| Year and Month | January, 2014 (19th) |
| Number of Days | One Day Trip |
| Crew | 2-Anupama and My self |
| Accommodation | N/A |
| Transport | By motor bike |
| Activities | Waterfall seeing and Photography |
| Weather | Excellent |
| Route | Colombo -> Karawanalla (කරවනැල්ල) -> Yatiyanthota (යටියන්තොට) -> Along See forth (සී පෝත්) road -> Back to Karawanalla -> Anguruwalla (අගුරුවැල්ල) -> Bulathkohupitiya (බුලත්කොහුපිටිය) -> Dedugala(දේදුගල)road -> Back to Bulathkohupitiya -> Kegalle via Dadigama(දැදිගම) -> Colombo |
| Tips, Notes and Special remark |
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| Related Resources | Trip Report: Yatiyanthota-Bulathkohupitiya re-explored on bikes! |
| Author | Niroshan |
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This is kind of an old story but I thought to note down my experience.
We wanted to get an experience of these small waterfalls in Bulathkohupitiya and Yatiyanthota area after rainy season. Ashan has been there before with Harinda and Sri. That report was our guide.
I met Anupama (who came by bike from Kurunegala) at Awissawella and we headed towards Yatiyanthota via Awissawella-Hatton (A-7) road. Then we drove along Yatiyanthota-See forth road.
Following were the order of cascades we visited 
For 20km drive)
- Wee Oya falls 1 and 2 and climbing up to top of the falls
- Malalpola Falls
- Kithul Falls
- Punugala Falls/Anda dola cascade
- Gorak Falls
- Olu Falls
- ? Samanala Falls
Approximate positions of waterfalls in Yatiyanthota-See forth road – Click Image to Enlarge
 Scenic road through rubber estates |
Wee Oya Falls 1 and 2 (වී ඔය ඇල්ල 1 සහ 2)
It is a twin waterfall (call Wee Oya Falls 1 & 2) about 20m of height. Wee oya Falls can be seen at main road.
 Wee Oya Falls -1(left) and 2 |
 Wee oya falls-2 |
There is a close approach to both falls. We were able to climb up to middle of Wee oya falls-2.
 Closer view of Wee oya falls-2 and it can be climbed up to the level shown by white arrow. |
 Wee oya falls-2 |
 Wee oya falls-2 |
Wee oya falls-1 also can be climbed to a certain extent parallel to the water stream (in it’s right hand side).
 Most lower part of Wee oya falls-1.Can go up in it’s right side |
 View of wee oya falls-1 when we go further up |
Malalpola Falls (මලල්පොල ඇල්ල)
This 4m tall cascade will come across just before Malalpola junction in right hand side of the road. Though it was following rain, it had only little amount of water.
 Malalpola Falls |
 Malalpola Falls |
Kithul Falls(කිතුල් ඇල්ල)
This 13m tall waterfall will come across at Malalpola. This is also a road side cascade with low water flow now. There were a lot of Kithul trees-Palmyra trees around the waterfall in old days to give the name “Kithul Falls”.
 Kithul Falls |
 Kithul Falls |
We passed Malalpola and reached the Punugala Bridge where Andadola flows.
Punugala Falls (පුනුගල ඇල්ල)/Andadola Falls (ආදා දොළ)
This waterfall has three parts but only bottom part can be seen at the bridge. We climbed the waterfall in it’s left side and viewed other parts of the waterfall.
 Punugala Bridge |
 Third part of Anda Dola falls-The part you can see from the bridge |
 Second part of the water fall |
 Second part of the waterfall |
 When you walk parallel to the water stream |
 Another part of the cascade |
 Third part of the waterfall |
 Closer view of third part of the waterfall |
Gorok Falls (ගොරොක් ඇල්ල)
This 23m tall waterfall can be seen on left hand side at Gangasirigama (ගගසිරිගම) area. You have to go through Denawaka waththa (දෙනවක වත්ත) village to reach the waterfall. We didn’t attempt to reach there.
 Gorok Falls |
 Gorok Falls |
Olu Falls (ඕලු ඇල්ල)
This is the massive out of all. It is the 5th highest waterfall (127m) of Sri Lanka and tallest one of Kegalle District. Then it is the tallest waterfall formed by Kelani River.
Olu Falls is made by four steps. There is a wooden bridge over Olu falls on which Yatiyanthota-See forth road goes. It is one of the oldest wooden bridges of the country.
 Information about the wooden bridge – Click Image to Enlarge |
 Olu Ella with it’s parts |
 Middle part of Olu falls |
 Wide angle of Olu falls |
 Olu Ella in monochrome |
 Latter part of Olu Ella |
Warning
After viewing of Olu Falls we proceed further towards See forth and passed an iron bridge in another 2-3kms. We came across another significant waterfall just above the bridge where a mini hydro power station also situated. This might be the Samanala Falls (සමනළ ඇල්ල) described in waterfall at Berannawa (බෙරන්නාව) area but it’s height is more than 4m.
 Bridge |
 Mini hydro power station |
Waterfall-About 10-15m tall. ? Samanala Falls
We turned back here and drove towards Yatiyanthota to join with Bulathkohupitiya-Dedugala road.
Waterfalls come across in Bulathkohupitiya-Dedugala road
8. Puna Hela falls
9. Rikilla Falls
10. Nalagana Falls
11.Rukmal Falls
12. Diyagirena/Diyangiri/Dewagiri Falls
13. Welanda Falls
Approximate positions of waterfalls in Bulathkohupitiya-Dedugala road – Click Image to Enlarge
Puna Hela falls (පූනාහෙල ඇල්ල)
15m tall and 6m wide this waterfall will come across in Ruwanwella-Bulathkohupitiya (actually not in Bulathkohupitiya-Dedugala road) road at Puna Hela area. It’s base can be reached.
 Distance view of Puna Hela falls |
 Puna Hela Falls-Closer view |
Puna Hela Falls
Then we reached Bulathkohupitiya and turned to Dedugala road. After about 5km drive we came across Rikilla Falls.
Bulathkohupitiya-Dedugala road
Rikilla Falls (රිකිල්ල ඇල්ල)
This 30m tall waterfall will flow to Kelani River through Ritigaha-Oya.
 Name board and when it is full with water – Click Image to Enlarge |
 Rikilla Falls |
Rikilla Falls
Nalagana Falls (නළගන ඇල්ල)
This waterfall will find in about 6km drive along Bulathkohupitiya-Dedugala road at Kalupahana estate (කලුපහන වත්ත). It flows in two steps and total height is about 40m. It was called as Ritigaha Oya falls (රිටිගහ ඔය ඇල්ල) and Ritigaha Falls (රිටිගහ ඇල්ල) in old days and currently named as Nalagana Falls.
 Nalagana Falls – Click Image to Enlarge |
 Nalagana Falls |
 Nalagana Falls |
 Nalagana Falls upper part |
 Nalagana Falls – lower part and base pool |
 ? Ritigaha Waharaka Falls-2 |
Rukmal Falls (රුක්මල් ඇල්ල)
Another road side cascade at Bulathkohupitiya-Dedugala road found in 13km drive at Waharaka (වහරක). It has 10m height.
 Rukmal Falls |
 Rukmal Falls |
Rukmal Falls
We have reached Dedugala and drove towards Ihala Palanpitiya to view Diyagirena Falls.
Diyagirena/Diyangiri/Dewagiri Falls
Diyagirena (දිය ඇගිරෙන) falls also called in Diyangiri (දියoගිරි) and Dewagiri (දේවගිරි) falls. It is about 90m in height and flows in two steps. You have to go down through a tea estate to view the waterfall.
We didn’t try to reach the base as there was a drizzling.
 Tea estate- In it’s right side you have to go down |
 Diyagirena Falls |
 Diyagirena Falls |
Welanda Falls (වෙළද ඇල්ල)
We caught this unfamiliar waterfall in our way back to Bulathkohupitiya. It is situated in Thumbage (තුම්බාගේ) area (5km in Bulathkohupitiya-Dedugala road). You have to go through Thumbage temple premises and cross the bridge. Then follow the foot pathway and cross a water stream to reach this wide waterfall.
There is a nice flat rock area in front of this waterfall. It is 37m in height. Few Muslim traders have bathed here frequently in old days. Therefore it is called Welanda (trade) Ella.
 Welanda Ella |
 Welanda Ella-Note the flat rock area in front of the cascade. |
 Welanda Ella |
It ended the successful waterfall hunting and we followed the route to Kegalle town via Dadigama.
*We couldn’t find the waterfall called Bandura Fall (බාදුරා ඇල්ල) and we missed Dummala falls (දුම්මල ඇල්ල) due to lack of time.
Thanks for reading