23 reasons to visit Sri Lanka

As Sri Lanka celebrates 70 years of independence, we highlight 23 spectacular reasons to visit the country.

1. To get wild

Dive with blue whales in season or watch spinner dolphins leap about in Kalpitiya. Sri Lanka also has 5,800 wild elephants ambling about and the biggest concentration of leopards in the world. See them in Yala national park, along with sloth bears and buffalo.

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2. For cricket in Galle

Sleepy Galle is a haven for grown-up backpackers, with Dutch colonial architecture, jewellery shops, ice cream parlours and an almost complete dearth of nightlife. It is also where to catch an international cricket match or have a knock about near an old fort.


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/sri-lanka/articles/23-reasons-to-visit-Sri-Lanka/