The Ultimate Guide to Sri Lanka’s Ancient Cities
HERITAGE The Ultimate Guide to Sri Lanka’s Ancient Cities Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle is one of the most extraordinary repositories of ancient history in all of Asia — a cluster of UNESCO World Heritage cities, rock fortresses, and sacred monuments that preserves the evidence of a remarkably sophisticated civilisation that flourished here for over two […]
Ceylon Tea: A Journey Through Sri Lanka’s Fragrant Highlands
CEYLON TEA Ceylon Tea: A Journey Through Sri Lanka’s Fragrant Highlands There are few pleasures in travel more complete than the first sip of freshly brewed Ceylon tea on a mist-covered estate in the highlands of Nuwara Eliya — the still-warm liquid in the delicate cup, the steam carrying the complex fragrance of floral, muscatel, […]
Wildlife Encounters: Sri Lanka’s Incredible National Parks
WILDLIFE Wildlife Encounters: Sri Lanka’s Incredible National Parks For a small island, Sri Lanka packs an astonishing amount of wildlife into a remarkable diversity of habitats — from the arid scrublands of the south to the montane cloud forests of the Knuckles Range, from the mangrove lagoons of the east coast to the deep-water marine […]
Sri Lankan Cuisine: A Complete Guide to Ceylon’s Culinary Heritage
BEACHES Sri Lankan cuisine Sri Lankan cuisine is one of Asia’s great underappreciated culinary traditions — too often dismissed as merely a variant of South Indian food, but in reality a deeply distinctive cooking culture with its own unique techniques, ingredients, spice blends, and dishes found nowhere else in the world. Rice & Curry: The […]
Hidden Beaches of Sri Lanka: Beyond the Guidebooks
BEACHES Hidden Beaches of Sri Lanka: Beyond the Guidebooks Sri Lanka’s 1,340-kilometre coastline is one of the most diverse and beautiful in Asia — a kaleidoscope of different beach types, colours, and characters that changes almost with every kilometre. The well-known beaches deserve their reputations. But some of the island’s most extraordinary stretches of sand […]