Diyaluma Falls

While Ravana Falls is celebrated for its easy roadside accessibility, Diyaluma Falls is adored for its raw adventure, hidden paths, and spectacular high-altitude topography. Rising to a staggering height of 220 meters (722 feet), Diyaluma is the second-highest waterfall in Sri Lanka.

It stands as a majestic curtain of water that plunges down a sheer, unbroken cliff face before crashing into the plains below. The true allure of Diyaluma lies not at the roadside viewing bridge at the bottom, but at its remote upper escarpment, accessible via a rugged trek through the rural hillsides of Koslanda.

The trail to the top takes hikers through tall Mana grasslands and shaded rubber plantations, eventually emerging onto the smooth bedrock where the river flows toward the drop. Here, the river has carved a spectacular series of natural, crystalline infinity pools directly into the granite riverbed over thousands of years.