( On the way before 2 km )
The Makeli Ella Falls is about 10 metres tall and it appears as a sheer white veil spilling off a bride’s headpiece. This astonishing bride’s veil have thieved so much of tourist hearts and that’s the reason why it had named as one of the most tourist attracted places in Sri Lanka.
This fall is surrounded with weather – eroded granite stones. It flows amidst a scenic part of Kalutara named Thumodara. The water flows down and forms a pool at the bottom as a fairytale – like islet river basin going six metres downhill and then it meets the Kuda River and mingles the sea through the Kalu River.
If you’re looking for a stunning destination to escape from the exhaustion, Makeli Ella is the exact spot for you to make memories for a lifetime. If you already fell in love with Makeli Falls and got the curiosity to know more about it, keep reading until the end to find out more interesting facts about this glorious cascade.
( 5 km from our resort )
Kukuleganga Dam is a gravity dam which is situated in Kalawana in the Ratnapura district. It is a 110 m dam built across the Kukule River which feeds an underground hydroelectric power station located approximately 5 km away, via tunnel. Construction of this dam was inaugurated in July 1999 while it was opened in June 2005. Kukuleganga Dam measures 110 m in length and 20 m in height with four spillways.
( 12 km from the Resort but will be passing the area when you come from Bulathsinhala side )
This legendary cave temple, commonly known as Pahiyangala, is of great historical and religious significance. It is situated in the tranquil surroundings of a village called Yatigama in Bulathsinghala, in the Kalutara District.
Surrounded by almost 600 acres of virgin forest, the cave can be reached by climbing a long flight of steep steps.
The massive cave housing the temple is said to date back to over 35,000 years and is one of the few natural caves of this size in Asia. Geologists believe that the cave dates back to the Stone Age and housed people of the Mesolithic period. Further excavations revealed many interesting objects, including iron implements, stone weapons, grinding stones, seashells and colored marble.
The entire rock is more than six hundred feet high, and the cave carved out of this rock is almost 15 feet tall, 200 feet in length and can accommodate around 3000 people. It is believed that there were tiny caves around the main one.
( 25km from the resort – 45 minutes drive )
Sinharaja Rain Forest a very important, UNESCO named world heritage site and Biosphere reserve. Sinharaja is one of the most important bio diversity hotspot in Sri Lank The hilly virgin rainforest, part of the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests was saved from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility, and was designated a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988. The reserve’s name translates as Kingdom of the Lion.
The reserve is only 21 km (13 mi) from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km (4.3 mi) from north to south, but it is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Because of the dense vegetation, wildlife is not as easily seen as at dry-zone national parks such as Yala. The most common larger mammal is the endemic Purple-faced Langur.
An interesting phenomenon is that birds tend to move in mixed feeding flocks, invariably led by the fearless Greater Racket-tailed Drongo and the noisy Orange-billed Babbler. Of Sri Lanka’s 26 endemic birds, the 20 rainforest species all occur here, including the elusive Red-faced Malkoha, Green-billed Coucal and Sri Lanka Blue Magpie.
Reptiles include the endemic Green pit viper and Hump-nosed vipers, and there are a large variety of amphibians, especially tree frogs. Invertebrates include the endemic Common Birdwing butterfly and the inevitable leeches.
There are three majpr access ways to Sinharaja Rain forest and Kudawa Entrance is the one near the resort which is 25 km away.
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