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 &…

Ritigala or Aritthagiri (Sinhala: රිටිගල) is a mountain [753 m (2,470.47 ft. amsl)] with the ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery, situated in A…

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

Kota Vehera , also known as Cuthighara/Suthighara Cetiya (Sinhala: දැදිගම කොට වෙහෙර, සූතිඝර වෙහෙර චෙෙත්‍යය), is an ancient Stupa located in the …

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