Minneriya National Park (Elephant Gathering)
Minneriya National Park is home to one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on earth — the annual Elephant Gathering, when…
Kaudulla National Park
Kaudulla National Park is Minneriya's sister park — an adjacent protected area around the Kaudulla Tank that extends the elephant…
Gal Vihara Rock Buddha Statues
The Gal Vihara is arguably the single most magnificent artistic achievement in Sri Lanka's 2,500 years of Buddhist civilisation —…
Hurulu Eco Park
Hurulu Eco Park is a small protected area connected to the Minneriya–Kaudulla elephant corridor, encompassing the Hurulu forest reserve near…
Parakrama Samudra (Sea of Parakrama)
The Parakrama Samudra — the Sea of Parakrama — is one of the great hydraulic engineering achievements of the ancient…
Somawathiya Chaitya National Park
Somawathiya Chaitya National Park is one of Sri Lanka's most unusual protected areas — combining an ancient and deeply sacred…
Royal Palace of King Parakramabahu
The Royal Palace of Parakramabahu is the archaeological remains of the most ambitious royal residence in ancient Sri Lanka —…
Wasgamuwa Edge Zones
Wasgamuwa National Park's edge zones — the forested buffer areas along its western and northern boundaries accessible from the Polonnaruwa…
Vatadage Sacred Tooth Relic House
The Vatadage is one of the most elegant and complete ancient Buddhist structures in Sri Lanka — a circular relic…
Lankatilaka Image House
Lankatilaka is one of the most dramatically surviving image houses of the Polonnaruwa era — a tall, roofless brick building…