Considering Sri Lanka travels, you must be thinking about temples, elephants, tea and spices. Sri Lanka known as the ‘pearl of the Indian ocean’ happens to be an amazing country whereby the luxuriant nature predominates; mountains, golden sandy beaches, tea/rubber plantations and wavering coconut palms. The Fauna and flora are incredible. The Island is full of fruits, species, trees, plants as rare as precious. Here is why you should be planning Sri Lanka tours this year!
Incredible Wildlife
Sri Lanka offers one of the amazing wildlife in Asia with a plethora of sloth bears, water buffalo, leopards, birdlife, sambar deer, monkeys, crocodiles, and much more. The Yala West National park is best to spot leopards. If you are keen to watch elephants around then you should be heading to the Udawalawe National Park. If you wish to watch amazing mammals around, then drive along with the blue whales or watch the spinner dolphins around in Kalpitiya.
Exquisite Beaches
Plan your tours with Private Sri Lanka holidays and travels to enjoy the endless supply of beaches from most idyllic, most charming to the most fun beach destination from all corners of the Island.
Bentota is just perfect for all the sun-seekers around. You can visit the place all year with water sports like sailing, surfing, water-skiing, snorkeling, windsurfing and jet skiing. You may also consider visiting the conservation centre and sea turtle hatchery where 5 of the seven species of sea turtles in the world are being monitored.
Hikkaduwa is best if you plan on hosting beach parties. Hotels and resorts have also been renovated. Beach town has a buoyant nightlife, where the yearly 3-days Beach Fest is held where all the International DJs continue to tune all night on the beach.
Mirissa is highly recommended for surfing. It is an amazing beach destination where you get to enjoy whale-watching such as sperm and blue whales along with other amazing activities. You may want to climb up the Parrot Rock, an exclusive piece of land, located at the end of the beach.
A Heaven For Foodies
Sri Lanka tour packages allow you to enjoy selective, as well as, a variety of cuisines. Foodies will definitely go nuts with the incredible variety of spicy and colorful food treats. Seafood lovers will be able to enjoy crabs, fish, prawns, crayfish, and squid. Snacks like patties, cutlets, sugar-coated sweet buns, fish buns are certainly a delight for taste buds. Desserts include treacle and curd. Staples include string hoppers, steamed rice noodles, pittu – which is a mix of flour and coconut, lamprais rice with numerous other accompaniments.