Now that we had landed in Colombo, the excitement within us was brimming over. Even though we did not have a concrete plan or an itinerary, we managed to cover quite a bit in the 6.5 days we were there in Sri lanka…. Here is a quick jist of all that we did and places we went to,

  • Land in Colombo afternoon 2.45pm
  • Stayed the night in Colombo at Lafala Hotel
  • Dinner at Yaal restaurant on Welawatte beach road [ good veg food] next morning left for Dumbula & Siguriya- long drive ahead. 
  • Saw 2 temples and climbed 1/4 way up Siguriya [very hot and after a point there is only a ladder.. about 2000 steps up are few cave temples]
  • Then drove to KGalle [ to a friend’s house] 
  • Moved ahead to Pinawala elephant orphanage [ spent about 3.5 hrs here.. lunch was packed by friend]
  • Do some shopping at Laksala inside the elephant orphanage [it is a govt store and very very good – masks, mugs, tee shirts etc]  
  • Headed to Nuwara elliya [ stopped at a strawberry farm enroute for a half hour, and bought a box of yumm strawberries]
  • Halted that night at Nuwara Elliay- Midky hotel  
  • Next morning drove out towards Yala, stopped enroute to see the Sita temple[ where she walked thru fire] and reached Yala around 2
  • Hopped on a safari truck for the safari – took about 3 hrs in total [ cost of safari jeep- 5000LKR and safari itself was another 5000 LKR]
  • Drove towards Kataragama and stayed at a hotel called Rasoja [very new and basic, but good]- again worked out to about 50$ incl breakfast -no wifi
  •  Morning 9am went to Kataragama temple- spent 4 hours here, saw puja and had prashad.. also walked to the Buddist temple within the complex [ about a km away]
  • Drove down towards Unwatuna- stopped at Hummanaya to see the Blow hole – it is on top of a cliff, short trek but worth it], there is also a beautiful beach below.


  • We stayed that night in Unawatuna [ on a brand new property literally above the ocean]- will recall name of place and share! 
  • Morning drove towards Galle- stopped at a Turtle sanctuary [ entry 500LKR per person] and then explored Galle fort area a bit, walked around and finally drove to Madu river [ like pitchavaram, we did a 3hr river cruise, hopped off at cinnamon island, explored the place, bought cinnamon] , held a baby crocodile, there is also a fish spa if you are interested[200LKR]
  • Had lunch at the resto there and drove to Colombo straight. Reached around evening 7. 
  • Checked into the most awesome place[ you should check this place out- Colombo haven, run by a couple who treated us like their kids and fed us amazing veg food. The galle face beach is about 20mins walk from here . there is also an ice cream place in front- carnival ice cream
  • Last day, we left to House of fashion – did some shopping[ v nice place] and headed to airport. 
Now that you know all that we did, wait for the experiences to come in the subsequent posts… :-))
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