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Plan Your Trip CaptionCaptionCaption Fishing boats, Mirissa (p123) ROBERT FRANCIS / GETTY IMAGES © Beaches & Activities From ...

When to Go Sri Lanka is pretty much a year-round beach destination. When it’s raining in the East, it’s normally sunny in the We ...

few full-time lifesaving patrols, so there’s usually no one to jump in and rescue you. A few common-sense rules should be ob- se ...

Surfing Sri Lanka has consistent surf year-round, but the quality of waves is far lower than the nearby Maldives and Indonesia. ...

beach towns; courses start at around €30. Low Pressure Stormrider Guides (www. lowpressure.co.uk) offers good advice on surfing ...

CHRISTER FREDRIKSSON / GETTY IMAGES © SARANGA DEVA DE ALWIS / GETTY IMAGES © Top: Unawatuna (p115) Bottom: Dolphins PLAN YOUR TR ...

The season for whales (and dolphins) off the south coast and Kalpitiya is from Janu- ary to April, while on the east coast it ru ...

Plan Your Trip Wildlife For its size, Sri Lanka boasts an incredible diversity of animalia: 92 mammal species, 242 butterflies, ...

purple-faced langurs; hairy bear monkeys; and toque macaques, notable for their distinctive thatch of middle-parted hair. The sl ...

SANDEEPMALL / GETTY IMAGES © ADITYA SINGH / GETTY IMAGES © Top: Elephant, Yala National Park (p138) Bottom: Leopard, Wilpattu Na ...

Planning Your Safari Where to Go Where to go depends entirely on what you want to see and what kind of safari you want to take. ...

of the island. They are divided into three types: strict nature reserves (no visitors allowed), national parks (visits under fix ...

Plan Your Trip Eating with Kids Sri Lankan hospitality means that people will go to any length to please young and finicky eater ...

̈ Turtle hatcheries (p 94 ) On the west coast, these are popular. ̈ Unawatuna (p 115 ) Fringing reefs mean the beach here is saf ...

The South Beaches Activities Wildlife Stunning Strands There are beaches here with a real traveller vibe and there are beaches w ...

Jaf fna & the North Discovery Temples Seashores Off the Beaten Path All but shut down to travel for years, the North is now ...

©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd #_ The East p229 Jaffna & the North p256 The South p103 The West p84 The Ancient Cities ...

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Colombo Colombo Sights Colombo S ig H TS History As far back as the 5th century, Colombo served as a sea port for trade between ...