sri Lanka. Its drainage basin is the largest in the country, and covers almost 1/5th of the total area of the island. The river reaches the Bay of Bengal at the north-east end of Trincomalee. It continues as a major submarine canyon, making Trincomalee one of the finest deep sea harbors in the world.[2] Due to the production of hydroelectricity, the river is heavily dammed at multiple locations. The river is also used for irrigation, which had resulted to almost 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi) of land irrigated.[3] One of the many sources of the river is the Kotmale Oya.

Haggala Botanical Garden

Haggala Botanical Garden
10 km on the Badulla Road.The Garden was first established in 1860 under the curatorship of three Britishers of the same name - William Nock, JK Nocl and JJ Nock. It lies under the Hakgala Peak, between 5000-6000 feet in elevation - the highest set Botanical Gardens in the world. It boasts 100 year old Monetary Cypress trees from California, Japanese Cedars, Himalayan Pines and English Oak.
The Botanical Garden is first as a cinchona plantation and then adapted to an experimental garden for the acclimatization of plants from temperate zones in the tropics. Here can be found all the flowers of an English cottage garden in spring and summer, and much else besides - such as the oldest tea-bush in the island, an ornamental pond and quaint summerhouse. Hakgala (Jaw Rock) rises a sheet 1500 ft/460 meters and offers one of the most stunning views ever. Legend says it was part of the Himalayas carried here by the Monkey God - Hanuman in his quest to help God-Rama rescue Goddess - Sita from the demon king - Ravana. Sita-Eliya, site of Sita's imprisonment, stands a mere mile away, with the 'Sita Amman Kovil' close by.

The North West and Puttalam

The area north west of Colombo is a secret treasure trove of an area – long left untouched by mass tourism. Thinly populated by a fascinating mixture of cultures and religions, this area is beautiful and wild, with looming rocks rising sharply from the earth and dreamy wewas (reservoirs) with their circling storks and eagles and their beautiful water lilies.

The area has several nature reserves. The two most spectacular being the massive Wilpattu National Park and the Puttalam Lagoon. Willpattu is a vast park which re-opened as recently as 2003. Unique scenery and flora combined with a very healthy number of leopards make this park a fantastic and far less touristy alternative to Yala. To really experience this off the beaten track park an overnight stay is wonderful – Kulu Safaris offer a superb safari style camping option.

The Chilaw area is a fine birdwatching area as it is on the cusp between Sri Lanka’s dry and wet zone. The Anawilundawa reserve is a particularly good and remote spot. Get your driver to take you by this spot and simply wander at will – make sure you take plenty of water as there are no shops around here!

Puttalam itself is a melting pot of Moorish, Tamil, Christian and Sinhala cultures - with an interesting, frontier town atmosphere and some good food. As you head north from here the land becomes drier and sparser past the lagoon towards Kalpitiya. This area is becoming a draw with kite surfing and diving possible here in season.

Further inland there are two great nature themed places. The Mudhouse is a unique experiment in simple village style living coupled with boutique style. It is an eco-retreat near the mysterious and beautiful Paramakanda Rock Temple. Bicycles come with the room and exploring this rural area is a joy.

The area resounds with history and legend but two of the most interesting sites are the former and short lived capital of Pandus Nuwara (site of a local Repunzel like legend about a princess with long hair) and the rock citadel of Yapahuwa.

Between December and April, Alankuda is a truly exceptional destination - offering a remote beach paradise and wonderful dolphin watching opportunities,

An opportunity to see a part of the country that most people miss. You may wish to book our Undiscovered Sri Lanka Tour.

Lanka Waterfalls:

The island is blessed with 103 rivers and streams radiating from the central hills, rushing down rocky precipices forming a number of roaring waterfalls of various shapes and heights, all ending up loosing the momentum at the Indian Ocean. Here are some of the most picturesque waterfalls, out of which only a few can be viewed with ease, where as the others can only be seen by penetrating thick forests and tea plantations

Galboda Waterfall

On a bright and sunny day three of us boarded the Colombo-Badulla bound “Podimenike” train at the Nawalapitya Station on a trip to Galboda to see the beauty of the waterfall and the environment.
Passing Inguruoya station we experienced the natural beauty of the hill country. The train passed through several tunnels. In between tunnel no. 12 and 13 we saw a bridge over a stream. The valley below was beautiful surrounded by hills planted in Cyprus and Pinus trees. There were also jungle flowers, Orchids were also seen in bloom on the sides. Passing the 13th tunnel we reached Galboda Station.
A fellow passenger in the train who became friendly with us voluntarily agreed to give us directions to reach the waterfall. The road was leading through a tea estate. On the way we sat on a terrace and watched the far distance, the beautiful trees hundreds of years old with huge trunks and branches giving shade over large areas.
We walked along passing streams and we met two Tamil friends of school-going age who could converse a little in Sinhala. A little way along this road there was a steep cliff. The person who accompanied us told us that there is a shrine in the forest believed to have miraculous powers and that the path to the shrine is on a difficult track and people who have tried to climb to the summit have failed. He left us at this stage as he had to take a different road to his house. The two Tamil friends accompanied us. We were rather tired due to the rough track and the hot sun. There was a stream to cross and we were very careful as the stones were slippery. Passing the stream, we were stuck by the beauty and grandeur of the scene before us. We were there to observe the Galboda waterfall. One could stand for hours in a spirit of amazement wondering at this beautiful scenery which we all wish to preserve in its’ uniqueness for generations to come.

Rassa Ella - The mystic waterfall

There are many fascinating waterfalls of great scenic beauty while other cascades, as to where their roots are concerned, are shrouded in mystery.

On a tour around the Kandy-Matale-Wattegama mountain frontiers, I chanced to see a cascading yet boisterous waterfall roaring down into rock water pools. The rock pool, from the point of its source joining the other end of its rivulet, remains a mystery.
About six miles off Wattegama, along the Kandy-Katugastota-Wattegama highway on the road to Panvila, is this mystic waterfall called Rassa Ella. Its name describes it well - that it is as mystic in name and origin.

Rasa Ella is different from all other such miniature 'fountains of paradise' - as romantically described by certain poets. A veil of water cascades down in a loud roar into the abysmal, gurgling waters below. From these rock pools, the rolling waters do not fall and join from the other end as any other waterfalls do, as at the rock pool from where the waterfall arises, there is not a ripple to be seen or even a murmur.

Strangely, the water joins the other end without physically revealing where it actually meets. The people around that area say that it ends in a sub-way that was constructed during the time of the kings of the Kandyan kingdom, as an escape route. Others say that the source lies submerged in the subterranean depths.

While seated on the culvert over Rassa Ella by the roadside, I met a bearded patriarch in his seventies with silvery beard flowing down like a waterfall itself. He smiled at me and asked me if I was seeking the source of the waterfall. When I replied in the affirmative, he told me an interesting and amusing story about Raja Maha Viharaya called Kubiyagoda situated about eight miles away from Wattegama. He said that he lived in its vicinity.

According to him, when the British held sway in the region, a certain English government agent visited Kubiyagoda Rahamaha Viharaya with his wife. His haughty wife was no respector of the sanctity of this hallowed Buddhist temple and she sat boldly upon the arm of the statue of Buddha that was enshrined there.

This act of desecration was brought to the notice of the high priest there. His samanera used to memorise some manthrams but the incumbent priest had requested him to stop learning them. Due to the disrespect done to the statue of Buddha by the GA's wife, the priest asked the samanera to repeat the manthrams once again.

When the samanera began chanting them the GA's wife fell senseless to the floor much to the GA's alarm. The high priest then told the GA that this was due to his wife having being disrespectful. More manthrams were recited and the woman came to her senses. The GA then asked the high priest what he could give him in return. The priest replied that salt was hard to come by in that place and from then on the GA saw to it that a bushel of salt was sent to the temple each month and the temple was never short of this commodity from then onwards.

|Lanka Gems, Pearls & Minerals

The historical chronicle of Sri Lanka, the Mahavamsa, records that gemstones were among the gifts of Sri Lanka's king, Devanampiyatissa, to Emperor Ashoka of India. The Mahavamsa also records that the Buddha visited Sri Lanka to settle a dispute between the Naga King Mahodera and Prince Chulodera over a throne studded with gemstones. The Buddhist monk, Fa-Hien, reports on the mineral abundance of the land when he visits Sri Lanka.The Venetian traveller, Marco Polo, reaches the shores of Sri Lanka. He writes: "The island produces more beautiful and valuable rubies than are found in any other part of the world. Likewise sapphires, topazes, amethysts, garnets, and many other precious and costly stones. The king is supposed to possess one of the grandest rubies that ever was seen, being a span in length and the thickness of a man's arm, brilliant beyond description, and without a single flaw."