Jungle Cave

Off the Rawana Ella road, a kilometre below Ella's ridge, Jungle Cave positions its rooms inside dense cloud-forest cover directly above the Ravana Falls gorge — one of Sri Lanka's tallest roadside cascades and a landmark the hotel's upper terrace overlooks without a walk.

The name reflects the setting: natural rock faces and a closed canopy hold temperatures low even through April, the warmest month in the Uva highlands. Fifty-one guests have rated the property at 9.9, an exceptional figure for an unclassified guesthouse.

Ella town's Nine Arch Bridge viewpoint and the Ella Rock trailhead sit within twenty minutes by tuk-tuk; the Demodara loop train passes twice daily.