St Clair's Falls cascading through tea estates near Talawakelle, Sri Lanka
MAHA ELLA UPPER FALLPhoto by Heshan Weeramanthri on UnsplashRoadside on the A7, Talawakelle

WATERFALL

Two Cascades on the Kotmale Oya

St Clair's Falls · Hill Country

Visit

30 min

Best

Year-round

Region

Hill Country

Sri Lanka's 20th-tallest waterfall, viewable from a signed roadside platform on the A7 between Hatton and Nuwara Eliya — no hike required.

A pair of waterfalls on the Kotmale Oya — a tributary of the Mahaweli — where the river drops over three rock outcrops through a working tea estate near Talawakelle. The upper fall, Maha Ella, is 80 metres tall and 50 metres wide; the lower, Kuda Ella, drops 50 metres immediately downstream.

30 minYear-round
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