• Visit Colombo

Sri Lanka’s busy metropolis Colombo is the economic hub of the country. The business district also houses some incredible shopping boulevards, restaurants, museums, parks and many sights and sounds that are uniquely Sri Lankan.

 

• Visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage

See orphaned baby jumbos wondering around with their kin in a largely natural environment. Get up-close and personal with the elephants by joining in to feed the calves milk with a bottle or watch them swim in the lake.

 

• Visit Yala

Yala National Park is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka. The park consists of five blocks, two of which are open to the public. The park covers 979 square kilometres (378 sq mi) and is a wildlife sanctuary; best known for its variety of wild animals such as Sri Lankan elephants, leopards and aquatic birds.

 

• Visit Rathnapura

Ratnapura is a city in South-western Sri Lanka. Known as the ‘City of Gems’, Ratnapura lies at the foot of Adam’s Peak and close to Sinharaja Rain Forest. You can find many stones and gems of all shapes and varieties at an affordable price here.

 

• Visit Kandy

This sacred Buddhist site, popularly known as the city of Senkadagalapura, was the last capital of the Sinhala kings whose patronage enabled the Dinahala culture to flourish for more than 2,500 years until the occupation of Sri Lanka by the British in 1815. It is also the site of the Temple of the Tooth Relic (the sacred tooth of the Buddha), which is a famous pilgrimage site.