Showing posts with label Water fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Water fall. Show all posts

Monday, August 2, 2010

Eagles Crest - Knuckles Mountain Range



Location
Colombo-->Kandy-->Take Mahiyanganaya Road(Old rode)-->Hunnasgiriya. Then take the left turn and go ahead 15 km and Eagle Crest Bungalow located left side of the way (6 hour drive from Colombo and 40 minutes drive from Hunnasgiriya).
The road is in good condition and even car can go.

Attraction
Nice mountain sceneries, lawan and isolated place with strong wind.

Activities
  • Enjoy the mountain sceneries and isolated environment
  • 5 km walk or drive to Corbet view. Nice view of mountains.
  • 15 km to Meemure village from bungalow. That villages is supposed to be most rural village in the island.
  • 7 km to watefall and ideal place to have ice cold water bath and swim
  • Mini Worlds end closed by knuckles Conservation office

Accommodation & reservation
Eagle Crest bungalow has two rooms.
  • Room 1 - Four single beds
  • Room 2 - Two triple beds
  • Living area - Provides leeping for three people

In the same compound, there is another bungalow called Barking Deer Lodge. It consists of thee rooms with one single and one double bed in each room. All three rooms have attached bathrooms. Another two beds are available in the living. Comfortably sleeps eleven people.

You can reserve both bungalows as desired.

No electricity in the village and power generated from soler panels. Mobile coverage is very limited. Dialog signal available in the bungalow vicinity.

Contact No: +94 773 476288 / +94 112 819457

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Bambarakanda Water Fall


Location
Situated in Kalupahana, Badulla district. From Badulla, Colombo highway, turn left from kalupahana when you come from Colombo. Go ahead 5 km on that road. Road is in good condition and you will pass nice mountain sceneries. Road is not wide enough to pass two vehicles, but you may find wide enough places as well, in case you come across another vehicle. Once the vehicle is parked, there is 250 m walking to and that path is bit tricky to climb.

Main Routes
Colombo-->Ratnapura-->Balangoda-->Kalupahana
Badulla-->Bandarawella-->Haputale-->Beragala-->Kalupahana

Attraction
Highest water fall(263m) in Sri Lanka.
Isolated place and nice mountain views.

Activities
  • There is pine tree forest on that way to waterfall basement. It is fun to have walk around there.
  • You Can have a bath in ice cold water.
  • Enjoy the isolated environment.
  • The road from kalupahana actually lead to Horton plain. It would be ideal to see the waterfall on the way to Horton plain.

Accommodation & Reservation
Bambarakanda Holiday Resort which is located overlooking the Bambarakanda Waterfall – The highest waterfall of Sri Lanka and breathtaking mountain view.The hotel consists of 3 private cottages having clay walls where two of them got some rooms inside and the other for group accommodation.

Telephone :

0094 57 5670457
0094 60 2575699


Map