Pallegama, Sri Lanka
Sinharaja Access Road Mederipitiya Deniyaya
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The road is fine now, they just renew it. Last 2 kilometers you have to walk. Entrance fee is 575 LKR per person, you need a guide, they are at the ticket office, around 2000/2500 for 2 persons. You walk with the guide to a waterfall (you can swim there) and back, easy path, takes around 3 hours. He will point you some nice animals: green pit viper, green vine snake, hump-nosed lizard, giant squirrel and kangaroo lizard. Guides know where the are but they are not really enthusiastic, seems like they do it only for the money.
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Known as lung of Sri Lanka.Rich with lot of endemic flora and fauna.Good place for nature lovers and researchers.only problem is leaches.Travel there without polythene and plastics and leave only your foot print.
perfect place to enjoy.
Beautiful place of nature. Good place for travellers.
Going to Sinharaja Forest through Pitadeniya entrance is waste of time and money. You go along concrete pavement giving way locals on motorbikes going to their jobs or homes (or with tourist to their hotels). No chance to meet anything more than small reptiles, spiders, insects or monkeys which are a lot in any forest. I have no idea why tourists need guide in that place. Perhaps to protect them from mitorbikes. Any first park in SE Asia is way better than that.
Best Singharaja Entrance. Quite difficult to reach, I admit Tiny curvy road to reach Madiripitiya, Only TUK-TUKs or Bikes past Madiripitiya Town But past that ticket counter, you enter the nature lovers heaven. The trail traces the young and playful River Gin to the heart of the forest. Remember to pack your swimming shorts! Learn all you can from a recent visitor, and I can guarantee you will have the experience of a life time.
The reserve is well-integrated with the local population that are living in some dozens of villages dotted along the border. The villages are more in number along the southern border whilst the presence of some large estates along the northern border has resulted in only a few villages there. The locals collect herbal medicine, edible fruits, nuts, mushrooms, other non-timber forest products including bees honey and a sugary sap collected from a local palm species of the genus Caryota. The sap is converted into jaggery, a local brew and vinegar. Local people walk in the forest to collect above items when they are not busy with their other agricultural pursuits. In addition, the crystal-clear water coming from dozens of streams is the main water source for all people living around the reserve
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