点评:Pitawala pathana is a montane grassland in the knuckles mountain range. It offers breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains and the highlight of the place is a sheer drop know as the pitawala pathana mini world's end. Aparently there are also two small waterfalls, which we didn't know of as we didn't do much research before getting here and the markers were placed only for the trail up to the mini world's end.
It was flat terrian and an easy hike. The round trip took us about 45 mts - 1 hr including time spent on taking numerous photos. [The insta famous location is found right towards the end of the trail, but not right at the end and it is slightly covered by trees.] It was drizzling the day we went and slightly cold. But the weather can turn quite hot during the season which is from January to March. We didn't see any leeches. But we were ready with covered shoes and Siddhalepa.
The entrance to pitawala pathana is right on the side of the Raththota-Ilukkubura-Hettipola road. There is ample parking on the other side of the road. There is also a canteen which even offered fried rice! (May be it was because of the long weekend) and the cleanest public toilets I have been to! (May be because they were brand new and you to pay a small fee). The ticket counter is next to the canteen. Locals had to pay LKR 75 or LKR 150 each. (Since we visited several palaces on the same day and bought so many different tickets I cannot recall the exact price paid here.)
While riverston (the other famous view point in the route) was covered in mist as it was the off season (we visited in June) Pitawala Pathana still offered good views even from the drop, but was quite a string wind, so you couldn't get too close to the edge.
翻译:Pitawala pathana 是位于 knuckles 山脉的山地草原。它提供了周围群山的壮丽景色,这个地方的亮点是被称为 pitawala pathana 迷你世界尽头的陡峭悬崖。显然,这里还有两个小瀑布,但我们并不知道,因为我们在来这里之前没有做太多研究,而且标记只放在通往迷你世界尽头的路上。
这里的地形平坦,徒步很容易。往返大约需要 45 米 - 1 小时,包括拍摄大量照片的时间。[这个著名的 insta 地点就在小径的尽头,但不在尽头,而且被树木稍微遮住了。] 我们去的那天下着毛毛雨,有点冷。但在 1 月到 3 月的季节,天气会变得相当炎热。我们没有看到任何水蛭。但我们准备好了穿好鞋子和 Siddhalepa。
Pitawala pathana 的入口就在 Raththota-Ilukkubura-Hettipola 路的旁边。路的另一边有充足的停车位。还有一个食堂,甚至提供炒饭!(可能是因为周末太长)以及我去过的最干净的公共卫生间!(可能是因为它们是全新的,而且你只需支付少量费用)。售票柜台就在食堂旁边。当地人每人必须支付 75 或 150 斯里兰卡卢比。(由于我们在同一天参观了几个宫殿,并购买了这么多不同的门票,我记不清这里支付的确切价格了。)
虽然 riverston(路线上的另一个著名观景点)被雾气笼罩,因为当时是淡季(我们六月去的),但 Pitawala Pathana 仍然可以提供很好的景色,即使是从高处看,但风很大,所以你不能太靠近边缘。