Budget Sri Lanka: The South Coast

Heading south from Ella, we were a bit overwhelmed by the choices for spotting wildlife in Sri Lanka’s national parks. Yala had the leopards and elephants, but was also the most popular and potentially overcrowded. Plus, we’d heard the guides aggressively chase down the wildlife in the 4x4s once they’ve been spotted. Udawalawe seemed very elephant focused (an animal that…

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Budget Sri Lanka: Colombo, Sigiriya, Nuwara Eliya & Ella

Sri Lanka just may be a country that has it all for a couple of backpackers like us. As we quickly learned, there is lots and lots of reasons it was very aptly named Lonely Planet’s top destination for 2019. It’s inexpensive, safe, has a remarkably good infrastructure for easy and comfortable ways to get around, the climate ranges from…

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