Trail Directory · Waterfall

Galboda Falls: A Walk From the Railway

about 4 km round trip · Easy · Nawalapitiya area · Central Province

Galboda Falls
Photo: Ashanz89, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
about 4 km round tripTrail length
ПростоСложность
30 mHeight of fall
Galboda railway stationНачало маршрута
WaterfallТип

Galboda Falls is a 30 m fall about 2 km from Galboda station on the Colombo-Badulla line, which makes it one of the few waterfalls in the hills you can walk to straight off a train.

Что вас ждёт

Some trains stop at Galboda; a bus also runs from Nawalapitiya. From the station it is about 2 km to the falls. The area gets more than 4,500 mm of rain a year, so the falls run year-round, between 3 and 6 m wide depending on the season.

Take care near the railway line, and on wet rock at the falls.

Access & permits

We could not confirm any access rules or fee.

On the map

Pin 1 is Galboda Falls. The others are the nearest places in our trail directory.

  1. Galboda Falls: A 2 km walk from Galboda station.
  2. Aberdeen Falls: The 98 m falls near Ginigathena. About 5 km away.
  3. Devon Falls: Seen from the A7 near Talawakele. About 10 km away.
  4. St. Clair's Falls: Twin falls near Talawakele. About 12 km away.

Основные достопримечательности и особенности

  • Galboda railway station - The start of the walk.
  • Colombo-Badulla line - The main line through the village.
  • Galboda village - Where the falls are.
  • Nawalapitiya - The nearby town, with a bus connection.

Когда лучше поехать

All year; the flow is lowest in January and February.

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