Tea is the most popular beverage in the world after the water, which is accidentally discovered by a Chinese Emperor (Shen Nung) in 2737 BC. In 1824 British brought a tea plantation from China to Ceylon (as Sri Lanka known at the time) and planted in the Royal Botanical Garden Peradeniya. After two decades in 1867, about 19 acres of tea has been planted, at Loolecondra Estate as the first commercial tea plantation. Now Sri Lanka has over 188, 0000 hectares under tea cultiva

Sri Lanka is not famous for golf, but Sri Lanka offers three 18 holes high class golf pitches including Victora course which is voted as one

Leopards, sloth bears and jungle cats are among the safari thrills for guests in these 28 luxury tents opening at the edge of Yala National