WATERFALLS IN SRI LANKA

01. Asupini Ella – Kegalle, Sri Lanka.

Also known as `Asupini Falls`.

This is a beautiful Waterfall which can be found in Aranayake, Kegalle District and has a height of 30m. If you are planning to visit Sri Lanka for a Holiday, I suggest that you should definitely visit this historic place. As in the folklores, 33 queens and a King of Sri Lanka have committed suicide in this place. That is a story which can be written in a separate post. So I am not going to post it here. :)

02. Bambarakanda Falls – Kalupahana – Belihuloya, Sri Lanka.

This waterfall located about 18 km from Belihuloya. One has to reach Kalupahana on Belihuloya-Haputale road and then travel about another 4 km away by a small motor able road off Kalupahana. This is the highest waterfall in Sri Lanka, which is 790 ft in height. It will be a pleasant experience to have a dip in the pool at the base of the fall. This base pool can be reached by walking about a kilometer through the forest. It would take 1-1/2 – 2 hours to travel the 18km from Belihuloya to get to the waterfall.

03. Doovili Ella – Kalthota – Balangoda, Sri Lanka.

This water fall situated in Kaltota

The name of this 40m waterfall is derived from the Sinhala word for dust – duvili, as it appears to raise a cloud of dust at the base.

To reach this waterfall one has to turn off Kaltota (28 km from Balangoda) and walk about 2km through very difficult terrain where sometimes even wild elephants prowl. The distance from Belihuloya to this waterfall is about 45km and would take about 3hours to reach it.
also known as Duvili Ella, Duwili Ella.

04. Doovili Ella – Knuckles, Sri Lanka.

This is an 80 meters height waterfall situated in the Knuckles Mountain Range.

also known as Duvili Ella, Duwili Ella.

04. Galaboda Falls – Galaboda – Nawalapitiya, Sri Lanka.

The only access for this fall is by train. You have to get down at Galaboda Railway station and then trek to water fall.

05. Galagama Falls – Belihuloya, Sri Lanka.

This 500ft waterfall is in a deep gorge in Belihuloya covered with large slippery rocks. To reach this, one has to travel up to Ihalagalagama along a small motor able road for about 5km and walk about 6 km through paddy fields and scrub jungle. It will take about 2 hours to reach this waterfall.

06. Gerandi Ella – Knuckles, Sri Lanka.

Gerandi Ella is one of the beautiful waterfalls in Sri Lanka, which originates from the Knuckles mountain range. I will add more fascinating facts about this place when I get them. Don’t forget to add your ideas in the comments so that everybody would get something to know about the place.

08. Huluganga Falls – Panwila – Kandy, Sri Lanka.

This is another nice waterfall, in the Kandy district and originated from the Knuckles mountain range and flows to the Victoria Reservoir. Elliyadda and Aratthana are two villages which make use the water from this waterfall. The measured height of the waterfall is about 75 meters.

If anybody is interested to visit this place, the location of the waterfall is below the town of the Hulu River, near Panwilla, (Kandy District).

09. Kirindi Ella – Ratnapura, Sri Lanka.

Kirindi Ella is a 116 meters height waterfall in Rathnapura District which originates from the Kuttapitiya Mountain (Actually the source of this fall, the Kirindi Ella River originates here, about 940 meters above). The fall flows to the Kaluganga River located within a jungle in Bambarakotuwa. The approximate length of the waterfall is 13 KM approximately.

10. Kurunduoya Ella – Kandapola, Sri Lanka.

Kurundu Oya falls is situated at the High Forest Estate, Kandapola. You have go walk along the footpath in order to reach the foot of this mighty and beautiful waterfall. First part of the trek goes through the tea plantation. From the half way it will move through the jungle.

11. Pahanthuda Ella – Belihuloya, Sri Lanka.

This water fall is situated close to Belihuloya. To get to this beautiful fall, one has to travel along the Ihalagalagama road for a kilometer and walk down the mountain for half a kilometer.

This waterfall, about 15ft in height is situated one and a half a kilometers from Belihuloya.

The base of this waterfall, carved out of the rock bed is shaped like an oil lamp. Hence it has earned the name Pahanthuda Ella from the Sinhala word “pahana” for lamp.

The time taken would be about one hour from Belihuloya.

12. Ratna Ella – Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka.

Ratna Ella is a scenic waterfall located 10 km away from the Mahiyanganaya (A historic city in Sri Lanka). Height is 111 meters. If you wish to have a bath in the bottom of a waterfall, this is the best place :)

13. Surathalee Falls – Belihuloya, Sri Lanka.

Eight kilometers from Belihuloya, one can see this waterfall, from the Colombo-Badulla main road at Halpe. In true sense of the word, this is not a waterfall but a water-slip. The water, slides down along a rock wall on the eastern slope of Mountain Ellamana for about 65 ft, forms this water-slip and joins the Weli Oya later. This waterfall can be reached in about 20 minutes.

14. Dunsinane Falls – Pundaluoya (Elpitiya Plantations), Sri Lanka.

Duncinane falls are located in Duncinane estate off Pundaluoya about 16 km from Nuwara Eliya town.

There are 3 nice water falls located at Duncinane estate.

15. Dunhinda Falls – Badulla, Sri Lanka.

This gigantic yet beautiful, waterfall is situated close to Badulla, an ancient hill capital.

It is about 63m (208ft), fed by Baduluoya, a tributary of Mahawelli Ganga. To reach the waterfall one has to walk about 2km from the Badulla - Mahiyanganaya road.

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