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Tourism in Sri Lanka

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About Sri Lanka Destinations

Officially renowned as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, this is an island which is situated southeast of India. Sri Lanka tourism is characterized by its colonial architecture, and Buddhist temples, stunning beaches, and destinations like Colombo, Galle, Kandy, Yala National Park. Wildlife Sanctuaries with leopard and elephant populations are also some of the most popular places to visit in Sri Lanka. From stunning beaches to wildlife reserves, places in Sri Lanka draw in a huge number of travelers to its shores. Read our Sri Lanka holiday guide to learn about all major tourist attractions and things to do in Sri Lanka.

Culture of Sri Lanka

The culture of the country is diverse and has different ethnicities and their religions. The most populous and found ethnicity is Sinhalese. Tamils also have played an influential part in making the significant history of the island. Both these communities have Christians in the majority which are recent converts, keeping their traditional culture intact. Tourist destinations in Sri Lanka offer diverse cultural encounters, adventure activities, rewarding scenery, and shopping options. The Paradise Road, Galle Face Green, and Galle Road are perfect places to enjoy cheap shopping in Colombo Sri Lanka.

Top Experiences in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a vast country with so many tourist attractions, pristine landscape, and places for adventures. It is a jewel of a nation in the Indian Ocean where tourism in Sri Lanka is rapidly adjusting to the needs of the rising clients and a comprehensive range of things to offer to the international visitors.

Points of interest in Sri Lanka include a total of eight world heritage sites marked by UNESCO, including some of the temples, telling the 3000 years’ history of ancient practices and all. Some of the names to include are Sigiriya, Anuradhapura, Dambulla Cave Temple, Dambulla, Kandy, Polonnaruwa, Sinharaja and colonial fortresses like Galle, Tricolomalee. Despite the popular attractions, it has also secured some of the wilderness for their tourists, including some wild safari tours like Udawalawe National Park, Wilpattu National Wildlife Park, Ridiyagama Safari Park, Wasgamuwa National Park, and much more. You can see leopards, water buffaloes, several migratory birds, elephants, and a lot more.

Useful Travel Tips

In terms of cheap accommodations, private rooms cost at least $15 per night together with air conditioning. Sri Lankan food is cheap and very delicious. Local foods such as a dish made of chapatti and pancakes cost about $3. Different cuts of meat, eggs, vegetables, or rice will cost you about $5. Moreover, outside the key cities such as Kandy and Colombo, you will find non-Indian and Sri Lankan foods. Nevertheless, go for the local food, as it is super delicious.

Get Around in Sri Lanka

The ideal way to move within the country is by trains and Tuk-Tuk. Tuk-Tuk is quite cheap as you have to pay approximately $20 for a whole day visit. Various typical routes to travel by Tuk-Tuk are Galle to Colombo that costs $2, Kandy to Nuwara is around $2, and Jaffna to Colombo is about $3.

Reasons to Visit Sri Lanka

Tourism in Sri Lanka includes a lot of things that as a tourist you must visit to enjoy. It comprises of several things such as tasty foods, diverse culture, scenic trains, historical architectures, wildlife, and immaculate beaches. Sri Lanka is the place to get lost in incredible frescoes, water gardens, and ancient ruins of fantastic rock fortress. Further, do not miss the bravura view from the top of the rock with rolling hills, and a jungle in all directions. Fritter your vacation basking in the sun on a hammock at the small village of Mirissa. Amazingly, Mirissa is one of the most stunning beach gateways and critical revenue of Sri Lanka tourism. You will forget the real world once you enter Mirissa paradise. No wonder it has been incorporated as a great place to visit in Sri Lanka for your incredible vacation.

Those planning Sri Lanka budget tours should visit the country during the monsoon season, from May through September. Go through our listings of holiday packages to plan memorable tours of Sri Lanka

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Fabulous Sri Lanka and its Fantabulous Attractions

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Of Beaches and Mountains: Sri Lanka Calls

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Enigmatic Sri Lanka Honeymoon Tour Package

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Amazing Sri Lanka Holiday: Whale Watching & Turtle Hatchery

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Fun in the Sun - Exotic Sri Lanka Holiday

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Sigiriya, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Bentota, Colombo Tour Package

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Romantic Sri Lankan Honeymoon Tour Package

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Magnificent Sri Lanka Honeymoon Package

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Ramayana Tour Package: Walk Through Sri Lanka’s Past

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Intimate Sri Lanka Honeymoon Package

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Sri Lanka Shopping Tour Package

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Enchanting Sri Lanka Honeymoon Tour

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Jolly Sri Lanka Family Tour

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Best Selling Sri Lanka 5 Nights 6 Days Family Tour

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Places To Visit In Sri Lanka

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Pidurutalagala in Nuwara Eliya

Also called Mount Pedro, Pidurutalagala is the tallest peak of Sri Lanka. The Pidurutalagala height is 2,524 m. It is easily distinguishable from almost all the areas in Central Province. The Government of Sri Lanka and armed forces have built their communications array on the top of the peak. The communications array contr...

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Temple of the Tooth in Kandy

The city of Kandi earned the title World Heritage Site because of the presence of a sacred tooth relic temple, Temple of the Tooth. As the name suggests, the temple houses Lord Buddha’s tooth which had been transferred all the way from Kalinga to Kandy. It is now stationed at this temple which holds 3 pujas a day to honor a...

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Royal Palace in Kandy

Royal Palace of Kandy is one of the most popular places to visit in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is a magnificent structure that will leave you awestruck like never before. Situated near the temple of the tooth, the palace is surrounded by lush greenery which gives it an aura that will make you fall in love with it the first time t...

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Botanical Garden in Kandy

The Royal Botanical Gardens in Kandy was once upon a time a walking place for the Britishers and was accessible to the royals of the Kandian era. However, now everyone is allowed to take a stroll along with the lush green gardens of the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens in Kandy. The gardens are a big hit amongst visitors becaus...

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Galle Face Green in Colombo

Galle Face Green is a stretch of 1,600 feet of blissful greenery and peace. Occupying over twelve acres of land, this urban park was originally built much bigger than it is today. It is still used for golfing, but back in the day, it was used as cricket, rugby, football, polo, and tennis grounds as well for horse racing. In...

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Things To Do In Sri Lanka

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Minneriya National Park in Sigiriya

Sri Lanka is a beautiful island country rich in wildlife. It is a land known for its flora and fauna. With quite a range of national parks, it offers some of the best wildlife tours to visitors. One such park that is known for its safaris is Minneriya National Park. Minneriya National Park was announced a wildlife sanctuary...

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Hiking at Horton Plains National Park in Kandy

Horton Plains, located on the southern plateau of Sri Lanka is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is home to the famous Horton Plains National Park which is one of the major tourist attractions in Sri Lanka. The climate here is exactly like a Montane Forest, the temperature varies between 14 to 16 degrees centigrade almost th...

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Spice Garden in Kandy

Known as the land of spices, Sri Lanka is renowned for producing spices. More than 10 variety of spices are cultivated and can be found in Sri Lanka and most of these are exported. When visiting the beautiful country you should make sure you do not miss out on these fascinating and beautiful Spice gardens in Sri Lanka. Visi...

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Shanthipura View Point in Nuwara Eliya

Shanthipura is considered to be the highest village in the North East region of Sri Lanka and can be accessed from the Nuwara Eliya Kandy road. Situated on an altitude of 7339 ft on the stunning Kikiliyamana Mountain road from Nuwara Eliya and at the bottom of a hill, Shanthipura is a little village gives a panoramic view o...

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Nuwara Eliya Golf Club in Nuwara Eliya

The Nuwara Eliya Golf Club is situated in Nuwara Eliya and from the region of Gregory Lake it is within the distance of 2.8 km. This Club was founded in 1889 and is amongst the oldest clubs for golf in Asia. If you are fond of golf history, Nuwara Eliya Golf Club will provide you a once in a lifetime experience. After the R...

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How to Reach Sri Lanka

Read about the best & quickest routes to save time & money, as suggested by our travelers

By Air

Colombo International Airport (CMB) is the main point of entry for international travelers in Sri Lanka. The availability of domestic flights in Sri Lanka is limited as most of the cities are quite near to each other. Direct flights from Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Chennai are available by Air India, Jet Airways, and SriLankan Airlines. India to Sri Lanka flight duration may vary from 90 minutes to 3 hours 30 minutes depending on the airport.

However, some of the prime flight zones are from Ampara, Bentota river, Colombo, Hatton, Jaffna, Kandy, Anuradhapura, Katugastota, Kelaniya, Koggala, Mahaweli, Weerala, Sigiriya, Trincomalee etc. The airlines that religiously serve Sri Lanka are like Jet Airways, Singapore airlines, Turkish Airlines, Spice jet airlines etc.

By Train

Once you scout you will get the detail travel time of the buses that majorly includes routes like Negombo, Galle, while there is a direct bus route from the Colombo to Kandy. For every hour the buses travel for forty to fifty kilometers. However, the speed lifts up as the drivers are set to wheel on the plane lands to 60 to 70 kilometers. But again the speed slows down to 20 km in the hilly areas.

By Road

In Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Railways runs throughout the island. A train ride is more relaxing as compared to other rides. In fact, the first class train ticket in Sri Lanka does not go beyond $15.35. In Sri Lanka, there are three rail lines, including South from Colombo, East from Colombo, and North from Colombo. One can book regular class or an AC class depending upon the distance of your location and hours of travel.

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    The trip with Active Adventure Srilanka was amazing. The owner of this company is truly good, polite and a very nice lady. Her service was really commendable. I would recommend everyone who wishes to come to Srilanka, must go with this company without any second thought.
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    Kapil Yadav

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    Kapil's 3 days trip to Sri Lanka

    Travel agent Chamodi was so professional ,and welcoming and was eager to help at any moment in the given day. Best person I would have met to book a travel.
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    Prabhu Krish

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    Prabhu's 4 days trip to Sri Lanka

    Choosing Traveco as my travel agent happened to be an fortune.Mr.Shanil from Traveco constantly interacted with me and assisted in planning my travel.Special mention to the driver cum guide Mr.Mahesh who took us to each and every place of Sri Lanka and made us explore the beauty of the country. Visi
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    Ankush Verma

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    Ankush's 8 days trip to Sri Lanka

    From the Day I decided to visit Lanka , till the date I completed this trip , Active Adventure Lanka team was available every moment for me. They planned a wonderful trip for me , I and my wife enjoyed a lot :) Cheers to Chamodi and Team !!
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    Jayanthan Veeraraghavan

    Chennai

    Jayanthan's 7 days trip to Sri Lanka

    I had wonderful experience with Udani Travels.Problem is that i did not find good vegetarian hotel throught my holiday.Guides are ok.As i was single traveller i felt the trip was expensive.But if you go in group or as a family,without hesitation Srilanka is must visit tourist country.
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    Saurabh Agarwal

    New delhi

    Saurabh's 7 days trip to Sri Lanka

    Really appreciate the services provided by Udani holidays, they were great in planning the entire trip with things planned upto the minutest details. Great Job. Many thanks for making our trip great.
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    Abhitesh Raj

    New delhi

    Abhitesh's 7 days trip to Sri Lanka

    It was a pleasant holiday. The hotels could have been little better with services .the outings were good ..overall the trip was pleasant.
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    Neeraj Kumar Mittal

    Delhi

    Neeraj's 8 days trip to Sri Lanka

    Overall Srilanka Tour is satisfactory and we had enjoyed a lot and only problem is Vegetarian food , We had missed the food taste in hole trip, Local Tour operator Udani Holiday Travel had taken good care of us and ginen all as per itinerary, We definitively recommend Travel Triangle and Udani for s
    ure . Srilanka had value for money and you enjoy the Tour with beautiful scenery all the way , beautiful beaches, Tea gardens, lush green as a hole country ,Very good hospitality in hotels .
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    Raj Kiran

    Hyderabad

    Raj's 6 days trip to Sri Lanka

    Thanks to the agent Kasun who did a great job with the hotel selection and the price offered. Everything was professional. All small requests have been taken care of. The guide Buddhika was such a nice person and very knowledgeable, showing us all the places that we requested for and was explaining
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