Road to Ceylon

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25/01/2016

If you, or your friend interests to visit Sri Lanka, to spend their leisure time, we are ready to serve you. Please put a message through FB page or give us a call. Your pleasure at your leisure time is the measure of our success.

18/01/2016

Celebrate the memories of eternal love.

Road to Ceylon, the complete travel guide for lovers, is happy to announce that it is ready to accompany with lovers who wish to realize their romantic dream in a paradise. Our professional event managers will help you to arrange your wedding in a romantic environment, making the best event of your life more lovely and memorable. So, lets the dream realize.

13/01/2016

Coral reefs, 'the oasis of ocean'.

Warm, clear waters in Indian Ocean around Sri Lanka favors the growth of coral reefs around Sri Lanka. There are hundreds of shallow patch reefs all around our country, but there are significant master pieces which attract the attention of millions of local and foreign reef lovers.

Coral reefs in Sri Lanka are belonged to fringing or patch reef class. Few of these reef systems are declared as marine sanctuaries, protected areas or national parks. Bar Reef Marine Sanctuary at Kalpitiya, Rumassala and Hikkaduwa Marine Sanctuaries at Galle and Pigeon Island National Park are the most visited coral reefs in Sri Lanka. You can do SCUBA or skin diving in these underwater rain forests to capture a ever lasting experience. R2C with its qualified dive personals will assist you to do a safer, enjoyable and educational underwater visit. Except these well known coral reefs, R2C will take you to isolated, less observed reefs, but can add exquisite memories to your journey.

10/01/2016

Whale watching is perfect for your leisure time...

Sri Lanka a biological hot spot is enriched with 3 significant whale watching hot spots around the island. Dondra( down south Sri Lanka), Trincomalee (east coast) and Kalpitiya (North western coast) are the three. Sri Lankan marine mammel community is a hot topic among various marine biologists, so there were list of researches and quite a good set of literature has been published based on our oceanic ancestors.

These researches has proved that there are 27 species of cetaceans can be seen in Sri Lankan waters. s***m whale (Physeter macrocephalus), blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris), spotted dolphin
(S. attenuata) and striped dolphins (S. coeruleoalba) can be listed as most visited marine mammal species in Sri Lankan waters.

Sooooooo..... do you like to spent a day in ocean with these innocent, lovely and giant creatures, R2C would like to invite you cordially, please contact us. We will make it possible.

10/01/2016

Gems of paradise.

Sri Lanka was called as 'Rathnadweepa', meaning as the land of gems, during its past time, proving that Sri Lanka was an iconic place for gems. Sri Lanka gems popular in global gem market because the quality of these gems.
Rathnapura at the Sabaragamuwa province is the key area for gem mining. It gives birth to billion worth gems from the past up to date. Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Aquamarine, Cats eye or Topaz, any type of gem in different qualities are here. Recent literature tells us that there are over 30 varieties of gems can be found in Sri Lanka, including very very rare varieties.
Do you wish to see the glory of a blue sapphire, come to us. We can share our experience with you.

10/01/2016

Admire the spirit of culture.

Sri Lanka is a country with a history of 2500 written evidence. Sri Lanka is a multi religious and multi ethnic country. Buddhism is the major religion of the community. The history of our country was twisted with Buddhism, so there are great architectural monuments which still express the proud history of Sri Lanka. There are lots of ancient Buddha statues, temples and monuments which you can visit, admire and damp your soul.

You can find the pure Buddhism in here, you can find the 'Road to Freedom'.

10/01/2016

Please be aware that our website (www.roadtoceylon.com) is under constructions. Please hold on for a moment, you will see the gate way of paradise after few days..... Thank you very much for your patient.

30/12/2015

Briefing Sri Lanka........
Location - 5.920 N to 9.835 N and 79.522 E to 81.877 E
Total area- 65610 sq.km
Population- 20 millions
Ethnicity- Sinhalese in majority, Tamils, Muslims, Burgers at minor level
Religions- Buddhism is the major, Hindu, Islam are minors.
Languages- Sinhala,Tamil, English
Currency- Sri Lankan rupees (LKR)

30/12/2015

Climate of Sri Lanka

Temperature
Average temperature is 27.5 Celsius at the lowland ( 100-150 meters from the mean sea level) area, but temperature drops quickly with the increasing altitudes. In NuwaraEliya ( At 1800 meters above from mean sea level) average temperature is 15.9 Celsius. If a traveler travel from east coast to west coast across the central mountain range, he can experience hot, next cool and finally again hot environment, within a single day.

Rainfall
Average rainfall is between 900 mm to 5000 mm annually. Eastern coasts gets lesser average rainfall (900 mm) while western coast and western flank of central mountain range gets more rain (2500 mm). In special places like Yatiyantota, Deraniyagala and Watawala gets more rain as 5000 mm.

Wind
Southwest monsoon- during May to September
Northeast monsoon- during December to February
From May to September, southwest or summer monsoon brings heavy rains to western flank of central mountain range and to west coast of Sri Lanka. During this period, west coast gets rain, cloudy sky with turbulent sea areas. So, you should avoid travelling in west coast during summer monsoon. But you are warmly welcomed by the east coast of Sri Lanka with bright, shining skies. You should go there at that time. But......
December to February, north east or winter monsoon winds bring rain to east side of Sri Lanka. You will not be able to enjoy the east coast during these days. So, you can start your journey to west and south coast of Sri Lanka from October to February.

30/12/2015

Wilderness of Sri Lanka.

If you want to here the murmur of green world, you should visit Sri Lanka. This tropical biodiversity hot spot is hanging wet zone, dry zone and intermediate zone forests with a massive biodiversity, mostly endemic to it self. You can enjoy, study and admire the tropical biodiversity with a complete guidance, if you wish to contact 'Road to Ceylon', the center of excellence for eminent travelers. .

Sinharaja world heritage site (11280 ha), Kanneliya-Dediyagala-Nakiyadeniya (KDN) reserve (10139 ha) and Knuckles conservation forest ( 21650 ha) are the main three wet zone protected forests. Also, there are 20 national parks declared by Department of Wild Life Conservation (DWLC) and most of these national parks are concentrated in dry zone of Sri Lanka. Yala, Wilpattu and Bundala are three of them.

In addition to these reserves, there are four natural reserves, three strict natural reserves and sixty three jungle corridors. Any where, you can experience the wilderness of Sri Lanka. We wish to point you to the right place.

22/12/2015

See more about our wetlands, click on
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