Waterfall Tour Day 1 Cont

After lunch and a short drive, I started climbing steps and more steps, (with a local guide to show the way), we went past village houses high on the hill and reached the Sampath Ella (2nd picture)(singhalese for waterfall). This fall drops in different sections from the top of the mountain, I was about half way up, and in the monsoon season the lower fall in the picture covers the whole of the rocks. Then the local guide suggested another waterfall close by. We went by trishaw as far as possible and then walked until the track ended. Scrambling down a steep mountain side, with no steps and only branches to steady me, I reached the Mannaketiye Ella, (3rd pictre) this water continues down the mountain through rocks that look as if it was a man made canal, I would have loved to explore further but rock climbing in not my forte and I had the steep climb back to the top of the track.