| Year and Month | 09 June 2018 |
| Number of Days | One |
| Crew | 05 (Age between 26-30) |
| Accommodation | N/A |
| Transport | Motor Bicycles |
| Activities | Hiking, Waterfall Hunting, Photography, Navigating |
| Weather | Mist and slow raining |
| Route | Colombo -> Kandy -> Theldeniya -> Rangala -> Rangala Pool -> Gomaraya -> Knuckles view Holiday Bungalow Road |
| Tips, Notes and Special remark |
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| Author | Ranshan |
| Comments | Discuss this trip report, provide feedback or make suggestions at Lakdasun Forum on the thread |
After having a little rest from Knuckles forest we started a hike to a lesser known mountain in Gomaraya. The name of the mountain is “Kandasamigala”. A separate full report will be publishing in future about this untouched trek.
Apart from that we were able to explore some hidden waterfalls in between Knuckles 5 peaks foot path and Kandasamigala. Our journey started from Gomaraya town and proceed along the road goes to Knuckles View Holiday Bungalow and Knuckles Plantation Bungalow. Then we go to the end of the road and entered to the forest along a water stream. Then we climbed the Kandasamigala and got down to the upper part of the stream which we followed at the beginning.
While we getting down from the mountain I saw a beautiful waterfall through the thick forest and started to go there through the manna bushes and forest patch. After a one hour hike we were able to come to that waterfall.
The first waterfall we saw is about 5m height and 8m widest. Water is falling from the above rocky plain through giant rock faces. And there is a small pool at the base and the water is falling again by making the 2nd waterfall which is quite different to the first one. 2nd fall is also height about 5m and widest the same. It is very beautiful and the whole area was covered by forest. After that we get down through the same stream about 600m and saw the 3rd waterfall. It has about 4 lines of water falling to the base and it is about 7m height. And the water is making another waterfall about 10m distance from the 3rd fall and that is the highest fall we saw in this chain. Unfortunately we cannot get down to the stream since we were at the top of the fall and we have to go the other side. But however we saw that waterfall and it’s about 15m high by climbing a tree and hanging on tree roots. Hence couldn’t able to capture any photo.
However after that we came to the same route where we divided to the forest patch and the stream.
 First Fall |
 Another view of it |
 2nd Fall |
 Another view of it |
 Lower part of the 2nd fall (1) |
 Lower part of the 2nd fall (2) |
 Some small casecades (1) |
 Some small casecades (2) |
 3rd Fall |
 Another view of it |
 Beautiful stream |
 The story of a Thick forest |
 Its going to the Gomaraya |
 Beautiful Environment |
Once we completed our hike we left from Gomaraya to Rangala and stopped at the famous pool near the bridge.
 Warning Board at the Pool |
 The area belongs to Gomaraya Estate |
 The Dead Pool |
 The Bridge over the stream |
 Someone is bathing |
 We at there |
 Its beautiful |
 The lower part of the stream |
 mountain goats found near Rangala road |
 Tried to have a closer capture |
 Google Earth Map Gomraya Falls |
 Google Terrian View (Purple Line is our Route) |
Thanks for reading !