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Madu River Cinnamon Islands
The cinnamon islands of the Madu (Maduganga) River system represent one of the most distinctive cultural-natural attractions on…
Beruwala Coral Reef Zones
Beruwala is most famous as the location of Sri Lanka's first Muslim settlement — Arab traders who arrived…
Dodanduwa Fishing Village
Dodanduwa is a traditional fishing village between Hikkaduwa and Galle whose community maintains the stilt fishing tradition and…
Fishing Heritage Villages (Southwest Coast)
The fishing heritage villages of the southwest coast between Colombo and Galle collectively represent one of the most…
Mount Lavinia Beach
Mount Lavinia Beach is Colombo's most famous and beloved beachside destination — a long, accessible stretch of golden…
Pamunugama Coastal Villages
Pamunugama is a coastal village north of Uswetakeiyawa, part of the Catholic Tamil and Sinhalese fishing belt that…
Kandakuliya Fishing Villages
Kandakuliya is a small fishing village and lagoon-side community within the Kalpitiya area, representing the traditional fishing community…
Wennappuwa Fishing Belt
The Wennappuwa fishing belt — the cluster of Catholic fishing villages between Marawila and Negombo — represents one…
Wennappuwa Coastal Belt
Wennappuwa is a coastal town south of Marawila with a distinctly Catholic character — like Negombo and Kochchikade…
Pallakuda Fishing Villages
The Pallakuda fishing villages on the Kalpitiya coastal belt represent some of the most traditional and authentic fishing…
Royal Palace of King Parakramabahu
The Royal Palace of Parakramabahu is the archaeological remains of the most ambitious royal residence in ancient Sri…
Vatadage Sacred Tooth Relic House
The Vatadage is one of the most elegant and complete ancient Buddhist structures in Sri Lanka — a…
Nissanka Latha Mandapaya
The Nissanka Latha Mandapaya is one of the most visually distinctive and elegant structures in the Polonnaruwa complex…
Pothgul Vihara Library Ruins
Pothgul Vihara is a remarkable group of ruins on the southern shore of Parakrama Samudra — a monastery…
Yapahuwa Rock Fortress
Yapahuwa is one of Sri Lanka's most dramatic medieval fortresses — a massive granite rock rising 90 metres…
Kurunegala Clock Tower Area
The Kurunegala Clock Tower stands at the heart of the colonial-era town centre, a modest but charming heritage…
Ancient Irrigation Tank Systems (Kurunegala District)
The Kurunegala District is dotted with ancient irrigation tanks — ranging from major reservoirs to small village-level tanks…
St. Anne’s Church, Talawila
St. Anne's Church at Talawila is one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage sites in Sri Lanka —…
Kalpitiya Dutch Fort Ruins
The Kalpitiya Dutch Fort is a partially surviving colonial fortification built by the Dutch East India Company in…
Ratnapura Gem Mining Sites
Ratnapura — whose name literally means "City of Gems" in Sinhala — sits at the heart of one…
National Museum of Ratnapura
The National Museum of Ratnapura is the essential educational gateway to understanding the extraordinary gem culture and prehistoric…
Pelmadulla Rural Gem Fields
Pelmadulla is a rural township approximately 20 kilometres southeast of Ratnapura where alluvial gem mining occurs across agricultural…
Ratnapura Gem Trading Town
Ratnapura town itself — the City of Gems — is one of the most distinctively characterful provincial towns…
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi Museum Area
The museum area adjacent to the Sri Maha Bodhi complex houses a collection of artefacts recovered from the…
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Ahungalla Beach
Ahungalla Beach is a long, broad stretch of coastline between Ambalangoda and Hikkaduwa that offers a more spacious…
Alankuda Beach
Alankuda Beach is widely regarded as the finest beach on the Kalpitiya Peninsula — a long, pristine stretch…
Aluthgama Town River Area
Aluthgama is a lively market town at the point where the Bentota River reaches the coast, situated at…
Anawilundawa Bird Sanctuary
Anawilundawa Bird Sanctuary is a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance and one of the finest birdwatching sites in…
Anawilundawa Wetland Sanctuary (Wilpattu Context)
Anawilundawa Wetland Sanctuary takes on an additional dimension when considered in the context of the broader Wilpattu ecosystem…
Ancient Irrigation Tank Systems (Kurunegala District)
The Kurunegala District is dotted with ancient irrigation tanks — ranging from major reservoirs to small village-level tanks…
Abhayagiri Monastery Complex
Abhayagiri was one of the greatest monastic universities of the ancient Buddhist world — a sprawling monastery complex…
Aluvihare Rock Temple
Aluvihare Rock Temple is one of the most historically significant Buddhist sites in the world, located approximately 3…
Ambasthala Dagoba
Ambasthala Dagoba — the "Mango Terrace Stupa" — stands at the precise spot on Mihintale Mountain where Mahinda,…
Ambewela Farms
Ambewela Farms — sometimes called the New Zealand of Sri Lanka — is a cluster of working dairy…
Aradhana Gala (Meditation Rock)
Aradhana Gala — the Meditation Rock — is the bare granite summit where Mahinda, having converted King Tissa,…
Bahirawakanda Vihara Buddha Statue
The Bahirawakanda Vihara Buddha Statue is a monumental white seated Buddha figure crowning the highest hill visible from…
Bundala Lagoons
The Bundala Lagoons are the defining ecological feature of Bundala National Park — a series of connected coastal…
Bundala National Park
Bundala National Park is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and Ramsar Wetland of International Importance located along the southeastern…
Coconut Tree Hill, Mirissa
Coconut Tree Hill is a small headland west of Mirissa Beach where a cluster of coconut palms lean…
Dalawella Beach and the Famous Rope Swing
Dalawella Beach is a narrow, palm-fringed stretch of coastline between Unawatuna and Thalpe, best known throughout Sri Lanka…
Devinuwara Temple (Vishnu Dewale)
Devinuwara Temple (also known as Dondra Dewale or Vishnu Devalaya) at Dondra, near the southernmost tip of Sri…
Dondra Lighthouse (Southernmost Point)
Dondra Lighthouse stands at the southernmost point of Sri Lanka — and the southernmost point of the entire…
Arayampathy Coastal Area
Arayampathy is a coastal area south of Kattankudy and Batticaloa, forming part of the Eastern Province's extensive southern…
Arugam Bay
Arugam Bay is Sri Lanka's surf capital and one of Asia's finest point break destinations — a sweeping…
Arugam Bay Inland Surf Breaks
Beyond the famous main point, Whiskey Point, and Peanut Farm, the Arugam Bay area contains several additional inland…
Batticaloa Dutch Architecture District
The Dutch architecture district of Batticaloa town preserves fragments of the 17th and 18th-century Dutch colonial building heritage…
Batticaloa Fort
Batticaloa Fort is a well-preserved Dutch colonial fortification on the narrow island of land between the lagoon and…
Batticaloa Lagoon
Batticaloa Lagoon is one of the largest coastal lagoons in Sri Lanka — a vast, shallow body of…
Adam’s Bridge Viewpoint (Rama Setu Area)
Adam's Bridge — known in Hindu tradition as Rama Setu (Rama's Bridge) — is a chain of limestone…
Akkarayankulam Lake
Akkarayankulam is an ancient tank in the Vavuniya District that was impacted by the conflict and has since…
Analaitivu Island Beaches
Analaitivu is a small island in the Jaffna island group with natural beach stretches that retain the pristine…
Ancient Irrigation Ruins (Northern Province)
The Northern Province contains numerous ancient irrigation ruins — the remnants of the ancient hydraulic civilisation's northern extension,…
Baobab Tree, Mannar
The Baobab Tree of Mannar is one of the most extraordinary individual trees in Sri Lanka — a…
Birdwatching Wetlands (Northern Province)
The collective wetland birdwatching resources of the Northern Province — encompassing the Iranamadu Tank, Akkarayankulam, Thandikulam, the Elephant…
Adisham Bungalow
Adisham is one of the most extraordinarily unexpected buildings in Sri Lanka — a Tudor-style English country house…
Arugam Bay Inland Safari Link Routes
Arugam Bay on the eastern coast is globally famous as a surf destination, but the inland routes connecting…
Badulla Kataragama Devalaya
The Kataragama Devalaya in Badulla is an important Hindu-Buddhist shrine dedicated to the god Kataragama (Skanda), forming part…
Badulla Railway Station (Historic Line)
Badulla Railway Station is the southern terminus of the famous Colombo–Badulla hill country railway line — one of…
Bambarakanda Falls
Bambarakanda Falls is the tallest waterfall in Sri Lanka — a single drop of 241 metres (790 feet)…
Bandarawela–Ella Scenic Train Route
The train journey between Bandarawela and Ella is one of the finest short rail experiences in Sri Lanka…
Aberdeen Falls (Nearby Access Routes)
Aberdeen Falls is a spectacular 98-metre single-drop waterfall located in the highlands above Kitulgala, accessible via a demanding…
Adventure Rafting Start Points
The adventure rafting start points along the Kelani River at Kitulgala are the physical locations from which the…
Bambarakanda Falls Access Routes (Belihuloya)
Bambarakanda Falls — Sri Lanka's tallest waterfall at 241 metres — is most commonly accessed from the Haputale…
Batadomba Cave (Prehistoric Site)
Batadomba Cave near Kuruwita in the Sabaragamuwa Province is one of the most significant prehistoric archaeological sites in…
Belihuloya Eco Lodges
The eco-lodges of Belihuloya represent one of the finest highland eco-accommodation experiences in Sri Lanka — a cluster…
Belihuloya River
The Belihuloya River — formed from the mountain streams draining the southern slope of the Horton Plains plateau…
Abhayagiri Monastery Complex
Abhayagiri was one of the greatest monastic universities of the ancient Buddhist world — a sprawling monastery complex…
Ambasthala Dagoba
Ambasthala Dagoba — the "Mango Terrace Stupa" — stands at the precise spot on Mihintale Mountain where Mahinda,…
Aradhana Gala (Meditation Rock)
Aradhana Gala — the Meditation Rock — is the bare granite summit where Mahinda, having converted King Tissa,…
Balalu Wewa
Balalu Wewa is a smaller ancient reservoir in the Anuradhapura District — one of hundreds of tanks constructed…
Eth Vehera Ruins
Eth Vehera — the Elephant Stupa — is a ruined dagoba in the forest below the main Mihintale…
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…
Alankuda Beach
Alankuda Beach is widely regarded as the finest beach on the Kalpitiya Peninsula — a long, pristine stretch…
Anawilundawa Bird Sanctuary
Anawilundawa Bird Sanctuary is a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance and one of the finest birdwatching sites in…
Anawilundawa Wetland Sanctuary (Wilpattu Context)
Anawilundawa Wetland Sanctuary takes on an additional dimension when considered in the context of the broader Wilpattu ecosystem…
Ancient Irrigation Tank Systems (Kurunegala District)
The Kurunegala District is dotted with ancient irrigation tanks — ranging from major reservoirs to small village-level tanks…
Athugala Buddha Statue
Athugala is another of the animal-shaped rock outcrops surrounding Kurunegala — this one traditionally associated with the tortoise…
Bambaragala Archaeological Site
Bambaragala is an ancient Buddhist cave monastery site near Kurunegala, set in a forested granite outcrop area that…
Ahungalla Coastal Wetlands
Ahungalla's coastal wetlands — the marshes, lagoon margins, and paddy edge habitats between the famous Heritance Hotel beach…
Alankuda Beach Dunes
The sand dune formations behind Alankuda Beach — where the prevailing Indian Ocean winds push sand inland from…
Anawilundawa Wetland Extension Areas
The extension areas of the Anawilundawa Ramsar Wetland — the broader habitat zone surrounding the core protected sanctuary…
Balapitiya Mangrove Islands
The mangrove island system of Balapitiya — part of the broader Maduganga Ramsar Wetland — encompasses 26 distinct…
Bar Reef Marine Sanctuary Coral Systems
Bar Reef Marine Sanctuary's coral systems — spread across approximately 160 square kilometres of protected Indian Ocean north…
Beddagana Wetland Park
Beddagana Wetland Park is a protected urban wetland immediately adjacent to the Colombo area, providing a remarkable natural…
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