| Year and Month | September, 2014 |
| Number of Days | 1 |
| Crew | 2 (between 25-30 years of age) |
| Accommodation | Not applicable |
| Transport | Car up to Athweltota then by bike until end of road, rest by foot….. |
| Activities | Waterfall hunting, Hiking, Photography |
| Weather | Excellent |
| Route | Nivithigala -> Kalawana -> Morapitiya -> Maha Ella -> Yaka Bedhi Ella -> Morapitiya -> Atweltota -> Diganna -> Diganna Ella -> Baduraliya -> Mathugama -> Kottawa |
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| Author | malithkum |
| Comments | Discuss this trip report, provide feedback or make suggestions at Lakdasun Forum on the thread |
Hike to “Hidden from outside” Yaka Bedhi Falls & Beautiful “Diganna” Falls
It was a Saturday…. I checked with locals on weather update& it was raining…..But luck was with my side as it turned out to be a RARE dry September day at Atweltota.
I reached Morapitiya @ 7 in the morning and met my guide and went to his home in Morapitiya on his bike. After heavy breakfast we set off at 8am and reached the “Maha” Ella within half an hour….. It turned out be, as corrected by Ashan ayya, Sudu Kande “Maha” Ella……
Below are some pics of Maha Ella with less water compared to my previous visit.
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From there onwards path is just going upstream. But difficultly was with wet rocks. The 1st landmark on the way was Kapu/Palunu-Wala. It’s a rock which was divided into two pieces.
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Few snaps of fresh water prawns…
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Further upstream we met with another beautiful unnamed waterfall which I proudly named after me……Malith Falls……
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On the way upstream we always followed the main stream and met 2 places with evidence of “wadi” built by Walla patta hunters.
After further two and half hours of hiking we reached the Yaka Beddhi Falls which was hidden from outer world for soo long…..
It had 3 main sections with middle and upper section was covered by a hugh rock in the middle depriving full view of the fall.
 Only the lower section visible…. Middle and upper section is covered by the rock……. |
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 Left middle and upper sections….. |
 Upper section…. |
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Complete hike to Yaka Bedhi fall stood at 5 hours for me, starting from Maha Ella…… For more competent hiker it will probably set at 4hours…. But can do it leisurely in 6-7 hours and if spending a night along the way….there are few good places on the river bank permitting the weather is good…..
We had some time left in the day which I went to see the Diganna fall at Atweltota….Unfortunately I had the same dreadful experience of going upstream again with more water than the previous visit of Sri& Hari…. To spice up things…there said be another fall on top of this fall as well as rock formation like “uluwassa” with water dripping…..may be for my next visit.
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 Side view….. |
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Thanks for reading……