The northwest coast of Sri Lanka was off-limits to tourists during the Civil War, which explains why this exquisite shoreline of golden sand and palm trees has largely escaped the attentions of the bulldozers. A 30-kilometre isthmus lapped…

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In the far northeast of Sri Lanka, Wilpattu is Sri Lanka’s largest national park, covering an amazing 130,000 hectares. The area was off-limits to tourists for nearly thirty years during the war, but re-opened again in 2009 and is fast rega…

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A major port since antiquity, Jaffna is the capital of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. The town occupies a prominent position on the peninsula curling across the Palk Straits towards India, from where the ancestors, its Tamil-speaking inhabi…

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Crossing a seascape of marshland, sand bars, and shallow, blue-green water, the journey to Mannar Island is a memorable one undertaken by a few visitors. As you cross the great causeway connecting it to the mainland, look out for flocks of…

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