Witness the mesmerizing beauty of flora and fauna in this magical island called Sri Lanka. Being a tropical country, Sri Lanka is home to thousands of indigenous plants they are being preserved in various gardens across the island. Peradeniya royal botanical garden is such a garden with a long history dating back to the 19th century. Sri Lanka’s botanic Gardens have a long and proud history, punctuated by colonialism, industrial change and wars. Throughout this period the Gardens have continued to flourish, and the plant collections and herbarium grown and now days the Gardens represent a significant national asset for Sri Lanka. The plant collection and herbarium are important resources for both teaching and research, serving as reference for the different plant families, genera and species represented. The Gardens exist for people; and over 2milion foreign & local tourists visit the gardens annually. And that is in addition to the 5% of the nation’s school children who visit.
All the botanic gardens in Sri Lanka are managed and maintained by the Department of National Botanic Gardens and those are Royal Botanic Gardens – Peradeniya, Hakgala Botanic Gardens – Nuwara Eliya, Henerathgoda Botanic Gardens – Gampaha. In addition to that a National Medicinal Plant Garden was established in 1950’s at Ganewatta to promote conservation, sustainable use and management of Medicinal Plants in Sri Lanka. Two new botanic gardens are being established in Hambanthota for ex-situ conservation of Dry Zone plants and in Avissawella for ex-situ conservation of Wet Zone plants with expectations of the economic development of the country. Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens is the largest of the botanical gardens of Sri Lanka & the finest of its kind in Asia. Tremendous Lanka organizes leisurely walk in a circular fashion with our expert in botany is a walking encyclopedia. Even if you have very little interest in Botany, he makes the visit interesting and insightful with plenty of quirks & little side stories.