Kalubowitiyana Mountain Hike

Year and Month	April 2018
Number of Days	One
Crew	Five (Sobasiri Team)
Accommodation	N/A
Transport	Motor Bicycles
Activities	Hiking, Nature exploring, Photography
Weather	Mostly dark sky and heavy rainfall in the evening
Route	Moratuwa -> Kaluthara -> Mathugama -> Horawala -> Pelawatte -> Neluwa -> Kalubowitiyana
Tips, Notes and Special remark	Take enough water 2Lx2 Please do not pollute the environment, bring your own garbage with you Keep only the foot prints Have a guide from the village Leech protection is needed during a rainy season Beware of slippery areas Start the journey early in the morning
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Author	Ranshan
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Kalubowitiyana is a mountain situated between Kalubowitiyana and Dewalegama Villages. When I and my friend travel around Neluwa area we saw this mountain on the way and it was looks like SripadayaSoon after I saw a photo of this mountain in a FB group. After few weeks we planned this hike since friend of my friend is in Dellawa and he was able to have a well-known guide for this mountain.

We came to the village by our bicycles and parked them at the guide’s home and we started the hike by carrying enough water and some snacks. From Dellawa, this mountain could be seen as an Elephant and that was remind my visit to Kobonilagala at Knuckels. From another side, this mountain is like Lakegala/ Sripadaya peak. There is a small foot path up to a place called “Puja Gallena” which was having the ruins of an “Aramaya’. After that we have to enter to the thick jungle and walk towards the hill. Since there is no any footpath, we had to always listen to the guide’s views and from a side I was keep my eyes on offline google maps where I was mapped the peak earlier. However guide was able to take us from safe paths and he taught us about the trees and the old stories about this area.

As he said it is very rare to see hikers on this mountain except the nearby people. However within 2 hours we were able to come to the 1st peak which is like the head of the elephant. And then we climbed further to the next peak which was having the highest point of this mountain. Finally within 4-5 hike we came to the highest point of the mountain and we were lucky to confirm that point as per a survey department mark was on a rock surface.

Few meters from this place there is a view point where we could see the nearby areas and mountains. But unfortunately we didn’t see much due to the dark and misty clouds over the sky. There is not a big space on that point and we had our meals and rested for few minutes.

After that we got down to the village from another path which was much doubtful. Since there is no any phone signals, people might be lost at the forest if they go without a guide to GPS support. When our water finished guide uncle shows us a survival method. He cut one “Weniwelgeta” roots and we collected that herbal drink to a small cup. That was a brilliant solution on a forest hike but hope not to promote this method because useless people might cut roots for hobby.

Finally we came to the village after having 7 hours hike and out of that 7 we were totally wet for 3 hours and donate blood for the blood suckers as well.

After that we wanted to have a good bath and we went to the Dellawa Duwili Fall which was not popular among the travelers. That is about a 20 feet mini waterfall having a large pool and we walked along the stream and reached to another small fall.