Mountains, Geo Plains, Dashing Water Falls, National parks, Sea, Beaches Rocks,
Paddy fields, Tea Gardens, Rain Forests, Rivers, Landscapes, Streams all are beautiful. The Sri Lankan nature's beauty blends in it's wild life of elephants, birds, animals, flowers and wide verity of trees.
Wonderful beaches, marvellous mountains, lush green forests, exciting wildlife, spectacular cities or ancient history, whatever you are looking for, Sri Lanka is the only unique holiday destination that offers all the above excitements within a very short reach and in different climates. Sri Lanka , the magnificent island of paradise, is on the Indian Ocean south of India and is widely known as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean, owing to the inexplicable beauty and majesty, which Sri Lanka is fraught with.
Waterfalls
The mountains of Sri Lanka abound with waterfalls of exquisite beauty. Numbering more than hundred and many of them are virtually unknown, hidden away in forest or approached by steps and remote tea plantation tracks. In fact for its size Sri Lanka has recorded water falls than another country.Sri Lankas numerous revers, fed by two half yearly monsoons, with topography of high and steeply scarped peneplains, and rever beds of hard erosion-resistant metamorphic rock, all provide ideal ingredient for the formation of waterfalls.
Saint Clairs Waterfall
The collective gallant Saint Claire Waterfall is near to the main road from Avissawella to Nuwara-Eliya and is visible
enough from the A-7 road and Main Line rail track close to Talawakelle. In the words of H. W. Cave, ‘After passing Kotagala the loveliness of the scenery increases until it reaches its climax as the remarkable beauty of St. Clair’s Falls unfolds itself just before we reach Talawakelle. The passenger who alights at Talawakelle should not fail to visit these falls.’
It is a fascinating and tempting sight for anyone who would want to take a bath in the cool water of St. Claire falls. The place is well reachable from a declivitous through a green hued tea plantation ground. The falls are named after a British colonist. Saint Claire is however endangered by a purported hydro-power scheme in the location.
Ravana Ella( Ravana Falls)
It is on the Ella Wellawaya road and visible from the main road.
Although the main drop is 30 ft in height, its a wide fall and the
water rushes over several steps adding to its beauty.
Ravana falls is closely linked in legend with the great epic
of the east.Ramayanaya.It name is from Ravana, The powerful
demon king who once ruled SriLanka.The cave hidden behind
the fall is s
till believed by many to be one of the places where
he hid the beautiful princess, Sita, after her abduction from India.
Climate & Weather of Sri Lanka
Due to its proximity to equator Sri Lanka has typically tropical climate. There are no marked seasons. The weather in plains and the coastal areas is hot and humid with an average mean temperature of 27° C. Relative Humidity varies from 70% during the day to 90% at night. The cooling sea breeze moderates the temperature. The hills are cool and pleasant with an average mean temperature of around 20° C.
Sri Lanka is blessed with abundant rainfall. The south-west monsoon brings rain mainly from May to July to the western, southern and central regions of the island, while the north-east monsoon causes rains in the northern and eastern regions in December and January.
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