Friday, April 22, 2011

One of Waterfall Paradises of the World

Sri Lanka is one of waterfall paradises of the world. Sri Lanka has many waterfalls. Majority of them include to Nuwaraeliya district and Badulla Districts. Maximum waterfalls are available in Rathnapura district. Highest waterfall of Sri Lanka is Bambarakanda Waterfalls (241m). Bambarakanda, Diyaluma, Dunhinda, Ravana, Bomburu Falls, Ravan Falls, Mana Falls and such several waterfalls at Badulla district. Garandi Falls, Abardeen Falls, St. Clair falls, Devon Falls, Kurundu Oya falls, Ramboda falls and several beautiful falls at Nuwaraeliya District. Bopath Ella falls, Kalthota Duwili Falls and Sinharaja Falls are available at Rathnapura district. Some other falls are available in Kegalle District, Galle District, Sinharaja, Sri Pada, Horton Plains, Dumbara Mountains and such places.

Galboda Ella is the Most Beautiful Water Fall in Sri Lanka .Its belongs to up country .Its Located by NuwarEliya District. Galboda is nice station in Railway track of Colombo to Badulla. There have so many nature scenery and animals. Tropically is very important Waterfall, .The environment is very cool and every time too rainy days going on..There is a beautiful waterfall higher than 30m, but the width ranges from between 3m and 6m, depending on the season with a distance of 1-2km from the railway station, known as Galaboda waterfall.Since the areais closed to Watawala where the highest rainfall is received out of the country,the waterfall is ever young. Annual rainfall here exceeds 4500mm,60%of the rain coming from the south-west.

The fall is 660m above sea level in the Nuwara Eliya Ambagamuwa Korale at the Ginigathhena Divisional Secretariat. The most convenient route is the Hatton - Maskeliya road. Take this road for 18km from Hatton, where a footpath leads down past the Pathana village to the fall. Alternatively, take the Lakshapana road from the Kaluganga River junction for 14km to the Lakshapana Temple. The fall is just 2.5km from here.The closest town is Ginigathhena, and the hotels of Dick Oya are 50km away.

Elgin Falls is a waterfall in Sri Lanka, located in the Elgin tea estate which is 18km from the city of Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. The waterfall is 25m in height. Elgin Falls named after Elgin major town of Moray in Scotland.[1] the falls is at about 1,900m above sea level. There are several ways to access the waterfall. When traveling by railway between Nanu Oya and Ambewela the falls can be seen picturesquely.
"Dunhinda" is one of the mostly spoken-about waterfalls in Sri Lanka. Although she couldn't come even close to the highest waterfalls of the planet in height she rivals many of them when it comes to the natural beauty that it bestows on the environment . Situated about 2 km distance from the main road which runs to Taldena from the remote city Badulla in the Uva Province this is easily accesible and frequently visited by local and foreign visitors. On the way can be seen the "Kuda Dunhinda" ( "Kuda" means small in Sinhala ) which is the prologue to its mighty brother . In native tongue "Dun" means mist or vapour which is the ideal explanation for a waterfall creating wreathes of mist on its way down.