A guide for traveling families in Sri Lanka with young children, covering Southern & Central Sri Lanka. Combines educational activities for children ages 2-7 with travel information based on my experience 1. Udawalawe National Park Safari. What a thrill! See…
The Thrill. A safari with children was the fantasy. Africa seemed too difficult, too long, children too young. But Sri Lanka – YES! An open-air jeep comes to pick us up at our hotel (which we loved – Nil Diya…
The beaches of Sri Lanka have a family-friendly and laid-back vibe. Though, really, with young children, a beach vacation is almost a guaranteed success. Space to run, sand to toss, saltwater to splash in, it almost doesn’t matter what…
We found family hikes in Ella and farther into Tea Country that were easy and beautiful. Family Hikes in Ella: We loved visiting Ella. The drive from Udawalawe up to Ella was beautiful – full of lush green rice paddies and…
A train ride in Sri Lanka is a fun way to see the lush green wooded mountain scenery, small towns with white Buddhist temples, and hillsides of tea plantations. Who doesn’t like trains? My boys loved this adventure and spent…
The botanical garden in Kandy make for a great 1/2 day excursion. The Trees! I can’t get over the trees! Gnarly tall ones with huge canopies, trees with holes in their trunks big enough to walk through, trees skinny on…
Kandy is a fascinating city – the religious and cultural heart of Sri Lanka. And the drum show in Kandy is a thrilling experience for children. Drum Show Captures Children’s Attention For all 45 minutes my three young children were…
Sri Lankan food is soooooo…delicious. It exceeded our expectations in so many ways. It was fresh and yummy. It was completely different from what we usually eat, but we didn’t mind. Nobody in our family experienced any stomach illness –…
There are few places where you can see and learn about four religions living side-by-side. Long history…Violent History The history of how the various religions arrived in Sri Lanka is fascinating and can be tied to political upheavals, the arrivals…