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 ...
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Which Destination is Right for Me?
If you are planning your first visit to Sri Lanka, this is a sensible question because this is a country with so many diverse attractions. Obviously a lot will depend on whether you are young and fit ...
Sri Lanka Month by Month
Sri Lanka is a year-round destination. Within seven degrees of the Equator, the Indian Ocean island country is blessed with a silky, warm tropical climate where it only gets cold in the hills. Traditi ...
Palu season comes alive in Yala with Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts
Cinnamon Wild offers exciting excursions with Cinnamon Nature Trails this bear watching season The fragrance of a favorite fruit is in the air, and there’s a scent that is spreading across the winds a ...
Its another Whale of a Time!
My mind runs back five years when Nature Trails were trying to establish whale watching in Trincomalee soon after the guns fell silent in the eastern seas. Nilantha frantically called me from sea perh ...
Dambulla: Sri Lanka’s Mountaintop Temple
Atop the famous Dambulu-gala (Rock of Dambulla) is perched the Dambulla Raja Maha Vihara that give the rock and the surroundings its character. Within the caves of this temple one can find ancient mur ...
Sri Lanka: A fragile beauty that crosses old frontlines
by Oliver Duff We arrived at Colombo airport in the sticky still of night, struggling with the driver to tie a surfboard to the roof of his saloon, before setting off for the north: Tamil country. We ...
Eight Things to do in Sri Lanka without Spending a Cent!
One of the best things about travelling to the tropical island of Sri Lanka is that you can do plenty for free. Yes that is right – zilch, nothing. With her colonial past and being home to diffe ...
Jon McCormack with Cinnamon Nature Trails
Award winning Photographer Jon McCormack spent the weekend in Yala with the Cinnamon Nature Trails team. Chitral Jayatileke who heads Cinnamon Nature Trails said that the team had a very good trip wit ...
What to Pack on Your Sri Lankan Holiday
Sri Lanka is voted among the top beach destinations in the world for a memorable holiday. With pristine coasts running along the entire island, it’s easy to see why the Sri Lankan coasts are among the ...