Sri Lanka has so much to offer for Children and is one of the best places for your Family Holiday. Being a small country ensures, that there are no long tiring Journeys for Kids and the activities are close to each other. Our Family holidays are carefully planned leaving sufficient pool and beach time for Children to chill out before the end of each day. The most popular activities among Children are White Water Rafting and the Safaris in Jeeps with open tops. No Family Holiday in Sri Lanka is complete without a beach stay which is usually lined up towards the end of your holiday. Below are some of the most popular Highlights of Sri Lanka for Children.
Uda Walawe National Park
Firstly, you will visit the Elephant Transit Camp run by the Born Free Foundation in Sri Lanka. There are over 35 little orphan elephants that will be fed with milk while you watch. It’s a really touching sight but can also be really funny to watch especially as there are several that have learned that if they go round twice, they can have another jug full of milk! Eventually, these elephants will be released into Uda Walawe National Park, next door.
You would then take a jeep safari with open tops into the National Park to see over 50 elephants. Apart from elephants, you get to see crocodiles, water buffalo, deer, lizards to name but a few, and lots of birds. It’s a fantastic experience to see the animals in the wild and often get up very close. The scenery is amazing here too as you can look across the grassland, over the lake towards the misty mountains and Adam’s Peak (Sri Pada) in the distance.
” All in all it was an amazing first adventure holiday for our family”
Sigiriya
It is the best-preserved city centre in Asia from the first millennium and is a simply stunning site which covers a 200m high rock. It was the capital of Sri Lanka in the 5th century AD. There is so much to explore here which your children will just love from the water gardens, up through the boulder gardens, to the Cobra Hood Cave and on upwards to the staircase emerging from the mouth of a huge lion (all that remains here are the 2 vast lion paws). The frescoes of the damsels halfway up are world famous. It is one of Sri Lanka’s most famous attractions with stupendous views from the top looking out over the plains of the Cultural Triangle. It will certainly capture your child’s imagination and will at the same time, give them a chance to run off a little steam.
Turtle hatchery
This is situated on the west coast of Sri Lanka, south of Bentota. You would see one, two and three day old turtles in different tanks. These turtles will be released in the sea at night. You will see that these baby turtles are much smaller than the palm of your hand and therefore just how vulnerable they are, especially just when they are born and have to make their way down the beach into the sea. There are only 7 species of marine turtle in the world, 5 of which are found in Sri Lanka – Green Turtle, Olive Ridley Turtle, Leatherback Turtle, Hawksbill Turtle and Loggerhead Turtle so you would see a variety of Turtles at the Hatchery.
White Water rafting in Kithulgala
There is an opportunity to do white water rafting on the Kelani River at Kithulgala doing either Grade 1 or 3 rapids. Grade 1 rapids are very safe and easy. (This is an optional excursion in our tours). Kithulgala itself nestles down in the valley beside the river. You will travel down the river with virgin rainforest on either side which is an incredible experience for children and parents alike! Children really like doing this as it is a little bit adventurous. Kithulgala is actually where they filmed “The Bridge over the River Kwai” and you can see the spot where they built the bridge and then blew it up.
Tea plantations
The scenery in the tea plantations is staggeringly beautiful. They are often to be found in the highlands of the country and swathe the hillsides in a green carpet that often has intricate swirls in it. The tea pickers are often dressed in brightly coloured clothes so you can clearly pick them out moving on the hillsides between the tea bushes. A visit to a tea factory is a fascinating insight into the production of tea which after all, is the UK’s favourite drink. It is also a step back into colonial times as the production process and the equipment used hasn’t changed much since it was started in the late 1800s.
Galle
The Dutch fort in Galle (on the south coast of Sri Lanka) was originally built by the Portuguese in 1589 to house spices. You can walk around the fort within an hour and a half visiting the New Oriental Hotel, National Museum, the Dutch church, the clock tower, the lighthouse and some old colonial buildings. The ramparts and the bastions still bring the old world to life and children just love exploring places like this. It is also a really good opportunity for the children to let off steam.
Waterfalls
There are some magnificent waterfalls in Sri Lanka such as Bakers Falls, St Clairs Falls and the Devon Waterfall to name but a few. There is something fantastic about the power of water. There is a number that is close to the road and therefore there is the opportunity to get out of your vehicle and marvel at their beauty (and also for the kids to stretch their legs – always an important consideration!)
Ella Gap
This is a chance for your child to let off steam on a walk up Small Adams Peak through the tea plantations which in itself is fascinating. The walk itself takes about an hour and a half. The views from the top are simply amazing – you can see cars the size of ants winding their way down the mountain road to the south and away in the distance are the plains of the southern part of the Sri Lanka. You can clearly see the lakes glittering in the sunshine and the monolithic hills that erupt abruptly from the plains. It’s a very special place and well worth the walk.
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