LOCATION HISTORICAL MAHIYANGANAYA Located in the Badulla district, Mahiyanganaya is situated close to the Mahaveli river which is the longest river in Sri Lanka. Mahiyanganaya is a pali word which means flat land. Situated eastward to the steep eastern falls of central hills, the relative flatness of the area can be seen [...]
Y Habarana/Sigiriya/Dambulla
srilanka2024-05-25T06:18:31+00:00LOCATION SIGIRIYA "THE ROCK FORTRESS" Named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, Sigiriya is a Rock Citadel built by King Kashyapa during the Anuradhapura period. Since he was not the crown prince, King Kashyapa carried out a coup to take the throne from his father King Dhatusena. As a result [...]
Y Negombo
srilanka2024-05-25T06:33:22+00:00LOCATION THE TRADITIONAL FISHING TOWN Situated on the west coast, Negombo is well known for its centuries old fishing industry. The city was also known for cinnamon cultivation. During the Portuguese colonial era, a large number of the people who were previously Hindu and Buddhist were converted into Catholicism, resulting almost two [...]
Y Colombo
srilanka2024-05-25T06:23:39+00:00LOCATION THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF COLOMBO Established mainly as a port city during the colonial era, Colombo is the capital city and the financial center of Sri Lanka. It has the largest and one of the busiest harbors in the country. Known in Sinhala as Kolamba, Colombo is a bustling city that [...]
Y Haputale
srilanka2024-05-22T02:43:37+00:00LOCATION ENCHANTING NATURE OF HAPUTALE Situated in the Badulla district, Haputale is a small town nestled in the highlands of Sri Lanka. Surrounded by hills covered with cloud forests and slopes of tea plantations, Haputale is a territory rich in bio-diversity. In 2010, Haputale was named by CNN as one of the [...]
X Kandy
srilanka2024-05-22T03:30:22+00:00LOCATION WORLD HERITAGE CITY OF KANDY According to records, the city of Kandy, then known as Senkadagalapura, was initially founded in the Central province, north of the present city in the Wattapuluwa area in the mid 14th century during the reign of Vickramabaghu III in Gampola. The city not only had ample [...]