Country Info
- Colombo
- Capital
- Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
- Currency
- 19,408,635
- Population
- LK
- Country Code
Sri Lanka Slideshow
Top Hotels in Sri Lanka
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Yala Safari Game Lodge Yala National Park
27 reviews -
Rockside Cabanas Unawatuna
20 reviews
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Chaaya Blu Uppuveli
17 reviews
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Club Villa Bentota
59 reviews -
Hotel Silver Sands Negombo
64 reviews -
Nimnara Lake Sojourn Anuradhapura
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Angsana Polonnaruwa
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Hotel Tanosa Nuwara Eliya
3 reviews
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Hotel Chandrika Yala National Park
46 reviews
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Secret Garden Villa Unawatuna
34 reviews
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White Monkey - Dias Rest Haputale
16 reviews
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The Kandy House Gunnepana
123 reviews
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Dalmanuta Gardens - Ayurvedic Resort & Restaurant Bentota
97 reviews -
Apa Villa Illuketia Galle
36 reviews
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Hotel Moon Beam Hikkaduwa
22 reviews -
Riverdale Hotel Kandy
2 reviews -
Cinnamon Lodge Sigiriya
365 reviews
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Tropic Inn Hotel Mount Lavinia
60 reviews
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Boulder Garden Hotel Kalawana
33 reviews
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Star Light Hotel Unawatuna
5 reviews
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Emerald Bay Hotel Induruwa
82 reviews
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Villa Rosa Asgiriya
61 reviews
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Closenberg Hotel Galle
83 reviews
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Palm Garden Village Hotel Anuradhapura
137 reviews
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Asian Jewel Boutique Hotel Hikkaduwa
192 reviews
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Golden Sun Resort Kalutara
190 reviews
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Sharon Inn Kandy
170 reviews
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Eden Garden Hotel Sigiriya
24 reviews
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Sun Hill Hotel Nuwara Eliya
9 reviews -
Club Bentota Aluthgama
148 reviews
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Sri Gemunu Beach Resort Unawatuna
129 reviews
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Oruthota Chalets Digana
2 reviews
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Janaki Hotel Colombo
14 reviews
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Hotel Susanthas Bentota
31 reviews
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The Dutch House Galle
17 reviews
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Rani Holiday Village Negombo
6 reviews
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Tissawewa Resthouse Anuradhapura
25 reviews
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Hotel Francis Hikkaduwa
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Castle Hill Kandy
39 reviews
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Elephant Corridor Hotel Sigiriya
67 reviews
Sri Lanka
Travel Blogs from Sri Lanka
Wildlife
This is a top pick! ... the house and was comteplating booking my flight back to Belfast! I liked it when I was indenial and believed that there are no rodents in Sri Lanka, but now i've seen one (albeit dead), that means there has to be at least one more about. I set on the ...
Searching for that picture postcard
This is a top pick! ... , by a new snorkel, mask and flippers for Ben as he borrowed the ones before and wants his own. We decide to call into Sri Lankan Airlines to reconfirm our flights to Bangkok and pay for them. Behind the desk is a lush picture advertising holidays to the ...
Stig of the dump
This is a top pick! So how do you spend a Saturday afternoon in Hambantota? You go to the local rubbish dump! No we haven't gone insane, the wild elephants come to feed from the dump, so we thought we would see if we could catch a glimpse of them. We managed to see 2. Now ...
Let the music begin!
This is a top pick! My purpose here has nearly been fulfilled because today, while singing "the wheels on the bus" with the preschool children, there was a definite Belfast twang when they said "horn"! That's what I call success! A new boy started today as well - always ...
Stay away from the contagious one!
This is a top pick! Yesterday the band was practicing, but this time only for 30mins. After that it was time to play. In the morning, a few girls come and learn to use a sewing machine as they don't go to school. This usually means now that we spend some of the morning ...
Happy Children's day!
This is a top pick! ... place overlooking the sea. After an initial rainstorm, they all got out and ran about. Most surreal moment for me was me dancing Sri Lankan style, with Namil, on top of a hill, to ringtones on my phone! You couldn't write the script! Also they all ...
4kgs of chocolate cake please!
This is a top pick! ... we please pay them some money - stones and leaves to you and I. We had a great time being driven back and forth between Sri Lanka and England on possibly the safest and most comfortable ride we’ve ever had on Sri Lankan public transport! If only ...
Here we go
This is a top pick! ... territory. The ancient city awaits us, but our first stop is the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage which is a big tourist attraction here in Sri Lanka and it's not far from Kegalle which we have to drive through anyway. We arrive just after 11am and can only ...
Full moon
This is a top pick! ... planning permission is granted. the also need to get a survey done first so they can establish exactly where the boundaries are. hopefully there will be time on saturday to head out somehere and see a bit more of sri lanka. that's really all for ...
Candyfloss, cows and cobras
This is a top pick! ... and when i asked them what they were going to do with it, they said release it. i personally would have gone for the other option of a hammar to the head! so that's just another sunday in sri lanka. i can't see anything else happening today......i ...
"T.W.P"
This is a top pick! ... "Little Adams Peak". It is named after its bigger brother “Adam’s Peak”, which is the most sacred mountain in Sri Lanka as all the religions have a story about it, for example Buddhists believe the footprint at the top is the footprint ...
It's not as easy as ABC
This is a top pick! Yesterday the afterschoolers had to draw a happy memory. There were some very good drawings-better than any I could have attempted. The older Preschool children continued with their workbooks. The book has a range of exercises from ...
Arugam Bay: Sri Lanka
This is a top pick! ... recommended to head to the Hill Country and East Coast so we decided to spend a few days in Arugam Bay and Ella. Unfortunately Sri Lanka’s transport system is one of the worst we have encountered. From Colombo it is an 8 hour journey to Arugam Bay ...
Negombo and Kandy
This is a top pick! ... curries, saw an enormous monitor lizard in the lake and met lots of interesting people. Overall, we're really impressed with Sri Lanka so far - it's a really beautiful, easygoing place and not really touristy compared to other places in Asia. The ...
Expensive bananas and elephants
This is a top pick! Yesterday at Preschool, the older ones were learning to write in sinhala, while the younger ones were drawing with colouring pencils. As I an equally useless at both these things (although I do sharpen a good point on a pencil) I decided to try and learn ...
Insects, insects everywhere
This is a top pick! Preschool today was back to normal with 30plus children. They were making butterflies. I don't know how the teachers come up with so many craft ideas - even with access to the Internet I struggle to find just one! Also started to teach them a new song - ...
A first
This is a top pick! ... the 40/45 children that attend, only around 12 were in the class as the other children come from mainly Buddhist backgrounds. In Sri Lanka, the only religion taught in schools is Buddhism. So this really is a breakthrough, especially as it could be the ...
Lots and lots of butterflies!
This is a top pick! Yesterday after church I bought my very first, and possibly last, Sari! I can now call myself a true Sri Lankan! The school is having a sports day type event at the start of August so the teachers wanted me to wear one to it! All I'm missing is the top ...
Mr Patrick
This is a top pick! ... in Hambantota in the 80's. It was only when he left that I was told his name is Patrick!! Never did I expect to meet a Sri Lankan with such an Irish name! I think it's hilarious! No doubt his name is pronounced slightly more exotically over here, but ...
Manic with a capital MANIC!
This is a top pick! Today I woke up and it was like any other Thursday-the sun was shining, the birds were singing, the sky was blue. Ronali, Rodrick and Summit the faithful driver had come down yesterday and stayed until tonight. Everything was rosy in the garden. The only ...
Full Moon in the Jungle
This is a top pick! ... cooks. Many of these places were also outside the towns and cities, in the forest areas. One other thing was clear too: that Sri Lanka, biologically and culturally speaking is probably more at risk now than any time in its history, as the forests are ...
Kid in a Kandy shop
This is a top pick! ... an All Access pass at a baseball 'All-Star' game (providing you like baseball, of course). Absolutely fantastic. Wednesday December 10th Sri Lanka vs England, Second Test, Day One Got to the ground in plenty of time to get a ticket. I decided that ...
Ella: Sri Lanka
This is a top pick! ... a driver. The journey from Ella to the "Little England" toytown ambience of Nuwara Eliya is especially nice. Unfortunately we were only in Sri Lanka for 10 days to get our visas to India, luckily we got them the night before our flight. We ...
A tuneful night
This is a top pick! Last night, the builders were in fine form. They must have decided that they would have a little sing a long complete with a drum and tambourine. Don't have a clue where these appeared from, but they were singing their hearts out until 1030 outside my ...
Keeping bus-y in Sri Lanka!!
This is a top pick! ... to date. Whilst the sun was sinking we also discovered (through a man with crazy hair, a Hawaiian shirt and bandy legs) that Sri Lanka were playing England the next day in a day/night cricket match. Having learnt the ins and outs of the game so ...
Kataragama take 2
This is a top pick! Yesterday at Preschool I took Chandima's class as she wasn't in until lunchtime. She takes the younger preschoolers during their learning time. So they started off playing with Lego and bricks and then did some colouring in. the afterschool class ...
13th of June already!!
This is a top pick! When I think of Wednesday's, it now makes me think of a birthday party! Again in the afterschool club, I was in charge of the younger class on their "creative day" which is basically playing party games. I started the afternoon with about 15, but by 4pm, ...
5 days worth....
This is a top pick! ... horror and dismay when browsing through some CD's though. I have to ask the question, how on earth has Daniel O'Donnell made it to Sri Lanka?! After a lunch at a very nice cricket club and a puncture later, it was time to set off back down to ...
Holiday mode
This is a top pick! It's hard to believe that's the first week of the school holidays over. It seems like only yesterday that we were all running around at the sports days. I know we are in a different time zone over here, but sometimes I think time goes at a faster ...
On your marks, get set, go.........
This is a top pick! ... , well for people to dress me! I wasn't the only one in a skirt; Mark also decided to wear one. We were true Sri Lankans for the day; however you didn't see many locals wearing sunglasses with their sarongs and saris! Overall I think the day was ...