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Kandy, the last kingdom of Sri Lanka and considered as one of the key places not be missed by any visitor who tours in Sri Lanka. Kandy is rich in culture, traditions, heritage value and it’s own beauty. Come and experience Kandy with us. We it better than anybody in Sri Lanka. #travelwithmahaweli
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Central Sri Lanka: Things to do in Kandy, Sigiriya & Polonnaruwa (Tropical Escape #1)
The first episode of the Tropical Escape is all about things to do in Central Sri Lanka featuring spots like Kandy, Sigiriya and the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
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Sri Lanka is an island country in South East Asia which has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest.
After a 30 year long civil war which ended in 2009 the diverse country is now opening up more an more for tourism.
The goal of this series is to give you an introduction to the country and the neighboring Maldives starting with Sri Lankas tea region, temples and the rock fortress of sigiriya in this episode.
After arrival we are traveling from Colombo to Kandy by train to take in all the impressive views along the way. In Kandy I go on a river excursion to spot birds along the Mahaweli river before visiting the temple of the tooth in the royal palace complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy.
The tea region around Nuwara Eliya is close to Kandy - you should go there by taking the train from Kandy to Ella. Make sure to visit a tea factory, too!
In the north of Central Sri Lanka the Lion Rock Sigiriya is definitely a Must-Visit. Another one is the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa and the Kaudulla National Park.
This part of the trip was executed within 2weeks by using tuk tuk, buses, boats and trains - following I list all the places I visited & Things to do in Central Sri Lanka:
- Mahaweli River
- Kandy
- Temple of the Tooth
- train from Kandy to Ella
- Nuwara Eliya & tea factories
- Dambulla
- Sigiriya & scenic flight
- Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
- Kaudulla National Park
I'm excited to share all my experiences in Sri Lanka & the Maldives over the course of the next 3-4 weeks with you. In the next episodes I will take you to the south and east coast of Sri Lanka - we will go on an leopard safari, will eat the local street food and enjoy the beaches in Trincomalee as well as Arugam Bay.
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The whole trip was executed over the course of altogether 3 weeks. The Tropical Escape is a video series which sums up 2 trips to the region - one in 2014 (Sri Lanka) and the latest in 2016 (East Coast of Sri Lanka & The Maldives).
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Having the honour of being the first hotel in the Hill Capital to obtain a five star status, the Mahaweli Reach Hotel is indeed a pleasant and elegant location to spend your holiday. A journey through mountains and rivers will bring you to this marvelous location where luxurious accommodation awaits you. From facilities such as a swimming pool and Ayurvedic treatments and treating you to a sumptuous feast of mouth-watering dishes, Mahaweli Reach Hotel provides facilities to make your stay a memorable one.
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Situated along the banks of Mahaweli River, Mahaweli Reach Hotel offers 5-star accommodation with rolling mountains as a backdrop. It features a large outdoor pool, Ayurvedic centre fitness facilities.
Featuring private balconies, air-conditioned rooms open out to stunning views of tropical greenery. They are fitted with classic wood furnishings and flooring as well as cable TV.
Guests can enjoy relaxing Ayurvedic massages after active workouts at the tennis courts. The hotel also provides bicycle rental, water sports and business facilities.
Hearty meals featuring Sri Lankan specialities are served at the restaurant, which also features live entertainment.
Hotel Mahaweli Reach is a 30-minute drive from Victoria Golf Course and about 3 hoursТ drive from Colombo International Airport. P.O Box 78,35 P.B.A Weerakoon Mw, 20000 Kandy, Sri Lanka
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10 Best Places To Visit In Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka is a fascinating island country in the Indian Ocean with spectacular beaches, rich wildlife, a remarkable history and endless opportunities for adventures. Its flavorful food, famous tea, fun trains, oodles of elephants, welcoming people, timeless ruins, rolling surf, and cheap prices make it a great travel destination that it is today. If you are planning to explore this beautiful country, this article is going to help you make a perfect plan.
Following are 10 best and most popular places to visit in Sri Lanka:
1. Sigiriya
2. Yala National Park
3. Polonnaruwa
4. Colombo
5. Kandy
6. Nuwara Eliya
7. Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
8. Ancient city of Anuradhapura
9. Galle
10. Botanical Garden of Peradeniya
Day – 1
*Arrive at bandaranayake airport
*transfer to pinnawala
*see bathing elephants in the river; feed a baby elephant at the orphanage
*transfer to kandy
*Reach old royal city of sri lanka kandy
*Kandy city tour (collection of arts, crafts and historical buildings, handicrafts, souvenirs, bazaar, gem museum)
Over Night Stay Kandy
Day 2
*Breakfast at the hotel
*Visiting royal botanical garden peradeniya
*Mahaweli boat riding
*Opportunity to enjoy a cultural dance performance in kandy
*visiting temple of tooth (where the tooth relic Lord Buddha is highly venerated )
Enjoying the 31st Celebration with a special at Hotel
*Overnight stay in Kandy
Day 3
Break fast at the Hotel
Check out From the hotel and Proceed to Nuwara Eliya(BY train)
En route enjoy the beautiful sceneries (Kandy to Nanu Oya Ella).
Pick up from Nanu Oya and Check in Hotel Nuwara Eliya.
Night Stay at Nuwara Eliya
Day 4
Breakfast at the hotel
Visiting following place at Nuwara Eliya
*Gregory lake
*Victoria park
*Ambewala farm & strawberry garden
*Horton plains {need to take a jeep cost not included]
*Boat ride in nuwaraeliya
*overnight stay in Nuwaraeliya
Day 5
Check out From the hotel and Proceed to Ella
Transfer to Ella
Visiting following places in Ella
* Demodara nine arch bridge
* Ella Rock
* Little Adam’s peak
* Ravana Ella Falls
* Kande Ela - Reservoir,
Check in Hotel Ella.
Over Night Stay at Ella
Day 6
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to yala
Check in Hotel
Stay relax at the hotel
overnight stay in yala
Day 7
Break fast from the Hotel
Visiting Follwowing places
*monuments & statues
*points of interest & landmarks
*sacred & religious sites
*Visit & engage in a jeep safari in yala national park
*overnight stay in yala
Day 8
*Breakfast at the hotel
*Transfer to bentota
*Dutch fort of Galle & Galle light house – the land marks of this town
*transfer to hotel
*Overnight stay in Galle
Day 9
*Breakfast at the hotel
*Madhu river boat safari
*Turtle (hatchery) aquarium
*Engaging optional fishing trip
*process of preparation of cinnamon
*Engaging an optional boat riding at coral reet park
Engaging water sports
Overnight stay in Galle
Day 10
Break fast and check out from Galle
Transfer to Colombo
*Colombo city tour
*Historical gangaramaya temple
Check in Hotel in Colombo
Evening visit to Galle Face and enjoy the sunset
Over night stay at Colombo
Day 11
*Breakfast at the hotel
Visiting following place in Colombo
*Colombo zoological
*Independence square & museum
*BMICH-Memorial hall
*Red mosque to appreciate architectural excellence
*Pettah bazaar
*overnight stay in Colombo
Day 12
*Breakfast at the hotel
*Transfer to Airport for departure
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Introduction
Clove Villa is a modern, Sri Lankan-owned private villa a short distance from Kandy centre and offers a personalised service and comfortable accommodation in seven good-quality bedrooms. Designed with high timber roofs and tall glass windows, Clove Villa spreads across three floors. The living and dining area is on the ground floor with the bedrooms located on all three floors. Rise early and go on a Kandyan temple excursion. Once back at the villa, relax by the poolside and by nightfall, enjoy dinner on the roof terrace. Clove Villa is located in a residential area next to Mahaweli Reach hotel and is set away from the hustle and bustle of Kandy town, yet close enough to enjoy Kandy’s ancient cultural heritage.
Accommodation
There are seven Deluxe and Superior Rooms with tastefully decorated interiors that vary in their colour themes. Rooms are furnished with king or queen-size beds dressed in fine linen, writing desk, and lounge chairs. In-room facilities include a/c, overhead fans, flat screen TV with satellite channels, tea/coffee facility, iPod dock, wifi internet, and IDD telephone. The modern, ensuite bathrooms have h/w showers.
Deluxe Rooms: The two Deluxe Rooms are spacious and are furnished with king-size four-poster beds. In addition to the standard facilities, these rooms have 42 inch TVs. One of the rooms is located on the first floor and opens out to views of the back garden; and the other is located on the second floor.
Superior Rooms: The five Superior Rooms are smaller in size and are furnished with king or queen-size beds. One is a twin bedroom located on the ground floor. In addition to the standard facilities, these bedrooms have 32 inch TVs.
Facilities
The ground floor lounge equipped with a small library and satellite TV, opens on to the front lawn. Meals are served in the dining room edged by a tranquil pond; on the roof top or by the poolside. Sri Lankan and western cuisine is served. Alcoholic beverages are not served and guests are welcome to bring their own. There is a games room on the second floor with a snooker table and board games. The swimming pool is set amidst Frangipani trees in the rear garden. Other facilities include Wi-Fi throughout the property, laptop for guests to use, baby cot, room service and laundry service.
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“Dynasty Residence” - the first luxury apartment complex in Kandy. This is an Integrated luxury residential apartment complex & High-end branded hotel development that blends the regal grandeur of an ancient kingdom with a modern contemporary city living on the banks of the majestic Mahaweli River.
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Meemure | SriLanka | Travel VLOG #5
Meemure is a village with a population of about 400. It is located near the border between Kandy District and Matale District in the Knuckles Mountain Range. Meemure is one of the most remote villages in Sri Lanka with the only access via a 14 km (8.7 mi) trail from the town of Loolwatte. There is no cellular service available in the village, but a CDMA telephone service is available. There is no direct mail delivery to the village; a villager journeys each day to Thapal Junction to exchange incoming and outgoing postal mail with a postman.
Lakegala mountain is in Meemure village. Residents of the village depend on several staple crops including pepper, cardamom, paddy and ginger. The distance from Colombo capital to Meemure is about 175 km.
Route
Meemure is approximately a 7-hour drive from Colombo, in an off-road vehicle. The main route is via Kandy city which is 116 km away from Colombo. Then Kandy-Mahiyangana Road (A26) towards to Mahiyangana. Turn to Left from Hunnasgiriya Junction which is 35 km away from Kandy. Then go towards the Loolwatte Village which is 15 km away from Hunnasgiriya Junction. Then from Loolwatte it is about another 15 km to the Meemure Village. The nearest Police station is Udadumbara Police.
On your way to Meemure from Colombo are a number of sites, including Hulu Ganga (River), Victoria Reservoir, Teldeniya New Town (Teldeniya was flooded in filling the Reservoir behind the Victoria Dam, Mahaweli Project), Dothalugala Forest and Botanical Garden, Mini Worlds End, Coberts Gap (Attala Mottuwa) a place where lot of wind blowing to the other side, Meemure and Lakegala Mountain where, according to legend, King Rawana lifted his Air Plane called Dhadu Monara.
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Ceylon Holidays CMB offers, wildlife, nature adventure tours all around Sri Lanka. We offer Nature and Adventure trekking, Caving Mountain Biking and Cycling, Hot air Ballooning, Nature Weddings & Honeymoon Tour Packages.
Sea Sports
With more than 13,000 km of coastline, warm 28-degree water and marine life is a great location for all aquatic activities. Many famous beaches benefit safe sea sports but not in monsoon winds.
Hikkaduwa, Tangalle on the west coast, Unawatuna on the south coast and Nilaveli on the east coast are all wonderful places for scuba diving and snorkeling. The south west coast of Sri Lanka is open to the same regular, long distance swells as Indonesia, making it an ideal choice for surfing. Sport fishing is relatively undeveloped, but 1,140 miles of shoreline and warm Indian Ocean currents ensure there is a plethora of fish in the sea, estuaries, mangrove lagoons and rivers.
White Water River Rafting and Canoeing
Some rivers originate from hills offer excellent fresh water sport facilities such as Kalani, Mahawalli, Kalu etc. For example Kelani River in Kitulgala is very popular among adventurers for white water rafting. Madu Ganga in the south for motorboat safari. Popular sites for canoeing are Sorabora lake Mahiyangana in the east, Kalu Ganga River (Black River) and the Kelani Ganga River in the southwest. Canoeing is also possible in ancient man made lakes, large reservoirs, lagoons and rivers that run swiftly down to sea.
Wild Life Jeep Safari
Before plantation era the island covered more than 70 per cent of forest cover but now only 20 per cent. That is national parks, forest reserves, and sanctuaries etc. The distribution of wildlife is mainly in national parks. There are seventeen national parks of Sri Lanka and more than 4000 elephants in the country. There are two national parks to see leopards, Willpattu in northwest and Yala in southeast arid zones. Minneriya, Udawalawa and Wasgamuwa are the best places to visit wild elephants. Maduru Oya national park will be open for visitors in near future with extra values like Vadda village and hot water springs.
Caving and Pot Holing
Sri Lanka is under developed as a caving region. This fascinating activity is becoming popular. About 45 main caves have being reported. Most of which seems to be formed in granite or gneiss. It is consist with just one or two chambers that were commonly used as dwellings in prehistoric times. Usually ash and shells are found there because snail cocking of prehistoric humans. There are number of limestone pot holes are around Kandy in the central and all around Sri Lanka for pot holing. Some of them are with stalagmite and stalactite, underground water ponds, waterfalls, and some distance long. The cave fauna is consisting with large spices of bats, geckos, frogs etc. Nightlife is not mysterious if you interested.
Night Jungle Walks
Camping is the best way of alternative accommodation with memorable experiences like knight walks in the forests, terrace rice fields, lake bunts gives you an amazing experience of night animals.
Hotel Hill Top, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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Hotel Hilltop, Kandy as its name suggests sits snugly amidst the mountains and lush foliage overlooking the Kandy Lake on the Peradeniya Road. Another one of the Jetwing group of hotels, the eco-friendly Hotel Hill top is ideal for the budget traveller looking for, value for money. At Hotel Hill Top, Kandy you can really and truly feel to be in the heavens
Hotel Hill Top Location
120 Km away from Colombo, Kandy takes about 4 hours from Car or Van and a 2 1/2 - 3 hour train ride from Colombo. Be awed by the magnificent Buddha sculptures and architecture in the ancient Gadaladeniya, Lankathilaka and Ambekke temples.
Hotel Hill top and other hotels in Kandy offer city tours and excursions to these sites
Hotel Hill Top Accommodation
Hotel Hill top rooms are practical in design with private balconies, offering city and excellent lake views. 1 Deluxe and 73 standard A/ c and Non A/C rooms with hot and cold water and other facilities such as telephone; laundry services are available for your convenience. Enjoy the warm hospitality of Kandy at Hotel Hill top.
Hotel Hill Top Facilities
Restaurant and bar. Freshwater swimming pool with sun deck furnished with deck chairs and sun shades, table tennis, badminton, indoor games.
Hotel Hill Top Excursions
Hotel Hill top is ideally located in close proximity to some of the must see attractions in Kandy. Make a visit to the Temple of the Tooth Relic of Buddha or the Dalada Maligawa. Watch the Tevava or the ritual that is conducted daily at regular times of the day in which the monks, gate bearers and a selected few who have been on waiting list for years are allowed to participate. The ritual is similar to an offering made to the Buddha in other temples.
Take a walk around the picturesque Kandy Lake or take a romantic boat ride at sunset.
A stroll in the Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya is highly recommended; see the tallest bamboos and the oldest tea plant in the world. In close proximity to the gardens is the Peradeniya University, built in 1942, one of the oldest Universities in the Island.
A walk along Kandy Road in Kandy, Sri Lanka