The Sigiriya rock, perhaps, is the mascot of Sri Lanka. It is a UNESCO heritage site, and certainly, one of the most visited in Sri Lanka. You see its photographs everywhere in the country, starting from the immigration section of the airport. We had scheduled our Sigiriya tour for the […]
Polonnaruwa, just like Anuradhapura (Read — Tour of Anuradhapura), is another of Sri Lanka’s most famous royal ancient towns. About 50 kms away from Habarana where we were staying (Read Review of Cinnamon Lodge in Habarana), we started off soon after breakfast since we also wanted to go to Sigiriya in the evening. Polonnaruwa ruins is spread across […]
Tour of Anuradhapura, one of Sri Lanka’s most famous ancient towns, will need an entire day. Hence, schedule accordingly. The town is famous for its many many Buddhist Stupas. Hopping from one to the other easily takes about 4-5 hours. Now, we were staying at the Cinnamon in Habarana (Review of Cinnamon Lodge […]
Habarana should be your base if you plan to tour the religious and historical circuit of Sri Lanka comprising the ancient towns of Anuradhapura, Polunuara, Sigiriya and Dogamba. History buffs that we are, we stationed ourselves for 3 nights and 2 days in Habarana’s luxury resort, Cinnamon, to see the towns thorough… As I said, a luxury […]
Negombo to Habarana is almost a 150 km drive and can take upwards of 4 hours depending on where all you stop. We had started off from Villa Shade, the homestay near Colombo where we had docked for the night upon landing from India, at around 9 pm. For most part, it is a […]
We landed in Colombo at around 8pm in the evening of 24th Dec for our Sri Lanka road trip. We were scheduled to drive up to Habarana the next morning. Since it was a matter of just an overnight stay, we decided not to check in to any hotel and pay a bomb […]
Sri Lanka road trip it was, last Christmas. It was a 10-day trip covering Habarana, the rich temple town of Anuradhapura, the beautiful ancient city of Sigiriya in the North, the tea-covered hills of Nuwara Eliyain Central Srilanka, the beaches of Unabatuna in the South and back to Colombo via Galle and Bentota. We selected the towns in a way […]
