යෝගමුකන්ද on a rainy day!

The map

It was a gloomy day but we wanted to go somewhere and decided to head towards Polgahawela and climb the highest peak of the region which was Yogamukanda. One could easily see this 413M mountain to Alawwa- Polgahawela road. After having breakfast we took the Epa kanda road which is found close to the railway crossing on Kurunegala road. After traveling few Km’s we had to halt our car and take a foot path which was shown to us by a villager. The path ran through the mountain and at one point we came across an abandoned house which was a major land mark since the path runs behind this house. After a 45 minute hike we reached the rocky outlook point just below the TNL towers.

It was the first scenic point towards Polgahawela where one could view plenty of trains along Polgahawela line. Also one could easily view Alagalla, Handurukanda, Belgoda, Kurunegala side and Alawwa region from this point.

Yogamu kanda seen from mahamewuna asapu road

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orchid on a cactus

abandoned

foot path to the towers

just before the towers

towards Polgahawela station

To reach the next observation point we had to past the towers and enter the forest patch. Towards the left there is a lovely view point towards Waduwawa and Mahameuwnawa side.

the forest patch

lush green

TNL towers

team

pano

Polgahawela Mahameuwnawa

Towards Waduwawa

Alawwa rock

lovely

the view

Passing the forest patch one could reach the other side of the rock which is large open rocky area towards Waduwawa and Wadakada.

rocky side

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yakdessagala

Kurunegala

Medagama side

importance

Handurukanda and belgoda

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After hanging around a bit we came back along the same route and headed towards our other destinations of the day.

Back to the first view point

Polgahawela town

Handurukanda side

other towers of the range

Alagalla covered

Alawwa

lovely

towers got cleared

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looking back