Trip to Sri Lanka

WELCOME TO SRILANKA

I am so happy that you’re here and would love this opportunity to share my beautiful experiences. There are so many travel blogs/ vlogs but every personal experience is beautiful in its own way and has its own charm. So here I am trying to share my Sri Lankan experience in few words, let’s begin with our day 1 in Sri Lanka 

Firstly we landed at Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo. We had booked this amazing van and it was very luxurious as we had 2 weeks of road trip ahead of us to cover the Southern, eastern, western and central parts of this beautiful island It had reclining seats which become like a flat bed. Basically its a business class Van

So we headed to our hotel Marino beach and checked in. We were tired from a long journey of Jaipur to Colombo via Delhi but still we got fresh and headed for lunch to Wadiya beach restaurant and for little local sightseeing. If you are looking for amazing seafood then you must visit Ministry of crab  

After that we visited Buddhist temple - Gangaramaya Temple which is beautiful and calm and has modern architecture along with traditional/cultural.

Next stop was Seema Malakaya Temple which is located just across the road from Gangaramaya temple in Beira lake and its so serene & meditative Then we headed to Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque (Red Mosque) located in Pettah. Due to covid restrictions going inside wasn’t allowed so we just had a look from outside of this beautiful architecture. Also recommend shopping in Pettah streets and floating market. Colombo is so beautiful, clean and lively. Our next destination Sigiriya located in central province, we stayed at gorgeous property called Amaya Lake which is so beautiful , you can have a little picnic by the lake side, also enjoy an Ayurvedic spa and an evening Safari at Minneria national park On Day 3 we got up early in the morning for our trek to Sigiriya 

Sigiriya Rock

(‘Sinhagiri’ Singha, means Lion and giri means throat in Singhalese)  

Its a nice trek which one must cover during their trip to Sri Lanka.

Sigiriya Rock

On day 4 we enjoyed early morning yoga session at Amaya Lake and later had breakfast and checked out

Amaya Lake Resort

We headed to our next destination Kandy which was 2.5 hours drive away

We visited Dambulla cave temple also known as Golden temple of Dambulla and it was so beautiful and serene

Dambulla Cave Temple

Checked in to Earl’s Regency hotel in Kandy

DAY 5: Our 1st visit on this was to Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya (Bahirawakanda Vihara Budhha statue) Buddhist temple located in Bahirawakanda and knows for the biggest Buddha statue in central province of Sri Lanka, we did climb few stairs which takes you upto the shoulder part of the giant statue and also has a great view of kandy lake which you can also see from Kandy view point

Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

Our next stop was Buddha Tooth relic temple which is beautiful and also visited Hindu temple inside.

Then we visited the beautiful and huge Royal botanical garden, You can walk or take a cart service as its so huge and have ample species of plants, flowers, medicinal plants , palm trees and more.

Royal Botanical Garden

Damro Tea Estate

Then next day we drove to Ella and on the way we covered: Firstly we drove to Bluefield Tea Factory which has all the scenic beauty Second stop was Damro Tea Estate

A little rickshaw ride and trek to Lover’s leap waterfall in Nuwara Eliya, which was beautiful, one can trek to the nearest point accessible until waterfall and enjoy the view and tiny shower drops Mother Nature is so powerful.

Our next stop was Seetha Eliya i.e. Ashok Vatika where Seeta Mata was kept for 11 months and also the spot where Lord Hanuman gave Lord Rama’s ring to Seeta Maiya. Also the Seeta Mata’s statue was established nearly 2800 years ago. On Day 7 we had few things planned but could only covered 3 places as follows: Rawana waterfall by the side of the of road in Uva province, it’s beautiful and very easily accessible.

Adam's Peak

Trek to little Adam’s peak - Its a very nice hike through the tea gardens, One could even take a tuktuk until the Ravana zipline point and walk and take stairs further to little Adam’s peak for the gorgeous and serene view 9 arch bridge - It’s a big tourist attraction & the walk through the railway track in the midst of village is beautiful We took tuk tuk from the gate near Rawana zipline until the point where it could go and then walked for approximately 15 mins to reach this place.

9 Arch Bridge

Note : Do cover Diyaluma and Ellawala waterfall (hidden) and Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery.

On Day 8 We went for Ravana mega zipline nemed Flying Ravana Its a nice experience and we drove to Arugambay

On this beautiful day at Arugambay we enjoyed a beautiful sunrise by the beach and also explored a little,

We went to Pottuvil Safari - enjoyed a beautiful boatride where we spotted 5 

elephants having their great time by the bank of lagoon

At the other edge of Pottuvil lagoon there’s this beautiful beach, sat on those rocks and enjoyed the gorgeous view of sea After spending some time by the beach we took tuk tuk and headed to Elephant Rock. We reached to a point until where tuk tuk could go and then walked for 5 mins to reach the elephant rock. Everywhere there were boards with the warning Beware of crocodile and I was so scared We walked to this rock had the view for 5 mins and quickly came back

Our last stop for this day was Muhudu Maha Viharaya - Buddhist temple in Pottuvil. There is a line of Buddhist monks leads to stupa. Very beautiful and serene

Muhudu Maha Viharaya - Buddhist temple

After all this exploration headed back to our hotel, spent a nice evening in a pool during sunset and ended this amazing day with lots of beautiful memories

 

Further to this, we checked out from Cinnamon Wild Yala and headed to out next destination Galle.

On the way we made our stop at the Light house in Galle fort. Such a beautiful and cute town. We enjoyed the walk, view and clicked some pictures here

Then we saw the oldest post office and Dutch reformed church.

After all this local sightseeing we checked in to our hotel Amari, enjoyed the sunset and took a dip in pool too followed by some yum dinner.

Amari was our last stay of this trip Day 12: This day was our second last day at Sri Lanka, We had our breakfast at Amari and covered few stops:

Our first stop was Coconut tree hill, getting here was like a little adventure as we did climb this beautiful hill and got few beautiful clicks Then we headed to Dream Cabana in Unawatuna and had a tiny adventure of rope swing on tree. It was beautiful and I would recommend. So much fun

Our next stop was Budhhist temple Japanese peace pagoda , Unawatuna. So calm and the beach view makes its more peaceful.

We made a quick stop to see still fishing and we went for drinks and dinner to Kingfisher. Kingfisher had cool ambiance and delicious food. On the last day of tis Trip, We checked out of Amari galle, and had our flights in evening so we covered few spots on the way after getting the covid test done. First we went to Mangrove cave river safari - Its a beautiful experience and the water alligators roam around like pets , we spotted so many.

Then we headed to Turtle rescue center and helped one little hatchling into the sea we paid 500 LKR to release one Then we had lunch at this beautiful restaurant called Beach club Indurawa. Such a beautiful restaurant by the beach and we enjoyed a drink with sound of waves. Then we headed to airport.

We enjoyed this place a lot, Sri Lanka was really great and if I get a chance would definitely and go and stay again in future. This was our itinerary for 13 days trip here and our North part is still pending to be covered. For more details kindly follow me on Instagram @travellgoddess Adios Sri Lanka until we meet again.