Travel ideas for Sri Lanka – trip tips and recommendations from my experience travelling in Sri Lanka. The island of Sri Lanka is a south-Asian country that has diverse and beautiful landscapes, ancient sites, and a rich, welcoming culture. Here you will find exciting travel ideas for travelling in Sri Lanka so start planning your trip now and experience everything that Sri Lanka has to offer travellers.
As I write my 2016 travel year in review I can’t help reflecting upon a year that has been a mixed bag. On the one hand political events have plunged the world into great uncertainty. On the other hand, the Wandering Kiwi family has had a consistently excellent year pursuing […]
I fell in love with the Sri Lankan city of Kandy within minutes of arriving. Yes it is a busy, traffic-clogged Asian city but it somehow manages to retain its lush, green environment and bucket loads of laid-back charm. I’d like to share my favourite things to do in Kandy. […]
I spent a lot of time researching as I planned the Wandering Kiwi Sri Lanka trip. I looked online, read a Sri Lanka travel guide book, and talked to friends who had been recently. Most of our Sri Lanka itinerary fell into place fairly easily, with a list of places […]
The fortress of Galle is a many-layered confection, with multiple levels of architecture and history adding up to a mysteriously beautiful scrap of urbanity perched upon Sri Lanka’s south coast. It has a history that stretches back a thousand years and a mixture of glamour and dilapidation that is irresistible. […]
There were many times I thought about not doing the World’s End walk in Horton Plains National Park in Sri Lanka. Not least when I was woken before my 5 am alarm by the pre-recorded chanting at the local Buddhist monastery. The dank, cold guesthouse in Nuwara Eliya had not […]