Ravana Ella Falls

Although only 9 metres high, the Ravana Ella Falls are nevertheless visually appealing. The stream that feeds it, which is a tributary of the Kirindi Oya, plunges over a series of ledges into the valley close to a bend in the A2 between Ella and Wellawaya. Whereas the rock beds of most waterfalls in Sri Lanka consist of gneiss or granite, here it is khondalite, a kind of limestone, which undergoes erosion faster. As a result there are caves near the fall, in one of which is said to have lived Ravana of the Ramayana.

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