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Essence

The Sri Lankans all love their food spicy and their tea light; an unavoidable for a country, which produces the world’s best spices and tea.
Experience the Essence

Despite its fame as a resplendent island and a leading tourist destination, the secret of Sri Lanka’s attraction lies with its people. The spice addicted, cricket crazy and tea drinking people of Sri Lanka are famed for big smiles and a bigger heart. With a culture enriched with three thousand years of knowledge, Buddhism and many a colonial traditions, the Sri Lankan society is a potpourri of religions and races different yet similar in many a ways.

The Sri Lankans all love their food spicy and their tea light; an unavoidable for a country, which produces the world’s best spices and tea. Introduced to the country in the 19th century by colonial British Ceylon tea is the best tea in the world while Sri Lanka has also been known for its high quality spices since time immemorial.

In Sri Lanka, cricket is the ultimate passion which draws all the Sri Lankans together irrespective of caste, race and creed.Other than tea and cricket, gems especially blue sapphires is synonymous with Sri Lanka. Country’s gem industry has a long, colourful history. Known also as ‘Rathnadeepa’ or the land of gems Sri Lanka had been producing brilliant blue Sapphire and red rubies among many other. Along with gems, Sri Lanka had been exporting fine crafted ivory to many royal courts of Europe. Many dainty treasures carved by local artists in ivory are found in the museum in Europe standing witness to the local skills, which is still found after being handed over father to son.


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Tea Factory

Tea tourism has been long-established in Sri Lanka and almost every tea factory offers a tea tour of some sort. The tours don’t...

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Spice Gardens

Sri Lanka has always been reknowned for its spices. Over 15 different spices call Sri Lanka home and many of them...

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gem mines

Sri Lanka is a land famed for producing some of the most stunning jewels in the world, the Blue Bell which adorns the British crown...

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Moonstone Mines

Meetiyagoda Sri Lanka is famous for its precious gems and moonstones. Moonstones belong in the semi-precious category...

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traditional ayurvedic Spa

Ayurveda is an ancient system of medicine and therapies designed to heal and rejuvenate. It's widely used in Sri Lanka for a range...

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Vegitable and Fruit Markets

Even if you’re not looking to buy a truckload of bananas, these huge wholesale markets in Dambulla/Kandy/Nuwaraeuya offers a fascinating...

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Traditional Wood Carving

Handicraft of woodcarving in Sri Lanka has a long history. The tradition of woodcarving in Sri Lanka is visible at Carving shops...

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Batik Gallery

Sri Lanka’s Batik making industry was only established firmly in the last century or so though records show that it was done...

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Gem Gallery

visit a gem and jewellery gallery where you may inspect the dazzling stones at close quarters using a loupe, learning to distinguish...

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