Bambarakanda Falls

Sri Lanka is blessed with over one hundred waterfalls. The tallest is the Bambarakande Falls which cascades down 263 metres like liquid light. It is only four miles away from the Colombo-Bandarawela road in a forest glade, but it is not visited often, though well worth the trip.


Travel to this place is not easy than other waterfalls of Sri Lanka because this fall is not at near the main road. If you want to travel this there are two ways. But one of them is not good and other one is good. First you come to Kalupahana which is situated on the Balangoda-Haputale road. And turn Udaweria side from Kalupahana junction and come 5 kilometers along that way and you can meet Bambarakanda waterfall. Another way is come from Horton plains or Ohiya. There is 15 km from Ohiya to Bambarakanda falls.

When you travel from Ohiya place first you meet nice tea estate called Udaweria Estate. It's very nice and then you can visit a place which you can visit nice sceneries from it. On clear days you can see long gaps and long distance of area. Some had seen sea also. Sometimes you may not believe it but that's true. You have to visit another place to visit. It called hill safari. You can go on a Safari with there. It is a lodge and there are 4 km from Ohiya to it. In evening you can see only mist.
To travel to Bambarakanda falls from Ohiya is not easy. Because that way is some what damaged. But when you go there in this way definitely you cant believe your eyes. Before travel that way first you should find four wheel vehicle. Near the Bambarakanda falls there is another fall. It's also beautiful

Bambarakanda Ella pours like as if light has been liquefied and its barrier has been left loose to outflow. The fall is only four miles distant from the Colombo-Bandarawela route that passes in the form of a clear tract of road from the midsection of forest. Being a wet seasonal waterfall the Bambarakanda accelerates in gratifying speed mostly during the monsoon months of September to March. It is truly spectacular sight to see the Bambarakanda break into an overwhelming waterspout in these months. This waterfall is even taller than the famous Diyaluma falls which in itself is 559 feet in height.
Though minor, the road that leads to Sri Lanka’s Bambarakanda is via Haputale and Kalupahana. The latter is 22 km from Balangoda or 32 km from Wellawaya. Further 3km from Kalupahana along a narrow stretch through Weerakoongama you can reach the famous gorgeous waterfall. The most striking feature of the picturesque fall is the pattern of the entire watercourse swaying to and fro because of the strong winds blowing across it.

The white flow amidst wilderness is a sight worth watching. Bambarakanda Ella of Sri Lanka is a kind of natural beauty that touches our inner eye and flashes in our minds for a long period of time. This stream of water is a gem embedded by Nature in Sri Lanka for people to enjoy its aesthetic beauty.