Galoya(gal oya) - Boat-ride.

The only National Wildlife Sanctuary of Sri Lanka which offers an opportunity to travel through it by boat, is the Galoya Wildlife Sanctuary. The journey may span a minimum of 07 to 08 hours. Between 05 and 10 people could travel in one boat while the amount per person is Rs. 650.00. A fee of Rs. 400.00 is charged generally for the whole group, as service charges. As the distance travelled reduces, the fee decreases. The final destination of the Galoya Boat-ride is the area known as Makara, situated 17 kilometers away.

The extent of the Iginiyagala reservoir is 9324 hectares. The Galoya Wildlife reserve surrounding it is 25,900 hectares in extent. On the South is the Badurawela mountain range, and on the North, the Danigala and Degela wela ranges. Apart from Galoya, the Sellakkaoya and Kaballa bay oya join the reservoir

From the season starting from October, birds are seen almost everywhere. They are seen to build nests on a decayed tree standing in the middle of the Iginiyagala lake and the surrounding islands during this period. One of the places in Sri Lanka where swimming elephants could be observed is Galoya. Apart from tortoises, the types of fish such as Thilapiya, Korali, Rogu and Catalo are present in the reservoir.

Permission is given to rest and cook food at the destination of the trip, "Makara". Apart from this, for such needs, a few "Galgewal" are situated in the surroundings. They are, the galge-poosa, galge-drakapula and the galge-annasi. The best time for the trip is the period from March to October. It is advisable for bird-watchers to carry a telescope and camera.

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Hulan Nuge Tharulengala Raja Maha Viharaya is situated in Lahugala Divisional secretariat area in Ampara district in Southern province.The history of this temple extends beyond 2300 B.C. The Buddha statue depicting sleeping posture situated in this temple is the oldest Buddha statue in Sri Lanka(Pidurangala is the first Buddha statue). There are five Buddha statues in Eastern province. But this Buddha statue has a special significance. That is though all other statues are facing either northern or western direction the Tharulengala statue faces eastern direction.Thus when sun rises the light beams of the sun falls directly on the face of the Buddha statue. Apart from the statue it has been revealed that this temple consists of paintings from prehistoric era. Many rock caves are situated in Tharulengala temple. The longest cave (720 ft)in south Asia is among them. Other than these caves 3 pillars which has ancient letters have been found. In accordance with one of them this temple has been built by king Kavanthissa. -Dilan Dharshana-

හුලං නුගේඅම්පාර දිස්ති‍්‍රක්කයේ ලාහුගල මැතිවරණ කොට්ඨාසයේ ලාහුගල ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානය අසබඩ පිහිටි මේ සුන්දර හුදකලා කඳුවැටිය ඓතිහාසික සහ පාරිසරික වැදගත්කම්වලින් අනූන තැනකි. දකුණු ආසියාවේ දිගම කටාරන් කෙටූ ගල් ලෙනත්, ශී‍්‍ර ලංකාවේ දෙවැනියට ඉපැරණිම පිළිම වහන්සේත් මෙහි ඇති සුවිශේෂිත්වයන්ය. හුලං නුගේ කඳුවැටිය මුදුනේ ඇති ආකාස ෙඓත්‍යය අසල සිට නැෙ`ගනහිර පළාතේ ඈත පොතුවිල් මුහුදු තීරයත් අනෙක් පසින් ඌව පළාතේ නමුනුකුල කඳුවැටියත් හතර වටේ ලාහුගල වනෝද්‍යානයේ සහ සුන්දර හුලං නුගේ කෙත් යායේ නෙත් පහසත් විදිමින් වරුවක් ගත කරන්න හුලං නුගේ යන්න. සිවුවරු මුල්ලේ ලොකු හාමුදුරුවන් ඔබව සතුටින් පිළිගන්න බලා සිටින බව නිසැකයි
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ලoකවේ සුන්දරතම වෙරළ තීරය ආරුගම්බේ යෑයි යමේක් කිවහොත් , එය එසේ නොවේයෑයි එහි එක වරක් හෝ ගොස් ඈති යමෙක් නොකියනු ඈත.මෙහි යන උදවියට විදිමට ඈත්තේ වෙරළ පමනක් නොවේ අපගේ පීන්තුර කන්දරාව හොදින් බ්ලන්න එවිට ඔබට එය පසක් වෙනු ඈත. යමක් වෙතොත් විමසන්න-0773261117 හෑබෑයි දුවන්න බ්ලාගන නම් ආරුගම් බේ එන්න එපා...-Arugam Bay is situated in Ampara district in Eastern province.It is the most beautiful and one of the widest coastal belts in Sri Lanka. This place is called Arugam bay because of a green coloured moss called Arugam remains in the bottom of the bay. It is considered this is the place where Viharamadevi had disembarked. During low tide season this bay becomes a shallow lagoon.
In this area due to the nature of the sea it is suitable for surfing. And Arugam bay is among the best three surfing points in the world too.
With a little distance to Arugam bay there is a beautiful set of rocks called ‘Crocodile Rock’ which is visible as a set of sun bathing crocodiles. There is a coral reef on the bottom of the sea in this area.
Pothuville point is rocky ground near Arugam bay. It is the highest place in Pothuville. There are a few cottages in this place which were built for Eco-tourism.
Muhudu Maha Vihara is an ancient temple situated near Arugam bay. There are many clues to prove that this temple has been built at the place where Viharamadevi has disembarked. According to the history, this temple has been built by king Mahadathaka in 3
rd centenary A.D. For a long period of time this place remained unknown covered with sand. 50 years ago it was unveiled through excavations. A Buddha statue made up of moonstone has been found.
It is said the Magul Maha Vihara which situates nearby is the place where the royal wedding of king Kavanthissa had taken place.
The Bay is located 220 km due East of Colombo. It is a popular surfing and tourist destination. if you need any ifo pls cont:0773261117-Dilan Dharshana
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