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Waterfalls

Thummodara Ranmudu Ella Falls

Western Province, Colombo

Thummodara Ranmudu Ella Falls is a charming 15-metre waterfall located in the Western Province lowlands, where rainfores...

Culture & Arts

Antiquities Replica Centre

Western Province, Colombo

The Antiquities Replica Centre in Colombo produces and sells high-quality replicas of Sri Lanka's most significant archa...

Culture & Arts

Colombo Gold Center

Western Province, Colombo

Colombo Gold Center, located in the historic Pettah district, is the hub of Sri Lanka's gem and jewellery trade. This cl...

Religious & Spiritual

Wolvendaal Church

Western Province, Colombo

Wolvendaal Church in Colombo's Pettah district is the oldest Protestant church in Sri Lanka, built by the Dutch in 1749....

Heritage & History

Richmond Castle

Western Province, Kalutara

Richmond Castle in Kalutara is a grand colonial-era mansion built in 1896 by a wealthy regional governor, Mudaliyar Nana...

Heritage & History

Beruwala Light House

Western Province, Beruwala

Barberyn Lighthouse, located on a small rocky island off Beruwala on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast, is one of the islan...

Heritage & History

Yapahuwa Rock Fortress

North Western Province, Kurunegala

Yapahuwa is a 13th-century rock fortress that served briefly as the capital of Sri Lanka under King Bhuvanekabahu I (127...

Religious & Spiritual

Kaluthara Bodhiya

Western Province, Kalutara

Kalutara Bodhiya is a revered Buddhist temple complex on the banks of the Kalu Ganga river in Kalutara, featuring one of...

Cities & Urban Experiences

Beira Lake

Western Province, Colombo

Beira Lake is a 65-acre urban lake in the heart of Colombo, originally part of an extensive canal network built during P...

Wildlife & Ecosystems

Dehiwala Zoo

Western Province, Colombo

The National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka in Dehiwala is the country's oldest and largest zoo, established in 1936. S...

Cities & Urban Experiences

Negombo

Western Province, Negombo

Negombo is a vibrant coastal city just 10 kilometres from Bandaranaike International Airport, making it the first or las...

Culture & Arts

Pettah Market

Western Province, Colombo

Pettah is Colombo's oldest and most energetic commercial district, a sprawling open-air market that has served as the ci...

Religious & Spiritual

Angurukaramulla Temple

Western Province, Negombo

Angurukaramulla Temple in Negombo is a historic Buddhist temple notable for its enormous dragon-mouth entrance through w...

Rambodagalla Buddha Statue at Rambodagalla Monaragala Viharaya Nature & Landscapes

Rambodagalla Buddha Statue at Rambodagalla Monaragala Viharaya

North Western Province, Ridigama

Imagine standing before a 20.5-metre seated Buddha statue, carved from a single granite rock in serene Samadhi Mudra, fa...

Bopagama Ella Waterfalls

Bopagama Ella

Western Province, Miwitigammana

Tucked away in Miwitigammana, Gampaha, Bopagama Ella is a charming 4-metre waterfall in Sri Lanka's Western Province, fe...

Beruwala and Bentota Islands & Coastal

Beruwala and Bentota

Western Province, Bentota / Beruwala

Beruwala and Bentota, adjacent coastal gems in Sri Lanka's Western Province, captivate with golden beaches like Moragall...

Galle Face Green Cities & Urban Experiences

Galle Face Green

Western Province, Colombo

Galle Face Green is Colombo's most cherished urban park—a 5-hectare ocean-side ribbon of green stretching 500 metres alo...

Attanagalla Raja Maha Viharaya Religious & Spiritual

Attanagalla Raja Maha Viharaya

Western Province, Attanagalla

Nestled in Attanagalla village, Attanagalla Raja Maha Viharaya is an ancient royal Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka's Wester...

Ridi Viharaya Religious & Spiritual

Ridi Viharaya

North Western Province, Ridigama

Nestled in Sri Lanka's North Western Province, Ridi Viharaya—known as the Silver Temple—is a 2nd-century BCE Buddhist ge...

Kalpitiya Beach Islands & Coastal

Kalpitiya Beach

North Western Province, Kalpitiya

Discover Kalpitiya Beach on Sri Lanka's North Western Province peninsula, a marine sanctuary brimming with bar reefs, ma...

Old Colombo Dutch Hospital Heritage & History

Old Colombo Dutch Hospital

Western Province, Colombo

Step into Colombo's colonial past at the Old Dutch Hospital, one of the city's oldest surviving structures dating back t...

Nara Mangrove Garden Nature & Landscapes

Nara Mangrove Garden

Western Province, Negombo

Nestled adjacent to Negombo Lagoon in Negombo, Western Province, Nara Mangrove Garden spans 14 hectares of protected man...

Independence Memorial Hall Nature & Landscapes

Independence Memorial Hall

Western Province, Colombo

Standing majestically in Colombo's Cinnamon Gardens, Independence Memorial Hall marks the birthplace of Sri Lankan self-...

Ape Gama Nature & Landscapes

Ape Gama

Western Province, Battaramulla

Step back in time at Ape Gama, a living museum recreating traditional Sri Lankan village life from the pre-colonial era....