Circuit Sri Lanka en 10 jours : Le classique avec Yala

Sigiriya Frescoes & Mirror Wall

Ancient 5th-century frescoes depicting 21 cloud maidens painted on Sigiriya Rock, alongside a polished mirror wall with 8th-century visitor inscriptions.

Sigiriya Rock Fortress

5th-century palace and fortress built atop a 200m granite monolith by King Kashyapa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the most visited paid attraction in Sri Lanka.

Ayurveda & Wellness Sessions

Traditional Ayurvedic treatments including herbal oil massages and steam baths offered at resorts and village centres in the Sigiriya area.

Sigiriya Nature Walks

Guided village and jungle walks through the lowland scrub forest and paddy fields around Sigiriya village, covering local farming, birding, and rural life.

Sigiriya Village Tour

A half-day guided village experience in Sigiriya showing traditional bullock cart rides, catamarans on a village tank, cooking demonstrations, and paddy farming.

Pidurangala Rock

A 200m rock outcrop 1.5km north of Sigiriya offering the best panoramic view of Sigiriya Rock, with a reclining Buddha at the summit base dating to the 6th century.

Temple of the Tooth Relic

Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy houses a tooth relic of the Buddha and has been the most sacred Buddhist site in Sri Lanka since the 4th century AD.

Udawattakele Forest Reserve

A 104-hectare protected cloud forest reserve directly above central Kandy, with 68 recorded bird species and multiple walking trails through bamboo groves and tropical trees.

Kandy Lake

Artificial lake built by King Sri Wickrama Rajasinha in 1807 at the centre of Kandy, encircled by a 3km walkway and flanked by the Temple of the Tooth.

Bahirawakanda Vihara Buddha Statue

A 26.8-metre white seated Buddha statue on Bahirawakanda Hill overlooking central Kandy, visible from most of the city and accessible by a 30-minute walk or tuk-tuk.

Royal Botanical Gardens Peradeniya

Sri Lanka's largest botanical garden covering 147 acres on a meander of the Mahaweli River, established in 1821 with over 4,000 plant species including a 350-year-old Java fig tree.

Hanthana Mountain Range

A ridge of peaks reaching 1,467m immediately south-west of Kandy, offering half-day hiking trails through tea estates with views over the Kandy valley.

Seetha Amman Kovil

A Hindu temple in Sita Eliya near Nuwara Eliya, built at the site where Ramayana's Sita is believed to have been held captive by King Ravana.

Pink Post Office

A functioning colonial-era post office in central Nuwara Eliya built in 1894, one of the most photographed colonial buildings in Sri Lanka's hill country.

Gregory Lake

Colonial-era reservoir built in 1873 in Nuwara Eliya at 1,868m elevation, offering boating, lakeside cycling, and views of surrounding tea hills.

Lover's Leap Waterfall

A 30-metre waterfall on the Laxapana River in Nuwara Eliya, accessible via a short walk through a tea estate, named after a colonial-era legend.

Horton Plains National Park

UNESCO World Heritage plateau at 2,100-2,300m elevation in the Central Highlands, home to World's End cliff dropping 870m and the 20m Baker's Falls.

Little Adam's Peak

An easy 45-minute hike from Ella town to a 1,141m summit with 360-degree views — the most accessible hilltop panorama in the Ella region.

Ella Gap Viewpoint

A natural break in the hill country escarpment above Ella town with a sweeping view down a 1,000m drop to the southern coastal plains on clear days.

Ravana Falls

A 25m fan-shaped waterfall on the Badulla–Ella road, one of Sri Lanka's widest falls, associated with the Ramayana legend of King Ravana.

Nine Arch Bridge

A 91m colonial viaduct built in 1921 with nine arches, best photographed when a train crosses — departures from Ella at approximately 9:10am and 3:15pm daily.

Rawana Ella Cave

A natural cave in the hillside near Ella said by local tradition to be where King Ravana hid Sita during the Ramayana epic, located close to Ravana Falls.

Ella Rock

A 1,041m summit above Ella town reached by a 3-hour round-trip hike through tea estates and jungle, with panoramic views across the Ella Gap valley.

Sithulpawwa Rock Temple

A monastic rock temple over 2,100 years old inside the Yala buffer zone, with painted cave shrines and a 3m seated Buddha on a granite boulder 300m above the surrounding plains.

Bundala National Park

A Ramsar-listed coastal wetland in Hambantota District with 200+ bird species, flocks of greater flamingos from October to March, and resident elephants, crocodiles, and nesting sea turtles.

Yala National Park

Sri Lanka's most famous wildlife park in Hambantota District, with the highest recorded leopard density per unit area of any protected area in the world, plus elephants, sloth bears, and crocodiles.

Parrot Rock (Mirissa)

A large flat-topped rock at the eastern end of Mirissa Bay, reachable by a short swim at low tide, popular for cliff jumping into 5m water below.

Coconut Tree Hill (Mirissa)

A small rocky headland east of Mirissa beach planted with tall coconut palms, offering a 270-degree ocean panorama 20m above the water — one of Sri Lanka's most photographed viewpoints.

Mirissa Beach

A 1km crescent bay 150km south of Colombo, Sri Lanka's primary departure point for blue whale watching (November to April), with a calm swimming beach and a growing restaurant scene.