this is Ella Sri Lanka we're going to show you the best things to do
and what you must watch out for leech on me go away we have just 24 hours to pack
everything in and we're starting off early today we are climbing up Little
Adams Peak for hopefully an epic Sunrise we've got about 500 M till we get to the
top we've just arrived for Sunrise and it's actually a little bit bright we've
got a little bit of color in the distance the great thing about this Viewpoint is
you actually get a 360° view of the whole area so behind me just here
that's Ella Rock which is another famous hike you do it's about 2 hours from the
town it was honestly so busy at the top there's probably like 100 people or something I actually
came to Sri Lanka 5 years ago came to this spot for Sunrise and there was literally no one else
here so it's definitely getting more popular here so we're going to try and climb down this little
thing and then over to this little Peak over [Music] here it probably doesn't even look that
steep on camera but it is very steep look at these little people here it is actually mental the cloud
is just rolling in so fast look at the cloud it's literally sweeping through this Valley getting a
bit tired now but it does look amazing [Music] here the view you can see here all this goes all
the way to the Sea the Indian Ocean the beach the beach how how much 250 yeah okay just one I think
share one yeah yeah this is a much needed drink it's so good it's so sweet that fresh coconut has
done me so well right we've got about 40-minute walk back into ell town and then we're going to
get some breakfast cuz I'm starving are you hungry I'm starving me too so this area is known for
Leeches and Emilia has been quite scared but look we've just s found some blood you've been leeched
I've been leeched going to die well I'm not going to die fine they're actually harmless I never even
saw it it's just I've seen blood and it wasn't there this morning so who knows we leech on we're
just coming up to Ravana Pool Club and swing and check this out what this gu's mental whoa
so all around Ella and this part of Sri Lanka are full of tea plantations and Sri Lanka is actually
very famous for its tea Ceylon tea as you probably know I am British but I'm not actually a big fan
of tea I'm more of a coffee person everyone thinks we all drink tea but I'm more into
coffee we've just come into the barn for breakfast and I've got this smoothie bowl
look how big this is it looks incredible I've got some waffles with banana and yeah looks good y oh
my belly's full of coffee we're heading up to the railway station with we are going to a very
famous spot here oh my gosh I've never walked on train tracks before this feels wrong this is Ella
train station and we are just walking along the tracks which you definitely couldn't do in the
UK towards the famous spot you probably know what it is the Nine Arch Bridge I hope the trains are
noisy cuz I don't want one to just come behind me walking on Railway is dangerous true but it
is allowed it's just dangerous this is not the only way to 9 Arch Bridge it's just the fun way
cuz you get to walk along the train tracks which feels completely wrong but you can actually walk
along the main road or get a Tuk Tuk and I think it's like a 30 minutes the other way from Ella
[Music] town it's a r it's a r I think we messed up a little bit we got the
T Train times wrong because we can hear the train coming and we're not
at the bridge I'm a bit scared of the train coming ah it's coming a [Music]
that was honestly so cool it's so atmospheric with everyone like cheering and waving out the
the train doors and everything but definitely make sure you check the train times and be early
and just prepare for it to be late we definitely messed up we thought it was coming at 11:30 and
it was here like 10 11: yeah and try not to be in the tunnel at the time of the train cuz
that's probably a bad idea we we have reached the tunnel into the tunnel spooky oh echo echo
here we are finally got here oh I can see it we have just reached the bridge this place has
changed so much it's actually crazy when I came last time there was like a couple of Hearts few
sellers but now it is super busy I've seen so many photos of this place on Instagram it is
actually so beautiful there's just Greenery everywhere second coconut of the day coming
right up coconuts are so good they're really sweet here in Sri Lanka compared to like southeast Asia
barley so we've been really lucky and apparently another train is coming in about 10 minutes time
so we've just come at a lucky time where there's two trains very close to each other cuz normally
they're at least like an hour an hour apart so yeah waiting for the next [Music] train
we're heading back along the train tracks now back to ell town but I must say if you are
coming on the train track way just know that it is definitely the longer route I think it's taken
us about 40 minutes to get back or something cuz it goes right around it's not a direct route this
Railway network is really old and it doesn't just go from Kandy to Ella it goes all the way
from Badulla Which is higher up in the mountains all the way to Colombo Fort and that's because um
it was made to transport tea from the Hills cuz obviously there's as you've seen there's tree
tea plantations all around here and take it all the way to the ports to take back to England and
that's kind of why it was built in 1864 so a very long time ago there's a leech on me go away this
guy I don't want to get bitten again I got bitten this morning didn't I somehow but I think I'm all
right pretty Ty difficult I went in the long grass for literally 3 seconds and I had two leeches on
my shoe luckily I got them off before they got to me but yeah just be careful there are so many
leeches here in Ella and we heard about it before we got here so just keep that in mind the weather
has been pretty dodgy whilst we've been here in Ella so we are taking our chances before Hopefully
the rain comes as it usually comes in the late afternoon evening time and we're heading to a very
special spot which should be pretty cool a little bit different we're going to attempt to take the
local bus to get there but um we've taken a few of them so far and they have been pretty crazy here
here we are we have just arrived at Ravana Falls let's go have a look at it it should
just be around the corner here 14 P each for that Journey ah it's just here just
be around this corner oh wow look at this hey dog oh wow look at it it's
huge [Music]
as it has been raining so much here in Ella unfortunately we can't go swimming so if you
came more in the drier season or when it doesn't rain as much then you can actually swim in these
pools but it would be way too dangerous it's so powerful here we go we were a little disappointed
we couldn't go swimming in the raavana Falls because of the rain but now this guy came up
to us and said there's another waterfall you can actually swim in so we're just going 5
km out the road and hopefully we can swim there which way do we go yeah so we're just following
this guy now to this waterfall this unknown waterfall secret waterfall so right up here
that is actually little Adam's Peak where we were for sunrise this morning here we are so it was 100
rupees each for the entry fee and hopefully I'm thinking we could swim in this one it's going
to be cold isn't it it is going to be pretty chilly little bit of a sketchy walk but uh we
have finally arrived should we have a look down here so this is the first falls and then we're
at the top of the second falls which apparently it was 27 M what look at the [Music] drop okay
I'm about to go in the waterfall but I'm pretty sure it's really cold 3 2 1 woo [Music] this is
a very refreshing waterfall I highly recommend coming here not much further than Ravana fall
there's no one else here this is crazy look at the views out it's like a big old infinity pool
here as you would have seen on the Drone wow this waterfall is just one level of like four
levels and it just keeps on going and each level just keeps on getting bigger the further you go
down we're not going to go further down because it's about to pour down as it is like getting
into the afternoon so we're going to head back now to Ella as you can probably see there's like
these little wires here and that's because you can actually abil down this waterfall there's a
guy at the top he's like do you want to AB sail down it and we're like uh maybe not today maybe
another day I've just looked at the name of this waterfall on the map because we actually had no
idea and it's it's called palella waterfall so if you want to come here it's only about 10 15
minute drive from Ella highly recommend it yeah very good thank you thank you happy yeah very
happy let's just take you around where we're staying we're staying at Oakreech Cottages
which is just off the main road it's up a little bit of a steep hill but it's such good value and
so close to the town so this is our little balcony it is pretty nice we' got beautiful views around
here and then we'll take you inside Welcome to our room so we've actually got we've actually
got quite a big room in here we have a mosquito nut we have a proper duvo which is nice cuz it
is a little bit cooler here and we have our own bathroom pretty decent size as well yeah this
shower is actually really nice warm water it's all good that's all you need you definitely need
the warm water here in Ella as it is a little bit colder probably cuz there's been a lot of
rain as well for just 144b a night I highly recommend stay d h such good value for money
I'll leave a link to it in the description we've just been chilling for the last hour
but it's kind of opening up and not quite as rainy now so let's go show you another spot in
Ella we've just arrived at the tea Factory because obviously as you know they grow a lot
of tea here in Sri Lanka as Brits we obviously have to try some tea we just entered the tea
plantations we've just had these baskets put on us and we are about to try and pluck some
tea look at me got be enough you like this one yeah yeah [ __ ] you okay throw it in all of
these in ready oh they completely missed oh did they all of them went down there left hand check
yeah got them in nice Woo you're looking great David yeah it's good look isn't it
I'm I'm going to win this David's looking to win the tea collecting competition you
put it in put it in yeah when you're picking the tea you actually have to pick the light
green ones and just like the top three or two leaves and that's what makes a good tea
carefully yeah I'm going to win this that was such a cool experience like picking the tea
and learning about how tea is actually made and picked and that there is actually a lot of hard
work that goes into drinking just a normal cup of tea right it's time to taste some of the tea
now how is it that definitely tastes different this one is the
most caffeinated one and is what you'd have in the morning yeah that's definitely [Music]
stronger we've had a great time in Ella I just can't believe how much busier it is here than
5 years ago there are so many little cafes and restaurants popping up and there is so
much construction going on here and it is probably the most beautiful place in all
of Sri Lanka unfortunately one of the big problems we've had here in Ella is the rain
it's been every afternoon the showers just come and so we haven't actually done one of
the big things to do here which is Ella Rock which does look incredible but obviously we
don't want to go up in the clouds one thing you definitely need to watch out for is the leeches
they are everywhere and we've been wearing deep bug spray because that should deter them
but just keep out because they're lethal come to Ella as soon as you can because this place
is seriously blowing up quickly anyway thank you so much for watching we will see you in
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