Waterfall Trekking In Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, in comparison to its size, has perhaps the largest number of waterfalls of any country in the world. Indeed, there are close to 500 recorded waterfalls in Sri Lanka. Lanka Council on Waterfalls was the first organization to put an consolidated effort to develop an complete list of waterfalls of Sri Lanka. They created an database of 382 waterfalls in the country. Sri Lanka has about 200 falls of more than 10 metres height, most of them are situated in the highlands. The reason for the huge number of waterfalls is the geological formation of the hill country. It consists of a sequence of plateaus. Streams leaving such plateaus will, crossing the plateau’s edge, pour quickly to lower altitudes, often in rapids or sometimes falling down rock surfaces vertically, thus forming a waterfall.