Go Go Tours, The Golden Temple, (2026)

11/06/2024

Sri Lanka has been nominated among the three must-visit destinations for summer 2024 🇱🇰

06/03/2024

The Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Botanical Gardens began their life as medieval medicinal gardens called ‘physic gardens’ in Europe. They were initially founded in the 16th century during Italian Renaissance period though some records prove the existence of small scale physic gardens as early as the 14th century.

As botany was established as a subject separate from medicine in the 17th century, plant imports from explorations around the world began to be cultivated. During the 18th century proper methods plant classification and cultivation of foreign plants became known and many botanical gardens were established in tropical countries. The Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew near London played a central role in uniting the various botanical researches being conducted in the other gardens.

As the years have passed botanical gardens have taken a major place in culture and botany. They have been places of great advances in science and horticulture.

Average Visitors per year 2 million

1. It is the best botanical garden in the whole of Asia.
2. The gardens are attached to the National Herbarium of Sri Lanka
3. The Orchid House with its large variety of orchids are highly reknowned.
4. Before the botanical gardens were formed, the place was the court of King Wickramabahu III in 1371.
5. Later a temple was built on the site, but was destroyed by the British.
6. Alexander Moon began the initial groundwork for the gardens in 1821, when he used it for the cultivation of cinnamon and coffee.
7. The garden was formally established in 1843 with plants brought in from Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, Britain.
8. The gardens came under thepurview of the Department of Agriculture in 1912.
9. The gardens include the historical Cannonball Tree planted in 1901 by King George V and Queen Mary of the United Kingdom.
10. The Royal Botanical Gardens of Peradeniya was used as the SouthEast Asian Headquarters of the Allied Forces during the Second World War.

22/02/2024

𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚 🌷🙏💗 🇱🇰

The Golden temple of Dambulla also known as the Cave Temple of Dambulla bears witness to the rich cultural heritage of Sri Lanka. Located about 142 kms away from Colombo the Dambulla cave temple is the best preserved rock temple complex in Sri Lanka. Anybody who visits the temple would be awe struck by its art and paintings that dates back to 3rd Century

16/02/2024

February 16th marks the Day of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania, also recognized as one of Lithuania's Independence Days.

08/02/2024

Staying in a Tree house Sri Lanka 🌳🌳🌳

Staying in a tree house is not a new thing to Sri Lankan Culture. The watch huts in rural areas are the predecessors in this travel experience. The purpose of these watch huts are for a privileged view of the fields in the property and to stay clear of wild elephants and other wildlife.

05/02/2024

මේ තමා ඔයාල හැමෝම හොයපු ලක්ෂපාන දිය ඇල්ල පේන,සප්ත කන්‍යා කදු මායිමේ සුන්දර නවාතැන 🍀😍🏡⛰️
මෙතන View එකනම් වචනයෙන් විස්තර කරන බැරි තරම්ම ලස්සන තැනක් 😇

මේ 📍 Norton Grange Villa - Maskeliya ❤️

ලංකාවේ ලස්සනම Infinity Pool එක තියෙන Bungalow එක තමා මේකනම්.
Balcony වලට Rooms වල පෙනෙන පරිසරය ඔයාල දවසක ගියොත් අදහගන්න බැරි වෙයි ඒ තරම්ම ලස්සනක් මෙතන තියෙන්නේ 😍🤩❤️

යාලුවො සෙට් එකත් එක්ක, පවුලේ අය එක්ක නිවාඩුවක් ගත කරන්න යන්න නම් සුපිරිම place එක🌻🏞️

01/02/2024

🌊🚣‍♂️🚣‍♀️🌊 White water Rafting - Kithulgala

An average level of physical fitness and a strong spirit would do. White Water Rafting generally enjoyed in the white-waters as well as in other turbulent waters, brings about an enthralling experience to the water sport enthusiasts.
Though the ability to swim is a definite advantage, a compulsory Personal Flotation Device will be provided, a necessary outfit for a White Water Rafting as it is guaranteed to save you from drowning if you fall overboard.
However those suffering from heart ailments, epilepsy as well as those who are uncomfortable in turbulent waters aren’t advised to go White Water Rafting. Some of the rivers of Sri Lanka afford the opportunity for recreational activists and water sport enthusiast to enjoy White Water Rafting. The small town of Kitulgala in the hill country is the most famous place in Sri Lanka to do so.

Kitulgala is located about 80 kilometres from Colombo on the A7 main road that runs to Nuwara Eliya via Avissawella. Kitulgala is a pleasant town set amidst green hills thick with tropical vegetation. The name Kitulgala itself is derived from the Kitul palm tree, groves of which are abound in the expanses. Kitul sap is concentrated and then crystallized to produce jaggery. Kitul sap is also fermented to make palm wine.
Kitulgala is the movie location of where David Lean’s 1957 epic, Bridge on the River Kwai was filmed.
A calm stretch in the River Kelani between two rocky outcrops on either side is the movie location where the railway bridge for the movie was constructed. The water flows silently in this stretch of the river, which is quite deep and sluggish.

Kitulgala White Water Rafting takes about a 90 minute run each for 6.5 km with five rapids graded 2 and 3. The Rapids with their own distinctive characters are aptly named: Head Chopper, Virgin’s Breast, Butter Crunch, Killer Fall and the Rib Cage. Riding modern rafts equipped with safety gear, White Water Rafting at Kitulgala is safe for even kids over 10 years in age.

31/01/2024

Go Go Tours Eco diversity adventures in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 plains

Tourists who are the penchant of eco diversity adventures in Sri Lanka will prefer this most. Horton plains is considered as a picturesque destination in Sri Lankan tourism. Horton Plains’ is a beautiful mountainous nature park situated in 2200 m above sea level. Local travelers call is as Maha Eliya plains. Horton plains is located in Nuwara Eliya, the southern plateau of Central Province in Sri Lanka. Other than that the park is marginalized of Kirigalpotta mountain from the south and Thotupala Kanda Mountain from North. Consequently, they are listed as the second and third highest mountains in SriLanka.

Horton Plains’ is the mother water fountain of Mahaweli, Kelani and Walawe rivers. Further, it also feeds Kiriketi Oya, Belihul Oya, Agra Oya and Bogawantalawa Oya. The average temperature is around 16 C but it is variable between 5C and 27 C. Thus the mean annual rainfall is around 2000 mm.
Horton plains are reckoned as the only national park in Sri Lanka that allows visitors to walk and travel freely on their own tracks in the park. But they can’t access every part of the park because some may damage to the indigenous plants and animals. Such kind of activities must be prohibited. Misty climate, high winds are common situations here. Most of the time, the park is covered with fog and cloud.

Sri Lanka Samba Deer, Wild boar and monkeys are common at a residence in the national park. Not only that but also there will be leopards, black napped hares, otters, giant squirrels and much more. As indicated this endemic leopard is very attractive but due to the thick savannah plains and huge trees, it will be difficult to find it. The Horton plains was boosted as a national park in 1988 and appointed as one of the heritage sites in Sri Lanka. World’s end, 4000 feet straight vertical drop can be visited at the same time. Baker’s fall is also situated about 2.5 km from the entrance. It's better to be noted that there are no reservation facilities at the Hoton plains.Today the area is controlled by the Wild Life Department of Sri Lanka.

20/01/2024

𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐚 🇱🇰 🌿 💗

The Ravana Falls are located in the misty mountains of Ella, Sri Lanka along the road. The water gushes down a height of 25 meters fallen from an oval concave rock. Ravana Falls is a 3-tier cascading waterfall, creating rock pools along its way down. During the wet season the Ravana Falls takes the form of a drooping areca flower, but its wide size is reduced dramatically during the dry season.

📷 ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ

12/01/2024

𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐰𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 🐘 ♥️ 🐘 ♥️ 💗 🇱🇰

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is an orphanage, nursery and captive breeding ground for wild Asian elephants. Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is about 100 kilometres northeast of Colombo and it can take two and half or three hours to drive there.
Enjoy the elephant bathing and take some wonderful photos of the baby elephants playing in the river.

📷 ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴤᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏᴡɴᴇʀ

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