Visit to Kabaragala Fall, Manan Fall and Kirindi Fall

This is one of our day hike done with Nirosh long time ago. We was hunting plenty of waterfalls near by our areas and these three falls we have marked to do in a one day and we left from Bandaragama around 8am. We was searching all the three falls clearly on our way to Pelmadulla. Finally we were able to come home by 5pm.

Kabaragala Falls / Kiri Falls (කබරගල ඇල්ල / කිරි ඇල්ල)

This fall can be seen to Kiriella town on a rainy day and otherwise it could not see due to the low water level. This is falling from Kabaragala mountain which is eye catching mountain in this area. Also it is an easy hike to the base of the fall and always ask the directions from the locals as they use this water to their consumption.

GPS Location – 6.756381, 80.250054

Here is the mountain and the fall

Dried Fall

Small caves

On the way to the fall

Flowers

Small forest patch

Base of Kabaragala Fall/ Kiri Fall

Drinking

Environment

Another side

There was a beautiful nature

Rocks

Plants

Creature

Zoomed view of it

Manan Falls / මනන් ඇල්ල

Along the Kurugammodara road you will found Pahalagama Estate road, just proceed few distance of that road and you will reach it soon. It was a beautiful fall with few small cascades and this fall can be seen from far away of the footpath.

GPS Location – 6.788287, 80.269008

The Stream

Nature

Here is it

Manan Ella

The main fall

Getting closer

Slow shutter capture

Lower part of the fall

Another angle

Its amazing

Base pool

Side view

Another angle

Time to leave

This might be marvelous on rainy days

The foot path

Kirindi Ella – කිරිඳි ඇල්ල 

This is one of the major waterfalls in Sri Lanka with a height of 116 m. The area where the waterfall stats is known as Kuttapitiya Mountain.

To reach this waterfall you have to travel in Colombo – Badulla main road (A 4). When you reach the Pelmadulla there is a road in the left side which is the access road for Gankanda Central College. It is not difficult to find that road if you would pay little attention since there is a name board for the school.

You have to travel about 7 km in that road to reach the waterfall. Even though it is possible to use a car, you need to be careful when driving since the road is narrow and having lots of sharp bends.

After travelling about 7 km you can see a name board at the location of the foot path starts to the waterfall. There is no car park at that location. Therefore you have to park it nearby the road at your own risk.

Just climb down about 50 m in that foot path to reach the stage constructed as a view point for the waterfall. It is possible to have a very good view of Kirindi Ella from that place. If you need to go closer to the waterfall there is about 200 m you have to get down in the narrow path. Please consider about your physical fitness because of it may not be an easy path.

As I got to know from the villages, the water stream which creates the waterfall will connect to Kalu Ganga.

GPS Location – 6.642055, 80.564237

The road

Entrance

Staircase to go down

Can see it

The Observation Desk

More to go

Well maintained

Nice forest walk

Should climb this again

Bit dried

View from the bottom

The stream

Another view

Looks like a height is not shows here

Forest view

Return journey

The below photos are my first visit to Kirindi fall in January 2013 with Akila and Malith and another friend of Akila. That day we went to this palce on our return journey to home from Bandarawela and it was around 5pm when we reached to Kirindi Fall. However due to the time, we didn’t get down to thebottom of the fall and just stayed at the observation desk and we went. That is why I visited it again to go to the bottom of this giant.

Here is she

There were bit of water

View with the forest

This is the top of that fall, note that there is a bridge and it continue the road

We were there in January 2013

Beauty

I was there

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Sobasiri Team ©