Sri Lanka Travel Blog

Sinharaja Rain forest  Sinharaja rain forest is a large rain forest with a great bio diversity in srilanka. It is declared as a world heritage by UNESCO. Its located in samabaragamuwa and southern province in Srilanka. This forest is rich with water ways and water springs because this area get a heavy rainfalls annually. THere are many endemic species (Trees, insects, reptiles, amphibians, mammals) . THat is one of the main reasons this is considered as a world heritage. Below are some awesome views at Sinharaja..

Ranmihithanna National Tele Cinema Park Ranmihithanna tele cinema park is the only tele cinema park situated in Srilanka. This is established in Thissamaharama district. (Between Kataragama and Thissamaharama). This amazing place consists of both village and urban area back grounds which can be used for movies and tele-dramas. Below are some urban area backgrounds in Ranmihithanna... Some indian and Srilankan movies have been filmed in above backgrounds. The village and natural backgrounds created here are admirable. Many Sriankan teledarmas ("Koorale Mahaththaya", "Muwan Pelassa") have been filmed in the village backgrounds at Ranmihithanna tele cinema park. Those backgrounds include village houses, cultivations, village roads, village lake. etc. Below are some village backgrounds that we captured. Apart from above back grounds, this cinema park consists of auditoriums and studios which is used for making movi...

Weherahena Temple                  Weherahena Viharaya is situated in kakanadura, Matara.It's about 7km away from matara town. Weherahena is a popular temple among buddhist though is nothing historical significant in this temple. infront view of the temple The story of this temple starts during the early 20th century. It is said that Rev. Parawahera Rewatha thero was sent to this area as a punishment. In that days this area was very rural and 1/2 acre od think jungle with a bodhi tree. with the instruction of rewatha thero with the support of the villagers this temple was constructed. And also he wanted to create a tunnel with the stories of ummagga jathakaya. With the help of Angarika Dharmapala in 1993 they kept the foundation stone for the tunnel. The 600 feet tunnel was firat build by excavating the mound of earth.once this was completed, 39 meters buddha statue was started ans it was com...

Hanthana Mountain            Hanthana mountain is lies in central povince of Sri lanka, south west city of Kandy. The maximum height rang of this mountain is 3800ft. This mountain range is made up with various mountain peak and it is the mot popular mountain peak among he hikers in sri lanka. Universiy of peradeniya is situated adjecent to this ountain range.It was declared as an environmental protection area in 2010.

                                              Pinnawala elephant orphange was opend in 1975. It was establised by the sri lankan Department of wildlife and Conservation.It is situatedd in Pinnawala in Kegalle district.                          In the beginning there were only five ophaned baby elephants and now it was extended upto 88 elephants which include 37 male elephants and 51 female elephants which belongs to three generations.There are 48 workers who give the protection to them.                                   Adult elephanta eat about 250kg of plants like jak fruit, coconut, kithul and some amount of rice too.And for the infant elephants they have to feed them some milk.As this ...

Koneshwaram Temple Thirukoneshwaram or the holy koneshwaram temple is a hindu temple which is located in trincomalee, the Eastern coast of Sri Lanka.It is located in a high rocky area and three sides are sourrounded by the sea. This is where Ravana dropped his sword to Lover's leap or Ravana's cleft at swami rock. It is 350 feet above the sea level. People visit here for attest their vow and also some are coming with the intension of gainning babies.

Blow Hole (Hummaya)                                The blow hole or which is known as hummanaya is located in Southern province sri lanka, in dickwella.This is the one and only known blow hole in sri lanka and it's considered as the second largest blow hole in the world.          This is known as hummanaya as we can hear a "hoo" sound even we are distance away from this place.This blow explodes every 10-15 minutes when the pressure occured  between the rocks. The fountain spray often reaching as high as 25m to 30m.Now this place is developed as a tourist attraction place with small information center. Around Hummanaya there is a nice beach where you can take a rest.  And there is a marine info center which might be useful for those who are interested on marine life. Marine Info center

Royal botanical garden is situated in kandy. It is the Sri Lanka's largest garden.It's about 60 hectares.It attracts 2 million visitors annually.There are 4000 differet species of plants at peradeniya garden.It includes orchids, medicinal plants, different flowers and palm trees. A signboard at the entrance, with a map, feature a numbered circuit from 1-30. The corresponding numbers are placed at strategic points on the route, black on a yellow background. 60 ha (150 acres) gardens, where you can easily stroll around a whole day, are stuffed with a bewildering variety of local & foreign tree & plant species. There are around ten thousand plants & trees inclusive of 4000 labeled species. One of the most interesting sites here is bizarre-looking snake creeper, whose tangled aerial roots look just like a writhing knot of vipers.