SINHAHARAJA FOTEST(SRI LANKA)

 WHAT IS SINHARAJA FAMOUS FOR

LOCATED IN SOUTH WEST SRI LANKA, SINHARAJA IS THE 

COUNTRY 'S LAST VIABLE AREA OF PRIMARI TROPICAL

RAINFOREST. MORE THAN 60% OF THE TREES ARE ENDEMIC

AND MANY OF THEM ARE CONSIDERED RARE.

                                                                      

WHAT WE CAN SEE IN SINHARAJA FOREST

SINHARAJA FOREST RESERVE IS HOME TO A VAST VARIETY 

OF FLORA AND FAUNA. FELL LUCKY IF YOU SPOT ANIMALS 

LIKE LEOPARDS , ELEPHANTS , AND PURPLE- FACED LANGUR

IN THIS DENSE FOREST . 

                                                                         

THERE ARE ALSO VARIOUS ENDEMIC AND MIGRATORY

BIRD SPECIES. THIS FOREST IS KNOWN FOR MIXED

FLOCK FEEDING.

WHICH DISTRICT IS SINHARAJA FOREST ENCIRCLED 

BY RATNAPURA , GALLE AND MATARA DISTRICTS.

THIS EVERGREEN LAND IS THE HOME FOR INDEED

A  WORLD HERITAGE SITE.

WHAT IS THE BEST TIME TO VISIT SINHARAJA

THE BEST TIME TO VISIT SINHARAJA FOREST RESERVE IS BET WEEN 

JANUARY TO MAY AND FROM AUGUST TO DECEMBER . ONE SHOULD

AVOID THE MONSOON , AS THE RESERVE IS AFFECTED BY THE SOUTHWEST

MONSOON WITH HEAVY RAINFALL.

                                                                            

WHAT IS THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF SINHARAJA

 FOREST

THE FOREST COVERS A SERIES OF MOUNTAINS AND RIDGS RISING 

ABRUPTLY FROM 90M TO 1170M ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. THE SINHARAJA

FOREST INCLUDES STREAMS , SPRINGS , RIVERS , WATERFALLS AND IS HOME TO

LEOPARDS , DEER , MONKEYS, BUTTERFLIES AND A VARIETY OF TREES , SHRUBS

AND MEDICINAL HERBS ARE ALSO FOUND WITHIN THE FOREST.

                                                                                  

WHICH TREES ARE RARE IN SINHARAJA RAIN FOREST

OF THESE , 130 (64%) HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN SINHARAJA 

16 OF WHICH ARE CONSIDERD TO BE RARE. OTHER RARE 

ENDEMICS ARE THE PALM LOXOCOCCUS RUPICOLA AND

ATALANTIA ROTUNDIFOLIA , THE LATTER BEING RESTRICTED 

TO SINHARAJA AT 742M.

                                                                       

THERE ARE 8 VERY BEAUTIFUL WATERFALLS AND UNLIMITED

WATERWAYS AT OITADENIYA ENTRANCE TO SINHARAJA 

FOREST. THOSE ARE KEKUNA FALLS , PATHANOYA 

FALLS, MALMORA FALLS BRAHMANA  FALLS,

GALDOUR FALLS, URAN WETUNA FALLS 

THATTU FALLS AND DUWILI 

FALLS.

HOW TO VISIT SINHARAJA RAIN FOREST
 

THE ONLY WAY TO ENTER SINHARAJA IS ON FOOT , ACCOMPANIED BY A 

NATIONAL GUIDE. THE RESERVE CAN BE ENTERED FROM THREE DIFFERENT

SIDES , BUT THE MORE COMMON ENTRANCE IS VIA DENIYAYA , A SMALL AND 

DUSTY TOWN ON THE EDGE OF THE RAIN FOREST.

                                                                                      

                                                                                    

                                                                               

IS SINHARAJA WORTH VISITING

IT NOT ONLY HAS PRISTINE RAINFOREST SCENERY , BUT ALSO HAS A 

WEALTH OF FLORA AND FAUNA RESOURCES . YOU CAN SEE MANY RARE

ANIMALS HERE , AND THE BIODIVERSITY IS VERY COMPLICATED .

IT IS ALSO A GREAT PLACE TO HIKE , FULL OF ADVENTURE AND 

EXPLORATION , AND DEFINITELY THE MOST WORTH  WHILE  PLACE TO

VISIT IN COLOMBO.