Badulla

Badulla is the capital city of Uva Province, in Sri Lanka.

Get in

By train

• 1 Badulla Railway station (in southern part of the town), ☏ +94 55-2222271. 4 trains per day to/from Colombo- 3 express day trains (9½ hours) and 1 night mail train (11 hours). LKR 520 / 325 (2nd / 3rd class). 

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. 

Eat

You will find just a few local restaurants.

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. (updated Jan 2021)
• 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. (updated Jan 2021)
• 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. (updated Jan 2021)

Go next

• Ella by train to see the great nature and 360 deg. circle in Demodara along the way
• 3 Bambarakanda Falls (බඹරකන්ද ඇල්ල) (From Colombo Hwy 1.5 km north. At Weli Oya Bridge). Height: 241 metres. Part of Horton Plains National Park. 
• Tangalle, Matara, Galle with the bus at 6:30AM from the bus terminal.