Ravana Ella Waterfall

Being one of the widest known with a reckless reputation of being wild, the Ravana falls also is an important location narrated in the famous Indian epic, the Ramayana. Situated in the Dry zone off Welimada, the falls is a tourist hotspot as well as a water source to the villagers who cultivates the surrounding mountain. The cave behind the Ravana falls, aptly named Ravana falls cave, is said to be the place where king Ravana held the kidnapped Sita captive. TheRavana falls is not a competitor for the tallest title at 25 meters in height, but sure has its unique charm of being wild. It is located 6 kilometes away from the famous Ella railway station. The fall is fed by a tributary of River Kirindi and is visible from the Ella-Wellawaya road.