Asia
Sri Lanka
Tea hills, temples, beaches and elephants. Say āyubōvan, take the train through the hills, and enjoy!
- Local time
- 16:17
- Currency
- LKR
- Calling code
- +94
- Capital
- Colombo
- Languages spoken
- Sinhala, Tamil
Eco-friendly travel
- Bring a refillable bottle. and refill from filtered water.
- Choose ethical elephant experiences: watch them in national parks, never ride them.
- In Yala and other parks, choose safari drivers who keep their distance from leopards.
- Don't buy products made from turtles or coral.
- Take the hill-country train (Kandy to Ella).
- Refuse plastic bags and straws.
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