Dambulla cave temple or Golden Temple of Dambulla.

The Sri Lankan leopard is a leopard subspecies endemic to Sri Lanka.

Nuwara Eliya is known for her impressive lush green tea plantations.

The Vatadagaya, an 11th-century structure in Polonnaruwa.

Galle Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Stilt Fishing, traditional style of fishing, on the southern coast.

King Parakramabahu's Audience Hall (11th century)

Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) spotted in Mirissa.

Udawalawa national park

With herds of elephants, wild buffalo, samba deer and leopards, Uda Walawe National Park is the Sri Lankan national park that best rivals the savannah reserves of Africa. In fact, for elephant-watching, Uda Walawe often surpasses many of the most famous East African national parks. The park, which centres on the 308.2-sq-km Uda Walawe Reservoir, is lightly vegetated but it has a stark beauty and the lack of dense vegetation makes game-watching easy. It’s certainly the one national park in Sri Lanka not to miss. The entrance to the park is 12km from the Ratnapura–Hambantota road turnoff and 21km from Embilipitiya. Visitors buy tickets in a building a further 2km on. Last tickets are usually sold at 5pm. A park guide is included in the cost of admission and these guys, who all seem to have hawk like wildlife-spotting eyes, are normally very knowledgeable about the park and its animals. A tip is expected.

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Jethawana sthupa Anuradhapura

The Jetavana Dagoba is part of the 3rd century Jetavanamaya, or Jetavana Monastery, which was the residence for 3000 monks.

Dambulla cave temples

There are five caves (shrine rooms) in Dambulla temple. All of these caves are full of statues of Buddha and various personages of the Buddhist Order or History.

Lankathilaka image-house in Polonnaruwa

This is a gedige type image house created by king Parakaramabahu in 11C AD

Kiri Vihara in Polonnaruwa

This has been built by a queen of king Parakramabahu (1153-1186) called “Subadra”. The original name of this has been “Rupavathi Stupa”.

Sigiriya Rock fortress

Built by an obsessed monarch in the 5th century, Sigiriya or Lion Rock is an astonishing feat of engineering and construction.

The audience hall of king Parakramabahu

Immediately east of the Palace is Audience Hall where the king kept his royal appointments. Carved elephants and stone lions within the structure .

Mirissa sandy beach

Mirissa and its breath-taking sandy beach pretty much transforms your dreams and visions of a tropical paradise into an everyday reality.

Mirissa sandy beach

Mirissa and its breath-taking sandy beach pretty much transforms your dreams and visions of a tropical paradise into an everyday reality.

Mirissa coconut hills

Much-photographed red-rock promontory with coconut palms, known for ocean views & sunset walks.

Stilt fishing in Weligama beach.

Beach with local fishermen on top of stick crosses demonstrating on-water stilt fishing.

Dolphin-watching

Blue Whales and Dolphins Watching Boat Trip from Mirissa harbour Sri lanka

Whale watching from Mirissa

Mirissa is the best whale & dolphins watching spot in Sri lanka here whale living environment is very close to the island.

Ramboda, Nuwara Eliya

Ramboda Falls is 109 m high and 11th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka and 729th highest waterfall in the world

Tea plantations in Nuwara Eliya.

Visit the tea plantations and factories in Sri Lanka Nuwara Eliya is known for her impressive lush green tea plantations.

Tea picking ladies

Tea Plantation. The central province is the main region where Sri Lanka's top exporting good Ceylon Tea is produced.

Nine arch bridge

Seeing this attraction is quite worthwhile. The bridge is situated 2 km away from Ella town, and was built by the British in the early 20th It has nine sky bridges

Climb little Adams peak before sun rise

Punchi Sri Pada” is another name for this peak. It is 1141 m in height. Little Adam’s Peak attracts many travellers who come to Sri Lanka.

Scenic train ride from Nanuoya to Ella

Sri Lanka's Kandy to Ella train ride is undoubtedly one of the world's most scenic train ride....

Leopards in Yala Sri Lanka.

Yala is said to have the highest concentration (as high as 01 km2) of the elusive Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya), in Sri Lankan national parks and arguably the most versatile of all felines in adaptability on earth perhaps the most famous inhabitant of Yala.

Leopards in Wilpattu national park.

Monkies in Udawalawe national-park

Total of three species of monkeys are found in Sri Lanka. Langurs represented by two species namely Tufted gray langur and Purple-faced leaf monkey and one macaque species namely Toque macaque.

Spotted deer in Wilpattu Sri Lanka

The chital, also known as spotted deer, chital deer, and axis deer, is a species of deer that is native to the Indian subcontinent.

Minneriya national park

Minneriya National Park gives the opportunity to see herds of Elephants throughout the year. May to October is the best period to visit Minneriya National Park in view of the famous Gathering of the wild elephants.

Wasgomuwa national park

The sloth bear is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent. It feeds on fruits, ants and termites. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, mainly because of habitat loss and degradation.