Ella Trip Overview
Surrounding countryside is a traveler’s paradise, a place gifted with natural beauty, filled with historical sites and spiced with Legendary Ravana stories. Why not add some quality days to your life from this heaven. Visit Ella which is a famous mountain village & a paradise of hills with stunning views. The view of Ella gap is the main attraction which can be best witnessed from the top of Ella Rock or Little Adams peak. This easygoing walk through tea plantations to temples, waterfalls and viewpoints will tell you all about the natural beauty of Ella. During your two days, you will get the experience of Ella gap form the top of both Ella rock and Little Adams peak & visit Demodara loop and Nine Arch Bridge,Rawana water falls,diyaluma watere falls,liptans seat ,tea factory one of the iconic bridges in Sri Lanka.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Ella, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
Explore Ella Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Ella, Uva Province, Sri Lanka
Surrounding countryside is a traveler’s paradise, a place gifted with natural beauty, filled with historical sites and spiced with Legendary Ravana stories. Why not add some quality days to your life from this heaven. Visit Ella which is a famous mountain village & a paradise of hills with stunning views. The view of Ella gap is the main attraction which can be best witnessed from the top of Ella Rock or Little Adams peak. This easygoing walk through tea plantations to temples, waterfalls and viewpoints will tell you all about the natural beauty of Ella. During your two days, you will get the experience of Ella gap form the top of both Ella rock and Little Adams peak & visit Demodara loop and Nine Arch Bridge,Rawana water falls,diyaluma watere falls,liptans seat ,tea factory one of the iconic bridges in Sri Lanka.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Colombo International Airport or Aney place in sri lanka to ella or we are stating point of ella,sri lanka
Stop At: Mini Adams Peak, Ella Sri Lanka
We recommend this as a must do in Ella with full ratings; you would absolutely love the experience.It is 1141 m in height and from the entrance it takes up to 30-45 min for the hike. Views from the summit are incredible. 360 degrees panoramic views with clouds rolling in, is a treat to watch for any traveler.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Nine Arches Bridge, Ella Sri Lanka
The Nine Arch Bridge (Sinhala: ආරුක්කු නමයේ පාලම,) also called the Bridge in the Sky,is a viaduct bridge in Sri Lanka. It is one of the best examples of colonial-era railway construction in the country. The construction of the bridge is generally attributed to a local Ceylonese builder, P. K. Appuhami, in consultation with British engineers.The chief designer and project manager of the ‘upcountry railway line of Ceylon’ project was D. J. Wimalasurendra, a distinguished Ceylonese engineer and inventor. The designer of the viaduct was Harold Cuthbert Marwood of Railway Construction Department of Ceylon Government Railway. The 1923 report titled “Construction of a Concrete Railway Viaduct in Ceylon” published by the Engineering Association of Ceylon has details of all the records including the plans and drawings.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Demodara Loop, Demodara, Ella 90090 Sri Lanka
The need for its construction was to transport the production in tea estates in the Uva region down to Colombo.
A broad gauge line was being constructed and the engineers and surveyors found that elevation of hills apart at Demodara was too much for the track to negotiate from one side to another. With maximum inclination allowed in the CGR (Ceylon Government Railway as the department was known) being one foot per 44 feet (1/44) an innovative track design had to be devised.
According to folklore, when the engineers were wondering how they could proceed beyond Demodara, a farmer had suggested to them to build the track similar to the way his turban had been tied. This suggestion had got them thinking and of course, whether they actually followed his advice is not known. However, they cracked open the problem and the final design enabled them to take the track to a higher elevation as required for it to reach the height to the point where it could ascend to the central hills.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight stay a 3 stair hotel ella,sri lanka
Day 2: Ella to beragala
Stop At: Ella Rock, Ella Main Street NECS-Nature Exploration and Conservation Society Sri Lanka, Ella 90090 Sri Lanka
If you love living green, then Ella is obviously a place to visit. Ella Rock is one of the place which proves it.
Trekkers would love the place. It’s bit tiring to do the hiking. But it is definitely worth it. Once you got to the summit you will realize why we said so. The panoramic views it provides with mist and cloud covering the area, especially in the early mornings and the late evenings are something you should witness and that would suffice enough to say that you visited Ella.
Total time for climbing up and down is 4 hours. Yes, sounds like a long journey. But the way up there is with full of diversity. If you are starting form Ella train station, you would enjoy the rail walk, and soon as you started climbing up, you will be passing a waterfall, the rubber tree forest and tea plantations.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Rawana Falls, Wellawaya-Ella-Kumbalwela Hwy, Ella 90090 Sri Lanka
This waterfall measures approximately 25 m (82 ft) in height and cascades from an oval-shaped concave rock outcrop. During the local wet season, the waterfall turns into what is said to resemble an areca flower with withering petals. But this is not the case in the dry season, where the flow of water reduces dramatically. The falls form part of the Ravana Ella Wildlife Sanctuary, and is located 6 km (3.7 mi) away from the local railway station at Ella.The falls have been named after the legendary king Ravana, which is connected to the famous Indian epic, the Ramayana. According to legend, it is said that Ravana (who was the king of Sri Lanka at the time) had kidnapped princess Sita, and had hidden her in the caves behind this waterfall, now simply known as the Ravana Ella Cave. The reason for the kidnapping is said to be a revenge for slicing off the nose of his sister by Rama (husband of Sita) and his brother Laxmana. At the time, the cave was surrounded with thick forests in the mids
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Diyaluma Falls, Colombo – Batticaloa Hwy, Koslanda 90190 Sri Lanka
Diyaluma Falls is 220 m (720 ft) high and the second highest waterfall in Sri Lanka and 361st highest waterfall in the world.It is situated 6 km (3.7 mi) away from Koslanda in Badulla District on Colombo-Badulla highway. The Falls are formed by Punagala Oya, a tributary of Kuda Oya which in turn, is a tributary of Kirindi Oya.Contents In Sinhalese, Diyaluma or Diya Haluma means “rapid flow of water” or may be translated as “liquid light”. According to Sri Lankan historian, Dr. R. L. Brohier, Diyaluma is the setting of the folklore about a tragedy involving a young chieftain who had been banished to the highlands and the attempt by his betrothed to join. As all the passes were guarded the young man let down a rope of twisted creepers over the escarpment, as she was hauled up she was dashed against the rocks and died. The Gods, moved to pity by the harrowing spectacle, caused a stream of water to gush from the mountain and veil all evidence of the tragedy in a watery light,
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Lipton’s Seat, Haputale 90160 Sri Lanka
On good weather conditions, you will witness some incredible panoramic views you would ever find in the hill-country. Plan your visit to the place bit early as it may be cloudy already from 10 am on.
Once you get to the summit of Lipton’s Seat, you will have a bird’s eye view of the Uva, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Eastern provinces in the perspective of Thomas Lipton himself. To say the view is spectacular would be an understatement. The climb is worth it just for this.
On a clear day, you should be able to spot the Handapanagala Lake, the Chandrika Lake and the Udawalawe Lake as well as the Wedihiti Kanda mountain range and, if you’re lucky, the Hambantota port. Yes. The same one located all the way down south. It’s pretty surreal.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Dambatenne Tea Factory, Haputale-Dambethanna Rd, Haputale 90160 Sri Lanka
Tea Tour
Factory offers a tea tour for the price of $1.77 (LKR250). Opening hours are not specifically said, but tours normal operate 9 – 5pm, don’t make it too late.
In tours, they demonstrations of the full process of tea making, from fermentation through to grading, with the difference lying in how engaging the guide makes the material. And No photos are permitted during some parts of the tour.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight stay a 3 stair hotel in ella or haputhale,sri lanka
Day 3: after breakfast at hotel we are departure. aney place in sri lanka
Pass By: Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
after breakfast at hotel we are departure .if you wonted arrange a taxi for you.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
