Mahaulpatha Farmhouse
Places to visit
LOCATION
The farm is on your right as you go from Bandarawela Railway station along Poonagala Road (B42). The “B” division entrance is between the 4th & 5th Km posts and the farmhouse is approximately a kilometer from the gate.
Bogoda wooden bridge
The Bogoda bridge is thought to be one of the oldest roofed wooden bridges still standing in the world. Built entirely out of wood in the 16th century, it provided shelter to pilgrims journeying to Mahanuwara from Badulla. There is a secret tunnel connecting the nearby Bogoda Rajamaha Viharaya to the Dova Rahamaha Viharaya that is said to have been used as an escape route by King Valagamba when the country was being invaded.
Nine Arch Bridge
The Nine Arch Bridge (Sinhala: ආරුක්කු නමයේ පාලම,) also called the Bridge in the Sky, is a viaduct bridge in Sri Lanka. The bridge was constructed by P. K. Appuhami Construction Co. The chief designer and project manager of the ‘upcountry railway line of Ceylon’ project was D. J. Wimalasurendra, also a Sri Lankan engineer and inventor.
It is located in Demodara, between Ella and Demodara railway stations.
Ravana cave
According to the Ramayanaya, Ravana was a powerful tyrant who kidnapped Rama’s wife, Sita, and imprisoned her in these caves to claim vengeance on Rama and his brother Lakshmana for cutting off his sister’s nose. However according to Sri Lankan legend, Ravana was a devout follower of the god Shiva, a great scholar, a noble ruler and a maestro of aveena known as the ravanhattha(an ancient bowed, stringed intsrument). Some believe the Ramyanaya is a semi-fiction woven around a real king who ruled Sri Lanka from 2554 to 2517 BC. It is said that under Ravana’s rule Lanka saw great advancements in medicine and science, the pushpaka vimana or the aeroplane he flew being one of his great achievements. To this day there also exits 7 books on ayurveda in his name.
Ravana Falls
This waterfall measures approximately 25 m (82ft) in height and cascades from an oval-shaped concave rock outcrop. During the local wet season, the waterfall turns into what is said to resemble an areca flower with withering petals.
But this is not the case in the dry season, where the flow of water reduces dramatically. The falls form part of the Ravana Falls Wildlife Sanctuary, and is located 6 km (3.7 mi) away from the local railway station at Ella.
