| Year and Month | August, 2014 |
| Number of Days | Two |
| Crew | 2 |
| Accommodation | Camping |
| Transport | By Bike |
| Activities | Hiking / Scenery / Trekking / Photography |
| Weather | Cloudy and misty |
| Route | Monaragala -> Passara -> Madulsima -> Elamanna -> Rathkele -> Roeberry -> Kalugala -> Returned back on the same route
Rough locations [View Google Earth Trail Map] |
| Tips, Notes and Special remark |
**SPECIAL THANKS TO** Bandara |
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| Author | Ashan |
| Comments | Discuss this trip report, provide feedback or make suggestions at Lakdasun Forum on the thread |
The map – click to enlarge
Kalugala is a location on the northern point of Madulsima range which consist of two peaks and out of those Kalugala no 2 is the highest. Kalugala No 1 peak belongs to Monaragala district and is the highest point of Monaragala. I have been eyeing on this for few months and out of nowhere the anticipated day arrived. I got together with Bandara and took off towards Madulsima and packed our stuff at his home. After packing up we took off towards Roeberry which is about 40Km’s from Madulsima. After getting to Roeberry hospital and planning our journey we took off with two hospital staff members and after tackling the 4wd tea estate path we reached the end of the tea estate (Roeberry upper division). It was almost 6pm and we did manage to have a glimpse of the surrounding scenery by taking the foot path for 100m which begins at the end of the tea patch.
We returned back to the tea estate and said good bye to the two hospital staff members. We did put up our tent and started collecting fire wood for the night. It was a full moon day and camping under the moon was always a special thing. We cooked some noodles and had an early night sleep to be wakened by cold breeze which made the temperature to drop rapidly.
 The northern end of madulsima range with kalugala peaks as seen from mahiyanganaya |
 Madulsima range as seen from loggal oya |
 madulsima mini worlds end |
 stopped a bit at mini worlds end |
 endless view |
 off we go |
 used the camp fire to quickly cook |
 noodles and scrambled egg |
At around 5am we got up to notice that the whole area was covered with mist and it dampened all of our hopes of experiencing a sun rise over the eastern coast of Sri Lanka. At around 7am we headed back towards the Kalugala range and waited….waited… and waited… till the mist cleared out. After few hours only the mist started to clear off. While Bandara stayed on a rock I decided to proceed towards Kalugala No 1 and the beautiful range which was beyond it. There was a foot path leading down from the tea estate which would take one towards Kohona. The last flat area was the best place for me, it was flat and with an infinite view along Mahaweli river towards Trincomallee. After hanging around a bit I returned back to meet up with Bandara and head towards the highest point which was Kalugala No 2 peak.
 towards madulsima worlds end from our camp site |
 Kalugala peak 2 |
 our tent |
 going along the foot path |
 and the mist was a suprise |
 cleared off periodically |
 towards nilgala |
 loggal oya framed |
 mist passing from the cooler badulla district to warmer monaragala |
 moments |
 foot path towards Kalugala 1 |
 meegahakivula |
 yahangala, kehelpathdoruwa and dumbanagala |
 Narangala |
 nigala and gal oya reservoir |
 Bibile |
 namal oya and gal oya peaks |
 scenic |
 loggal oya reservoir |
 lakes parallel to mahaweli river |
 Kokagala and maduru oya |
 mapakada wewa |
 the last peak i went to |
 burned out |
 descending kalugala 1 |
 what a gap |
 wow |
 lovely sight |
 the last summit |
 the two peaks of kalugala as seen from the edge of madulsima range |
Pano from the edge of madulsima range , this is towards randenigala side
pano towards mahiyangana
 looking down |
 maragala seen partly covered to rilaoluwa |
 gal oya peaks and its dried out reservoir |
 nagadeepa wewa |
 Ulhitiya |
 randenigala and rantebe |
 bit of sun |
 central hills |
 may be poisonous |
 the edge of madulsima range |
 lonely survivor |
 patch of green |
 towards knuckles |
 the drop similar to worlds end at madulsima |
 kalugala peak 1 seen from kalugala peak 2 |
 kalugala 2 peak the highest point |
 edge of the upper roeberry tea plantation |
 drop towards dehigala |
 namunukula as seen from kalugala |
 Central hills of sri lanka |
 yeah thumbs up |
 drinking water found 1km away |
 was sour |
 at Roeberry hospital saying good bye |
From the summit of Kalugala one could appreciate five provinces and those are Uva, Southern, Eastern, Central, North central. On a clear day one could have witnessed a clear coastal line at Batticaloa too. Please refer the images for the landmarks. It took only 10 minutes to get back to the camp site where we packed our stuff and left towards Roeberry. Though it was the dry season we did come across a water stream 500 meters away where two roads merge and one could get drinking water from this site (but boil it). We returned to the Roeberry hospital and said good bye to the staff and headed towards Madulsima where I had a refreshing wash and lunch at Bandara’s place before taking off towards Monaragala. This is one place I don’t mind revisiting and if you have a 4wd it’s a great location to go and camp with your family.