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Highlights

Free to Visit

Entry fees at the headline sites add up quickly, but a great deal of the best of Sri Lanka is free: rampart walks at sunset, temple courtyards, mountain viewpoints, tank bunds full of birdlife, and beaches nobody charges for. These destinations cost you only the journey there.

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Coral-stone ramparts of Jaffna Fort, Sri Lanka
Temples & Shrines

Jaffna Fort

The North

The great star fort of the north - Portuguese-born, Dutch-perfected, war-scarred, and reborn as Jaffna's sunset promenade.

From $15–30/dayQuick stop
Galboda Falls near the railway in Sri Lanka's hill country
Waterfalls

Galboda Falls

Hill Country

The waterfall you reach by railway - a jungle cascade a short walk from a station with no road.

From $15–30/dayQuick stop
Lover's Leap waterfall above the Pedro estate, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Waterfalls

Lover's Leap Falls

Hill Country

Nuwara Eliya's walk-to waterfall - a 30-metre ribbon above the Pedro tea estate, wrapped in a tragic legend.

From $15–30/dayQuick stop
Rock shelters of the Vessagiriya forest monastery, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Temples & Shrines

Vessagiriya

Cultural Triangle

Boulder-cave hermitages of Anuradhapura's earliest monks, with inscriptions two thousand years old.

From $15–30/dayQuick stop