In this issue

During the season, Hikkaduwa hardly catches a wink of sleep. All night, the town is thronged by straggles of wandering visitors, both foreign and Sri Lankan and fairy lights of all hues are draped on trees, roofs and walls.

It’s the season of giving ! Here’s a way to be unconventional with a gift that has taste and tradition. Ceylon Tea – the perennial brew of warmth is a unique present – a small package of flavour and fragrance, colour and character, wrapped in unusual aesthetics of exotic art.

Bentota is a lush beach haven, robust with greenery and flowery with frangipani and orchids dripping colour into the Bentota lake and the sea.

If important historic locations were chalked on a Sri Lankan map, the ancient port of Jambukola or Dambakola Patuna in Jaffna should be underlined many times for emphasis.

Yala is Sri Lanka’s most emblematic national park, set in the ancient Ruhunu kingdom in the Southern Province.

Wewu maalu is an epicure’s treat. Impinged with the sweetness of fresh water, they are unlike the catch of the ocean that is thickly laced with brine.

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Time Out Srilanka Explore Sri Lanka What’s On is your ultimate guide to best shopping venues, restaurants, art and theatre events happening, be aware of what's happening on daily life and in the streets across the island