Colombo Trip Overview
Kitulgala is a popular adventure-sports centre located amid thickly forested hills. Most visitors are the young and energetic of Colombo, but foreign visitors are also starting to discover the region’s white-water rafting, jungle trekking, birdwatching and cave exploration.
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Duration: 6 to 7 hours
Starts: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Kitulgala is a popular adventure-sports centre located amid thickly forested hills. Most visitors are the young and energetic of Colombo, but foreign visitors are also starting to discover the region’s white-water rafting, jungle trekking, birdwatching and cave exploration.
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Stop At: Kitulgala, Kitulgala, Sabaragamuwa Province
If you are hoping to combine adventure and leisure into a day trip, Kitulgala is one of the best choices. Being so close to Colombo, Kitulgala gives the visitor an opportunity to return to Colombo before dark and, if you opt to stay overnight, you would be able to do many adventure and leisure activities such as white water rafting, bird watching, visiting Beli Lena caves, bathing in the river, trekking to waterfalls, river expeditions, forest walks and trails, mountain biking etc.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Belilena Cave, 8 Km From the Town of Kitulgala., Kitulgala 71720 Sri Lanka
Belilena is a very large cave, in which the 12,000 year old skeletal remains of the prehistoric ‘Balangoda man’ (Homesepiens Balangodensis) have been found. In order to reach the cave you have to walk through the jungle, close to the Inoya estate (approx. 8 km from Kitulgala itself).
Located 2000 feet above sea level, the Belilena Cave lies amidst picturesque environs close to Kitulagala. Recent archaeological excavations conducted at the cave have unearthed several fossils believed to be more than 32,000 years old.
Duration: 1 hour
