Height : | 10 meters |
District : | Matale |
Previously known as ‘Kandara’ 10m high Hal Kadura Ella Falls flows along mountains and gorges finally to fall from a ridge, which give rise to its name. Situated in Matale Distric, Ratota D.S area the Water Falls’s catchments area is the eastern slope of the Hunnasgirriya Mountain and nearest town is Ukuwela.
These days the water of the fall is utilized to irrigate the fields of the Hapuvida Village. Some village believes that the small brooks springing from Kandenuwara; Kabaragala & Watagoda making an agrarian industry formed the waterfall. The water after irrigating the fields flows to the Sudu River or the White River.
It flows to the Bowatenne Reservoir, along the Yoda Canal to Kalaweva Reservoir respectively from where fields of Raja Rata (Kings country) are sustained. During the colonial era, there had been a power project harnessing the Water Falls. A case in point is the Ambalawatte Estate Tea Factory powered by this project. A traditional village industry called ‘Laaksha’ is found in the village of Pallehapuvida.
The route to the Water Falls is Pallehapuvida – Ukuwelatownvillage. Get down at Leleambe Junction, on the Matale Ukuwela Road, and walk for a distance of about 2km to the Pallehapuvida, which ends up in the vicinity of the fall. The 10km route is not difficult to pass through and leads up to the fall itself, situated at the end of the above village.
References
- Lanka Council On Waterfalls. (n.d.). Lanka Council On Waterfalls. http://www.srilankanwaterfalls.net/
Also See
- Waterfalls of Sri Lanka
- Other Places of Interest Within Close Proximity
Map of Hal Kadura Ella Falls
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Travel Directions to Hal Kadura Ella Falls
Route from Nuwara Eliya to Hal Kadura Ella Falls |
Through : Udapusellawa Road – Distance : 3.5 km Travel time : 10 minutes Driving directions : see on google map |