Attractions
If you long for adventure, beguiling, fascinating or exciting
experiences, challenging physical feats, the chance to indulge
in an engrossing hobby, special interest or sport or simply
to dare, you will discover Sri Lanka with exclamations of delight.
For in this small but incredibly diverse tropical island of
legendary natural beauty and cultured, friendly people, a new
world of exhilarating and unique experiences will open up for
you. Where you can ride the untamed wind and waves with a sail
or surf board, camp out on a tea or rubber plantation far from
everywhere, canoe-cruise through mangrove lagoons or stare with
disbelief at herds of majestic sambur and elephants drinking
at forest pools. Shoot raging rapids on mountain rivers or capture
a prize-winning photograph of a rainbow painted over the thunderous
cascade of Diyaluma, sixth highest waterfall in the world. At
night trek through the early hours of the morning to watch the
miracle of the rising sun dipping in homage to a sacred peak.
Paint a hillside ablaze with wild scarlet rhododendrons, see
Christmas-pudding spices growing on trees or play on one of
the world's best "high tees". Trek softly in rainforests and
cloudforests where blue magpie and orange minivet nest above
spectacular foxtail and daffodil orchids below. Make a thrilling
paraglide from the yawning abyss of the Ella Gap or cure a nagging
ailment at an ayurvedic herbal health resort. |
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Watch breathlessly as star sapphires are
dredged out of jungle river-beds. Pick juicy purple heathplums
and wild guavas for a mid-day snack on a windy plateau, peer
nerves tingling, over the terrifying 1000 metre free-fall gorge
of World's End. Journey deep into the recesses of your mind
by way of meditation. Dive in magical coral forests aglow with
Blue Angels and Moorish Idols and explore ghostly, centuries-old
shipwrecks. Venture into Precambrian stalactitic caves and abodes
of prehistoric man, legendary princesses and pre-Christian Buddhist
monks. Take one of the world's most exciting rail journeys,
burrowing through 47 mountain tunnels, and pit wits against
a wily rainbow trout or battle with a yellowfin on the high
seas. Mountain-bike down the well-named Devil's Stairway, walk
through cities twenty centuries old, where monks inscribed Buddhist
scriptures on sheets of beaten gold.
So choose the adventure of your dreams, the activity or experience
you long for (or a combination of many), from the tempting selection
we have set out for you, categorised for easy reference. We
know that whatever your choice is, the happy hours will fly
too quickly and your experience will be delightful, rewarding
and in many ways, unforgettable. |
