Madu River
A Ramsar-listed inland wetland system of 900 hectares near Balapitiya on the southwest coast – a network of calm waterways, mangrove tunnels, and small islands best explored by small motorboat in a safari experience of extraordinary intimacy and natural beauty. The Madu River system includes a working cinnamon island, a Buddhist temple island, and natural […]
Ritigala Forest Monastery
One of the most atmospheric and least-visited ancient sites in Sri Lanka – a ruined forest monastery built by ascetic monks in the 1st century BCE on a granite mountain shrouded in dense medicinal forest, its stone pathways, bathing ponds, and meditation platforms still visible beneath the encroaching jungle in a way that feels genuinely […]
Hiriketiya
A near-perfect horseshoe bay on Sri Lanka’s south coast where jungle reaches directly to the waterline, the waves are gentle enough for beginners and interesting enough for experienced surfers, and the entire bay retains a sense of quiet discovery despite growing slowly more popular each year. Hiriketiya attracts a particular kind of traveller – one […]
Gal Oya National Park
Sri Lanka’s most remote and least-visited major national park – a vast, wild landscape in the east of the island centred around the massive Senanayake Samudra reservoir, known above all for its unique boat safaris that take visitors through open water channels to observe wild elephants swimming between islands in an experience unlike anything available […]
Nuwara Eliya
Perched at nearly 2,000 metres above sea level, Nuwara Eliya carries the peculiar, charming atmosphere of a British hill station transported to a tropical island – Tudor architecture, rose gardens, a Victorian-era gentlemen’s club, and a racecourse all coexisting with rolling tea estate landscapes and the cool, clean air of Sri Lanka’s highest city. The […]