Water
Falls
The
mountains of Sri Lanka abound with waterfalls of exquisite
beauty. Numbering more than hundred and many of them
are virtually unknown, hidden away in forest or approached
by steps and remote tea plantation tracks. In fact for
it’s size Sri Lanka has recorded water falls than
another country.
Sri Lanka’s numerous revers, fed by two half –
yearly monsoons, with topography of high and steeply
scarped peneplains, and rever beds of hard erosion-resistant
metamorphic rock, all provide ideal ingredient for the
formation of waterfalls.
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 Ravana
Ella( Ravana Falls)
It is on the Ella –Wellawaya road and visible from the main
road. Although the main drop is 30 ft in height, it’s a wide
fall and the water rushes over several steps adding to it’s
beauty.Ravana falls is closely linked in legend with the great epic
of the east.Ramayanaya.It’ name is from Ravana, The powerful
demon king who once ruled SriLanka.The cave hidden behind the fall
is still believed by many to be one of the places where he hid the
beautiful princess, Sita, after her abduction from India.
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 Diyaluma
Falls
( skein of water)
Diyaluma ,on the Poonagala Oya rever off the Koslanda- Wellawaya road
is another spectacular sight spilling over a straight rock wall. 559
ft in height. Diyaluma is often rated as Sri Lanka’s highest
water falls, upstaging Bambarakanda.It is 13 km from Wellawaya town
and 6 km from Koslanda in the Hills and seen like a soft veil, is
seen from the Balangoda – Wellawaya highway too.
Legend says that Gods, seeing the heart break of a prince whose runaway
romance ended in the death of his sweetheart whom he had tried haul
over the Diyaluma precipice, created this beautiful cascade to weep
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 Bopath
Ella (Bo-leaf fall)
Makes a leap of 100 ft on the Kurd gang, a tributary of the Kale ganga.a
water fall not known for it’s height but for the sheer beauty
of formation. The name Bo path Ella derives from it’s perfectly
heart shaped head, much like the leaf of the sacred bo tree. It is
one of the favorites picnic spot of Sri Lankans due to it’s
proximity to the city of Colombo.
just 15 km from Colombo-Ratnapura road, once reached the Higashena
junction, and then branches off to the Agalawatta road and from there
it’s only a few minutes… |
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 Devon
falls
Visitors to the Tea country get the opportunity of viewing
it. 280 ft in height and viewing place for this lovely falls is from
the 20th milepost on the Talawakelle –Nawalapitiya road. |
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Bambarakanda
falls
Bambarakanda is the tallest of all SriLanka’s falls.789
feet in height. It is however, a wet season fall. A glorious spectacle
from October to March when heavy rains turn it in to an impressive,
unbroken deluge. The main access to the falls is along a minor but
mortable road via Haputale and Kalupahana.Kalupahana is 22 km from
Balangoda or 32 km from Wellawaya.from kalupahana proceeding 3 km
along a narrow road through Weerakoongama you come to the gorgeous
waterfall. |
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