How to get to Ella from Hikkaduwa?
On 2, 26, 32, 60, buses, buses in Sri Lanka cost pennies, -+200-300 rupees with a transfer in Batticaloa or Akkaraipattu, the first one started at 6 earlier. From there to Matara to Ella, if by bus, but it's better in the morning; in the evening, they don't run after about 4 PM.