Sri Lanka’s tropical climate, sandy beaches, and incredible cuisine are among the many reasons to include this beautiful South Asian country on your travel bucket list, that’s why we have prepared the 5 Best Things to Do in Sri Lanka to guide you through it!
1. Climb Sigiriya
One of Sri Lanka’s seven World Heritage Sites, this rock-top fortress dates back to the 5th century AD. The atmosphere is more spiritual than militant: in its time it has acted as a royal palace and Buddhist monastery. The site is also regarded as one of the most important urban planning projects of the first millennium and is home to some of the oldest landscaped gardens in the world.
2. Visit a tea empire in Nuwara Eliya
At the heart of Sri Lanka’s tea industry, this charming throwback to the country’s colonial years is rich with the heritage of home-country England. Tea lovers will want to visit the Hill Country’s Haputale Mountains, where Sir Thomas Lipton launched his tea empire. Tour neatly-terraced tea estates, watch pickers at work and buy your samples to take home.
3. Relax on the beaches of Arugam Bay
The beach at Arugam Bay is the stuff of Bounty ads: sugar-soft sands, coconut palms, and utter solitude but for the whoops of the surfers riding the point. Before the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, the bay was rapidly becoming one of the world’s top surf destinations.
4. Spot leopards in Yala National Park
Sri Lanka’s alpha predator is protected in several national parks but is most easily sighted in Yala National Park, on the island’s southern coast, where you can cool off in the ocean after a day on safari. Yala National Park in Sri Lanka’s number one leopard sanctuary.
5. Take time to explore Kandy
The last capital of the ancient kings of Sri Lanka and a popular getaway for colonial administrators looking to escape the heat, Kandy is a pretty town – tucked beside a lake in the country’s central highlands. Wars have been fought over this relic, which is housed in a teeming temple complex in Kandy. Join the devout to add your petal offerings and light votive candles.
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