Client Visit at Udawalawa & Nivithigala

We had a little bit bad habit from a long time, it is that when my friend have a faraway client visit he get join me to that visit. But with the official permission we make that visit for full time, hence we do the visit early morning and use the rest of the time to our Adventure tours. It is mainly waterfall hunting.

However we left from Moratuwa at 4.30am and reached to Udawalawa around 7.30am. The client lives near to the park hence we were able to see the morning beauty of the area and few elephants inside the park. After that we to Embilipitiya for some duties and left from there at 11am. Then we directly drive to Ratnapura and turned to Nivithigala-Kalawana road and had our Lunch.

After having lunch we came near to the Rajanewa Waterfall. This is a 12m height beautiful waterfall. But the whole environment was polluted by the villagers and alcohol users. Even the time is at 1pm there were three groups having fun with liquor and destroying the nature by throwing polythine bags and bottles. There was a group of students who are drinking and some are slept of the rock faces. Their tution class books and bags were at the same place. Villagers and all the visitors use this fall to bath and daily uses.

After that we continue the journey along the Kalawana road up to a junction where a name board of “Sri Kukuluwa Viharaya” and turned right to the narrow road and proceed about 5km to “Akkara 10” village. There is a small temple and you can park your vehicles over there. If you are coming by bicycles you can go further 1.5 km to the closest entrance of the fall. After that we walked up to a junction where a small retail shop situated and turned right to the downward road and proceed about 200m. After that we used foot path to the top of the fall. Ballan Damana Fall is about 60m height fall but she was totally dried at the time. However I used the right handside jungle path to the bottom of the fall and it was little bit difficult due to the slippery of the environment.

After spending few minutes over there we went again to the Kalawana road and proceed 1km to Kalawana side and turned right to the Watawala Fall road. Then we proceed about another 2km to the foot path where it goes to the fall. Watawala fall is a higher that 60m and it is falling from 3 parts. However at that time she is also at the dried section. Hence we couldn’t have a bath also. There also we saw 2 group of young people having fun with liquor. And that environment is also polluted with plastic, polythine and broken bottles.

However we managed to see 3 waterfalls within 4 hours and turned back to the homes by 8pm on the same day. Finally we noticed that those falls are situated very close to the villages and towns. Hence most of people use them as another place for having drinking activities. Nobody care about the environment.

Receiptionist at Udawalawa Tank

Along the Dam

A Place for have a rest

Chandrika Wewa

A Border of the Wewa

Along the walking line

Use the right handside foot path to the waterfall

Along the water stream

Here is she, Rajanewa Fall

she was little bit dried

Path to the Top of the fall

This is how the fall falling

At the top of Rajanewa Fall

Side view of the fall

Another view

This is how the road comes

Proceed to the end of this path

The small bridge on the way

Crossing a small stream

Little more to the Watawala Fall

Environment is already Polluted

Here is she, Watawala Fall

She is very tall

Bottom of the fall

Can imagine that how she will be beautiful on rainy days

Base Pool

However we managed with this

Coming from Nivithigala side

Park your vehicles here and walk along the left handside road

This path goes to the upper stream

Red arrow to the Top of the fall, Blue arrow to the bottom villages and tea estates, Black arrow is the path to the upper streams

USe this path to the top of the fall

Time for a capture

View at the top

She is almost dried

At the top of Ballandamana Fall

Can imagine her beauty on rainy days too

Going to the Bottom of the fall via this jungle path

Here is she, Ballan Damana Fall

Almost dried

Lower part of the fall

We were unlucky to see her like this

small cave near the bottom

Came from here to the bottom of the fall

Akila and Me