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Dambulla cave temple

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Sigiriya

ancient rock fortress near Dambulla, Sri Lanka.

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Polonnaruwa

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Knuckles Mountain Range

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Central Province, Sri Lanka

province of Sri Lanka

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Udawattakele Forest Reserve

The forest was planned and maintained as the part of the Royal palace complex of the Sinhala Kings. A patch of tropical rain forest still survives and if you don't come across it, it is still a wonderful walk. You are guaranteed to come across plenty of monkeys and some tranquil ponds. Wear long trousers after rain, and take some salt as there are lots of leeches about.

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International Buddhist Museum

World's first International Buddhist Museum.

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Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya

The best botanical garden in Sri Lanka and one of the best in the region. It dates back to the ancient kings of the country although the British changed the look of it. The British are said to have used the gardens to grow trees that could not be grown at south-west London Kew gardens. The large banyan tree, the orchid house, the suspension bridge, and the bats are some of the main attractions.Take bus No 724 from the clock tower.

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Embekka Devalaya

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Ramboda Falls

waterfall

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Nuwara Eliya Post Office

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Hill Club

98km

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Chilaw

large town in Puttalam district, Sri Lanka

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Galway's Land National Park

99km

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Lake Gregory (Nuwara Eliya)

reservoir in Sri Lanka

100km

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Kalpitiya

place in North Western, Sri Lanka

109km

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Horton Plains National Park

national park

117km

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Dambulla

Dambulla is a city in Central province of Sri Lanka.

The area is thought to be inhabited from as early as the 7th to 3rd century BC. Statues and paintings in these caves date back to the 1st century BC. But the paintings and statues were repaired and repainted in the 11th, 12th, and 18th century AD. The caves in the city provided refuge to King Valagamba (also called Vattagamini Abhaya) in his 14-year-long exile from the Anuradapura kingdom. Buddhist monks meditating in the caves of Dambulla at that time provided the exiled king protection from his enemies. When King Valagamba returned to the throne at Anuradapura kingdom in the 1st century BC, he had a magnificent rock temple built at Dambulla in gratitude to the monks in Dambulla.

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