Kaluwagaha Watta

23/12/2017

15/05/2017

15/05/2017

07/03/2017

If someone pulls down your shorts....

16/01/2017

Excursion to an exquisite Tea Factory-
The tour around the whole tea plantation and factory with the chance to see the production process starting with picking the tea leaves, continuing drying, grinding, sorting and packing. knowing and watching the process

24/09/2016

Botanical Name – Cinamomum Zeylanicum Blume / Cinamomum Verum

Ceylon Cinnamon also called “True Cinnamon” is indigenous to Sri Lanka.
Ceylon Cinnamon and Sri Lanka's affinity is so strong that the very botanical name Cinnamomum zeylanicum is derived from the island’s ancient name Ceylon.

Cinnamon tree can grow to 65 feet high. Trees used for harvesting once reached about 10 feet, abundance of finer bark-yielding growth called, “coppicing”. Once the tree reaches 3 years of age it's harvested twice yearly following each rainy season.

03/07/2016

The Dutch Reformed Church is located within the Matara fort in Matara and is situated near the entrance to the fort. The church was built by the Dutch in 1706 and is a smaller version of the church in Galle fort.

27/05/2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirissa

18/05/2016

ගාල්ල උණවටුන ප්‍රදේශයේ රෑමස්සල කන්දත් සමඟ පිහිටා තිබෙන මෙම සුන්දර වෙරල තීරයට දේශීය මෙන්ම විදේශීය සංචාරකයන්ද විශාල වශයෙන් පැමි‍ණෙති

16/05/2016

The Madu Ganga river is a very famous river in Sri Lanka for local & Foreign tourists

මාදු ගඟ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පිහිටි ඉතාම වැදගත් පරිසර පද්ධතියක් සහිත ගංගාවකි.

මාදු ගඟ මුහුදට යාවන ගං මෝය හෙවත් මුවදොර පිහිටා ඇත්තේ කොළඹ සිට ගාල්ලඅතර ගාලුපාර ආසන්න ව ගාල්ල දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ බලපිටිය සහ කරන්දෙණිය යන බල ප්‍රදේශවලට අයත්වයි. මාදු ගඟ ජලජ පරිසර පද්ධතියේ ප්‍රධාන ජල සැපයුම් මාර්ග වන්නේ බොරලැස්ස ඇළ, හීන් ඇළ සහ මාගල ඇළයි.

ලංකාවේ ඉතාමත් වටිනා කඩොලාන පරිසර පද්ධතියකට උරුමකම් කියන මාදු ගඟ දුපත් සමූහයකින් මැදිවී තිබේ. දුපත් හැටහතරකින් සමන්විත පාරිසරික නිර්මානයක් ලෙස පැවසෙන මාදු ගඟ තුළ අද වන විට දුපත් හැටහතරක් දැකිය නොහැකි වී තිබේ.

ජල මට්ටම් ඉහළ යාමෙන් ජලය තුළ ගිලී ගොඩබිමට සම්බන්ධ වීම එකළග ඇති කුඩා දුපත් යාවීම පස ඛාදනය වී කුඩා දුපත් දියවී යාම ආදී කරැණු නිසා මෙසේ දුපත් ගණන අඩුවන්නට ඇතැයි විස්වාශ කෙරේ. මෙහිලා මාදු ගඟ ආශ්‍රිතව කුඩා දුපත් රැසක් ඇති බවට පිළිගැනේ. මෙම දුපත් 16 අතරින් විශාලතම දුපත හෙක්ටයාර 39කට ආසන්න වපසරියෙන් යුක්තය. එම දුපත හැදින්වෙන්නේ මාදු යනුවෙනි. මාදු ගඟ යන නම ව්‍යවහාරයට පැමිණ ඇත්තේ ද මාදූව නිසා බවට විශ්වාස කෙරේ.

The Madu Ganga river of Sri Lanka is a very famous river with complex coastal ecosystem which can be mentioned as the combination of many mangroves and islands. Research shows that it can be considered as one of the last remaining mangrove forests of Srilanka.

There is no doubt that a tour in this river is really interesting and adventurous. It has a wide range of animals and plants which can be a great source of entertainment. You can see many interesting incidents in this river like:

*Monkeys eat fruit in the trees.
*Cormorants and Kingfishers wait patiently on the banks, eyeing the water for prey.

There are about 64 islands in the river and around 250 families are connected to the mainland with a very long foot bridge. Though there are many occupations of the people of these islands, the local inhabitants are mostly busy in producing cinnamon and prawn fishing. It is a place with various fascinating creations of South West coast.

There is no doubt that the tide is the main secret of Madu Ganga. On any given day at the time of low tide the sea water comes inland and amalgams with fresh water and at the time sunset, vice versa generating the magic of nature. Local and foreign travelers can discover the beauty of Madu Ganga through a boat ride that can take a couple of hours.

The Madu Ganga is a homeland of 248 species of vertebrate animals and about 303 species of plants. If you are an Eco tourist, it is a great place for you. For the adventure of the tourists, Madu Ganga showcases the Garden of Eden.

You will pass a very impressive time if you spend a night inside a tent by the ubonfire a populated island. It has an immensely colorful eco system with its flora and fauna. The fishing season of this area is November to April.
So don’t miss to travel this exiting and adventurous place.

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30/04/2016

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28/04/2016

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13/04/2016

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year !!!
සුභම සුභ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා !!!
இனிய புதுவருட வாழ்த்துக்கள் !!!

09/04/2016

Homestays are becoming increasingly popular in Sri Lanka and across the world; offering an opportunity to experience local, authentic living at an exceptionally competitive cost.

09/04/2016

Turtles and Tortoises of Sri Lanka - I Love Sri Lanka-Official

Turtles are rarely seen because the sea is their habitat and only the females come ashore and that too only after dark. The land turtles and land tortoises are also seen in frequently

Today there are 250 species of turtles on earth. Seven of these live in the ocean and are called sea turtles. The remaining 243 species live on land or in freshwater ponds and marshes. The terrestrial turtles, those that live solely on land, are called tortoises.

Five of the seven species of sea turtles in the world visit the shores of Sri Lanka to breed. They are the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea), Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea).

There are three species of freshwater turtles and one terrestrial tortoise in Sri Lanka. The freshwater turtles are Parker’s Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga pakeri) Sri Lanka Black Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga thermalis) and the Soft or Flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata punctata). The terrestrial tortoise is the Star tortoise (Geochelone elegans).

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26/09/2015

one of our many visitors

12/09/2015

This is how we prepare goraka (ගොරකා) at Kaluwagaha Watta. Picked fresh from our garden, and dried in the hot sun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garcinia_gummi-gutta

Goraka(gummi-gutta) is used in cooking, including in the preparation of curries. The fruit rind and extracts of Garcinia species are called for in many traditional recipes, and various species of Garcinia are used similarly in food preparation in Sri Lanka, Assam (India), Thailand, Malaysia, Burma, and other Southeast Asian countries. In the Sr Lankan Ayurvedic medicine, "sour" flavors are said to activate digestion. The extract and rind of Goraka is a curry condiment in Sri Lanka & India. It is an essential souring ingredient in the southern Thai variant of kaeng som, a sour curry.

Goraka is used commercially in fish curing, especially in Sri Lanka and South India.

The trees can be found in forested areas and also are protected in plantations otherwise given over to pepper, spice, and coffee production.

29/08/2015

At Kaluwagaha Watta we make our own coconut oil.

Coconut oil can be extracted through "dry" or "wet" processing. Dry processing requires the meat to be extracted from the shell and dried using sunlight (as seen in the picture) to create copra. The copra is then pressed, producing the coconut oil and a high-protein, high-fiber mash.

15/08/2015

Whale and dolphin watching in Mirissa is one of the most exciting activities you can do in Sri Lanka during your holiday.
Mirissa, (5 mins drive from Kaluwagaha Watta) is the best place to start your whale and dolphin watching tour in Sri Lanka.
In warm Indian ocean you can see Blue whales, Bryde´s whales, S***m whales, Fin whales, sometimes Killer whales, and Common dolphins, Bottlenose dolphins, Spinner dolphins, Risso's dolphins and Striped dolphins. Sometimes you can see turtles and various fish species, for example Bluefin tuna and flying fish

01/08/2015

Just picked from the tree

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandoricum_koetjape

Sandoricum koetjape (santol or cottonfruit) is a tropical fruit grown in Southeast Asia.
The santol is believed native to former Indochina and Peninsular Malaysia, and to have been introduced into Sri Lanka, India, Borneo, Indonesia, the Moluccas, Mauritius, The Seychelles and the Philippines where it has become naturalized. It is also called Yamapi'. It is commonly cultivated throughout these regions and the fruits are seasonally abundant in the local and international markets.

Local names:
Singhalese: donka, donga
Filipino: santol (from which the name originates)
Thai : krathon (กระท้อน, [kratʰɔ́ːn]) or sathon (สะท้อน)
Lanna : ma tong (มะต้อง) or ma tuen (มะตื๋น) or batong (บค้อง)
Malay: kecapi, kelampu, ranggu, sentul
Burmese: သစ်တို thi' tou [θɪʔ tò]
French: faux mangoustanier, santol
Khmer: កំពីងរាជ (ក្រពេញរាជ, លោះ) [kɑmpɨɲ riec]
Lao: ໝາກຕ້ອງ [mȁːktɔ̂ːŋ]
Indonesian: kecapi, ketuat, sentul
Nigeria: Udara

05/04/2015

Thalaramba Polpittiya 2015

04/01/2015