Namunukula Camping

Namunukula is a mountain range on the eastern side of the central hills of Sri Lanka, with a forest of turpentine trees. It is reachable from Badulla. This post has several gorgeous photos, many shot by my good friend Chinthana, as watermarked.




The famed 9-arch bridge. A British architectural marvel in Sri Lanka
We took the popular Colombo - Badulla night mail train and reached there by morning. We had breakfast and hiked through the tea plantations to reach the turpentine forest.








Time-lapse of us setting up camp



Washing and marinating chicken for dinner

3 tents. The middle one is mine :-)






Cooking chicken on a makeshift grill. Red light (last) to accustom our eyes to see the stars

Dawn through a forest of pines





Breakfast




