In all, there are 33 bird species unique to Sri Lanka. If you want to see all of them, there is one place to go: Sinharaja Rainforest in the south.

Young birder Lahiru Walpita begins most of his days at dawn by scanning the skies for seabirds along the coastline in ...

Also, Sri Lanka is one of the few places where you might spot blue whales, the largest mammals on Earth. Boats go out daily from the south. We weren’t lucky enough to see them, but it’s possible.