Lonely Planet Sri Lanka

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781786572578
• eBook ISBN: 9781787012424

Lonely Planet Sri Lanka is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Laze on a pristine, undiscovered beach, wander lost cities and ancient ruins, or hit the markets for a rainbow of exotic fruits and rich spices -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Sri Lanka and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Sri Lanka Travel Guide: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, culture, politics, religion, beaches, landscapes, wildlife, environmental issues, cuisine, tea, festivals, events. Over 50 colour maps Covers Colombo, Galle, Kandy, Arugam Bay, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Jaffna, Uda Walawe National Park, Bundala National Park, hill country, ancient cities, and moreThe Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Sri Lanka, our most comprehensive guide to Sri Lanka, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home.TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt

The Hill Country

The Hill Country Highlights

Colombo to Kandy

Kandy

Around Kandy

Knuckles Range

Kitulgala

Adam's Peak (Sri Pada)

Kandy to Nuwara Eliya

Nuwara Eliya

Horton Plains National Park & World's End

Belihul Oya

Haputale

Bandarawela

Ella

Around Ella

Wellawaya

Uda Walawe National Park

Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Ratnapura

The Hill Country in Colour

The Hill Country

Why Go?

Sri Lanka's Hill Country is the island at its most scenic, a mist-wrapped land of emerald peaks and stupendous views, of hillsides carpeted with tea plantations and graced by astonishing waterfalls. This is a place where you can wear a fleece in the daytime and cuddle up beside a log fire in the evening. Where you can enjoy a memorable meal in the eternal city of Kandy or at a roadside shack in lovely Ella. A region where you can walk to the end of the world, stand in the footsteps of the Buddha and be surrounded by a hundred wild elephants. Ride a train utterly bewitched by the vistas. Paddle a raft down a raging river. Enjoy the drumbeat of traditional dance and then savour the silence on a lonely mountaintop.

When to Go

• Jan Perfect for clear days, crisp nights and the pilgrimage up Adam’s Peak.
• Apr The Sinhalese New Year means horse racing and a hectic social calendar in Nuwara Eliya.
• Jul–Aug Rain showers do little to deter the crowds who gather for the spectacular Kandy Esala Perahera festival.

Best Places to Eat

A Matey Hut

A Sharon Inn

A High Tea at the Grand

A Hill Club

Best Places to Sleep

A Rainforest

A Chamodya Homestay

A Baramba House

A Tea Trails

A Waterfall Homestay

A Clock Inn Kandy

The Hill Country Highlights

1 Horton Plains Hiking across a high plateau to the lofty viewpoint of World's End.

2 Nuwara Eliya Taking high tea or sipping a G&T in an atmospheric colonial-era hotel.

3 Adam’s Peak Joining devout pilgrims and ascending the sacred mountain, Sri Pada, by flickering torchlight.

4 The Hill Railways Travelling on a sc...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka's Top 20
• Need to Know
• First Time Sri Lanka
• What's New
• If You Like
• Month by Month
• Itineraries
• Eat & Drink Like a Local
• Beaches & Activities
• National Parks & Safaris
• Travel with Children
• Regions at a Glance
• Colombo
• The West Coast
• The South
• The Hill Country
• The Ancient Cities
• The East
• Jaffna & the North
• Understand Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka Today
• History
• Environmental Issues
• The People of Sri Lanka
• Sri Lankan Tea
• Directory AZ
• Transport
• Health
• Language
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers