SRI LANKA HILL COUNTRY
Sri Lanka at its most scenic: mist-shrouded uplands clotted with old colonial settlements and the colourful figures of Ceylon tea pluckers toiling on the plantations Sri Lanka’s hill country is a world away from the rest of the island. While the island’s lowlands simmer and sweat beneath a year-round tropical summer, the hill country laze […]
SRI LANKA ACCOMMODATION GUIDE
Sri Lanka has a surprisingly uneven range of accommodation. At the top end, there are international five-star hotels in Colombo and a handful of very exclusive ‘boutique’ hotels in some other areas. Below this level, you can stay safely and relatively cheaply in most major tourist areas, where there is a choice of quality hotels […]
Aluthgama
Immediately south of the Beruwala resort strip, the work-a-day little town of Aluthgama. literally “New Town”, is one of the liveliest along the west coast — a bustling little place with lively fish and vegetable markets, plus a surprisingly good selection of unpretentious little shops selling masks and wood carvings. The town also boasts a string of […]
Low-Country Waterfalls of Sri Lanka
Waterfalls are a beautiful gift of mother nature is refreshing and calming scenery to enjoy. Waterfalls have been the theme of many poems and short stories and many compare it to a pretty village damsel with long hair cascading down like liquid light. Some times the water falls slowly while at times it cascades in […]
SACRED BUDDHIST SITES OF SRI LANKA
A large footprint embedded atop a 2,234 metre mountain, Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak) is believed by Buddhist to have been made by Lord Buddha on this second visit to Sri Lanka in 523 BC. This site, which draws tens of thousands of pilgrims each year, is one of several sacred places associated with Lord Buddha, […]
ARUGAM BAY
South into Ampara District is Arugam Bay, a stunning, secluded little resort set in something of a cul-de-sac that runs back from the beach.It was largely wiped out on December 26, 2004, but the rebuilding process has been conducted quickly and sensitively. Guesthouse owners are desperately keen to remind travellers that this is top-drawer surfing […]
EAST COAST PERFECT BEACHES
The small fishing villages of Nilaveli and Uppuveli, were savaged by the tsunami, but the wide stretches of soft white sand are once again stunning locations for bathing and basking. Only a few hotels survived the ups and downs of both the ethnic conflict and the force of nature. From here you can hire a […]
SWAMI ROCK – Trincomalee
Swami Rock, also known locally as Lover’s Leap, on account of a Dutch official’s daughter, Francina Van Reede, who threw herself off the rock after watching her unfaithful husband desert her by sea. Although her suicide attempt was unsuccessful, and she went on to marry for a second time eight years after her near-fatal fall, […]
Whale watching Tourism in Sri Lanka is fast booming
Whale watching Tourism is one of the fastest growing tourist industries in Sri Lanka and in the world. Last year the global Whale watching tourism industry revenue hit the 2 billion dollars mark and Sri Lanka too is today a hot destination to watch these gentle creatures and is cashing in on this boom. According […]
