Rathnapura Guide

Ratnapura Gem Bureau, Museum & Laboratory

A reputable place to purchase gems with relatively low sales pressure is Ratnapura Gem Bureau, Museum & Laboratory. There’s a good display of local minerals and gems, as well as information on mining and polishing. A return three-wheeler trip from the centre of town should cost about...

Ratnapura

From Colombo you drive 101km through every shade and tone of rich green and yellow green of rubber plantations, paddy fields and tea estates to reach Ratnapura – the City of Gems. Ratnapura is the most famous gem-min-ing locality in Sri Lanka. At the National Museum, the Ratnapura Gem...

Rainforest Eco Lodge.

UDAWALAWE NATIONAL PARK

UDAWALAWE NATIONAL PARK

The park is 323 Km2 area centres on the large Udawalawe reservoir, fed by the Walawe Ganga. The park is renowed for its outstanding scenic  beauty  and wealth of faunal species, particularly mammals and birds. With herbs of elephants – this is one of the...

Belihul oya

BELIHUL OYA

The waterfall gushed in mists of white spray as it tumbled off rugged rocks and dropped like an immaculate veil to flow gracefully into the surrounding jungles. Belihuloya, a charming hillside village situated in the Ratnapura District, approximately 160 kilometres...