Sri Lanka Attractions

Pinnawela elephant orphanage is located close to Kegalle town found en route from the capital Colombo to Kandy in the central hills. It was established by the Sri Lanka Wildlife Department in 1975 in a 25 acre coconut plantation adjoining the Maha Oy...

The Sinharaja Rain Forest in Sri Lanka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1989, is an evergreen tropical lowland rainforest consisting of rolling terrain ranging from 300m to 1300m above sea level. It is situated towards Sri Lanka’s south west, gr...

Sri Lanka offers wonderful opportunities for white water rafting in one of its major rivers, the Kelani river. This river is fed through clear springs and numerous streams flowing gracefully into it as it winds its way through the mountainous region ...

Whales and Dolphins watching is done in Sri Lanka off Dondra in the south coast, Kalpitiya in the west coast and Trincomalee in the east coast. In fact, large scale whale watching commenced almost three decades ago and was a lucrative past time off t...

Sri Lanka has long been famous for its wide stretches of golden beaches which have been major tourist attractions over the years. One finds hotels, resorts, beach restaurants and bars and other eateries housed within vast stretches of the beach mostl...

The Sita Amman temple dedicated to Sita, the wife of King Rama, situated in Sri Lanka’s mountain city Nuwara Eliya, is supposed to be the only such temple in the world and is found about 5km down the road from Nuwara Eliya to Kandy. History has it ...

The remote town of Kataragama situated in the south east of Sri Lanka adjoining the famous Yala National Sanctuary, is one of the most popular and sacred pilgrim sites of Sri Lanka. It is 283km from Colombo along the coastline. Devotees of all religi...

The Uda Walawa National Park is an expansive nature reserve of 30,821ha situated 230km south-east of Colombo and is one of the best places to view wild elephants in their natural environments. Situated along the southern stretch below the south centr...

Along the southern coast of Sri Lanka, passing Hambantota towards the east, one reaches the expansive Bundala Nature Reserve, protected by a sand dune bordering the deep blue sea. Located 250km south-east of Colombo within the dry arid zone, it expan...

Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya is located close to the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is renowned for its collection of a variety of orchids. It includes more than 300 varieties of orchids, spices, medicinal plants and pal...

Hakgala Botanical Garden is one of the three botanical gardens in Sri Lanka. It is the second largest garden in Sri Lanka. The garden is contiguous to Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve. Garden established in 1861 as an experimental cultivation of Cinchon...