| Year and Month | August, 2015 |
| Number of Days | 1 |
| Crew | Only myself |
| Accommodation | N/A |
| Transport | Public transport |
| Activities | Hiking, Trekking |
| Weather | Gloomy with intermittent sunshine |
| Route | Colombo->Pambahinna->161/4 bridge and return on the same route. |
| Tips, Notes and Special remark |
** SPECIAL THANKS TO ** Ashan ayya for the advice given |
| Author | Malith Kumarasinghe |
| Comments | Discuss this trip report, provide feedback or make suggestions at Lakdasun Forum on the thread |
After hectic 3 months of studies and few “ordinary relaxing trips with family” I finally had little precious time to do some explorations. But as most us well aware that next difficult thing in planning a hike is finding partners. As I was free only on week days I decided to hike all alone. Then I needed to find a suitable place to hike as a lone trekker. I remembered Adara Kanda and contacted Ashan ayya, and got to know that the trail is well cleared and can do by myself. With bits of back ground work I departed from Colombo around 4am. I kept a close eye on weather at fallingrain site and knew there was low cloud cover throughout the day which could be resulted in rain if I was unlucky and accuweather even predicted 51% chance of light rain around 11am in the morning.
I went to my old familiar Ratnapura by my vehicle and upto Pambahinna by bus. I was able to get down at Pambahinna junction aroung 7am and walked forward along the Badulla main road until 161/4 bridge. At this bridge road takes an elbow bend. I was looking for a gravel road but was surprised to find a paved road. I walked along happily but after 50 meters it was a steep ascend and the paved part was over. After walking about 1 km along the road; suddenly road turned to a footpath. But after 25 meters it again turned to a proper road only to turn again to a footpath after another few hundred meters.
I continued to walk along the footpath which lies by the side of a small stream. I truly appreciated the beauty of this part of the trial only on return journey. People who have done this trail know what I meant. I wish British left us with few more rain & mountain forests rather than useless pine plots.
Footpath ends at a cave monastery. The real trail head lies at the end of the footpath. Trail head lies on the other side of the stream which I crossed just behind the toilet of the monastery.
 The monastery |
 Tiny window….. |
 So many living things than a pines plot…. |
 This is what I need to conquer…. |
At the beginning, I walked through the pines patch. Sooner it turned out to be a steep climbing. But as there was recent a sign of rain, the path was bit cleared without pines pins. In some areas the climb was not so steep and some areas it was steep. Same with the pines patch with on and off open areas.
 Early morning rays…. |
 The climb…… |
 Finally off the pines plot |
 First sight of the target…. As emerged from Pines plot…. |
After the pines plot path is very very clear. Along the path in the middle section loosened white rock pieces are to be found which distinct the path. I’ll let the pictures talk until the Paraviyangala and the 1st peak…..
 Flat terrain along the way…. |
 Now for the burning sunlight….. |
 Myself falling in love with the nature….note the brownish footpath….. |
 Hawagala…. |
 What a view….. |
 Wow and wow……… |
 Samanala wewa…… |
 Wow….. |
 Warning signs… clouds are building…… |
 Hawagala… more pics… |
 Udawalawe tank… far away…. |
 Sabaragamuwa university……… |
 Getting closer…. More to go….. |
 Getting close to Paraviyangala…. |
As I was steadily approaching Paraviyangala, I was able to visualize the Non-pariel side as well…. But Worlds end was covered in mist. And to my dismay considerable cloud was developing over me…. That didn’t stop me from stepping to Paraviyangala and proximal 2 peaks of the Adara Kanda range before turning back for the descend.
 Paraviyangala…… |
 Paraviyangala, seen from 1st peak….. |
 Nagrak road…….. |
 Tea factory and the fall….. with winding road… |
 Worlds end covered in mist…… |
 Peaks of Adara Kanda… see Dark clouds are building……. |
Southern slopes of Gonmolliya and Balathuduwa range….
As previous reports have suggested, it was pure nightmare to climb down. I was lucky with fewer amounts of pine pines due to rain, but loose stones were pure nightmare. I was not sure whether there was single stone which was not loose.
The trail in white in distance and brown in proximity… But all are loose stones….
But after considerable difficulty, was able to reach the monastery around 2pm and returned Colombo with great satisfaction.