Sinharaja

The one of the valuable rain forest in the world, Sinharaja is a nice place to visit in Sri Lanka.

You can reach to Sinharaja by one of the following ways.

1. Kudawa entrance - Colombo --> Kalawana --> Kudawa
2. Pitadeniya Entrance - Galle or Matara --> Deniyaya --> Pitadeniya
3. Morning Side Entrance -- Galle or Matara --> Deniyaya --> Morning Side Estate

 

You can get help from guide when you enter the forest for very low price.
If you wish to come back home same day you can only reach Mulawella montain which is the highest place in the Sinharaja.
One of the nice place is in Sinharaja is the Singha Gala.You can climb Singha Gala by staying night in the hotel near the forest.

You can see various kind of trees including endemic trees.
Following are the some trees you can see in Sinharaja and have mention them with Sinhala names.You can find more from here

• Navanda (Shorea stipularis)
• Hora (Dipterocarpus zeylancus)
• Bu Hora (Dipterocarpus hispidus)
• Maha Kuratiya (Syzygium rubicundum)
• Tiniya Dun (Shorea trapezifolia)
• Kiri Hembiliya (Palaquium grande)
• Honda Beraliya ( Shorea megistophylla)
• Pini Beraliya (Shorea disticha)
• Diya Na (Mesua thwaitesii)
• Na (Mesua ferrea)
• Dun ( Shorea zeylanica)
• Pelan (Bhesa ceylanica)

Apart from the trees, birds and small rivers are increase the beauty of the forest Sinharaja.

Most important things to remember when you visit Sinharaja.

1. Keep silence and then you can see lot of birds and animals.
2. Bring some barm to apply for your legs, it helps to protect from leech.And salt water also will be useful to you.
3. As it is rain forest every day it is raining inside the forest.If you apply something to protect from leech wash it off.Then salt water will be useful to you.You can spray salt water to remove the leechs.
4. Please please please.... Do not bring polythene and bring back all the things you bring there and do not bring any thing from forest except memories.

I brought some thing from the World heritage, Sinharaja for share with you.
Don't panic ! I didn't stole anything. Only bring photos :-)

While walking inside the forest

From the top of the Mulawella mountain