Harasbedda mini WE to Golumale.

Year and Month	February, 2018
Number of Days	Last day of a 3 day trip
Crew	4
Accommodation	Auslink Walapane
Transport	Car
Activities	Archaeology, Photography, Natural bath, Scenery
Weather	Sunny
Route	Walapne -> Nildandahinna -> Dambagolla -> Yatimadura -> Back to Walapane -> Harasbedda -> Keerthibandarapura -> Lamasuriyagama -> Thalatuoya -> Katugasthota -> Kurunegala -> Chilaw
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 Beware of elephants at Golumale Dont get in to the water at Golumale if the water levels are high because there are deep rock pits. SPECIAL THANKS TO Palitha Perera & my colleague Tinsly Fernando
Author	Ashan
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Few years back i came to know that there were two mini worlds ends at Walapane area and directions towards Harasbedda WE was given to me by Mr Palitha. My other place of interest was a magical location called Golumale bordering VRR reserve. Actually i got a chance to visit these places during a 3 day trip.

The map – Click to enlarge

We started our journey from Walapane where we halted on the previous day. From Walapane we took the Nildandahinna road and passing Nildandahinna we took off towards Dambogalla. Just before Dambogolla we came across a 3way junction where we took the left side road towards Yatimadura. Though at some places the road was in bad condition one could manage with a car. Passing ancient Yatimadura temple we reached the sign post of Golumale where we halted our vehicle. It was a 250m hike up to the river from this point. The reason i fell in love with this location was the unique scenery where the river with lovely rock formations traverse the forest and the paddy fields. The water levels were bit high so i couldn’t witness the rock formations properly also i couldn’t cross the river to explore the caves where the jewelry of King Walagamba was hidden according to folklore. We spent more than 2 hours at this place dipping in the cold waters of Walapane before departing towards Nildandahinna. On the way back we didn’t forget to visit the ancient Yatimadura temple(7.087680, 80.936747) too.

waterfall found on the way to nildandahinna

another road side beauty

dream destination

that scenery

water level was high

the rock formations were hidden

.	tree house

a shower

rock art

wow

.	lets protect

magical

village life

hard working

Yatimadura temple

ruins

ancient bo tree

From Walapane we took off towards Harasbedda. After passing National youth corps centre we took the left hand road through the small boutiques. After few hundred meters we again took a right turn towards Harasbedda mini WE. There is a concrete road towards the WE and there is a safety railing at this location too. One could easily appreciate the view towards Nildandahinna, Namunukula, Narangala and Madulsima range from this location.

halted at mini we

the safety railing

drop	Nildandahinna side

Nildandahinna

Madulsima range

Namunukula seen

narangala

in action

a pano

paddy

framed

After enjoying the stay and ticking off another WE from my to do list we headed back towards Raja mawatha. Passing Keerthibandarapura and reaching Belihul oya bridge we took a right hand turn to reach Lihiniyagala RMV(7.168265, 80.845078). The detour was well worth it. At this temple one could see a drip ledge cave with ancient Kandyan frescoes, 200 year old “Sangawasa” and veddha paintings. unfortunately we missed the veddha paintings which will account for another visit. From the temple we headed back towards the bridge where we had lunch and a cool dip in Belihul oya before departing back to end a 3 day trip with lots of memories.