Sunday, April 5, 2015

A 3-day visit to the KANNELIYA forest reserve

A group of Haritha Diyatha members & friends visited the Kanneliya Forest between the 03rd & 05th of April 2015. The group travelleled to Galle by train, and took a bus from Galle to Kanneliya via Udugama. It was a 2km walk from the Kohollegama junction bus-stop upto the Forest entrance office.
They explored the Bio-diversity of the forest, travelling allong the Kabbale-Kanda mountain trail upto the 'Kuda-kabbale' peak & along the Narangas-ella trail upto the Yoda (Giant) 'Navada' tree. The 'Anagimale' falls was visited and the 'Cave trail' & 'Pus-wela trail' were too covered.

Special thanks to Mr. Weerasiri Gamage of Kohollegama, Mr.Gunadasa Pathirana, Our tracker Mr. Lasantha Kulasekara & rest of the Forest Department staff at the Kanneliya Forest Conservation centre.

Just got-off the bus @ the Kohollegama junction
(Photo taken by Mr. Weerasiri Gamage)













the 2km walk to the Forest centre
(Photo courtesy by: Mr. Chamitha Rathnayaka)













The Kanneliya (Man & Biosphere) Forest Reserve

 















The Kanneliya Dormitory; Our Home for 2 nights













Hiking-up the Kabbale trail



















Climbing before 'the Leeches climb' !













Seen the 'Sea' @ a far distance; almost at the peack !













In the 'resting-hut' on top of the Kuda-Kabbale peak













Kuda-Kabbale peak - 03rd April 2015.













'Kabbala-Kanda' mountain as seen from far.....














Tracker 'Lasantha' leading the way....













Hump-nose Lizard ; Kabbale-kanda trail



















? Skink ; Kabbale-kanda trail













Garden Lizaerd ; near the Forest entrance













A Crimson Rose ; just 'born' out of its Cocoon
(04th of April 2015 @ 6.45 am / in front of the Dormitory)














Black-headed Yellow Bulbul ; Kanneliya Dormitory Garden













White-rumped Munia ; Kanneliya Dormitory Garden



















Sri Lankan Kangaroo Lizard ; Narangas-ella trail













Southern Purple-faceed Leaf Monkey
(Trachypithecus vetulus vetulus)




















Spot-winged Thrush ; Narangas-ella trail















Wet-Lowland's Giant Squirrel
(Ratufa macroura melanochra)

















'Anagimale-ella' lower part of the water fall














'Anagimale-ella' - upper water fall



















A tree of 'Mushrooms'
a Mushroom












a Mushroom
'Bandura'










a Snail


a Snail












A Moth


A beetle ?

















The Group in-front of the Kanneliya Forest Dept. Dormitory; just about to leave
(Photo courtesy ; Mr. Chamitha Rathnayake / Photo taken by ; Mr. Lasantha Kulasekara)