Explore

In Sri Lanka we have urban jungles as well as natural ones with wild life. To discover all that Sri Lanka has to offer, you will need a guide to help you explore. That’s here as we adventure to the known and unknown, trekking through hill country tea estates, travelling on slow-moving local trains though seaside villages, or braving a journey by bus. We review river cruises, whale watching, domestic flights, zip-gliding and wander around Galle Fort, explore the scenic countryside and visit unusual museums, discover village pageants and reveal so much you never knew about Sri Lanka and can explore when you visit this “land like no other.”

Golden Ceylon Tea Tips

By Royston Ellis 4 Min Read

Storing Ceylon Tea. To keep the flavour of loose Ceylon tea leaf, it needs to be stored properly. This is best done, not in tea

Discovering Horton Plains

By editor 11 Min Read

Remember the best time to see the World’s End viewpoint is before 10 am. So depending on your time and stamina, you can choose left

How to spend a day in Ella, Sri Lanka

By editor 8 Min Read

Ella Sri Lanka Ella, an awe-inspiring place in the hill country of Sri Lanka, is the epitome of natural beauty. Located on a ridge between

The Secret Codes of Sri Lanka Tea

By Royston Ellis 5 Min Read

Sri Lanka produces black tea (i.e. tea that has been grown in the Sri Lanka tea gardens, hand-plucked, withered, rolled, fermented, fired and sorted into

Your guide to visiting Kandy Temple of the Tooth Relic

By editor 20 Min Read

The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, known in Sri Lanka as Sri Dalada Maligawa  is a place of great historic, cultural and spiritual significance.

10 awesome things in Mirissa, Sri Lanka

Mirissa is 30km east of Galle and 150km southeast of Colombo, an attractive bay on

By editor 11 Min Read

Travels with a Paintbox

This is not our latest Sri Lanka Holiday Guru tip (“Travel with a paintbox instead of your smartphone!”)

By editor 5 Min Read

A Royal Garden in a Garden Island (Interactive map)

Sri Lanka is a garden island set in the Indian Ocean – a fertile isle lush with tropical

By editor 3 Min Read

The Season to climb Adam’s Peak

The Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day (22 December 2018; 11 December 2019) marks the beginning

By editor 4 Min Read

Sri Lanka’s Expressways

Perhaps the only tiresome aspect of a holiday in Sri Lanka (and never publicised) was

By editor 4 Min Read

Brief Garden: A Tropical Colonial Garden

When you want an antidote from sunbathing on the beaches of the west coast, the

By editor 4 Min Read