Ulpotha

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Golden Temple of Dambulla (31.31 km)

A sacred pilgrimage site for 22 centuries, this cave monastery, with its five sanctuaries, is the largest, best-preserved cave-temple complex in Sri...
Ancient City of Sigiriya (42.08 km)

The ruins of the capital built by the parricidal King Kassapa I (477–95) lie on the steep slopes and at the summit of a granite peak standing some 370...
Sacred City of Anuradhapura (47.09 km)

This sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century B.C. by...
Mihintale Buddha (50.97 km)

Situated 12 kilometers east of the ruins of the great city of Anuradhapura, the sacred mountain of Mihintale is considered the location where Buddhism...
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa (69.45 km)

Polonnaruwa was the second capital of Sri Lanka after the destruction of Anuradhapura in 993. It comprises, besides the Brahmanic monuments built by...
Pinawala Elephant Orphanage (73.08 km)

I never in my life thought I’d be at the wrong end of an elephant, close enough to be cleaning up its poo and having to watch out for more deliveries,...
Esala Perahera (74.22 km)

If you’re in Sri Lanka around full moon time at the end of July then you may be lucky enough to experience the fanciest Sri Lankan festival of all....
Kandy (74.73 km)

This sacred Buddhist site, popularly known as the city of Senkadagalapura, was the last capital of the Sinhala kings whose patronage enabled the...
Ulpotha Village (77.29 km)

Known in yoga circles simply as ‘paradise’, this is a unique, mountain-ringed village in the heart of Sri Lanka, the retreat concentrates almost...