Hathale Mini W.E. to Kelebokka view point by jeep

Year and Month	January, 2018
Number of Days	One
Crew	3
Accommodation	N/A
Transport	Pajero
Activities	Adventure drive, Scenic drive, Photography, Scenery
Weather	Overcast
Route	Chilaw -> Kurunegala -> Katugasthota -> Wattegama -> Panvila -> Hathale -> Panvila -> Madulkele -> Kabaragala tea factory -> Kelebokka upper Div -> Pitakanda -> Mathale -> Dodamgaslanda -> Ibbagamuwa -> 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 estate They produce tickets at Kelebokka (RS 100/= p.p) Ask directions from locals All roads require 4WD’s There is a 200m walk to Hathale MWE from where one could halt his vehicle SPECIAL THANKS TO Travel with Chatura for introducing Kelebokka
Related Resources	You tube link : Travel with Chatura episode
Author	Ashan
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Panvila map

Kelebokka map

This year I have been hunting Mini world end’s around the country and on my quest I came across Kelebokka view point too. We left early to reach Panvila where we were accompanied by Nishan (who resides at Panvila) to our first destination which was Hathale MWE. To reach Hathale we took the road near Panvila rest house and after 3Km’s we reached a pines plot where we halted our vehicle and walked towards the WE (refer the map). It was a 4wd ride and you need good ground clearance to tackle this road. We had a 200m walk to the view point where there was an area to sit even. one could enjoy a pnoramic view towards Western peaks of Knuckles such as Gomabiya, Yakkunge hela, Rilagala, Selvakanda, Kandasamy gala, Knuckles, Kota ganga falls etc. After spending some time we took of towards Pitakanda.

on the way to Hathale from Panvila

Victoria reservoir seen on the way

sharp bends

Sri pada seen

heavenly

Gombaniya

Hathale

tall tea trees seen among the shorter ones

knuckles

the path to mini WE

on the way

Gombaniya and Yakkunge hela seen

Kota ganga cascades

Peacock hills seen

Gombaniya

wow

view from mini WE

victoria

Kukulagala

the drop

.	enjoying the view

hunnasgiri peak seen

and its raining

exploring

halted

nearby reservoir

Hathale mini WE

While on our way to Pitakanda from Madulkele we took a left turn on a estate road just before Kabaragala tea factory (refer the map). The estate road was an bumpy 4wd ride for about 4Km’s before we reached Kelebokka upper division. just before the final ascend we were asked to buy tickets from a estate official. The view was 360 degree panoramic one and one could easily observe Gombaniya and Kirigalpoththa range and on the other side it was Sembuwaththa lake. There were some lovely summer huts which one could reserve from the tea estate. Since it was already dusk we decided to head back home with some lovely memmories.