6 Souvenirs to Take Home
No holiday is complete without souvenirs to take home as a memento or to buy as gifts. While there are typical tourist souvenirs like local T-shirts printed with elephants, Sri Lanka has some distinct ...
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Top Ten Must Do’s in Sri Lanka
There’s so much to see and do in Sri Lanka, you’ll need to visit here on holiday several times to enjoy everything. Here’s our list to start you off. 1. Watch the sunset from Galle Face Green ...
Exploring Sri Lanka by Train
Sri Lanka’s main attractions are accessible by train. If you consider the journey as an adventure, you’ll have fun enjoying the awesome scenery, and the people you meet. There have been trains in Sri ...
150 Years of Trains in Sri Lanka
In the 1867, the fortunes of British-governed Ceylon, as Sri Lanka was then known, were enhanced by the building of the first railway track to Kandy and the planting near Kandy that same year of the f ...
Sri Lanka’s Best Beaches
The perfect beach awaits you in Sri Lanka. Whether you like broad strands of sand to jog along at the sea’s edge, soaring waves to surf as they splash on the shore, intimate coves for private sunbathi ...
How to Get Around Sri Lanka: By Air, Rail and Road
Sri Lanka is an island approximately 65,525 square kilometres (that’s 25,299 square miles) in area, with a multitude of sights to see. Here we give some tips on how best to travel around Sri Lanka by ...
What to Eat in Sri Lanka
Although the Sri Lankan staple is Rice & Curry, there’s much more to eat and enjoy during your holiday. Don’t miss any of these exotic delights. Seafood Indian Ocean deep sea fish like tuna, sword ...
Staying Safe in Sri Lanka
Whether you are planning to visit Sri Lanka independently, travelling around as you fancy, or to holiday as a part of a package with hotel and touring included, there are a few simple points to bear i ...
4 Little Known Attractions in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is famous for its beaches, its tea growing hill country scenery, its ruins of ancient cities and its garden city of Colombo. It also has many little known attractions that are delightful to ...
Top 5 Attractions in Sri Lanka
What are the attractions that are most popular with visitors to Sri Lanka, apart from the beaches? We conducted an informal survey among tourists and tourist drivers and discovered these are the top f ...