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PLACES OF INTEREST
   
YALA
 

Yala ( Ruhunu National Park ) is one of the best, preserved and protected Wildlife Sanctuaries in Sri Lanka is a 30 minutes drive from the Hotel.

Visitors have the rare opportunity to see Mother Nature's great creation of reality. Elephants, Sloth, Bears, Leopards, Spotted Deer, Wild Boar, Sambhur, Deer, Hare, Crocodiles, Snakes, Iguana and birds in thousands could be watched from one's vehicle.

  Yala
   
BUNDALA
 

Bundala is famous for birds and its wild animals scattered all over the park in their natural habitat. Roughly 30 minutes drive from the hotel takes you to the wonderful and beautiful place and it will be a lifetime experience.

Traveling through dense tropical jungle of Bundala, will certainly give the visitor a taste of real bird's life.

  Bundala
   
UDAWALAWE
 

This is a recently established national park declared with the intention of conserving the catchment area of the reservoir that has been extensively burnt for slash and burn farming (shifting cultivation) and as such very little forest cover is left. The park is home to more than 250 elephants, as well as deer, leopards numerous species of birds.

At the centre of the park is the “Uda Walawe Reservoir” created by a 5 kilometer long dam on the Walawe River .

  Udawalawe
   
KUMANA
 
Located in the southeast corner of Sri Lanka , the 18,149 hectare KUMANA (YALA EAST) NATIONAL PARK is a well-known eco tourism attraction and bird sanctuary where a multitude of birds breed and roost. One of the most significant features of the park is the ‘Kumana Villu' - a 200 hectare natural swamp lake, fed by the ‘Kumbukkan Oya' through a half mile long narrow channel. It is at this mangrove swamp that many water birds nest in May and June. Regular sightings include such species of bird as pelicans, painted storks, spoonbills, white ibis, herons, egrets and little cormorants.
  Kumana
   
LAHUGALA
 
Although Lahugala National Park is small, its elephant population is large and easily seen. During the dry season, herds can be spotted at dawn and dusk, drinking and bathing in the water holes or grazing in the tall grasses. Encounters are nearly guaranteed, but be careful - they may be a little close for comfort! Sunsets are memorable, and with elephants among water lilies, it's a photographic gem.
  Lahugala
   
TISSAMAHARAMA
 

There are four stupas in Tissamaharama which are considerably large in size although not as big as the great Stupas of Anuradhapura. Tissamaharama is one of the 16 sacred places to Buddhists since it is believed to

Have been visited by Lord Buddha. The Mahavamsa attributes the construction of the stupa to King Kawantissa, the father of the famous King Dutugemunu. Contrary to popular belief that the Mahathupa at Tissamaharama enshrined the frontal bone (lalatadhatu) of the Buddha, it has been established on the evidence contained in the Kirinde pillar inscription discovered in 1960, that it was a tooth relic of the left jaw of the Buddha that was enshrined in this dagoba. This will therefore prove that a tooth relic of the Buddha had been brought to Sri Lanka several centuries before the bringing of the tooth relic by Prince Dantha and Princess Hemamala in the 5th century AC during the Anuradapura period — the relic which is now housed in the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy. According to the Mahavamsa, Tissamaharama Stupa was later enlarged and restored by King III anga. According to Sinhalese chronicles, the next King to restore the Tissa Stupa was Voharaka-Tissa followed by Vijayabahu I .

  Tissamaharama
   
KIRINDA
 

This ancient temple is believed to be the place where Queen Vihara Maha Devi, wife of King Kawantissa and mother of King Dutugemunu and King Saddhatissa landed in Ruhuna.

King Kawantissa built this temple during 2nd century BC to commemorate the arrival of the Queen. The location of this temple is one of the most beautiful spots in the island situated by the side of the sea on a rocky cliff. The Kirinda inscription which refers to the enshrinement of a Tooth Relic in the Tissamaharama stupa was found around here.

  Kirinda
   
LUNUGAMVEHERA PARK
  Lunugamvehera national park is the immediate catchment of Lunugamvehera reservoir, and is home to 21 species of fish, 12 amphibians, 33 reptiles, 184 birds and 43 mammals.   Lunuganvehera
   
MAHA RAVANA LIGHT HOUSE
  45 minutes boat ride in the Indian Ocean to discover the maha ravana light house.   Maha ravana light house
   
KATARAGAMA
 
Kataragama ( Sri Lankan Hindus believe that their tender Lord Murugan left India long ago to come and settle in Kathir-kamam (the place of light and love-passion) where his vilaiyaatal (divine play) continue even to this day. According to Islamic esoteric tradition. Kataragama or Khadiragama is the very place that prophet Moses journeyed to in quest of higher teachings from the undying Servant of Allah, al Khadir, the legendary 'Green Man'. And, as Buddhists know, the Tathagatas themselves have come to Kataragama with the object of delivering discourses on Dhamma )
  Kataragama
   
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