Katalagolla Oya Expedition –කැටලාගොල්ල ඔය

See the stream marked (Blue lines) on Metric Map. Note the nearby mountains (Red circles) around the village (Orange square) and VRR reserve.

Satellite view of the Katalagolla stream through the mountains. White star is the is the trail head and Yellow star is the end of the journey.

Google 3D view of the area. Bird eye view from Hasalaka side. See the mountains at VRR Reserve and the Katalagolla route of descending.

GN office situated at the village.

Path to the village

A waterfall met on the way to the village

Side view of a cascade

This is the village road

Passing the Elephant Fence

Surrounding nature

Path to Galpadihela/ Katalagolla stream

Environment, stream is over there

Electric fence

Something

They welcomed us

Early morning view

Ready to her first waterfall hunting along a stream

Entered to the stream

Environment

Beautiful

Side view of the first fall

Here is the first one on our trail, but remember there are few falls upwards this stream at Kosgolla Mountain side

Waterfall No – 1

Another view of it

Stream and the forest

Greeny forest

Sometimes we had to get into the water like this

Silent Nature

Small cascades

Our Photographer

Met this one

Side view

Waterfall No – 2

Beauty of Waterfall No – 2

Nature

More to go

Enjoying

See the stream and the trees

Here is it

See the beauty

The only stream get combined with Katalagolla on this trail

Here it got bit widest

Time to rest

Under the shades

Beautiful environment

More to go

Madusanka and Tihara on the way

Time for a capture, Iresha

Malith is also like to pose

The stream

See the beauty

Time for us

Slow shutters

Difficult path

Few of the team

Nature

Calm environment

Waterfall No – 3

Colorful

Side vie of it

Environment

The Sobasiri Team, Akila and his wife missing

Mushrooms

Flowers

Another set

Along the stream

Waterfall No – 4

Milky water

Some beauties

Top of the Fifth fall

Here we get down

Waterfall No – 5

This is like Ellewala Fall

Slow shutter

We had a cool bath here at the base of the fall

Malith is still at the top

Madusanka is capturing

Time to leave it

More

There were lot

Through the forest

Nature

See the path

This is totally beautiful and amazing environment over there

Zoomed capture

Styles of stones

More to go

Erandi is walking along the stream

Fearful Environment

Crossing the stream, note there are only few places to cross this stream due to the width and the depth of the stream

Here we go

More beauties

A creature

Small cascades

View towards Gurulupotha

At the top of sixth waterfall

See the edge

Nirosh and Erandi at the dead-end

Enjoying

Tallest fall of this trail

Enjoying

There is a 80+ cliff at the end of this place, so be careful

Loving nature

The view in front of the giant

Difficult hike

Side view of the Upper part of the sixth fall

Giant trees on the stream

Where we came from

Beauties

Getting down to the 6th fall

Bottom of the fall

Waterfall No – 6

Here is she

View through the forest

Thunpath Rena fall

Waterfall No – 7

Greeny

Waterfall No – 8

Met him

Kunakatuwa

Waterfall No – 9

Reached to the end of the journey, evidence of a village – an elephant fence

The Anicut

Reached to the village

Another one met

Beautiful

Paddies

Their Cultivation

Getting dark

Innocent village

Balungala/ Ambagolla Mountain

Heading to Mahiyanganaya- Kandy road

Near Hetakatuwegala

Innocent Houses

The temple at the village