Neighbor of Knuckles trail, Kandasamigala

Year and Month	June 2018
Number of Days	01
Crew	5 (Sobasiri Team)
Accommodation	N/A
Transport	Motor Bicycles
Activities	Hiking, Nature Exploring, Photography
Weather	Rainy
Route	Colombo -> Kandy -> Theldeniya -> Rangala -> Gomare
Tips, Notes and Special remark	Take enough water 2Lx2 Do not try this hike on a rainy day Take the advantage from GPS Ask the path to the Kovil from the villagers Villagers might discourage you saying that the Kovil was closed for last decade and no path etc. Start your journey early in the morning Leech protection is must even in a dry day Please do not pollute the environment, bring your own garbage with you
Related Resources	Trip reports : Gomare Waterfall Hunt
Author	Ranshan Fernando
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We have noticed this mountain long time ago on our way to Knuckles peaks from Bambarella side and again we have noticed this on our way to Kotagaga falls from Rangala side. Hence we thought to climb this and collected some informations from the villagers.

As per they said there was a small Kovil near to the mountain and most of villagers climbed this over a decade ago. A boy called Kandasami was fallen from this mountain nearly 10 years ago and then this mountain named as his name.

However we contacted Raja (Guide at Thangappuwa) to get support to this hike. Raja also not climbed this mountain but we hired him to clear the path and for emergency situations. Because Raja know the behavior of this side and he it is good to have him to get more details from the villagers.

We depend 100% on our GPS maps and started our hike from Knuckles view holiday bungalow side. Once we came to the end of the gravel road we entered to the tea estate where the Kovil was situated. We walked further until we meet the water tank and directly entered to the thick forest. Raja was cleared the path as per our directions. Then we were able to have a track on our path. Within 2 hours we came to the base of the mountain and as we thought the mountain had 2 separate peaks. Then we climbed the first peak and that this the one we could see from Gomare side. Then we walked along the Mana bushes to the second peak which was visible to Kotagaga estate side. We observed a water spring and a small waterfall too. Further we got down to Gomare waterfalls and then we completed our journey from the same place where we began our hike.

Thanks for reading!