This tropical island southeast of India is inhabited by the Sinhalese and Tamil peoples. A small central highland is surrounded by plains wich lead down to the mangrove coasts and urban places spreading along the Indian Ocean.
Colombo | BOC Tower and World Trade Center
Kegalle | Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage
Kegalle | Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage
Polonnaruwa | Waste dump with animals
Polonnaruwa | Waste dump with animals
Polonnaruwa | Multilinguality
Polonnaruwa | Vatadage with Buddha statue
Polonnaruwa | Vatadage
Polonnaruwa | Floatingheart
Minneriya Tank
Minneriya Tank
Wasgamuwa NP | Savanna landscape
Wasgamuwa NP | Savanna landscape
Wasgamuwa NP | Savanna with elephants
Hettipola | Rice cultivation
Palatiyawa | Rice cultivation
Palatiyawa | Small stream
Palatiyawa | Coconut roof
Sigiriya
Sigiriya
Sigiriya | Rock sculpture
Sigiriya | Ancient fresco
Kandalama | Group of hills
Pitawala Patana | Bus
Pitawala Patana | Small stream
Knuckles Mountain Range with Midlands Tea Estate
Knuckles Mountain Range | Midlands Tea Estate
Knuckles | Pygmy forest
Kaikawala | Religious education
Kaikawala | Religious education
Kaikawala | Religious education
Kandy | Street scene
Kandy | Street scene
Kandy | Railway track
Kandy | Market
Kandy | Market
Kandy | Market
Kandy | Sri Dalada Maligawa
Kandy | Sri Dalada Maligawa
Kandy | Sri Dalada Maligawa
Kandy | Sri Dalada Maligawa
Kandy | Sri Dalada Maligawa
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens with weeping fig
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens | Weeping fig
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens | Kauri
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens | Cauliflory
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens | Jackfruit
Udawattakele Forest Reserve | Jackfruit
Ramboda | Church of St. John the Evangelist
Ramboda with central highlands
Ramboda | Rice cultivation
Nuwara Eliya | Lizard
Nuwara Eliya | Labookellie Tea Estate
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory
Nuwara Eliya | Fire extinguishers
Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya | Lake Gregory and Pidurutalagala
Central highlands panorama
Horton Plains NP | Tree fern
Horton Plains NP | Osbeckia walkeri
Horton Plains NP | Tree rhododendron
Horton Plains NP | Cloud forest
Horton Plains NP | Cloud forest
Horton Plains NP | Cloud forest and patana
Horton Plains NP | Cloud forest and patana
Horton Plains NP | Patana grassland
Horton Plains NP | Patana with sambar deer
Horton Plains NP | World's End
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Tropical rainforest
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Tropical rainforest
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Tropical rainforest
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Rainforest leaves
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Dillenia triquetra
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Dipterocarpus hispidus
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Dipterocarpus zeylanicus
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Dipterocarpus zeylanicus
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Fruit of Shorea sp.
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Fern
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Pitcher plant
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Pitcher plant
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Earth worm
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Reflections
Sinharaja Research Centre
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Scientist
Sabaragamuwa Province | Village scene
Uva Province | Roadside market
Haldummulla | Ficus hispida
Gampaha | Syzygium sp.
Gampaha | Rubber tree forest
Gampaha | Leaves of rubber tree
Gampaha | Trunks of rubber trees
Yala NP | Patanangala
Yala NP | Savanna landscape
Yala NP | Elephant and water bird
Yala NP | Mugger crocodile
Bundala NP | Bird life
Bundala NP | Lagoon
Bundala NP | Vachellia leucophloea
Nonagama | Young students
Tangalle | Flying fox
Tangalle | Coconut palms
Tangalle | Coconut palm grove
Tangalle | Coconut palm grove
Tangalle | Coconut palm
Tangalle | Coconut climber
Tangalle | Coconut climber
Tangalle | Vivipary
Tangalle | Mangrove collection
Tangalle | Mangrove coast
Tangalle | Mangrove coast
Tangalle | Tropical beach
Tangalle | Tropical beach
Tangalle | Lagoon Paradise
Madu Ganga | Like in paradise
Madu Ganga | Young boys
Madu Ganga | Processing of coconut leaves
Madu Ganga | Iguana
Madu Ganga | Mangrove
Madu Ganga | Mangrove
Madu Ganga | Rhizophora apiculata
Negombo | Flowers of Rhizophora mucronata
Negombo | Flower of Bruguiera gymnorhiza
Negombo | Flower of Barringtonia asiatica
Negombo | Mangrove with respiration roots
Negombo | Fisheries
Negombo | Fisheries
Negombo | Fish market
Negombo | Fish market
Negombo | Shops
Negombo | Shops
Negombo | St. Mary's Church
Negombo | Multilinguality