| Year and Month | 23rd & 24th June 2018 |
| Number of Days | Two |
| Crew | 8 (Aged 26 to 36) |
| Accommodation | Camping |
| Transport | Public transport (Train/Bus) |
| Activities | Hiking, Photography, Jungle trekking, Sight seeing,Camping |
| Weather | Sunny mornings and Gloomy evenings |
| Route | Peradeniya -> Haputhale -> Kalupahana Junction -> Wangedigala -> Balathuduwa -> Adrarakanda -> Pambahinna -> Haputale -> Peradeniya |
| Tips, Notes and Special remark |
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| Related Resources | Trip Reports on Wangedigala Balathuduwa Gommoliya & Adarakanda |
| Author | Ramzy |
| Comments | Discuss this trip report, provide feedback or make suggestions at Lakdasun Forum on the thread |
This is one of my long waited hike. People hike the all these peaks as separate hikes. I thought of doing it differently. I wanted to do the peaks of kalupahana area and Adarakanda range as one hike. As usual another 7 members of my team also joined for this hike. initially we prepared with a proper plan with time schedules and travel plan.
In this hike we covered following;
- Wangedigala
- WangediKanda
- Balathuduwa and
- All peaks of Adarakanda
 Trail Map |
On 22nd We got in to the Colombo-Badulla Night mail train from Peradeniya at 11:30 PM. Train was crowded and we were able to get some seats only after Nawalapitiya. The train reached Haputale by 5:45 am on 23rd. We had our breakfast at a hotel in Haputale. After the breakfast we took the bus to kalupahana. it is around 18 Km from haputale to Kalupahana. the bus took 30 minutes to Kalupahana. We filled our water bottles at a spring by roadside and started the hike around 7:30 am. Its around 2.3 km from Main road to Wangedigala. There is a view point at km where we can clearly have a views of Bambarakanda area.
 Starting point |
 Team at Pine patch |
 Scenic & Easy trail |
 First view point |
 Bambarakanda falls & Lanka ella |
 Even better |
 Udaveriya |
 towards HP |
 team at view point |
 Wangedigala |
 Kalupahana area |
 bambarakanda |
 Places to cover during the day |
 View from Wangedigala |
After spending some quality time with resting we progressed for our next destinations. We met a group at wangedigala and they told us we can fillup water at the water source available close to the campsite. we filled our water bottles and bags with enough water and resumed the journey.
Wangedigala is a suitable camping location if you are hiking in this mountain range. There are adequate camping sites available in wangedigala and Wangedikanda. We also saw a camping site on our way to Balathuduwa. But no water source at this site.
 At Wangedikanda |
 At Wangedikanda |
 team |
 View of Balathuduwa |
 One group is preparing for camping |
 Wangedigala from Wangedikanda |
 The way we came |
 lanka ella |
 bambarakanda |
 other views |
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 destination is clear |
 Wangedikanda |
 Camping sites |
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 Another group is at wangedikanda |
 Entering the forest patch |
 Look at the color differences |
We reached Balathuduwa at 3:30 pm. Everyone in the team were so tired and wanted to take a rest. so we placed our tents just below the peak ( 200 meteres) of Balathuduwa and preapred the lunch and dinner. Camping in the peaks is not recommended due to hight windy conditions.
 Lunch |
 neither Porridge nor the Milk rice |
 tents |
 Our Cook |
 tents |
 On the path |
After having lunch everyone wanted to take a rest. so we had some rest with nice coffee in the late evening. therefore we postponed the Balathuduwa peak hike to the following day. We packed ourselves in to the tents by 7 pm.
 Morning |
 nestomalt power |
 Our kitchen |
 Ready? |
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 Balathuduwa |
 Balathuduwa |
 Towards Adara kanda |
 Summit |
 The Great Worlds end |
 Summit |
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 Bamabarakanda area |
 Gommoliya |
 Way to Gommoliya |
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 Nagrak |
 Mini Worldsend of HP |
 Gommoliya with Worlds end |
 Nagrak and Hawagala |
 hawagala |
 brothers |
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 team at summit |
 back to jungle |
Path to Adarakanda starts from balathuduwa. Refer the map. The first 1.5 km path is clear. the final part is little confusing and it is difficult to find the descinding path to Adarakanda. it took us 1 hour for final 300 meters even with the GPS device. If anyone wants to try this path, it is a must to carry a GPS. We started at 8:15 am and reached the Adarakanda at 10:15 am.
 Exit from forest |
 Adarakanda |
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 Nagrak |
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 Top most point of Adara kanda |
 Descending.. |
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 4th and 3 rd peaks |
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 Nagrak |
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 Forest patch. Time for a rest |
 Another peak |
 Non pariel factory |
 Beauty |
 A view point |
 Camp site at 3rd peak |
 No end |
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 Sabragamuwa University |
 Samanala Wewa |
 non-perial Falls |
 view |
 way back |
 view |
 final part? |
 Nope. some more |
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 difficult path |
 injured… |
After 2 hours of descending in the Adarakanda range we reached the first peak. this is the place where most of the people used to camp. Water source is available within 100 meters. We took a small rest and filled our bottles and got refreshed.
 View from first peak |
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 Camp sites |
 Camp sites |
Around 1:45 pm we were able to reach the main road at Pambahinna. We took the bus to haputale and reached Haputale by 2:45 pm. We made a reservation for the the train ticket in Ella-Kandy AC train.We bought lunch packs from Haputale and got in to the train came at 3:15 pm. The train has all required facilities and less crowded.
 Kandy-Ella A/C Train |
 Lunch |
 Train journey |
 Team at train |
Train reached Peradeniya at 8:15 pm.
 Statistics |
Thanks for reading….