Insights & Stories
Discover why Sri Lanka is rising fast on global travel lists and how to turn those rankings into an unforgettable itinerary.
102 articles
Vesak 2027 falls on 19 May, according to the government's holiday gazette for 2027 published in June 2026. That date also closes the next Adam's Peak season. Here is how to build a Sri Lanka trip around Buddhism as it is actually lived — respectfully, and with the right dates.
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Since 25 May 2026, Indian passport holders get a free 30-day Sri Lanka tourist visa — but Sri Lanka's Department of Immigration says an ETA must still be obtained before arrival, whatever social media posts from earlier in the year claimed. Here is the full Ramayana trail, with the practical details Indian travellers actually need.
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The Temple of the Tooth now lists LKR 3,000 for most foreign visitors, not the LKR 2,000 still printed almost everywhere, and the ticket already covers four museums many guides tell you to pay for separately. Colombo to Kandy trains have not run since Cyclone Ditwah. Here is Kandy as it actually is right now.
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Sri Lanka's tourism regulations say a spa treatment room must not lock from the inside, an Ayurvedic hotel must display its physician's registration certificate, and a yoga retreat must not claim to cure all illnesses. Almost no wellness article mentions any of this. Here is how to use those rules to choose well.
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Bambarakanda is listed at 263 metres by some sources and 241 by others, and ranked both 299th and 461st in the world. Diyaluma is widely called the second-highest and at least one detailed index disagrees. Here is an honest ranking, when each one actually runs, and the upstream-rain rule that matters more than any of it.
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The same river produces two completely different trips. One is a quiet dawn glide through mangrove tunnels with the engine cut. The other is a loud midday run with a hard-sell shopping stop and someone handing you a small crocodile. Here is how to make sure you get the first.
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The single most photographed train journey in Asia has not run end to end since Cyclone Ditwah in November 2025, and a large amount of live commercial content is still selling it. This guide covers the current position, the towns, the tea, the cold nobody packs for, and the people whose work makes the view.
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Maldive fish — dried, cured tuna — is invisible once mixed into pol sambol, seeni sambol and many vegetable curries. It is the single most important thing a vegetarian traveller can learn here, and almost no cooking class mentions it unasked. This guide covers that, what a class genuinely teaches, and why the roadside spice garden your driver suggests is not a food experience.
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