Explore Sri Lanka

by Sharmini Luther Tortoises, turtles, terrapins -whatever you like to call them -are as old as the dinosaurs. Their fantastic armour-plating is what probably ensured survival to the present day....

Marko Polo The green lawn with the swimming pool by the beach at Hotel Meri­viere. Beach hotels come in many shapes, styles and sizes. But the Meriviere is one which...

Theja Weeratne A smaller dagaba inside the large stupa at Kalutara. If you travel South on the Galle Road passing Kalutara, it will be hard to miss the famous Bodhi...

Vilma Wimaladasa Come July, August, September in this many-splendoured isle of Sri Lanka where nature has been more than bountiful in her gifts and one of the most pleasant sights...

The National Zoological Gardens, a mile or two south of Colombo's city limits is one of Asia's most famous zoos. The collection of 500 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and...

Kalpana Isaac Flying into Sri Lanka one of the first things that strike you is the lush greenery of the island. Most beautiful of this greenery, is the coconut palm...

By Logan Beardsley The Dutch Fort at Negombo which was later used by the British as a jail. Little did I realise that anywhere in the East, the passage of...

Portuguese adventurer Laurenco de Almeida was en route to the Maldive Islands in 1505, when he lost his way. A faulty compass and strong winds drove him to the trading...

Raine Amarasinghe Some of the many leopard cubs at the Dehiwela zoo. If in keeping with the norms of zoological gardens the world over only a pair of an exotic...

Theja Weeratne The shrine room of the temple showing the statue of the reclining Buddha, with the sapphire eyes, and another statue of a seated Buddha also with the glow...