Destinations

Sigiriya

⌖ Matale◇ Cultural & Heritage

A dramatic rock fortress rising sheer above the surrounding plains, its summit reached by a stairway past ancient frescoes and the carved paws of a vanished lion gateway.

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Anuradhapura

⌖ Anuradhapura◇ Cultural & Heritage

Sri Lanka's first great ancient capital, a wide, tree-shaded landscape of dagobas, monastery ruins and a sacred fig tree tended continuously for over two thousand years.

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Kandy

⌖ Kandy◇ Cultural & Heritage

Sri Lanka's last royal capital, gathered around a scenic lake and home to the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, one of the island's most revered Buddhist shrines.

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Nuwara Eliya

⌖ Nuwara Eliya◇ Hill Country & Tea

A cool hill-country town ringed by tea estates, colonial-era buildings and a distinctly temperate climate that earned it the nickname "Little England."

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Ella

⌖ Badulla◇ Hill Country & Tea

A relaxed hill-country village set among tea-covered slopes, popular for its walking trails, mountain views and the much-photographed Nine Arches railway bridge.

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Mirissa

⌖ Matara◇ Beaches & Coast

A curved sandy beach on the south coast, widely used as a base for whale-watching boat trips as well as its own relaxed shoreline.

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Yala National Park

⌖ Hambantota◇ Wildlife & Nature

Sri Lanka's most visited national park, a mix of scrub jungle, lagoons and open plains known for one of the world's higher densities of leopards.

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Udawalawe National Park

⌖ Ratnapura◇ Wildlife & Nature

Open grassland around a large reservoir, home to one of Sri Lanka's most reliable elephant populations and a well-known elephant transit home.

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Dambulla

⌖ Matale◇ Cultural & Heritage

A cave temple complex carved into a granite outcrop, its five chambers holding one of the largest and best-preserved collections of Buddhist murals and statues in Sri Lanka.

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Polonnaruwa

⌖ Polonnaruwa◇ Cultural & Heritage

Sri Lanka's well-preserved medieval capital, its compact ruined city holding some of the island's finest stone-carved Buddha images alongside palace and monastery remains.

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Pinnawala

⌖ Kegalle◇ Wildlife & Nature

Home to a long-established elephant orphanage and herd, best known for the sight of elephants bathing together in the nearby Maha Oya river.

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Horton Plains

⌖ Nuwara Eliya◇ Wildlife & Nature

A high, cool montane plateau of grassland and cloud forest, its signature walking trail leading to the sheer cliff edge known as World's End.

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