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Panama, Sri Lanka |
Panama, Sri Lanka |
<ul>Panama,13 km from Arugam bay is the unique village and the last populated settlement in the southernmost part of Sri Lanka. The huge sand dunes loom on the sides of the village, felt you that you have been transported to another realm.<br>
<br>The villagers in Panama are predominantly Sinhala but speak Tamil and the names of the villages mixed with Sinhala and Tamil. This epitomizes the rich cultural diversity of the area.
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Muhudu maha viharaya |
Muhudu maha viharaya |
<ul>Muhudu maha viharaya just 5 km from Arugam bay near the Pottuvil town is an ancient Buddhist temple built by King Kavantissa in the 2nd century BC. It has the Avlokitheshvara Bodhisattwa statue, which belongs to the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. </ul> |
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Pottuvil lagoon, Boat safari |
Pottuvil lagoon, Boat safari |
<ul>Pottuvil lagoon with a fringing mangrove forest is roughly about 200 acres. It is full of a variety of wildlife with endemic birds, elephants, and crocodiles. Boat safari in pristine Pottuvil coastal lagoon on a slender canoe is a fascinating eco-tour experience. |
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Govinda hela |
Govinda hela |
<ul>Govinda hela or Westminister Abbey is a rocky mountain. The forest around the mountain is a protected forest. Govinda hela hike is one of the best hiking trails in Sri Lanka. It is about 55 km away from Arugam Bay.</ul> |
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Wildlife safari, Lahugala national park |
Wildlife safari, Lahugala national park |
<ul>Lahugala national park is full of wild elephants and birds. Due to bordering Kumana national park, this is an interesting park for bird watching enthusiasts. It is located 19 km west of Arugam Bay.
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Gal Oya national park, Boat safari |
Gal Oya national park, Boat safari |
<ul>Gal Oya national park is famous due to its' boat safari in Senanayaka Samudra reservoir. It is located 314 km away from Colombo and about 1 and half hours' drive to the north of Arugam Bay.<br>
<br>"Makara", the natural tunnel, the water stream falls through that feed the Senanayaka Samudra is an amazing place to explore.<br>
<br>Gal Oya national park offers you a rare opportunity of getting closer to exotic animals and birds. The "sitting-and-swimming" elephants in the serene water of the Senanayaka Samudra always make a picturesque scene that can not be seen anywhere in the world.</ul> |
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Wildlife safari, Yala national park |
Wildlife safari, Yala national park |
<ul>Wildlife safari at Yala national park would be the most famous activity done by the most foreign travelers to Sri Lanka. Yala national park is located 310 km from Colombo in Hambantota and Monaragala district.<br>
<br>Yala national park comprises five blocks of which block 1 has been the most frequented due to its accessibility and the terrain of open glades. Due to its high population of wild aminals, Yala national park block 1 is the most frequented area of travelers. The small and large herds of elephants and leopards are roaming often around this area. That provides the best chance to take photographs of them in your interesting pose. The Sloth bear, Spotted Deer, Wild Boar, Sandbur and saltwater crocodile, and birds and turtles are frequent in Yala national park.<br>
<br>You have a 99% chance to witness those wild animals during your Yala safari.<br>
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Okanda Devalaya, Kataragama Padayathra |
Okanda Devalaya, Kataragama Padayathra |
<ul>Okanda Devalaya on a rocky outcrop near the Okanda beach close to the entrance of the Kumana national park is dedicated to Kataragama deity and his wife Valli Amma.<br>
<br>For the devotees from the Northern and Eastern coasts of the country traveling on the annual Kataragama Pada Yathra, Okanda is the last gathering point before entering the unforgiving jungles of Kumana and then Yala where they would continue their weeks-long walk towards the Kataragama Devalaya. This festival lies in the months of June and July. </ul> |
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Bird watching, Gal Oya national park |
Bird watching, Gal Oya national park |
<ul>Gal Oya national park is blessed with a dazzling array of colourful bird species which makes it a must-see destination for birdwatchers. The island named "Bird’s Island", found within the reservoir, is a nesting place for birds.</br>
<br>The most common birds are Painted Partridge, Thick-billed flowerpecker, Crested serpent & Crested hawk eagles, Jungle bush quail, White-bellied sea eagle, Yellow-legged green pigeon, Paradise flycatcher, Ceylon frogmouth, Brown fish owl, Southern sirkeer, Scaly-bellied woodpecker, Brown-capped pygmy woodpecker, Ceylon spurfowl, Southern sirkeer, Racket-tailed drongo, Grey-headed fish eagle, Forest eagle owl, Fish owl, and Little scops owl. |
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Wildlife & Bird watching safari, Kumana national park |
Wildlife & Bird watching safari, Kumana national park |
<ul>Kumana national park is famous among bird watching enthusiasts. But it is full of other animals especially elephants and leopards. It is located 391 km southeast of Colombo and 37 km from Arugam Bay. Due to its contiguous with Yala national park, Kumana national park was formally known as Yala east national park. The Park is bordered by River Kumubukkan Oya on the south and the south-eastern coast on the east.<br>
<br>A 200 hectares mangrove swamp called “Kumana Villu” within the park is subject to occasional inundation with seawater is heaven for bird nesting and breeding. There are about 255 bird species recorded in Kumana. Tens of thousands of migratory birds migrate to the Kumana Villu area annually from April to July.<br>
<br>Among those recorded species Lesser whistling teal, Spot-billed pelican, Openbill, purple coot, Pheasant-tailed jacana, Common coot, Grey heron, Purple heron, Black-winged stilt, Yellow-wattled lapwing, Green shank, Jungle owlet, Black-necked & White-necked painted storks, Common & Green sandpipers, Pintail, Garganey, Common red shan, are common in the national park. </ul> |
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Magul Maha Viharaya, Lahugala |
Magul Maha Viharaya, Lahugala |
<ul>Magul Maha Viharaya in Lahugala has been identified as a Ruhunu Maha Viharaya mentioned in the inscription at the site. It is an ancient Buddhist temple constructed by King Kawantissa, ruler of Ruhunu kingdom in the 2nd century BC.</br>
<br>According to the legend it was built at the exact place where King Kawantissa's marriage ceremony with queen Viharamahadevi was held. The moonstone in this temple belongs to the 6th and 7th century AD is remarkable. Magul Maha Viharaya is located 19 km south of Arugam Bay. |
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Kudumbigala monastery |
Kudumbigala monastery |
<ul>Kudumbigala is an ancient cave monastery complex with more than 200 caves built by King Devanampiyatissa in the 2nd century BC. The hermit monks who engaged in deep meditation are characteristic of this monastery today. As a result of that Kudumbigala has a very calm and quiet spiritual atmosphere.<br>
Hike to the top of the Kudumbigala is an interesting nature walk with lots of wildlife. It is about a 2 hours hike. The view from the top is amazing. It is located inside the Kumana national park, 26 km south of Arugam Bay. </ul> |
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Waulpane cave |
Waulpane cave |
<ul>Waulpane limestone cave located 41 km northwest of Udawalawe contains a large number of stalactites and stalagmites estimated to be more than a million years old. Waulpane cave in accordance with its’ Sinhala literally meaning Cave of Bats, is home to approximately 500,000 bats of 6 varieties. It is possible to walk through this cave and able to explore the building process of fossils which is still continuing and exit from the other side. </ul> |
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Madunagala hot water spring |
Madunagala hot water spring |
<ul>Madunagala is famous due to its natural hot water springs, located 38 km southeast of Udawalawe. It has 4 natural hot water pools. You can have a natural hot water bath there. This hot water spring was first recorded by Leonard Woolf, Assistant Government Agent of Hambanthota in1908. </ul> |
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Bird watching, Bundala national park |
Wildlife safari, Bundala national park |
<ul>Bundala national park is heaven for bird watching enthusiasts during the months from September to March. It is consists of thorny scrub, sand dunes, and five shallow brackish lagoons. The park and the adjoining Bundala saltern is harbors 197 species of birds including thousands of migrant waders during the season.</br>
<br>Bundala national park was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1969 and designated as a national park in 1993. It is located 246 km Southeast of Colombo and 16 km from Tissamaharama. Bundala national park was the first Ramsar Wetland and fourth Biosphere Reserve in Sri Lanka.
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Loolkandura estate, Kondagala hike |
Loolkandura estate, Kondagala hike |
<ul>Loolkandura is located on Delthota – Hewaheta road 31 km south of Kandy. Loolkandura estate is the place where the first tea plant was planted.<br>
<br>James Taylor the legend of the Ceylon Tea Industry, worked as an assistant supervisor on a coffee plantation did his experiment with tea plants in the Loolkandura estate.<br>
<br>James Taylor had changed the history of post-colonization in Sri Lanka by introducing tea as a commercial plantation which makes Ceylon a world brand.<br>
<br>If you visit the Loolkandura estate you will be able to discover several locations used by James Taylor. That is including field No 7 - the very first tea patch, ruins of his residence, James Taylors’ well, his seat to see the valley, monuments, the tea factory, and a tea weighing station still in operation today.<br>
<br>Kondagala rock just behind the James Taylors’ residence is a beautiful and attractive rock to hike. It is about a 300 m hikes. The view of the surrounding valley is amazing.
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Bird watching, Udawatta Kele sanctuary |
Bird watching, Udawatta Kele sanctuary |
<ul>Udawatta Kele sanctuary is a wet evergreen forest that contains a great variety of plant species, especially lianas, shrubs, and small trees covering 104 hectares. Sri Dalada Maligawa has bordered on Udawatta Kele sanctuary. <br>
<br>During the Kandyan period, Udawatta Kele was used as a pleasure garden and the pond in the forest was used for bathing. It was restricted to the royal family only. At present, the pond attracts many species of birds.<br>
<br>Common Kingfisher, Indian three-toed kingfisher, Stork-billed kingfisher, Common hill myna, Brown fish owl, Forest eagle owl, Wood owl, Tickell’s blue flycatcher, Green leaf & large-billed leaf warblers, Brown-capped babbler, Layard’s flycatcher, Paradise flycatcher, Crimson-backed woodpecker, Indian pitta, Yellow-fronted barbet, Ceylon lorikeet are most common birds in the sanctuary. </ul> |
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The sacred city of Kandy, World heritage site |
The sacred city of Kandy, World heritage site |
<ul>The sacred city of Kandy, a cultural world heritage site was the last capital of the Sri Lankan Sinhalese kingdom. Sri Dalada Maligawa, the temple of the tooth relic of Lord Buddha is the icon of the sacred city of Kandy.<br>
<br>The relics of Lord Buddha were distributed among various kingdoms in India after his cremation. The tooth relic of the left canine of Lord Buddha was given to the Kingdom of Kalinga in Eastern India. During the period of King Guhasiva in the 4th century AD, the Kalinga kingdom has encountered a war with the neighbouring kingdom to get hold of the Tooth relic. King Guhasiva has decided to send all important tooth relics to his friend in Sri Lanka King Kirthi Sri Meghavarna for its safety.<br>
<br>King Kirthi Sri Meghavarna has built a special shrine called “Dalada Maligawa” to kept the Tooth Relic at the Abhayagiri Vihara complex in Anuradhapura. It Kept there from the 4th-century to the 10th century AD until the capital was shifted to Polonnaruwa.<br>
<br>As and when the capital was shifted from Polonnaruwa, Yapahuwa, Dambadeniya, Kurunegala, Gampola, Kotte, Sitawaka, and Kandy, “Dalada Maligawa” has built to kept tooth relic.<br>
<br>In the Kandyan Kingdom, Dalada Maligawa was first built by King Vimaladharmasuriya in the 16th century AD. However, it was no longer exists today. The present Dalada Maligawa with three-story was built by King Weera Parakrama Narendrasinghe during the 18 century.<br>
<br>Sri Dalada Maligawa temple complex consists of the main building that contains the first chamber called “Palle Male” and an upper chamber called “Uda Male” where the tooth relic kept and Pattirippuwa (Octagonal pavilion) and Magulmaduwa (Audience Hall).<br>
<br>Sri Dalada Museum, Archaeological museum located in the old royal palace, World Buddhist museum, and Tusker “Raja” museum also located in the temple complex. Natha Devale, Visnu Devale, Pattini Devale, and Kataragama Devale are located in front of the Dalada Maligawa within the temple complex.</ul> |
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Sinharaja forest reserve, World heritage site |
Sinharaja forest reserve, World heritage site |
<ul>Sinharaja forest reserve has been nominated as a Biosphere reserve and a World heritage site by UNESCO due to its’ biodiversity importance. It is located 73 km west of Udawalawe, 77 km east of Galle, and 78 km north of Tangalle.<br>
<br>This last extensive patch of virgin rainforest in Sri Lanka has covered 8,864 ha. It is only 21 km from east to west and a maximum of 7 km from north to south. However, the endemism of this small forest patch is extremely high. The bird endemism is the highest, 29 endemic birds in Sri Lanka out of 34 have been recorded in Sinharaja. Endemism among amphibians, mammals, and butterflies is also greater than 50%. The endemic reptiles of green pit viper and hump-nosed vipers can be found in this forest reserve. There are few elephants (3-4) and about 15 Leopards have recorded in the forest reserve but due to dense vegetation, wildlife is not easy to trace. However, the endemic mammal purple-faced langur can be seen commonly in the reserve. The inevitable leeches are common in the Sinharaja forest reserve.<br>
<br>Sinharaja forest receives between 3000-6000 mm of rain and has between 18-27° C mean temperature throughout the year and the humidity is between 75% - 90%. All these conditions favours Sinharaja to have a wild profusion of flora. The top canopy trees layer has a height up to 45 m and the next layer down topping 30m. Out of 217 woody trees and lianas in Sinharaja 139 are endemic.<br>
<br>Sinharaja has an intricate network of streams. The Napola Dola and Koskulana Ganga from the north, Maha Dola, and Gin Ganga from the south-west and the Kalukandawa Ela and Kudawa Ganga from the west crisscrossed each other. These waterways are formed beautiful waterfalls in Snharaja. Some of them are Duwili Ella, Kekuna Ella, Thattu Ella, Pathanoya Ella, Malmora Ella, Brahmana Ella, Uran Wetuna Ella, and Galdoruwa Ella. Among them, Duwili Ella would be the most beautiful.
The forest reserve has a rolling terrain that encompasses a series of ridges and valleys spread over a broad elevation range from 300 m to 1150m. Hinipitigala (1150 m), Tibbottagala (904m), Kosgulana (797m), Dotalugala (769m), Moulawella (760m), Sinhagala (742m), and Kohilearambe (575m) are the significant ridges in Sinharaja.<br>
<br>The lifetime experience of the real beauty of nature catch with a glimpse of rare flora and fauna can only be accessible by trekking inside the Sinharaja with an excellent guide. You will be able to explore the mystery of the virgin rainforest and indulge in once-in-a-lifetime photography. That may avoid the strain uncounted in challenging trails.</ul> |
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