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Rooms and Services
Parrot Villa has 10 luxury rooms & apartment that combine absolute grandeur with the utmost comfort.
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Apartment and Services
The Suite offer a pampered home-away-from-home experience. Peacefully secluded in a lush tropical ga
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Dinning
At The Parrot Villa breakfast is at any time. There are no time constraints and guests can leisurely
- Your Own Car
- Your Own Tourist Board Approved Driver/Guide
- Flexibility to cater for your individual needs
- Half Board Basis
- Entrance Fees Included
Wildlife & Animals
Museums
Sri Lanka is indeed a Small Miracle, a country offering travellers with a number of unforgettable experiences. What is essentially that much more special is the country’s rich heritage, from a culture that dates back to around 125,000 BC. Numerous excavations and digs have unearthed the remnants of a colourful and sophisticated culture including stone tools unearthed date back several tens of thousands of years. The oldest trace of modern man in Asia, Balangoda Man,
and the earliest evidence of steel-making in the ancient world, were uncovered here. Many of these historical artefacts and national treasures are displayed at the varied museums scattered across the island. The National Museum is in Colombo and displays a variety of ancient royal regalia, Sinhalese artworks (carvings, sculptures et al.), antique furniture, Chinaware, and Ola manuscripts (ancient parchments). Other popular museums are situated in Galle, Anuradhapura and Koggala.
National Museum,Colombo (Closed on Fridays)
Situated in Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha, Colombo 7, it is the first public museum to be established in Sri Lanka (1877). It is best known for its collection of antiques and objects displaying the cultural heritage of Sri Lanka, the museum national treasures and artifacts from all parts of the island. A section of the first floor houses the Puppetry and Children's Museum. It also houses a library with a collection of about 500,000 books and more than 4,000 ancient palm leaf manuscripts. (Tel : + 94 11 2697467-8)
http://www.museum.gov.lk/
National Museum of Natural History(Closed on Fridays)
Situated in the same premise as the National Museum, it is also accessible from Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 7. It displays the Natural Heritage of Sri Lanka. At the museum there are sections dedicated for each area. In the Discovery Room, you can find the mounted skeleton of an elephant.
(Tel: + 94 11 2694767-8)
http://www.museum.gov.lk/divisions-science.php
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Sri Lanka contains an astonishing seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites within its compact shores,the same number as heritage-packed Egypt. Six cultural sites are testament to a civilization with over 2,000 years of recorded history, while a seventh natural site boasts some of the highest biodiversity found outside the Amazon basin.
From colossal ancient monuments and serene rock carvings in sprawling ruined cities, to a 5th century AD king's palace in the clouds, the World Heritage Sites showcase the island's rich history and contribution to civilization. The largest and most dramatic of these are located in the so-called Cultural Triangle, the area formed by linking the ancient capitals of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kandy. It's a living heritage, where the visitor will see Buddhist monks and reverent devotees and hear the hypnotic murmur of religious invocations - all of which bring the crumbling brick temples, granite statues and towering dagobas of Sri Lanka's ancient cities to life.
Through the heritage sites the visitor can re-live some of the seminal episodes in the island's past - the introduction of Buddhism, which inspired kings to undertake astounding feats of engineering; the complex palace intrigues; the repeated invasions and conquests; and ultimately, the capitulation to the European colonial powers.
Experiencing Sri Lanka's heritage sites takes you on a spiritual journey that will uplift and amaze, inspire and refresh. The island's compact dimensions mean that it is possible to combine a visit to several of these marvels in the Cultural Triangle during even the briefest of visits.
Ramayana Trail
On the Trail of a Legend
The events of the epic poem the Ramayana, which supposedly took place in Sri Lanka, have permeated the nation’s psyche; there are an extraordinary number of places – jungle shrines, mountains, plains, streams, ponds and hot springs among them - associated with the epic listed below. Pick up a map and plan an individual itinerary that will take you on a fascinating journey on the trail of a legend.
Under its Sanskrit name of Lanka, the island figures prominently in the Ramayana, written around 2,000 years ago by the sage Valmiki. Although the setting of the Ramayana is Ayodya, capital of the Kosala Kingdom in North India, the story mainly concerns an invasion of Lanka by Rama, a prince of that kingdom. Legend usually stems from historical fact and so it is with the Ramayana, for it is believed to be a dramatization of the first of many Aryan invasions of Lanka.
The relevant part of the story centres on Ravana, the 10-headed, 20-armed king of the Raksha or demon tribe of Lanka, 10-headed because he was an expert on 10 different subjects. It seems that Ravana had worshipped Lord Shiva with such devotion that the god had promised him that he could not be destroyed. Secure in this knowledge, Ravana started to abuse his powers, which caused the gods to confer and make a request to Vishnu to resolve the problem. Vishnu agreed, descended to earth, and manifested as Rama, one of the four sons of King Dasaradha. A brother, Lakshman, also features in the story.
Ramayana Trail
On the Trail of a Legend
The events of the epic poem the Ramayana, which supposedly took place in Sri Lanka, have permeated the nation’s psyche; there are an extraordinary number of places – jungle shrines, mountains, plains, streams, ponds and hot springs among them - associated with the epic listed below. Pick up a map and plan an individual itinerary that will take you on a fascinating journey on the trail of a legend.
Under its Sanskrit name of Lanka, the island figures prominently in the Ramayana, written around 2,000 years ago by the sage Valmiki. Although the setting of the Ramayana is Ayodya, capital of the Kosala Kingdom in North India, the story mainly concerns an invasion of Lanka by Rama, a prince of that kingdom. Legend usually stems from historical fact and so it is with the Ramayana, for it is believed to be a dramatization of the first of many Aryan invasions of Lanka.
The relevant part of the story centres on Ravana, the 10-headed, 20-armed king of the Raksha or demon tribe of Lanka, 10-headed because he was an expert on 10 different subjects. It seems that Ravana had worshipped Lord Shiva with such devotion that the god had promised him that he could not be destroyed. Secure in this knowledge, Ravana started to abuse his powers, which caused the gods to confer and make a request to Vishnu to resolve the problem. Vishnu agreed, descended to earth, and manifested as Rama, one of the four sons of King Dasaradha. A brother, Lakshman, also features in the story.
