Road Trip - Colombo to Talawakelle, Nawalapitiya, Dolosbage, Dedugala, Bulathkohupitiya and back to Colombo
Started our journey from Colombo at around 8.30AM and reached "The Waterfall Villas" in Talawakelle at around 1PM where we were planning to spend the night at. Forgot to bring some cash with me and the nearest ATM was in Talawakelle.
"The Waterfall villas" is situated in Talawakelle area surrounded with beautiful mountains and facing St Clair’s Waterfall.
We booked the place FB basis, so we started with lunch. They offered set menu with multiple choices for all lunch, dinner and breakfast.
The View was amazing and mind-blowing!!
In the evening we went to see the Upper Kotmale Dam which was about 4 KM off Talawakelle. we were not allowed to go near the dam as it was required to take prior permission from the CEB.
On our way back to "The Waterfall villas" we stopped at St. Clair Viewing Gallery to have a good look at the St. Clair Waterfall.
Finally we came to "The Waterfall villas" to have dinner and to have a good night sleep
Next day morning we had our breakfast and packed our stuff to leave. We went to "Mlesna Tea Castle" to have a piece of butter cake and a cup of Srilankan tea.
You can see the Devon Falls from the top of "Mlesna Tea Castle".
After having a superb cup of tea (make sure it is without sugar 😃 ) we started our journey back to colombo but not via the main road but through Nawalapitiya, Dolosbage, Dedugala, Bulathkohupitiya and Avissawella.
We turned to B317 road from Dimbula Junction towards Nawalapitiya. It was a great experience driving on this road as the road was surrounded by a range of mountains with lush green tea plantations. Since it was the rainy season we were able to see lots of water streams here and there. luckily it didn't rain that day but was cloudy.
On the way to Nawalapitiya we saw "Kadiyanlena Falls" which is visible to the road.
We bought our lunch from Nawalapitiya since it was 2PM by that time and bought some juice from the Nawalapitiya Cargills food city.
Then we turned to the B318 road from Nawalapitiya heading towards Dolosbage.
From Dolosbage we took the B588 Road towards Bulathkohupitiya. The first 2KMs were a very rough drive and you may need a 4wheel drive to handle it. But i managed with my suzuki Alto 800 :p but will not advice anyone to take this route as first 2 KMs were under construction. Please check the road condition before you take this route.
The view from both sides of the B588 route was fantastic. This road ends from Dedugala and from Dedugala B67 starts towards Bulathkohupitiya.
We saw "Rukmal Ella Falls" on the way
And on the way to Bulathkohupitiya we saw some more beautiful sceneries.
And a waterfall called "Rikili Falls"
When we reached Colombo it was around 8.30PM. It was a great experience driving through these routes.
All the images were taken from a Samsung Galaxy S8, please ignore the quality if they are not clear.
Please keep the environment clean!!
Main locations in Google Map;
Route;
Colombo → Avissawella → Kithulgala → Hatton → Talawakelle → Nawalapitiya → Dolosbage → Dedugala → Bulathkohupitiya → Avissawella → Colombo
Distance - 280KM
Trip Dates - 16th & 17th September 2017
Wow.. really nice !!
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