Archive for May, 2009
Waterfalls of Sri Lanka
The central and the south central of Sri Lanka is the hill country where hundreds of rivers are born here. With the natural elevation of the land and the rivers has made Sri Lanka as a paradise of water falls. Most of the waterfalls are breathtakingly beautiful and scenic sites to vi
The Land of Gems – Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is ranked as the top five gem-bearing nations in the world, for its greatest concentration of gems found most parts of the island. All types of gems such as Blue & Yellow Sapphire, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Pathmaraga, Star Ruby & Star Sapphire are found here specially the city Ratnapu
Marine turtles of Sri Lanka and visit the Turtles Hatcheries
Marine turtles were living in the ocean for about 190 million years. Among them there are 08 marine turtle species are living in the world today, among them 05 of the species can be seen in Sri Lanka. There are about 15 turtle sanctuaries along the cost line from Colombo to Yala. Marine turtles a
UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sinharaja (Sinharaja Virgin Rain Forest)
Sinharaja Rain forest is a magnificent nature’s creation. This forest is important role in its diversity and as well as educationally. Sinharaja is treated as an treasure of Flora and fauna. It has been evolving since it was started up to today without interference for the heart of the for
Welcome to the Knuckles Range
Fast facts: Total area 18512 hectares (45512 acres) Rainfall 3000 – 5000 ml (average annual) Temperature 5.5 Celsius to 35 Celsius Humidity 57% - 90% Wind Speed 7.2 km/hr Main Mountains Other mountains Gombaniya – 6248 ft Dumbaragal
Butterflies of Sri Lanka
Butterflies are very colorful and important insect living in our environment. They help in the stability of the natural diversity of the environment. In Zoological terms butterflies belongs to the Phylum Arthropoda and class Insecta Compared with other countries Sri Lanka has significant amount of
Adam’s Peak – Sripada
Sri Pada Mountain is situated in the South West corner of the central mountain region. This corn shaped mountain is 2243 meters high. Devotes from all 4 major religion believe that the sacred foot print belongs to their religion. Buddhists believe that Load Buddha during his third visit to Sri
Bio Diversity in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a paradise island with remarkable bio diversity. The magnitude of bio diversity is very high in Sri Lanka to its proportions. Because of this Sri Lanka is ranked as the 10th highest in its bio diversification.Although Sri Lanka is a tropical island which is close to the equator the geog
Minneriya National Park
Minneriya National Park is located between Habarana and Polonnaruwa. Covered an area of 8890 hectares park is an ideal place for elephant and leopard watching. The vegetation of this park is mixed evergreen and scrub areas. The important feature of this park is that 3rd century built Minneriya Tank
Gal Oya National Park
Established in 1954 by the Gal Oya Development Board, Gal Oya National park is located 314 km away from Colombo in Inginiyagala district. The park covers an area of 25,900 hectare surrounded by ?Senanayake Samudra?. The park is treated as one of the major echo tourism destination. The park is ric
