Gal Oya National Park | ගල් ඔය ජාතික වනෝද්යානය
Gal Oya National Park in Sri Lanka was established in 1954 and serves as the main catchment area for Senanayake Samudraya
සංචාරක අවධානයට ලක් නොවුණු එහෙත් අතිශය සුන්දර ස්ථානයකි ගල් ඔය ජාතික වනෝද්යානය. අම්පාර ඉඟිනියාගල සේනානායක සමුද්රයට යාව මේ මනරම් උද්යානය පිහිටා ඇත.
Crossing Galoya river inside Galoya national park
Makare [මකරේ] aka Dragon's Mouth, Gal Oya National Park (2016) - 1 of 2
Where Gal Oya flows to the Senanayake Samudraya aka Reservoir, water flows in a natural tunnel known as Makara Kata (Sinhalese for Dragon's Mouth) or simply Makara/Makare.
This is used by the fishermen and travelers alike to camp and enjoy the beauty of the nature.
Special Note for the Viewers:
I’ve done this video to make other human beings aware of the beauty of this place and please don’t misuse this information in order to ruin this place. I’ve spent so much of time/money bringing this to you so that you may enjoy it. However I’ve a very kind and humble request from you all.
Should you ever visit this place, you’re kindly requested to adhere to the following in order to save our Mother Nature (essentially Our Country) not only for the future generations but for the current one as well:
* Avoid careless/reckless/irresponsible/money-oriented/mega tour groups or organizers.
* Travel in smaller groups as Mother Nature can’t afford so many footprints at once.
* Minimize the use of polythene/plastic and do bring back if you have to take any with you.
* Don’t litter and even if it’ bio-degradable, please bring it back and dispose of the garbage properly and responsibly. Because no matter what it is, it will still be alien to that environment.
* Use reusable water bottles so that you don’t have to keep buying plastic ones. It’ll not only save you money but will help save nature massively.
* Remain quiet and vigilant. Don’t disturb the tranquility of the nature. Instead savor it.
* Try and bring if you spot any litter/garbage left behind by other careless travellers.
* Don’t light fires unnecessarily and do try to use portable cookers instead of using firewood when camping. The increase usage of firewood leads to more deforestation even at a smaller scale.
* Don’t bring any plants back with you or break any plants/branches unnecessarily.
* Don’t walk off the designated footpath.
* Don’t use soap/detergent/shampoo when bathing in natural streams as they’d only lead to the contamination of those pure water sources and elimination of wildlife species.
* Don’t do anything that harms the Mother Nature.
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Makare - Gal Oya National Park
Gal Oya Lodge, Sri Lanka
Gal Oya Lodge is hidden away in the heart of Gal Oya National Park, an unspoiled idyll in the eastern region of the country that few have travelled to. A favourite lodge of Black Tomato, the intimate wildlife lodge specializes in high end, environmentally responsible tourism and is home to just a handful of boutique rooms that will have you feeling back no nature in no time. This is the perfect spot for those who want to escape the crowds and explore the natural beauty of the Sri Lankan landscape, not to mention get to know the animals that inhabit it.
Galoya National Park
Galoya National Park
Gal Oya, Nilgala & Makara | The Dragon Mouth | Sri Lanka 2019 - Vlog 5
Nilagala Forest lies bordering Gal Oya National Park and covers a catchment area of Senanayake Samudraya. Gal Oya, which is one of the main water sources of Senanayake Samudraya falls to reservoir from Nilgala.
The place where Gal Oya river disappears in to Senanayake Samudraya is called Makara. That name has its origin in the fact that there is a natural tunnel located at this place. Legend has it that the original name was “Makara Kata” or Dragon’s Mouth, coined because the water goes through the tunnel. The Makara Kata had become simply Makara with time.
Overall, it is a great destination for wildlife, safari, hike & riverside.
Location - Makara (Dragon Mouth)
Senanayake Samudraya, Inginiyagala Rd
#Galoya #Nilgala #Makara
Makare [මකරේ] aka Dragon's Mouth, Gal Oya National Park (2016) - 2 of 2
Where Gal Oya flows to the Senanayake Samudraya aka Reservoir, water flows in a natural tunnel known as Makara Kata (Sinhalese for Dragon's Mouth) or simply Makara/Makare.
This is used by the fishermen and travelers alike to camp and enjoy the beauty of the nature.
Special Note for the Viewers:
I’ve done this video to make other human beings aware of the beauty of this place and please don’t misuse this information in order to ruin this place. I’ve spent so much of time/money bringing this to you so that you may enjoy it. However I’ve a very kind and humble request from you all.
Should you ever visit this place, you’re kindly requested to adhere to the following in order to save our Mother Nature (essentially Our Country) not only for the future generations but for the current one as well:
* Avoid careless/reckless/irresponsible/money-oriented/mega tour groups or organizers.
* Travel in smaller groups as Mother Nature can’t afford so many footprints at once.
* Minimize the use of polythene/plastic and do bring back if you have to take any with you.
* Don’t litter and even if it’ bio-degradable, please bring it back and dispose of the garbage properly and responsibly. Because no matter what it is, it will still be alien to that environment.
* Use reusable water bottles so that you don’t have to keep buying plastic ones. It’ll not only save you money but will help save nature massively.
* Remain quiet and vigilant. Don’t disturb the tranquility of the nature. Instead savor it.
* Try and bring if you spot any litter/garbage left behind by other careless travellers.
* Don’t light fires unnecessarily and do try to use portable cookers instead of using firewood when camping. The increase usage of firewood leads to more deforestation even at a smaller scale.
* Don’t bring any plants back with you or break any plants/branches unnecessarily.
* Don’t walk off the designated footpath.
* Don’t use soap/detergent/shampoo when bathing in natural streams as they’d only lead to the contamination of those pure water sources and elimination of wildlife species.
* Don’t do anything that harms the Mother Nature.
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Gal Oya Lodge - Luxurious Eco-Retreat in Gal Oya National Park
Located on the fringes of the Gal Oya National Park, Gal Oya Lodge blends naturally into its forest surroundings, offering innovatively designed luxury accommodation in the island’s south-east.
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Ampara, Inginiyagala Senanayaka Samudra spills
Inginiyagala senanayaka reservoir overflows after sixteen years:January, 2011
inginiyagala senanayaka tank spilled
Senanayake Samudraya, Gal Oya National Park (2016)
The Gal Oya Dam (also known as Inginiyagala Dam) is an embankment dam in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. The dam creates one of the largest and most iconic reservoirs in the country, the Gal Oya Reservoir. Water from the reservoir is used primarily for irrigation in the Uva and Eastern provinces, in addition to powering a small hydroelectric power station. Construction of the dam and reservoir began in August 24, 1949, completing four years later in 1953.
The dam is constructed between two hills at the small town of Inginiyagala, measuring 3,600 ft (1,100 m) and 140 ft (43 m) in length and height respectively, consisting of 2,000,000 cu yd (1,500,000 m3) of soil. The dam, built by Morrison-Knudsen company, creates the Gal Oya Reservoir.
Special Note for the Viewers:
I’ve done this video to make other human beings aware of the beauty of this place and please don’t misuse this information in order to ruin this place. I’ve spent so much of time/money bringing this to you so that you may enjoy it. However I’ve a very kind and humble request from you all.
Should you ever visit this place, you’re kindly requested to adhere to the following in order to save our Mother Nature (essentially Our Country) not only for the future generations but for the current one as well:
* Avoid careless/reckless/irresponsible/money-oriented/mega tour groups or organizers.
* Travel in smaller groups as Mother Nature can’t afford so many footprints at once.
* Minimize the use of polythene/plastic and do bring back if you have to take any with you.
* Don’t litter and even if it’ bio-degradable, please bring it back and dispose of the garbage properly and responsibly. Because no matter what it is, it will still be alien to that environment.
* Use reusable water bottles so that you don’t have to keep buying plastic ones. It’ll not only save you money but will help save nature massively.
* Remain quiet and vigilant. Don’t disturb the tranquility of the nature. Instead savor it.
* Try and bring if you spot any litter/garbage left behind by other careless travellers.
* Don’t light fires unnecessarily and do try to use portable cookers instead of using firewood when camping. The increase usage of firewood leads to more deforestation even at a smaller scale.
* Don’t bring any plants back with you or break any plants/branches unnecessarily.
* Don’t walk off the designated footpath.
* Don’t use soap/detergent/shampoo when bathing in natural streams as they’d only lead to the contamination of those pure water sources and elimination of wildlife species.
* Don’t do anything that harms the Mother Nature.
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Senanayaka Samudraya Ahan Inna Balan Inna
In this busy world at times we don't have the freedom to see, feel an experience the beauty or the serenity of the mother earth. These short video clips which are only filled with he sound of the location will let you have a different kind of a television experience.
Sri Lanka Gal Oya NP 1984
Inginiyagala Mission
Mission to serve the Kingdom of God - in Sri Lanka.
Encounter on a boat ride
Senanayake samudraya, Ampara
Bowaththa Hela Rock Cave Monastery, Kumana National Park (2016)
The villages of Kumana and Panama, once part of a ancient flourishing civilization, today is a think jungle teeming with wildlife. The evidence of this civilization still remains in form of ruins of massive monastic complexes such as Bowaththagala Monastery, Kudumbigala Monastery and Bambaragasthalawa Naga Pabbatha Monastery, dams, canals and irrigation reservoirs belonging to the pre-Christian era scattered all over the jungles in and around Kumana.
Bowaththagala, a rock strewn mountain in the midst of Kumana National Park, had been first fashioned a monastery in the third-second century BC by the ten noble brothers of Kataragama, known in Sri Lankan history as the ‘Kataragama-Kshathriya’.
Bowattegala hills consists of many caves mostly with drip ledges and Brahmi inscriptions indicating that this has been a vast monastery in the ancient times. Remains of brick walls on some caves indicate that these caves have been converted in to shrine rooms and living quarters for the meditating monks. The fact that the Brahmi inscriptions belong to the pre-Christian era and the bricks belong to a later age prove that Bowaththagala Monastery has survived for thousands of years before falling in to despair.
Special Note for the Viewers:
I’ve done this video to make other human beings aware of the beauty of this place and please don’t misuse this information in order to ruin this place. I’ve spent so much of time/money bringing this to you so that you may enjoy it. However I’ve a very kind and humble request from you all.
Should you ever visit this place, you’re kindly requested to adhere to the following in order to save our Mother Nature (essentially Our Country) not only for the future generations but for the current one as well:
* Avoid careless/reckless/irresponsible/money-oriented/mega tour groups or organizers.
* Travel in smaller groups as Mother Nature can’t afford so many footprints at once.
* Minimize the use of polythene/plastic and do bring back if you have to take any with you.
* Don’t litter and even if it’ bio-degradable, please bring it back and dispose of the garbage properly and responsibly. Because no matter what it is, it will still be alien to that environment.
* Use reusable water bottles so that you don’t have to keep buying plastic ones. It’ll not only save you money but will help save nature massively.
* Remain quiet and vigilant. Don’t disturb the tranquility of the nature. Instead savor it.
* Try and bring if you spot any litter/garbage left behind by other careless travellers.
* Don’t light fires unnecessarily and do try to use portable cookers instead of using firewood when camping. The increase usage of firewood leads to more deforestation even at a smaller scale.
* Don’t bring any plants back with you or break any plants/branches unnecessarily.
* Don’t walk off the designated footpath.
* Don’t use soap/detergent/shampoo when bathing in natural streams as they’d only lead to the contamination of those pure water sources and elimination of wildlife species.
* Don’t do anything that harms the Mother Nature.
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