Discover inner peace in North Central Province
Holidays to Sri Lanka’s North Central Province are a travel writer’s dream! The area is steeped with history and culture that makes holidays to North Central Province an experience hard to top. The landscape is spectacular and the peaceful nature of the province will stay with you even after you leave. Flights to Sri Lanka are around eleven hours and the climate on holidays to North Central Province can be quite humid with temperatures ranging between 20C and 30C.
Indulge, explore and relax on holidays to North Central Province
The big draw for holidays to North Central Province is the amazing architecture, sculpture and art. On holidays to North Central Province, you will be staying in an area that is the sanctuary of Sri Lankan culture and tradition and incredible artists in the rural communities practise crafts such as pottery, basket weaving and stone carving. If you arrive in North Central Province around festival time you will witness the incredible sights and sounds of some of Sri Lanka’s oldest traditions. With so much to see and experience it’s recommended that you go with a tour guide and the North Central Provincial council has an abundance of trained and certified tour guides on hand.
The tropical woodland landscape is impressive but peaceful and the large serene lakes are dominant features of the terrain. The province is home to eight of Sri Lanka’s UNESO world heritage sites as well as national parks and sanctuaries – a visit to Minneriya gives you the opportunity to spot elephants, deer and if you’re lucky – or unlucky – you might even spot a hungry leopard or two.
Rice and curry is the staple food in Sri Lanka and to taste authentic Sri Lankan delicacies there are plenty of roadside vendors who cook fresh food to your preference and the prices are generally very cheap. There are plenty of restaurants and hotels that have Western menus as well but holidays to North Central Province are not complete without tasting kottu roti – a Sri Lankan delicacy of chopped roti and vegetables with a choice of meat.
For beaches the north west and north east coasts of Sri Lanka are easily accessible depending where you are; the North Western Province has beautiful tropical lagoons and beaches and to the east you will find the port city of Trincomalee, which has gorgeous beaches as well as the seven hot springs of Kanniya. Check out holidays to Anuradhapura for other great Sri Lankan destinations.
Plenty for the adventurous in North Central Province
North Central Province is a place where ancient history and modern development live harmoniously side by side – you are just as likely to see a tractor ploughing the land as a herd of buffalo! There is so much to see and experience on holidays to North Central Province you will continually be in awe of this amazing place. Book all your holidays to Sri Lanka with lastminute.com.