2008-04-06 (1st Year Batch Trip - Kitulgala)With LLB students of Open University of 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 and Kitulgala is 36 km from Avissawella that is in the border of Colombo District which is 55 km from Colombo).
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.
Kitulgala is also popular among the local and intenationl travelers because of some other reasons as well.
- White Water Rafting through Keleni River
- Sri Lanka's BEST government rest house..
- The Bridge on the River Kwai filming location in 1957.
