Waterfalls
Sri Lanka's best waterfalls: Bambarakanda (the tallest), Diyaluma's pools, Ravana Falls and the highland cascades of Nuwara Eliya and Hatton. 121 waterfalls are listed here, each with its season and how to reach it. Water levels swing a lot with recent rain, always check current conditions locally before swimming or climbing near any waterfall.
From roadside cascades to the island's tallest drop, chasing water through the highlands.
Featured falls
All waterfalls
4.8
Aberdeen Waterfall
4.8
Bomburu Ella Waterfall
4.8
Upper Diyaluma Waterfall
4.8
Kolapathana Waterfall
4.8
Lanka Ella - Waterfall
4.8
Gerandigini Ella View Point
4.8
Peessagama Waterfall | Pessagama Ella
4.8
Bomburella Waterfall
4.8
Kekuna Ella Falls - Lankagama
4.8
Ethiniwala waterfall | ඇතිනිවල ඇල්ල
4.8
Adam's Peak Falls and Gartmore Falls View Point
4.8
Top of Lakshapana waterfall
4.8
Udakanugala Waterfall
4.8
Rathna Falls
4.8
Katugashinna Waterfall (කටුගස්හින්න දිය ඇල්ල)
4.8
Malalpola Kitul Ella Falls
4.7
Laxapana Falls
4.7
Gartmore Falls
4.7
Baker's Falls
4.7
Dansinan Falls
4.7
Duwili Ella Waterfall
4.7
Nalagana Falls
4.7
Saree Ella Waterfall
4.7
Kirindi Ella Waterfall
4.7
Pallewela Waterfall
4.7
Galboda Waterfall
4.7
Dehena Waterfall
4.7
Dunhinda Falls View Point
4.7
Galboda Falls
4.7
Mapalana Ella Falls
4.7
Minee Ella
4.7
Kadiyallena Waterfall
4.7
Alupola Ella - අලුපොල ඇල්ල
4.7
Lower Ramboda Falls | පහල රම්බොඩ ඇල්ල
4.7
Duwili Ella Waterfall - Kudawa
4.7
Moray Falls | මොරේ ඇල්ල
4.7
Kotaganga Ella Falls
4.7
Manna Kathi Ella
4.7
The Secret Falls
4.7
Visari waterfalls
4.7
Geradi ella Waterfall(ගැරඬි ඇල්ල)
4.7
Kasimani Waterfalls
4.7
Malalpola Ella Waterfall
4.7
Budumaloka Waterfall
4.6
Diyaluma Falls
4.6
Ravana waterfall
4.6
Ramboda Falls
4.6
Bopath Falls
4.6
Bambarakiri Ella
4.6
Lover's Leap Waterfall
4.6
Makeli Ella Waterfall
4.6
Devon Falls
4.6
Nanu Oya Water Falls, Nanu Oya
4.6
Olu Ella Falls | ඕලු ඇල්ල
4.6
Polgampola Waterfall (Thambadola Ella)
4.6
Surathali Ella
4.6
Kombukara Waterfall
4.6
Center Ramboda Falls | මැද රම්බොඩ ඇල්ල
4.6
Puna Ella Falls
4.6
Jodu Ella Water Falls
4.6
Ravan Ella Waterfall
4.6
Sapugahadola Ella Falls. සපුගහ දොල දියඇල්ල
4.6
Kaak Ella waterfall {කාක් ඇල්ල }
4.6
Lakshapana Falls View Point
4.6
Galdola Ella Falls | ගල්දොල ඇල්ල
4.6
Kurundu Oya Ella Falls | කුරුඳු ඔය ඇල්ල
4.6
Aradunu Falls
4.6
Sudugala Falls
4.6
Manella Water Falls
4.6
Nidangoda waterfall (Galapitayaya estate)
4.6
Wewahena Waterfall
4.6
Aangiriya waterfall
4.6
Ellewala Waterfall (Meddekanda)
4.6
Galapaula waterfalls ගලපාවුල ඇල්ල
4.5
Hunasgeriya waterfall
4.5
Andahelena Ella -Waterfall
4.5
Asupini Ella Falls
4.5
Dunumala Waterfall
4.5
Goraka Ella
4.5
Malamura waterfall
4.5
Rukmal Ella Falls
4.5
Kosgahadola Falls
4.5
Devathurai Ella Falls
4.5
Hunasfalls Waterfall
4.5
Hewainna Waterfall
4.5
Gerandi Ella Falls
4.5
Pareiyan Ella Falls | පරෙයියන් ඇල්ල
4.5
Glassaugh Falls
4.5
Kiruwana Ella Waterfall
4.5
Eli Hatha Falls in Maliboda | මාලිබොඩ ඇලි හත
4.5
Katu Kithul Ella Falls
4.5
Adawala waterfall (ආඳාවල)
4.4
Kumari Ella
4.4
Rajanawa Waterfall
4.4
Pidaligannawela Waterfall
4.4
Dehiella Waterfall
4.4
Upper elgin falls ඉහල ඇල්ජින් ඇල්ල
4.3
Bambarakanda Falls
4.3
Kuda Ravana Ella waterfall
4.3
Bopagama Ella
4.3
Kital Ella Waterfall
4.3
Dunumala Ella Waterfall
4.3
Udagama Waterfall (Andawal Dola)
4.3
Thudugala waterfall
4.3
Kumari falls Bath place
4.2
Haldummulla Ella Waterfall
4.2
Small rawana waterfall
4.2
Dambora Waterfall
4.2
Rathna ella
4.2
Mini waterfalls
4.2
Dummala Ella Falls
4.1
Ravana Falls
4.1
Ellatota Ella Waterfall
4.1
Wadakada Ella Falls - වදාකඩ ඇල්ල
4.1
Nilmini waterfall
4.0
Mount Vernon Waterfall
3.7
Leeniyagolla Ella
3.7
Kinigama falls
3.3
HopSee Waterfall
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When to go
The north-east monsoon feeds the highland catchments, falls run fullest and most dramatic in the months after it.
Lower water volume but calmer, clearer swimming pools at the base, and safer footing on the rocks.
Water levels swing a lot with recent rain, always check current conditions locally before swimming or climbing near any waterfall.
Pick your region
The big three sit on one corridor: Ravana Falls by the Ella to Wellawaya road, Diyaluma near Koslanda, and Bambarakanda outside Kalupahana.
Ramboda Falls tumbles right beside the A5, with Lover's Leap a short detour into town, both easy stops while touring tea country.
A dense cluster feeding the hydro reservoirs, Aberdeen, Laxapana and Gartmore among them, in the hills above the Adam's Peak trailheads.
Lower, warmer and jungle-fringed, Bopath Falls' distinctive leaf-shaped drop is the classic day trip from Colombo.
By height
Diyaluma's string of natural infinity pools sits at the very top of the drop, stunning, but the approach and edges demand real care.
Beyond the viewpoint