Galaha – One step closer to Heaven

Year and Month	December, 2017
Number of Days	Two
Crew	3
Accommodation	Bubula resort
Transport	Pajero
Activities	Climbing, Photography, Scnery
Weather	Excelent
Route	Chilaw -> Kurunegala -> Aladeniya -> Peradeniya -> Galaha -> Pupuress rd -> Galaha -> Belwood -> Muthukelina wewa -> Galaha -> Peradeniya -> Colombo
Tips, Notes and Special remark	Take a bottle of water Do not carry Plastic items (Minimize), Make sure you bring back everything you took. Get permission from the head priest Ask directions from locals Some places require 4WD or trishaws Will add the maps later Explain your intentions clearly to the head priest SPECIAL THANKS TO Lasantha Wickramasinghe
Related Resources	Trip report : Mutukelina Wewa and the Observation Point
Author	Ashan
Comments	Discuss this trip report, provide feedback or make suggestions at Lakdasun Forum on the thread Galaha – One step closer to Heaven

So I have been very busy for a while but yet found some time for traveling. Only thing is i didn’t have anytime to do a write up. So this would be a short write up on two locations i visited last December.

As usual it was a 3 person family trip with some mountain climbing. We left Chilaw early and reached Galaha in the afternoon where we took the Pupuressa road. After traveling 3km’s on the B125 we reached National Bikkhu center for health care (a.k.a as Bhadravathi temple). There was a well paved foot path to the top of the Wehera kanda where one could enjoy a 360 view of Galaha – Delthota areas. on the summit there is a newly built temple and we spend more than 30 minutes on the top before we descended and reached our accommodation at Galaha.

Wehera kanda

Closer view

seen from below

on the way view

steps

the path we took

the temple

the statue

Delthota side

Kukulagala seen far away

Hanthana katusu kanda

pano

Hunnasgiriya range seen

towers of Hanthana seen

Ambuluwawa

Peacock hills seen

lovely

Alagalla seen

Piduruthalagala range

heaven

dusk	getting down

on the way view

Next day we headed back to Galaha and took the Morogolla road to reach Belwood. Before reaching Morogolla we took the right hand road towards Piyasara Budhdhist monastery. From there on wards we continued until we reached the magical location of Muthukelina wewa. If you are equipped with a 4wd you could get to the observation point with your vehicle . Otherwise its a 5 minute climb from the lake. the road condition was bad so better to have a good ground clearance vehicle. one could have a splendid view towards Victoria reservoir, Thalatuoya region & Knuckles range from this magical location. Seems to be quite popular among locals because there were evidence of camping and littering. After enjoying the panoramic view we headed back home leisurely.