| Year and Month | 2016 February 04 |
| Number of Days | 01 |
| Crew | 05 (Age 25-35) |
| Accommodation | N/A |
| Transport | Motor Bikes |
| Activities | Scenery, Photography, Hiking & Waterfall hunting |
| Weather | Misty at the top. Sunny during the day |
| Route | Mawanella -> Gampola -> Pussellawa -> Delta Estate -> Frotoft (Perattasi) -> Chariot Path -> Helboda Estate -> Thalawanthenna -> Punduloya -> Dunsinane -> Return in the same route(Thalawanthenna -> Pussellawa) |
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| Author | Ramzy |
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This was one of my long waited trip. Ashan’s Trip report on Chariot path motivated me to try this one. We planned this to do within one day without camping. The Chariot path trail starts at ‘Frotoft’ also called as ‘Perattasi’ a small village is located 10-12 km from Pussellawa town. There are two buses operating in this route. We are not sure about the time schedule of the bus so we decided to go with our bikes.
We all gathered at Gampola town at around 7 am and travelled to Pussellawa and reached Puseellawa in 30 minutes. We took our breakfast at a small hotel in the Pussellawa town. As we were not certain about the route we asked the shop owner about the Perattasi route. Shop owner guided with some land marks. We travelled towards Nuwaraeliya around 2 km and there is a tea Estate Board to the left mentioning ‘Delta Estate’ at a curve. There is a road upwards and this is the road to Perattasi. The first few kms are well carpeted and the rest is manageable. The road is very much scenic. There are lots of cross roads and its always better to ask direction from the locals.
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Upper side of Gerandi Ella |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  You can see the condition of the road |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Delta Estate |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Kothmale Reservoir |
The Old Frotoft Hospital is the Final destination of Pussellawa-Perattasi Bus. Yes, Its a Private Bus station. There is a Grocery shop in the Ground floor to the left side. An uncle runs this shop and he helped us with the direction to get on to the tail head. He is a very helpful person. We kept our things there at the shop and started to go to trail head. The path starts just in front of this shop.
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Old Frotoft Hospital |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  The hospital seen from the path |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Our target at the background |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  At the Trail Head |
We walked around 1 km from the old hospital to reach the trail head. From here we travelled around 2-3 km to reach the Chariot path. People in the area call chariot path as ‘Meththaappu’ and also as ‘Pittani’. There are several cross paths in the main trail. It’s better to follow the Google trail given in the Ashan’s report.
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  A resting place |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Thick forest path |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Just entered |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Somebody camped her |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  There is a foot path |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  The vantage point |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  The rock phase |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Some research going on |
After spending some time in this view point we searched for the famous ‘Seetha’s tear pond’. It’s located almost the center of this plains.
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  The exact location of tear pond |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  The tear pond |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Feeling the tears |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Searching some water to drink |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Taking water |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Path towards Mooloya Estate |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Path covered by flowers |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Without mist |
After spending around 2 hours we decided to return back. The climate was normal. Water sources available at the top only. So it’s better take water bottles.
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Back at the Hospital |
After coming back to the Frotoft old hospital we collected our things and had some snacks there at the shop. A Refrigerator available in this shop so we had some cool soft drinks there.
Our next destination is Dunsinane falls at Pundalu oya. Therefore we should go to Thalawanthanne. So we took the Helboda estate road to reach Thalawanthenna. The road start after passing 1 km New frotoft Hospital to the left. This is a very scenic road going through a forest. There are ‘Do not make sound’ boards and ‘Hunting prohibited’ boards displayed in this road. This forest is a Nesting place for some birds(Eagle).
We reached Thawalenthanne and took the Punduloya road. The Dunsinane falls located in the Punduloya -Nuwaraeliya road and its start after passing the Pundalu Oya town.
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Dunsinane Falls |
Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  The upper part |
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Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view.  Selfie time |
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