Gateway to Sri Lanka

The high-grade basement of Sri Lanka is composed of several iron ore deposits (Cooray, 1984) (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ යකඩ නිධි) . These can be groupe…

The Madu-Ganga Wetland , or Maduganga Mangrove Estuary (Sinhala: මාදු ගඟ), is a small and relatively shallow brackish coastal aquatic system situat…

Sam Popham's Arboretum (Photo credit: Dilon Fernando, Google Street View) Sam Popham's Arboretum is a dry zone arboretum situated in D…

Horton Plains National Park (Sinhala: හෝර්ටන් තැන්න ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානය; Tamil: ஓட்டன் சமவெளி தேசிய வனம்) is a national park situated in the Central H…

Ambuluwawa Biodiversity Complex A mbuluwawa Biodiversity Complex (Sinhala: අම්බුළුවාව කුළුණ හා ජෛව විවිධත්ව සංකීර්ණය) is located…

Hikkaduwa Beach H ikkaduwa Beach (Sinhala: හික්කඩුව වෙරළ තීරය) is a popular shoreline and National Park in Hikkaduwa in Galle Di…

Kadurugoda Archaeological Reserve K adurugoda Viharaya , also known as Kantarodai Archaeological Reserve (Sinhala: කදුරුගොඩ විහාරය) is located…

Being pollinators, bees have become the most useful group of insects and there are over 20,000 species of described bees in the world (Karunaratne &…

The Buttala iron ore deposit (Sinhala: බුත්තල යකඩ නිධිය) is exposed in the village of Kukurampola, Monaragala District, Sri Lanka. It is located a…

Badulla Pillar Inscription , also known as Soraborawewa Pillar Inscription (Sinhala: බදුල්ල ටැම් ලිපිය, බදුලු ටැම් ලිපිය, සොරබොරවැව ටැම් ලිපිය), …

Minneriya National Park (Sinhala: මින්නේරිය ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානය; Tamil: மின்னேரியா தேசிய வனம்) is a national park situated in Polonnaruwa District, Sr…

Heritance Kandalama (Sinhala: හෙරිටන්ස් කණ්ඩලම හෝටලය) is a star class luxury hotel located in the vicinity of Kandalama Wewa, Matale District, S…

Somawathiya National Park S omawathiya National Park (Sinhala: සෝමාවතිය ජාතික වනෝද්‍යානය) is a national park that lies between E…

Located in the southwestern part of Sri Lanka, Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sinhala: සිංහරාජ වනාන්තරය; Tamil: சிங்கராஜக் காடு) is the country's la…

Not to be confused with Kaludiya Pokuna, Dambulla Kaludiya Pokuna (Sinhala: මිහින්තලේ කළුදිය පොකුණ) is a site with a ruined Buddhist temple loc…