Cascades in Nuwara Eliya – Lover’s Leap, Piduruthalagala & Bomuru Ella.

Year and Month	December, 2016
Number of Days	Two
Crew	5 (between 25-30 years of age) Shakila, Sanjaya, Amila, Kasun and my self
Accommodation	Sherwood Cottage (Nuwara Eliya)
Transport	Car and walking
Activities	Waterfalls seeing, Hiking and photography
Weather	Excellent
Route	Peradeniya -> Kandy -> Haguranketha -> Rikillagaskada -> Padiyapelella -> Ragala -> Nuwara Eliya -> Ramboda -> Pussellawa -> Gampola -> Peradeniya
Tips, Notes and Special remark	Take a bottle of water. Do not carry plastic items and make sure you bring back everything you took. Start the journey as early as possible. Better to carry enough water and some food items when go to Bomuru Ella. Because need to walk around 2-3kms to reach Bomuru Ella. No permission to enter Puduruthalagala Mountain after 5 PM and no permission to pick off the vehicle on the way to piduruthalagala. Please protect the our natural environment while you travelling
Author	Arunajay
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We had started our journey around 7.30AM from Peradeniya and we had planned to reach Nuwara Eliya without the normal route (through Gampola and Ramboda). Actually Padiyapelella Ragala route is one of most beautiful route to reach Nuwara Eliya.

Andawala fall is a first water fall that you can see after pass the Padiyapelella town. She is located at Munwatte, about 8km from Padiyapelella just by the road. She was very poor at that time due to dry season.

Our next destination was Lover’s Leap Waterfall. She is located before 5km from Nuwara Eliya when you travel via Padiyapelella Ragala route. We were able to reach Lover’s Leap waterfall after 15-20 min walk. We had met the person who live around that area and he said water level was very low because of the water has turn to difference areas by using pipe line from upper part of the falls. It is so sad news for natural lovers as well as the people who live around the lover’s Leap waterfall.

We arrived to Nuwara Eliya around 1.00 PM and had our lunch and buy some foods for our dinner. Around 2.30 PM again we started our journey to Piduruthalagala Mountain. No need to get prior permission to go Piduruthalagala Mountain. But you should provide your details (Name and ID no’s) at the STF check point which located at starting point of පිදුරුතලාගල. The road is good condition and you can travel by your own vehicle. There is no permission to go highest point due to security reason. But we were lucky to see highest point of Sri Lanka after take the grand permission from one of Navy officer.

1^st day we stayed at Nuwara Eliya and 2^nd day we had planned to go Bomuru Ella. This waterfall is located around 14km from Nuwara Eliya town. You should turn to left after pass the Haggala botanical garden. Name boards are available along the road and you should walk around 2-3km by walk to reach Bomuru Ella.

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