The last primary rainforest · UNESCO World Heritage
Sinharaja
Mixed-species bird flocks, purple-faced langurs, and a canopy that has never been logged.
Sinharaja is the largest surviving stretch of primary rainforest in Sri Lanka and a UNESCO site. More than half of the country's endemic birds, mammals and butterflies live here. You walk it on foot with a naturalist, and the famous mixed feeding flocks can hold 40 species moving through the canopy together.
What we do here
- Dawn birding walk with a resident naturalist
- Night walk for frogs and endemic reptiles
- Waterfall swim at Duwili Ella
- Tea and cinnamon smallholder visit on the edge of the reserve
Worth knowing
- UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988
- 20 of Sri Lanka's 34 endemic bird species are found here
- Rain is likely most afternoons, so we walk at first light
- Leeches are part of the deal; we provide leech socks
