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HIKKADUWA


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HIKADUWA BACH FESTIVAL 2009
JUL 30 TO AUG -02

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These beautiful sceneric coral areas can be visited in Hikkaduwa sea area by glass fitted boats. In this area stones with the shape of butterfly and other ...
Sri lanka has 138 species of corals in beautiful chaps and colors, among them are stag-horn, dome, star, flower and black corals, madrepores, mille pores , pocillpores and dendrophyllia
Beautiful reef fish and other exotic species include parrot, lion unicorn, porcupine , Moorish idol , emperor angel , powder-blue surgeon and clown as well as grouper, stingray, marlin, caranx , jack, tuna, snapper barracuda ,shoe – lobster , octopus ,murrayeel and manta schools of whales can also be sighted off the east coast, especially at
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Walawe nadee river safari


The walawa nadee eco tours organization, provides boat raids those of you interested in spotting in some wildlife in an area Known for its rich bio diversity www.deepsouth.lk cont:tel:0602481076, 0776600463
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වලවේ ගං කොමළිය සයුර සිප ගන්න ඔන්න මෙන්න තිබියදී ලංකාවේ දක්ෂිණ වෙරළ තීරයේ මැවෙන සුන්දර ඩෙල්ටාවක බෝට්ටු සවාරියක යෙදීමට ඔබට දැන් අවස්ථාව තිබේ. මෙම චාරිකාවේදී ගගට නැමුණු කිරළ, වල්මිදි වැනි ගං දෑලේ සරුවට වැවෙන තුරු ලතාවෝ යටින් නිවසැනසිල්ලේ ගංදිය මත චාරිකා කරන්නත් අතු පතර හිද ගී කියන වර්ණවත් විහගුන් නෙත්මානයට හසු කර ගන්නත් සමහර විට ඔබ ජීවිතයේ පළමු වතාවට රස විදින කිරළ හා පතොක්වලින් සෑදූ ස්වාභාවික ෆ්ලුඩා පානය කරන්නටත් අවස්ථාව ලැබෙනු ඇත. මේ සියල්ල විද ගන්න මේ අංකවලට අමතන්න.


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The Historical way to Buttala - Katharagama ( Kataragama )-පරණ පාරක් දැන යමු කතරගම



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Whatever is your religion, you might have gone to Katharagama at least once in your life. But the route which took you there might be either the road through Hambanthota or the road through Ambilipitiya. But there is another path which leads to Kathragama though it is not much popular during recent times. That is the Buttala – Sellakatharagama road which begins from Badalkumbura.

Long ago this route has been the most famous route to Katharagama. But later this route has been abandoned, which became quite unpopular. But when the Gammudawa construction work was done this road was developed to a certain extent. Yet it is not very famous. May be that is why the evidence of the travelers in the past, still remains there. At that time the consumers of this road might have travelled either by foot or cart, which were the popular means of travelling at that time.

Once you get Badalkumbura you can reach this track which has a length of 20 km. This road has fallen mostly parallel to the Manick stream though it moves away at certain places.

There are a number of places where our ancestors have rested on their way to Katharagama. Madama is one such a place where a wayside rest (Ambalama) has been situated. Waanemangkada, Thimbulketiya, Galge, Bhaay Lindha, Galkema are few other such places which are worth mentioning. Walliamman Aru, a place that we meet on our way is another place which should be mentioned. According to folk tales Walli Matha had swung on a swing at that place. Though this route has a history as well as a story unknown as that, it has been abandoned unfortunately.
This might be a great experience if you intend to follow the footprints of our ancestors.
If you intend to have this experience, Hena Holiday Resort is the best option. They will arrange this trip for you along with comfortable accommodation. Contact 0772990299.
-Dilan Dharshana-
කතරගම වන්දනාවේ යන උදවියගේ ජනපි‍්‍රයම කැලෑ පාර වන්නේ පොතුවිල්, ඔකඳ පානම හරහා යාල උද්‍යානය ඔස්සේ වැටී ඇති මාවත වේ. එහෙත් බඩල් කුඹුරෙන් ඇරඹී බුත්තල, පැලවත්ත හරහා සුන්දර මැණික් ගග ඉවුර දිගේ කුඹුක් ගස්, මාර ගස්, වැලි තලාවන් පසුකර සෙල්ලකතරගම දක්වා කිලෝ මීටර් 20ක් පමණ වන අප සංචාරය ඔස්සේ ඔබට නැවත මතුකර දෙන්නෙමු. දැනටත් තැනින් තැන හමුවන මේ පාරේ ශේෂයන් අතර කිඹුල්කැටිය මඩම, වානේ මංකඩ, හැඳි කෙම, ගල් ගේ, බායිගෙ ළිඳ, වැනි සංධිස්ථාන මේ පාරේ චමත්කාරය පිළිබඳව අපට සේයාවන් සපයයි. හැත්තෑවේ සමගි පෙරමුණ ආණ්ඩුව විසින් බුත්තලම - කතරගම නව පාර කැපීමත්, කතරගම ගම්මුදාවට මෙම පාර අලුත්වැඩියා කිරීමත් නිසා ඌවේ සහ ඒ අවට අපේ පැරැණ්නෝ කරත්තවල නැග නැතිනම් දෙපයේ පිහිටෙන් හරෝ හරා කියමින් ගිය මේ අතීත මාවත කාලයේ වැලි තලාවට යටවී ගියේය. නැවත එය මතුකර ගැනීමට අපට හැකීවීම අප ලද භාග්‍යයකි. ඔබත් අප ගිය මේ පාරේ කතරගම යන්න. ඒ සඳහා හේන නිවාඩු නිකේතනය ඔබට මග පෙන්වාවි. 0772990299


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Elephas maximus maximus

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Sri Lankan Elephant
Common Name: Sri Lankan elephant -ALIYA(sinhala)
Scientific Name: Elephas maximus maximus
Habitat: Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Location: Southwestern Sri Lanka

Elephants hold aesthetic, cultural and economic importance in Sri Lanka. They are used for carrying timber and have a special significance and role in religious events. Many local and international tourists visit the county’s national parks to observe elephants in the wild, thus boosting Sri Lanka’s economy through tourism. Elephants can be observed in protected areas such as Yala, Wasgomuva, Udawalawe, Minneriva and Kaudulla.

However, the subspecies continues to be threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, and the conflict between government troops and the Tamil Tigers in the northeastern region of the country.

More on the Ecology of the Sri Lankan Elephant
Physical Description
The Sri Lankan species is the largest of the Asian elephant genus, and has patches with no skin color on its ears, face, trunk and belly. This is the darkest of all Asian elephants.