Ella Sight Seeing Tours

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Itinerary
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Stop At: Ella Rock, Ella Main Street NECS-Nature Exploration and Conservation Society Sri Lanka, Ella 90090 Sri Lanka

Beautiful viwes

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Little Adam's Peak, Passara Road, Ella 90090 Sri Lanka

Don’t defiance the beautiful tourism site in Sri Lanka, Little Adams Peak whether considering the word ‘Little’,it is named after the sacred Adams Peak (Sri Pada –where the foot print of Lord Buddha is preserved) regarding the similarity between the two mountains. Therefore the mountain was called as Little Adams Peak.

“Punchi Sri Pada” is another name for this peak. It is 1141 m in height. Little Adam’s Peak attracts many travelers who come to Sri Lanka. Gradually with an easy hike up to the mountain of Little Adams Peak you can consummation a worth panoramic view. You have to walk through lush green tea plantations, waterfalls and paddy fields while enjoying the sceneries.

It will be priceless if you could visit the place in the morning when the clouds roll in. Further places like Little Adams Peak deliberates ‘How far Sri Lanka is worth and rich with beautiful natural destinations of Sri Lankan tourism’. It will feel like a neck exercise for the visitors as you have to rotate your body to seek the views outstanding for 360 degrees

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Diyaluma Falls, Colombo - Batticaloa Hwy, Koslanda 90190 Sri Lanka

Swimming and views at the 2nd highest waterfall in Sri Lanka

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Buduruwagala Temple, Wellawaya Town, Wellawaya 91200 Sri Lanka

Seven beautiful 1,000-year-old rock-cut Buddhist statues.
Buduruwagala is a rock temple dating back to the ninth or 10th century. It consists of seven ancient Buddhist figures carved into the face of a large cliff. The largest measures 51 feet high, making it the tallest Buddha statue in Sri Lanka.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Rawana Falls, Wellawaya-Ella-Kumbalwela Hwy, Ella 90090 Sri Lanka

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 midst of wilderness. It is also believed that Rama’s queen bathed in a pool that accumulated the water falling from this waterfall. They believed that Ravana has played the Ravanahatha over here.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Nine Arches Bridge, Ella Sri Lanka

The Nine Arch Bridge (Sinhala: ආරුක්කු නමයේ පාලම,) also called the Bridge in the Sky,[3] is a viaduct bridge in Sri Lanka. It is one of the best examples of colonial-era railway construction in the country.[4] The construction of the bridge is generally attributed to a local Ceylonese builder, P. K. Appuhami, in consultation with British engineers.[5][6] 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: Ravana's Cave, Wellawaya road Nature Exploration and conservation Society ,#37/2,kekunahena,opatha,Galle, Ella 90090 Sri Lanka

According to the story, Ravana forcefully abducted Sita, protagonist Rama’s wife, and held her in custody in Sri Lanka. It is a quintessential story of the battle of good vs. evil.

In spite of that, Ravana is not your quintessential villain. He is neither black nor white, but grey. This demon king was arguably a man of more talents than his nemesis Rama. The epic also describes him as a great devotee of Lord Shiva, one of Hinduism’s foremost gods, and as a master of many arts. He is also said to have presided over an advanced Lankan civilisation which had great scientific achievements. One of them was the ‘Pushpak-vimana‘, a flying vessel used by this king himself. Ravana’s kingdom was believed to be the envy of the rest of the world during those times ‒ or so the Hindu epic states.

Ella is where the lines between the myth and reality of this story get blurred. According to Dr. Sooriya Gunasekara, there was a network of tunnels in Sri Lanka during Ravana’s time. Not just that, he also asserts that, as per ancient folklore, there is a belief that King Ravana will rise again in Sri Lanka.

Whether or not this is true (or possible), there is no doubt that it would be fascinating to visit any place that shares a link to a glorious myth, or history, as some call it.

The good news is that it is actually possible to find places referred to by the Ramayana in Sri Lanka ‒ and Ella probably has the strongest association with Ravana. It is home to the Ravana waterfalls, Ravana caves, and also to the temple where Rama is claimed to have freed Sita from the clutches of the demon king.

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Demodara, Demodara, Uva Province

Demodara railway station is the third last station on the Main Line, and is 277.71 km (172.56 mi) away from Colombo. It is located 912.5 m (2,994 ft) above mean sea level and 8 km (5.0 mi) from Badulla, the capital city of Uva Province. All the trains that run on the Main Line, including the Podi Menike and Udarata Menike express trains stop at the station.

Demodara
Location
Sri Lanka
Coordinates
6.9028736°N 81.0629186°E
Operated by
Sri Lanka Railways
Line(s)
Main line
Distance
292.3 km (181.6 mi) from Colombo
Platforms
1 side platform
Other information
Station code
DDR
History
Opened
5 February 1923
The station is most notable for its spiral rail line at this location, popularly known as the 'Demodara Loop'. The rail line passes under itself, going around the loop and emerging from a tunnel, which runs directly beneath the Demodara railway station. The rail loop is approximately 900 metres (3,000 ft) long and the tunnel is 320 m (1,050 ft) in length. It is considered the only loop in the world with a railway station situated exactly over a tunnel at spiral loop.[1][2] During the construction of the rail extension to Badulla the engineers and surveyors found that elevation between the hills at Demodara was too much for the track to negotiate, with the maximum inclination allowed by the Ceylon Government Railway being one foot per 44 feet (1/44), an innovative track design had to be devised. Local folklore has it that one of the engineers, Devapura Jayasena Wimalasurendra, was inspired after observing a Kankany (supervisor) in a local tea estate undo his Talappawa (turban) and re-tie it around his head.