Packing for Sri Lanka
Travel light! Most essentials are available in the cities in Sri Lanka; items are cheap and laundry services generally speedy. Take light cotton clothes – it is a good idea to have some very lightweight long sleeve cotton tops and trousers in pale colours for evenings, as they also give some protection against mosquitoes. Don’t […]
Planning your trip to Sri Lanka?
What to see in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s superb beaches lie all along its coastline, with sandy coves and estuaries and long palm-fringed stretches. They vary greatly in character. Beaches on the west coast of the island, conveniently close to Colombo and the airport, tend to be the most crowded, but offer opportunities for water […]
CINNAMON IN SRI LANKA
One of Sri Lanka’s most attractive commodities, in the eyes of the Portuguese and Dutch, was the plentiful Cinnamon which grew along the west coast of Sri Lanka. Today Sri Lanka is still producing over 90% of the world’s cinnamon. Cinnamon — “the bride around whom they danced” — grew wild in the jungles and […]
Sri Lankan Cooking Tours
Well, do I really need to sell this concept? What better way to explore Sri Lanka, than to cook it and taste it? Target Travels Sri Lanka has ‘traveled’ that extra mile to offer our discerning guest yet another delicious Sri Lanka favor by introducing Cooking Tours in Sri Lanka. Target Travels Sri Lanka, has […]
What to pack for your Holiday to Sri Lanka
In short, very little!… as most items you might need, such as insect repellent, standard medicines, diapers, all types of foods (such as biscuits, cereals, juices, milk products, cheeses and drinking water), etc, can be purchased locally. There are super markets (and other organized and unorganized retail stores) scattered all over the island. Even in […]
Muslim Halal-Friendly Travel to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s diversity of multi-ethnicities spans to also make travel easy and convenient for Muslim travellers. With a large Muslim community, many Sri Lankan hotels offer Halal-friendly and Arabic meals and facilities. The hotels and the travel industry is well equipped to offer facilities such as Qiblah direction locator tool (prayer direction), Prayer timings around […]
Sri Lankan food: Savor the Sri Lanka flavors
I love food! One of the first things I research on a destination before traveling is the type of dishes that I must try, restaurants to visit and delicacies to savor. Travelling to me is about exploring the variety of dishes in a country as much as anything else. Regardless whether you are a foodie […]
