Exotic Wildlife and Beguiling Hill Stations in Srilanka to Explore

Author: vimlesh | Posted: 12.12.2011

If you are planning to visit oversea destination, then why not visit the beautiful Srilanka a tropical paradise in South Asia. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean which looks like a small tear drop in the Indian Ocean. It is one of the terrific countries for exploring the beauty and charm for your splendid vacation. This country offers you several attractions which include scenic natural beauty, gorgeous beaches, tropical climate, fauna and flora, lush hills station, exotic wildlife sanctuaries and ancient temple, churches, forts and splendid shopping facilities.

Beautiful Srilanka is truly the most fascinating destination which offers all sorts of visitor’s wonderful and delightful vacation. This beautiful country is very renowned for its beguiling wildlife and lush green hill stations, in this article of mine I am going to give you nick of some of the wildlife and hill stations in Srilanka.

Kandy

Kandy is the cultural capital city of Srilanka and truly is the most sought after Srilanka Hill Stations. Located at the elevation of 500 meter above the main sea level and the cool climatic conditions easily allure all the vacationers from all over the globe to enjoy their peaceful and charming vacation. This astounding hill town is beautifully endowed by the sprawling green hills, dense green forests, lush green tea gardens; aromatic coffee plantations easily attract the vacationers throughout the year. This hill town houses the most sacred Buddhist temple the relic temple of tooth (UNESCO World Heritage Sites), picturesque Kandy Lake enhance the beauty and charm of this hill town.

Ratnapura

Ratnapura is the most famous hill town in the country and is lovingly dubbed as “City of Gems”. This beautiful hill town is located 103 km away from the Colombo the capital city of Srilanka. This beautiful country has incredible absorption of gems on earth and is ranked among the top five gem bearing nations. The hill town of Ratnapura is very renowned as one can find all types of gems from familiar to exotic. This is the famous mining town in this country and truly the visitors never miss the opportunity to visit this hill town as they visit Srilanka. The rural scenery surroundings, daily gem market, the bazaar of the region's ancient wealth of gemstones, watered valley, lush green paddy fields, rubber trees and tea gardens and the rustic ambiance easily will leave the vacationers spell bound on their visit.

Beside these there are numerous lush green hill stations such as Horton Plains National Park, Adam's Peak (Sri Pada), Nuwara Eliya etc which easily enhances the beauty of the Srilanka tourism.

Some of the renowned Srilanka Wildlife which truly is very worth to visit and explore are listed such as Yala National Park, Boondala National Park, Gal Oya National Park, Mineriya National Park, Horton Plains, Wasgamuwa National Park, Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Kumana Bird Sanctuary. Exotic wildlife, wide varieties of flora and fauna easily entice the nature lover and the adventure enthusiasts. Some of the major animals that can be seen and explore in the national park in Srilanka are such as elephants, mongoose, deers, monkeys, wide varieties of lizards, squirrels, porcupines, civets and jackals.



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