Destinations & Attractions
Handpicked destinations across Sri Lanka — beaches, waterfalls, wildlife, heritage sites and hidden gems.
Wilpattu Southern Access Zones
Wilpattu National Park is the largest national park in Sri Lanka — a vast 1,317 square kilometre wilderness of dense jungle, natural…
Read ArticleRajanganaya Reservoir Area
Rajanganaya Reservoir is a large modern tank in the northern Anuradhapura District, built on the foundations of ancient irrigation works that were…
Read ArticleNochchiyagama Rural Ruins
The Nochchiyagama area in the western Anuradhapura District contains a scattered landscape of small dagoba ruins, ancient tank bunds, and monastery fragments…
Read ArticleKaludiya Pokuna Forest Monastery
Kaludiya Pokuna — meaning "dark water pool" — is an ancient forest monastery in the hills south of Mihintale, featuring a remarkable…
Read ArticleRitigala Strict Nature Reserve
Ritigala is one of the most extraordinary and least-visited sites in Sri Lanka — a jungle-clad mountain rising to 766 metres from…
Read ArticleMihintale Sacred Mountain
Mihintale is the most historically sacred mountain in Sri Lanka — the granite hill where, in 247 BCE, the monk Mahinda (son…
Read ArticleSamadhi Buddha Statue
The Samadhi Buddha Statue at Anuradhapura is one of the most celebrated pieces of ancient sculpture in Asia — a seated meditating…
Read ArticleNuwara Wewa Lake
Nuwara Wewa is the largest of the three great ancient tanks of Anuradhapura, covering approximately 1,200 hectares in the eastern quarter of…
Read ArticleTissa Wewa Lake
Tissa Wewa is an ancient reservoir constructed in approximately the 3rd century BCE — one of the oldest artificial lakes in the…
Read ArticleKuttam Pokuna (Twin Ponds)
Kuttam Pokuna — the Twin Ponds of Anuradhapura — are the finest surviving example of ancient Sri Lankan hydraulic engineering applied to…
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