Visiting the turtle hatchery in Sri Lanka is one of the most recommended things to do by Lonely Planet. The small town of Kosgoda on the southern strip is known for its turtle hatchery which is operated by the Wild Life Protection Society of Sri Lank...
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The history of the Royal Botanical Gardens dates as far back as 1371 when King Wickramabahu III ascended the throne and kept court at Peradeniya near Mahaweli Ganga. Later, in the reign of King Kirti Sri Rajasinghe from 1747 to 1780 this was made a R...
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The Knuckles Mountain Range known in Sinhalese as Dumbara Kanduvetiya, meaning "Misty Mountains" is an area of outstanding natural beauty. The site has been declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Conservation Area. It is called the Knuckles...
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Features one of the biggest herds of captive elephants in the world. The Pinnawela herd today numbers nearly 71 and is easily one of the most popular tourist attractions in Sri Lanka. The main attraction at Pinnawela is watching the elephants walking...
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OLD DUTCH FORT IN NEGOMBO - Originally built in 1672, not far from the coastline, the fort was part of a colonial prison complex. Today the fort itself is largely in ruin, but the gate with its date of construction inscribed on it is still visible. I...
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It would take you awhile to fathom that such a city every existed many years ago and after you return to your true senses the journey through this colossal city would be nothing less than magical. Polonnaruwa is Sri Lanka's second oldest kingdom ...
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The old port of Trincomalee arranged on the northeast shore of Sri Lanka has an inert natural harbor that has made the locale an award to be battled about by remote forces for ages. Amid the Second World War the port was a significant British maritim...
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City of Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Jaffna's suburb Nallur filled in as the capital of the four-century-long medieval Jaffna kingdom. It is the regulatory central station of the Jaffna district situated on a ...
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Galle is a town located on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km (74 mi) from Colombo. Galle was known as Gimhathiththa (although Ibn Batuta in the fourteenth century alludes to it as Qali) before the entry of the Portuguese in the sixteenth cent...
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The Yala National Park in southern Sri Lanka has the world's highest concentration of leopards. A significant part of the nature is parkland, yet it additionally incorporates wilderness, shorelines, freshwater lakes, waterways and scrubland. Addi...
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Nuwara Eliya is otherwise called 'Little England', was the most loved hill station of the British who endeavored to make Nuwara Eliya into a typical English Village. The old block Post office, nation house like hill club, with its hunting pic...
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Assigned as a world heritage site, the Dambulla Temple is situated on a gigantic rock transcending more than160 m over the encompassing zone. The Rock itself is more than 1.5 km around its base and summit is at 550 km. The caves on this rock were the...
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