So our train ride was over and we were in Diyatalawa after dark greeted by a friend of a friend (standard). Instantly it was noticeable that the temp had dropped nearly ten degrees in the mountains. After a few beers with dinner we were placed in our accom for the next couple of days ready to sleep off the train ride and be on our feet... a lot.
Day 10 (Monday 4th)
This morning we first journeyed off through the endless tea fields winding our way higher and higher until we reached Lipton's Seat lookout. A massive 2km above sea level this place offered close to 360 degree views of Sri Lanka, namely, the extensive tea plantations that flood the hills.
We took a pic with the man himself, Sir Thomas Lipton and had a cuppa with a pretty darn good backdrop. A monkey nearly jumped into our tuk-tuk and took our backpack whilst we were having a feed, so it was back down and up and down and up the winding mountains to visit stacks of waterfalls.
The first waterfall we visited was the tallest one in Sri Lanka with a sheer 260 metre drop, Bambarakanda Falls. From there it was a 2km trek to Lanka Ella Falls. This was a tiny, overgrown, ill-defined track that began in the forest and opened on to the side of a mountain winding down into the water. I would be surprised if more than 10 people were on this track each day, it was so untouched. Next was Diyaluma Falls and our tuk-tuk driver certainly challenged us to climb as high as we could to the top. Finally after winding through half the country side we finished at Rawana Ella Falls in the late afternoon. Pretty epic but challenging for a girl with a bung knee to climb, I happily watched Dav and our driver climb higher as beneath them locals were bathing in the chilly shallow waters. 
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| Note: the tea fields surrounding Lipton's Seat are Rainforest Alliance Certified and had the nicest quotations (like this one) scattered throughout. |
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