Kitulgala rafting this week - DMC said the Kelani was normal on the 18th, did the midweek rain change that
Booked a morning raft on the Colombo to Kandy run earlier this week. Kitulgala is monsoon country. Daily FC posted Kitulgala 1.85 m against a 3 m alert on the 18th. Do they still run Grade III when it dumps overnight or do we just pay and look at the river.
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We look at the gauge and the colour at 6am, not a Tuesday DMC PDF. Normal-to-lively is the August default and it is more fun than January. If it hits unsafe we cancel or drop to a short scenic. Weather cancel should be a refund or a rebook, not a souvenir t-shirt. Helmet and jacket on, listen to the guide in the first rapid.
We ran Wednesday, brown water, two big hits, grinning. Not a toddler trip.
Kegalle-side roads can be the amber landslide ones - leave slack, do not add a Deraniyagala shortcut.
Also - lifejacket in my size? I am not small and the photos all look like school trips.
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