Tour to Mannakethi Falls with Yasmin and Estifie

Year and Month	07-April-2018
Number of Days	One
Crew	05
Accommodation	N/A
Transport	Motor Cycles
Activities	Hiking, Photography, Sightseeing, Nature Exploring, Waterfall Hunting, Bathing
Weather	Excellent
Route	Ja-Ela -> Yakkala -> Urapola -> Ruwanwella -> Karawanella -> Kithulgala
Tips, Notes and Special remark	Carry enough water Do not try in rainy days Ask the directions from local Do not disturb the villagers Do not litter Leave only footprints
Related Resources	First tour to Mannakathi Falls – Trip Report Upper Mannakathi Falls – Trip Report White Water Rafting – Trip Report
Author	Ranshan Fernando
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Yasmin and Estife were some of my friends and they requested me to take them on a day trip where there is a dangerous bathing place and they wanted to swim over there and check the reality of it. So, I thought about Mannakathi falls which is suitable for a day trip and where it has a larger natural pool which is known as dangerous to swim as some villagers told me that the depth of it is about 50 feet in the center.

I got joined Malith and Nirosh as Yasmin and Estife can go on their bicycles and I travelled alone to guide them. However, we came to Mannakathi falls at about 9 am and visited the lower falls and then went to the upper falls and reached the larger pool. As mentioned, they jumped into the water and had a swim for the entire pool and a little bit dived and noticed that the pool is not that kind of dangerous but the center level is a little bit difficult to dive. They were enjoyed for about 1-2 hours and hiked to the top of the upper Mannakathi falls.

After that, we left the fall around 12 pm and went to adventure base camp for a white water rafting experience. And we were nicely done the rafting and other activities and had the lunch over there and left to the home around 5 pm in the evening. It was a memorable day for Yasmin (18 yr) and Estifie (20 yr) as they are traveling around the world and we were happy that we were able to show them a little bit of the beauty of our country.