Badulla is the capital city of Uva Province, in Sri Lanka.
Get in
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Map of Badulla
By train
- 1 Badulla Railway station (in southern part of the town). Daily 4 times Colombo.
By bus
- 2 Badulla Bus Station (on the King st., near to the Post Office). To Nuwara Eliya half hourly, until 4:30PM to Colombo between 7:30AM and 11PM, about seven hours, a dozen
See
- 1 Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara. Buddhist temple in downtown.
- 2 Bogoda ancient wooden bridge.
- 3 Dunhinda Waterfall (Bridal Falls, දුන්හිඳ ඇල්ල) (5 km north). Height: 63 metres. Take bus No.314 (half hourly). Small entry fee.
- 4 St. Mark's church, Mahiyangana Rd. Anglican church.
- 5 St Mary's Church. Roman Catholic church.
Do
Buy
Eat
You will find just a few local restaurants.
Drink
Sleep
- 1 Dunhinda Falls Inn, 35/11 1/1, Bandaranaike Mw, ☏ 94 55 2 223028. Wifi and restaurant with fries and toilets with plumbing. Rs 2978.
- 2 River Side Holiday Inn, 27, Lower King Street, ☏ 94 55 2 2090. Rooms: 6
- 3 Mount View Hotel, London Road, ☏ 94 552 229 256. Wifi, a/c, restaurant, terrace. Rs 5025.
- 4 The Heritage Resort, 205 Keppetipola Rd, ☏ 94 557 221 222. Rooms with bay windows, wifi, flat screen TVs (for all that TV-watching you plan to do), restaurant/pastry shop on premises. Rs 7445.
- 5 Sithara Estate Bungalow, Beragala-Hali Ela Highway (southwest of Badulla in Hali Ela), ☏ 39 055 229 4294. Tea plantation bungalow, with a friendly dog on premises. Kind of spendy though. can be >Rs 18612.