Nature

Waterfalls

Several hundred of them, and a handful worth planning around.

Ravana, Diyaluma, Bambarakanda, Baker's Falls and Sekumpura between them cover the hill country's best. Several have pools you can swim in; some are dangerous after rain and we will say so.

Where

Best places for this

Uva highlands

Ella

A gap in the hills with waterfalls below it — the part of the trip most people slow down for.

Tea country

Nuwara Eliya

Colonial hill station at 1,900m — tea estates, cool air and a certain amount of mock Tudor.

Central highlands

Horton Plains National Park

Sri Lanka's highest plateau, and a cliff that drops 870 metres without warning.

Kelani Valley

Kitulgala

White water on the Kelani, and the river where The Bridge on the River Kwai was filmed.

Journeys

Trips featuring this experience

11 days / 10 nightsClassic

Experience the Magic of Sri Lanka

Eleven days from the Cultural Triangle to the south coast

14 days / 13 nightsClassic

Grand Tour of Sri Lanka

Coast, culture, highlands and safari in one loop

14 days / 13 nightsClassic

Sri Lanka in Two Weeks — Winter

The full island, timed for the northern winter