Disaster Hotlines in Sri Lanka- Flood, Landslides #FloodSL
The southwest monsoon and Cyclonic Storm Mora caused flooding and landslides throughout Sri Lanka in May 2017. Death toll from #FloodSL has risen to 180 with closer to 600,000 people affected (29 May...
View ArticleWhy you should not go to Yala National Park & Alternatives
Leopard at Wilpattu NP – Photo by Base Camp Wilpattu Many travel itineraries by Private tour operators focus on a limited number of wild-life sites in Sri Lanka, which has tremendously increased the...
View ArticleGuide to Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage- What to do and see
Elephants bathing at Ma oya river Situated just outside the town of Kegalle, some forty kilometers west of Kandy, the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage is one of Sri Lanka’s most popular tourist...
View ArticleWildlife National Parks & Forest Reserves in Sri Lanka
Horton Plains NP, Sri Lanka In Sri Lanka Natural Forests are managed by Forest Department and Department of Wildlife Conservation. Visitors are allowed for recreational purposes (Eco-Tourism) in...
View ArticleFestivals, Events and Holiday calendar in Sri Lanka
Most (but not all) Sri Lankan festivals follow the lunar calendar, meaning that dates vary considerably from year to year. Most of the public holidays are based on Buddhist festivals. Buddhist...
View ArticleWhy Sri Lanka named as Asia’s Leading Destination 2017?
At the World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia 2017, which were held in Shanghai, Sri Lanka won following two Awards: Asia’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination 2017 Asia’s Leading Destination...
View ArticleSri Lanka Travel Tourism Hotline – 1912
When you are in Sri Lnaka you can dial 1912 using any telephone network in the country. Using this helpline tourists can obtain all information related to local tourism and travel. Tourism Hotline in...
View Article‘So Sri Lanka’ Tourism tagline
‘So Sri Lanka’ is the Sri Lanka’s new tourism tagline, replacing ‘Wonder of Asia’. Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB) says that the new tagline will be “very natural, simple and highly...
View ArticleAyurveda Treatments in Sri Lankan hotels
One of the world’s oldest methods of healing named Ayurveda has been practiced in Sri Lanka for more than 2500 years. Sanskrit word meaning of Ayurveda is “Wisdom of life”. On numerous places on the...
View ArticleInternational Hotel Chains in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka offers a wide range of international hotel chains, heritage bungalows, boutique hotels and villas, guest houses, home-stay units, jungle cabins, tree-houses, eco-lodges, camping huts and...
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