There are many things to do in Sigiriya Sri Lanka – this is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. Most people travel here to visit the famous Rock of Sigiriya, but if you give ...

A complex masterpiece of irrigation engineering design, Sigiriya's artfully designed water gardens required structural planning way ahead of its time. Orange sand particles twinkled in the sun as a ...

The ruins of the capital built by the parricidal King Kassapa I (477–95) lie on the steep slopes and at the summit of a granite peak standing some 180m high (the 'Lion's Rock', which dominates the ...

Rising dramatically above the lush jungles of Sri Lanka, Sigiriya stands as one of the most extraordinary historical sites in the world. Perched nearly 660 feet high on a massive rock plateau in the ...

The Sri Dalada Maligawa, one of the country’s most sacred sites venerated by millions of Buddhists was attacked by LTTE suicide bombers in 1998. Recently, another of Sri Lanka’s famed world heritage ...

The landscape is not the dead relic of a foregone age. It is a living reminder of how knowledge tailored to the local ecology is essential When I was 11, I was given the Atlas of Mysterious Places by ...

‘Sigiri is the only example in Ceylon of those solitary activities, which form so remarkable a feature in the table-land of the dakka…“– Sir James Emerson Tennent Surrounded by the glorious forestry, ...

There is controversy in Sri Lanka over the fate of thousands of bees that pose an intermittent threat to people around one of the country’s top tourist sites. Residents near the Sigiriya rock fortress ...

Declaration of Sigiriya was enabled by a Destination Management Plan developed by Asian Development Bank Landmark development is part of Sri Lanka’s broader push to embed sustainability at every level ...