Badulla

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

Get in

Badulla Railway station, 6.979814°, 81.05979°, +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).

Badulla Bus Station, 6.988078°, 81.057623°. To Nuwara Eliya half hourly, until 4:30PM to Colombo between 7:30AM and 11PM, about seven hours, a dozen

Muthiyangana Raja Maha Vihara, 6.984194°, 81.061306°. Buddhist temple in downtown.
Bogoda ancient wooden bridge, 6.984096°, 80.984846°.
Dunhinda Waterfall (Bridal Falls, දුන්හිඳ ඇල්ල), 7.017379°, 81.063298°. Height: 63 metres. Take bus No.314 (half hourly). Small entry fee
St. Mark's church, Mahiyangana Rd, 6.990285°, 81.057183°. Anglican church.
St Mary's Church, 6.990674°, 81.058690°. Roman Catholic church.

You will find just a few local restaurants.

Dunhinda Falls Inn, 35/11 1/1, Bandaranaike Mw, 6.996572°, 81.055662°, +94 55 2 223028. Wifi and restaurant with fries and toilets with plumbing. Rs 2978
River Side Holiday Inn, 27, Lower King Street, 6.982916°, 81.059299°, +94 55 2 2090. Rooms: 6
Mount View Hotel, London Road, 6.98264°, 81.06064°, +94 552 229 256. Wifi, a/c, restaurant, terrace. Rs 5025 2021-01-02
The Heritage Resort, 205 Keppetipola Rd, 6.99375°, 81.05443°, +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 2021-01-02
Sithara Estate Bungalow, Beragala-Hali Ela Highway (southwest of Badulla in Hali Ela), 6.95084°, 81.01971°, +39 055 229 4294. Tea plantation bungalow, with a friendly dog on premises. Kind of spendy though. can be >Rs 18612 2021-01-02

Ella by train to see the great nature and 360 deg. circle in Demodara along the way
Bambarakanda Falls (බඹරකන්ද ඇල්ල), 6.772908°, 80.832045°. Height: 241 metres. Part of Horton Plains National Park.
Tangalle, Matara, Galle with the bus at 6:30AM from the bus terminal.