| Year and Month | June, 2013 |
| Number of Days | Third Day of a three day trip |
| Crew | One |
| Accommodation | Madulsima Police station |
| Transport | Public transport / Walking |
| Activities | Hiking / Scenery / Trekking / Photography |
| Weather | Windy conditions! |
| Route |
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| Tips, Notes and Special remark |
**Special Thanks** to Mr I.P. Jayathilaka (OIC Madulsima Police station) for everything help he extended to me |
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| Author | Ashan |
| Comments | Discuss this trip report, provide feedback or make suggestions at Lakdasun Forum on the thread |
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Mini world’s end of Elamanna is the best out of all four known worlds’ ends in SL for me and that’s why I visited the same place thrice within a period of one year. This time though I was lucky because there was no mist and I did enjoy the full view which I was craving for. On the previous two days I had hiked strenuously by visiting Udawadiya, Lunugala peak, Bambaragala pathana, Kohonawala villege and to add on to that I had to walk 18 more Km’s to achieve something I dreamt of.
From Madulsima I took a bus towards Cocagalla from where I had to walk roughly 3Km’s to reach worlds end (for directions refer this trip report). As I said previously I was rewarded very well though the sky was bit gloomy, I hope you guys would enjoy these images before I get in to the main topic of this report. By the way the road towards Elamanna worlds end would be fully carpeted by next year and I also overheard that they are building a hotel on the edge of worlds end. After returning back to Pitamaruwa road I proceeded about 1Km and reached a left bend where and open plateau could be seen on the right and yes that was Mini (mini) worlds end. This place is a good spot for night camping because of the space it offered.
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  beautiful country side |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  A minor staff guy who i met on the way, he walks 8Km’s to reach Roeberry hospital daily for duty |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Towards Randenigala |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  danger abyss it says |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  towards Namal oya and gal oya forest |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  drop of drops |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  the path to the end |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Danigala and gal oya reservoir |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Sorobora far away and dambara wewa close by |
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Pano towards north central, central,uva, Eastern and southern Sri Lanka
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gloomy but clear
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Pano from Madolsima mini worlds end
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Nagadeepa lake and Cocagala with ulhitiya reservoir |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Kotagama village |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Ul hela bambaragala at makare |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  the eastern slopes of central hills |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  towards dorapoda |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  the future hotel site |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  valley of Bibile |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  degal hela on right at siyambalanduwa , govinda hela on left |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Gal oya & Namal oya |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Wadinagala range and walasgala |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  ocean can be seen over the peaks of gal oya |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  friars hood close to uhana |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Dimbulagala seen far away |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Eastern shores of Sri Lanka (Batticaloa) |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  clouds started to build up |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  mount inginiyagala |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  sheer drop |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  paddy fields of Kotagama |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  rain Lilly |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  gloomy it was |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  faces of Elamanna |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  towards the right of that tea patch mini mini worlds end is located |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  flame flower |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  waiting to be wrapped with mist |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  reaching 2nd worlds end |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  view from the second worlds end |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  endless view |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  the main worlds end as seen from the second one |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  what a seat |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  nagadeepa, soro bora, dambarawa, mapakada lakes |
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Pano from Mini Mini worlds end
From here onwards it was a lonely walk on a broken road which caused my legs to ache for months. The next 8Km’s towards Dehigala was very scenic but the turbulent windy weather offered some challenging conditions to my stride. I reached a junction where I took the downhill right hand route to Dehigala, while the left one would have taken me to Roeberry. After a steep descent I reached Dehigala estate line houses which belong to Monaragala district. Unfortunately for administrative purposes these people are bound to go to Monaragala or Bibila and their village been on top of a worlds end doesn’t help in that cause. The only option they have is to descend via a foot path which is almost 5Km’s long.
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  yep there were few climbs |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  thats where worlds end was |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  more to walk…thanks to the lack of transportation |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  living away from the busy world |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  plenty of gods |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  walking miles… |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  childhood is very simple for these kids |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  the lonely path |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  look at those branches |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  more to walk i guess |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Kalu kele(Kalu gala) peaks which are my next targets |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  path to Dehigala estate which belongs to monaragala district |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Dehigala estate and the gap towards bibila |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  helpful villagers |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  catching tadpoles |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  foot path to Karagahawela bibile |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  towards ridimaliyadda and padiyathalawa |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  this is a confusing junction one needs to take the right foot path rather than the left road |
The road to Bibila had been promised by many politicians and even attempted to construct it once and for few months bikes went up and down but with time this path has washed away and narrowed down back to a foot path covered with mana. The road that leaves away from the line houses takes a sharp bend where few turpentine trees could be seen. At this bend there is a small foot path to the right. This is the foot path that will take one towards Karagahawela villege. I started my descent slowly. The initial path was on a flat path and one could here Dehigala Falls cascading at a lower level which I didn’t attempt to get close to it at that stage. In time I started to take frequent bends and the descent begun. The path was lonely but the stunning scenery made me forget all about that. This is one of the scenic descents I have done, the mountains and lakes seen were nothing new for me though. Valley of Gal oya, Bibila and Mahiyangana sides were seen on and off while descending. Few monkeys who were jumping here and there were the only disturbance I had. The 5Km odd trail seemed to be never ending and finally I reached the dry zone forest which was a blessing for me considering the dehydration I went through while traversing the mana. I only met one person who was ascending up after been to Bibila town and when I met him he was setting fire to the mana to clear the path. Fortunately I got through before the fire started to spread around. The tiring journey finally ended at Karagahawela where I had to walk a good 2 – 3Km’s to reach a proper civilization where I hired a trishaw to Bibile. I was happy that it finally rained because on the back of my mind I was wondering what would happen to that bush fire the villager started. I highly recommend this hike to other travelers too and don’t worry about water the path runs close to a stream at its mid-point but don’t pollute it because a considerable population use that stream as their main water source.
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  the breeze was a huge problem |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  the foot path continues |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  the worlds end where i was few hours ago |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  towards makara |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  attempt to construct the road |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  on the way scenery |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  worlds end |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  aralu bulu nelli |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  beautiful path |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  endless clicks |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  more scenery |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  different terrain |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  “may mahaththaya koheda yanne” |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  he had made a fire , almost got caught to a bush fire |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  dry zone forest |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  answer to my thirst |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  closing to ground level |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  reached karagahawela road after 5kms of descending |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  the range i descended |
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