Ramboda Falls
A 109 metre waterfall at the Ramboda Pass on the A5 road between Kandy and Nuwara Eliya. It is formed by the Panna Oya, a tributary of the Kothmale Oya, and falls from about 945 metres above sea level through tea country.
- Where
- Ramboda, Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 7.0670, 80.7000
Get the Ramboda Falls stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ramboda Falls. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Central Province volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ramboda Falls
Victoria Park 13 km
A public park in the middle of Nuwara Eliya, next to the town's old post office. Its lawns, flower beds and stream are typical of the hill town the British built as a cool retreat, and it is a quiet place to watch birds.
St. Clair's Falls 14 km
One of the widest waterfalls in Sri Lanka, falling in broad tiers through the tea estates near Talawakele. Its width has earned it the nickname the Little Niagara of Sri Lanka.
Hakgala Botanical Garden 18 km
The second largest of Sri Lanka's five botanical gardens, laid out on the slopes below Hakgala rock outside Nuwara Eliya. Its cool terraces are planted with roses and temperate flowers, and its edge runs straight into the Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve.
Ceylon Tea Museum 24 km
A museum of tea in the old Hanthana Tea Factory, built in 1925, about 3 km south of Kandy. Its floors hold the machines that once rolled and dried the leaf, and the top floor has a tea room looking out over the hills.
Lankatilaka Vihara 24 km
A Buddhist temple with Hindu shrines built into it, set on a rock in Udunuwara a few kilometres from Gadaladeniya. It is considered the finest building of the Gampola era, and its tall white image house still rises over the surrounding paddy fields.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya 25 km
Botanic gardens about 5.5 km west of Kandy, by the Mahaweli River, holding more than 4000 species of plants. They are best known for their orchid house, and also grow spices, medicinal plants and long avenues of palms, with the National Herbarium attached.
Kandy Lake 26 km
An artificial lake in the heart of Kandy, built in 1807 by King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe beside the Temple of the Tooth. Locals call it Kiri Muhuda, the Sea of Milk; fishing is banned, and a shaded path runs around its edge.
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic 26 km
A Buddhist temple in the royal palace complex of the old Kandyan kingdom, home to the relic of the Buddha's tooth. The relic was long held by Sinhalese kings, and the temple is a World Heritage Site because of it; each year it is paraded through Kandy in the Esala Perahera.
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Questions
Where is Ramboda Falls?
Ramboda Falls is in Ramboda, Central Province, Sri Lanka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Victoria Park (13 km), St. Clair's Falls (14 km), Hakgala Botanical Garden (18 km).
How do I get the Ramboda Falls stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ramboda Falls and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Central Province volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ramboda Falls before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Central Province volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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