For those looking to experience a real taste of Sri Lankan culture, the Buddhist Festival in Kandy offers an exciting break from the norm and plenty of new sights, sounds and tastes.
According to New York Times Sri Lanka is the #1 travel destination. Read more here.
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This is the best period for a holiday in Sri Lanka. Here is where to go and what to do and what to avoid during your vacation in Sri Lanka.
Thank you for visiting back. You may want to subscribe to my RSS feed and save time. October to December is the best period for whale watching in Sri Lanka. Southern town of Mirissa is one of the best places in the world to watch Blue whales.
Dolphins are also commonly can be seen in [...]
Perhaps this may be not a very famous activity in Sri Lanka. But I highly recommend the Maadu river boat ride.
This is about 2 hours boat ride along the beautiful Maadu River. The boat rides starts from either Balapitiya or Galle (southern Sri Lanka).
This is a relaxing trip with plenty of interesting stops. You will [...]
Spare few hours at one of the Turtle sanctuaries in Sri Lanka and see the life of Turtles.
There are three main sea Turtle sanctuaries in Sri Lanka in following locations.
Rekewa
Kalpitiya
Kosgoda
You can see almost the full life journey of Turtles in these sanctuaries. If you are interested you can be a volunteer and work at one [...]
A friend of mine in New Zealand recently asked my why he should go to Sri Lanka for a holiday. His argument was that countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand or India that are closer to New Zealand can offer same holiday experience.
Most of the travellers don’t know that Sri Lanka has much more things [...]
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If you want to relax and rejuvenate then you must visit “Spring of Life” ayurvedic resort in Sri Lanka. Located in just 25kms from Colombo city centre, this resort has luxury accommodation in a very quite environment.
The resort is bordering the scenic Bolgoda Lake. It has a large swimming pool and various traditional ayurvedic treatment [...]
There are a great many beautiful and exotic locations in Sri Lanka that are best visited using the most ancient of all methods of transportation — your own
two feet. You cannot experience the sounds of a rippling stream in an otherwise silent canyon or know what the rustle of fall leaves really sound like
without the [...]
You don’t have to go to Africa to visit a safari park. There are many safari parks in Sri Lanka for wild life enthusiasts. Sri Lanka is one of the places you will find rare Black Panthers.
Here are few safari parks in Sri Lanka
Kumana (Bird sanctuary)
Uda Walawe (elephants)
Yala (Leopard, Bear, Crocodiles, rare sighting of Black [...]