When leaving for a one day tour of Pinnawala about 6.00 in the morning we arrive at the town called Dankotuwa after passing Maoya in Kochchikade. It is in and around Dankouwa that the tile and brick industry is carried out in a large scale. Dankotuwa Porcelain Factory occupies a prominent place for its high […]
Undawalawe National Park 200 km. away from Negombo is a popular sanctuary in which elephants are seen in abundance. This includes an elephant orphanage too where they are preserved, looked after, fed, bathed and rared. Permits are needed to visit the orphanage as well as the national park that can be toured only in 4-wheler
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A tour of Anuradhapura, situated in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka, should begin early in the morning to cover a distance of about 180 km. from Negombo which is about a four-hour journey via Puttalam and Wilpattu National Park. This is a sacred city where the sacred Bo-Tree known by Buddhists as ‘Sri
Wilpattu in native language means ‘natural lakes’ which is just right, becasue about sixty lakes or tanks also known as ‘villus’ are found to which animals come for water during the dry season. It is appropriate that a tour of Wilpattu National Park begins early morning, leaving Negombo at least by 6.00 a.m. or preferably
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“Sigiriya” meaning the Lion’s Rock was a fortress of an ancient king named ‘Kashyapa’ who chose this rock to build his palace after he went into hiding to escape the wrath of his brother who sought to kill Kashyapa for murdering his father, King Dhatusena. This is a world heritage. Sigiriya is 155 km away
