Sightseeing

Seethawaka Wet Zone Botanical Garden is located 13 KM away from our Cottage. Seethawaka Botanical Garden mainly serves as a research area and a conservation area for threatened and vulnerable endemic plant species in the Sinharaja Rain Forest region.

It primarily serves as an area for research and for vulnerable and threatened endemic plant species found in the Sinharaja Forest Reserve region.

Kumari Ella Waterfall is situated 11 KM away from our Cottage. It is a small fall of 4 meters in height. According to folklore, the daughter of King Seethawaka Rajasinghe, named Kumari, has drowned here.

8 KM away from our Cottage. Leisure World is a wonderful, extensive theme park, and one of its kind in Sri Lanka. Blessed with magnificent biodiversity, the park collates the experiences of an amusement park, water park, and a national park

The Ella Uda Ella Falls (Kahana Ella) located 14 KM away from our cottage. Ella Uda Ella takes its water from the Kodikande Mountain and the Koswatte canal network, which flows through rock and tree-lined valleys, before cascading from a cliff at the point of the fall. A species of fish, known locally as mahseer (Tor khudree), thrives here.

Barandi Kovil is located 13 KM away from our Cottage. Barandi Kovil is said to have been built by King Rajasinghe I (1581-1593 AD) during his reign of Seethawaka Kingdom. This might have been done at the behest of Arittakivendu Perumal, a Hindu and a learned astrologer, who the king appointed as his advisor.

This is located 15 KM away from our Cottage. It is said that the King Rajasinghe fell severely ill by having been pricked by a poisonous thorn of a bamboo tree. small stone pillars can be seen at this location surrounded by a steel fence.

It is 13 KM away from our Cottage. Seethawaka city originally built by King Mayadunne in 1524 A. D. . Functioned as provincial administrative centre and during the reign of King Rajasingha functioned as a city.
Archaeologists relive that the remains of the place situate here. Romains, which may be belongings to the ancient Seethawaka city are found here yet the remains of place are not identified accurately. It has been recorded that duty renovated the door of the place. walls and other sections of the city.
The fort situated in the southern area was built by Dutch in 1675 sometimes using remains of the place.

This is 13KM away from our Cottage. The 15m high Ranmudu Ella fall in Thunmodara is situated in a tributary of the Wakganga River, and the waters feed the Kelani River. The fall is a victim of its own success.

This is 11 KM away from our Cottage. Being one of the very few waterfalls situated within the Colombo Disctrict, Hewainna Ella has been a very popular destination due to its easy accessibility. Although, quite small in size compared to other famous waterfalls found in the country.