When you start to travel Badulu Bandarawela road you can see lots of beautiful scenes. We decided to go to the dunhida falls. In srilanka, ‘dunhida’ name used for the many falls. But this is the Most popular ‘Dunhida’ fall. It’s situated at Badulu Mahiyangana road.
A big name board said us we arrive the destination. ‘Dunhida Ella’. There are many small shops around the entrance. ‘Soranathota pradeshiya Sabha’ handle the entrance. We take tickets for us. When we take our first step we can see many many stalls. There are toys, statues, drinks etc.
“Come and have belimal with hakuru…”
They
shout when they see travelers. We walk between the stalls in to the jungle.There are steps and bridges to make your hike easy.
“Have long distance to go…” A traveler says. He is coming back from the fall.
“Ammo…” I said myself.
So we walk, walk and walk. Tallest trees cover the sun. Because of them sun don’t bother us. When we pass a small stall a dog join with us. Its show us road to the dunhida fall without payment. Without ask nothing.
After more than fifteen minutes we hear the sound of Dunhida falls down. We give our leg to more power. Then I see that beautiful scenery through the trees.
“Wow.. It’s beautiful..”
I mumble to myself.
But this is not end of our journey. We have to go further to watching area.
“Let’s go soon..” I say my team.
Finally after few kilometers we see a stage made by woods. When we step on the stage, beautiful dunhida bride in front of our eyes. It’s coming as a small stream and then fall down from the rock. There are two stalls on the stage. They sell cool drinks, and foods. Monkeys look at the stall from their sharp eyes.
“If we miss for a while these monkeys stole food from the stalls…”
Owner said.
I look at the dunhida. It falls to the big pool and run to the down.
“This is not rainy season. So no more water…” an owner said again. “When rainy time ella spread over that rock wall.. Water drop hit our faces too.. Pool become bigger and that small rocks stay in underwater..”
He finger tips showed us small rocks sat in the water.
When he explains I imagine that beautiful scene.
Dunhinda fall started from badulu oya. This is 64 metres (210 ft) high and gets its name from the smoky dew drops spray. Badulu oya, mixed with the mahaweli after the long journey. I don’t know where exactly.
Small water drops come down from the sky. It’s warning about a rain. We stay there nearly half an hour enjoying the scenery. Water falling sound and birds singing make us calm.
It’s time to say goodbye to the dunhida. When we turn to come back I see a tearful scene around the stage.. That’s polythine and plastic bottles. Stall owners says that they can’t put a dustbin because of the monkeys.
So, if you bring plastic bottles and foods in polyethene bag please take it with you. You are not the final guy to watch this beautiful scene. Don’t come here only for the photos and don’t even drop a single bag.
