Outdoors · Maha Oya · Eastern

Seven Springs on a Fault Line

Maha Oya Hot Springs — 3 km north of Maha Oya town

THE WALLED SPRING WELLSPhoto by L Manju on Wikimedia Commons7.5522° N, 81.3531° E

Bucket bathing beside the road between Mahiyangana and Ampara, with the hottest well around 56 degrees.

Seven thermal springs about 3 km north of Maha Oya on the A5, each at a different temperature from 37 to 55 degrees, with only two cool enough to bathe in; the ticket seller lends buckets. They sit on the boundary between the island's Highland and Vijayan rock complexes and keep flowing through dry spells.

Adjacent entries

NuwaragalaCave · 11 kmBellanwila Rajamaha ViharayaCultural · 21 kmMaduru Oya National ParkWildlife · 23 km