Negombo, a quaint old fishing town by the sea, also known as 'little Rome' is home to a predominately Catholic community. From Portuguese and Dutch ramparts, forts, churches and wayside shrines to interesting canals and creeks, Negombo still maintains some of its old world charm and remnants of a colorful bygone era of the Dutch and Portuguese settlers.
According to inscriptions found in the caves which honeycomb the base of the rock fortress, Sigiriya served as a place of religious retreat as far back as the third century BC, when Buddhist monks established refuge in the locale.
Kandy, the cultural capital of Sri Lanka, a World Heritage Site sits pretty in a valley surrounded by rings of mountains, 115km away from the seaport of Colombo. Right in the heart of the city center of Kandy is the man-made lake called Kiri Muhuda (Sinhala: the sea of milk), the one and only decorative lake in Sri Lanka.
Kitulgala, the light adventure attraction Kitulgala is Sri Lanka's foremost tourist attraction of those who venture into white water rafting. Kitulgala. The nature, birdlife and white water rafting attraction of Kitulgala.
Reaching LocationGalle can be reached by Colombo-Galle-Matara (A2) main road as well as by southern railway line running from Colombo to Matara via Galle. Galle's main bus terminus serves well to commuters travelling to the North and further South. However reaching Central Highlands from Galle is still a tiresome process with departures being restricted to just a single service a day in the morning.
