Beautiful Waterfalls in Sri Lanka

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Waterfalls In Sri Lanka


May it be an elegantly cascading beauty that requires a few hours of hiking to reach, or a gushing mass of impatient waterfall you randomly encounter by the roadside, Sri Lanka has it all covered. Having the highest waterfall density in the world with a recorded 382 waterfalls spread throughout the country, Sri Lanka is the place to be to see all kinds of waterfalls.

Fed by two half-yearly monsoons, rivers rush down the rocky precipices and form spectacular waterfalls. Only some of these picturesque waterfalls can be viewed with ease as the others are located inside thick forests and around tea plantations.

Some waterfalls in Sri Lanka

Baker’s Waterfalls

Fed from BelihulOya, the Bakers falls cascades down from the Horton Plains near World’s end. With the spectacular backdrop of mountains and surrounded by rare black monkeys and rhododendrons in bloom; its icy water forms a curtain of mist around it. It is named after Sir Samuel Baker, who discovered it.


Bambarakanda Ella

Even though not visited often due to its remote location, the Bambarakanda falls boasts of being the tallest waterfall in the country. Being 263 meters high, it is the 299th tallest waterfall in the world and is a seasonal waterfall that peaks capacity from October to March. Situated in Kalupahana in the BadullaDistrict,It is only four miles away from the Colombo–Bandarawela road in a forest glade, reached on the Haputale – Kalupahana Road and 22 km from Balangoda- the closest town. Bambarakanda falls is formed by a branch of Walwe River which is known as KudaOya. With the breathtaking view around and the picturesque view from the top of the mountain, one should not miss this place in their bucket list as the beauty of the fall is that the whole stream sways to and fro due to the very strong winds blowing across it.


The waterfalls in Sri Lanka are well distributed and are not confined to the hill country. Colombo District has four waterfalls; two of which are just four meterseach, with the others being 10m and 15m. Kurunegala District has just one of six meters andGampaha and Hambantota districts have two each.
The largest number of waterfalls are in the Ratnapura district (109) followed by Nuwara Eliya (75) and Kegalle (40). Some of the waterfalls have interesting folk tales and legends attached to them. wikipedia.waterfalls_in_Sri_Lanka

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