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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 forever in the
wilderness.
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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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