Reputed as the center of vegetable distribution in Sri Lanka and pick you choice of vegetables and cook with your own with our chef. In Dambulla, it is 1 km from the Golden Temple, you will see the largest vegetables and fruits wholesale market in Sri Lanka. Every day, numerous colorful vegetables and fruits are offered on the market. The harvest from the all corners of Sri Lanka as well as surrounding fields and villages is brought in to the market for distribution to the rest of the country. There are 2 large halls where the fresh exotic fruits and vegetables are supplied.

Trucks loaded with pumpkins, varieties of bananas, mangoes, avocados, watermelons, apples, coconuts, beans, carrots, leeks, peppers and lots more are supplied. You are short of eyes to see all this. Here, you will get to see the many locals of the district engaged in selling several varieties of vegetables and fruits from their tiny stalls. Seeing them dealing with customers also gives you a perspective into their daily lives and traditions.      While walking around you can buy vegetables you prefer with our tour guide and after return journey bring them back to hotel and cook with our chef at our kitchen with your preferred style.

Time of departure: Any time in the day

Travel Time : 20 mins

Traveling distance: 4 km

Mode of Transport : Trishaw (TukTuk), Van or any preferred mode

What is included: water bottles, and cool towel on your return

Explore the simplicity of Sri Lankan village life with this two and half-hour guided bicycle tour along rural gravel track through a traditional farming village “Kajuwatta”. Watch exotic birds and small wildlife along the route while you can observe some day to day work of rural life as farming, milking of cows, fishing in nearby lake etc. On the way you can visit village home and enjoy hot herbal drink or you can get some traditional meal near paddy field.

Your destination is Dambulla Cave Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which is one of Sri Lanka’s best preserved temples a traditional farming village not far from the hotel. On your return journey, with the availability of time you can climb “ Dahaiyagala” to see the sunset .

Time of departure: Best times to go 7.00 A.M or  3 P.M

Duration: 2 .5 hours

Cycling distance: 6km

What is included: Bicycles, water bottles, a map of the village area, drink and snack at a village house, fresh juice, and cool towel on your return

What to bring/wear:Comfortable, clothes which are suitable for cycling and a temple visit, a sunhat, gym shoes, some local money if you would buy some thing from village shops.

Explore the simplicity of Sri Lankan village life with this two hour guided tour along rural gravel track through a traditional farming village “Kajuwaththa” in a trishaw ride a very uniqe experince you can enjoy. Watch exotic birds and small wildlife along the route while you can observe some day to day work of rural life as farming, milking of cows, fishing in nearby lake etc. On the way you can visit village home and enjoy hot herbal drink or you can get some traditional meal near paddy field.

Your destination is Dambulla Cave Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which is one of Sri Lanka’s best preserved temples a traditional farming village not far from the hotel. On your return journey, with the availability of time you can climb “ Dahaiyagala” to see the sunset .

Time of departure: Any time in the day but better 7.00 A.M or  3 P.M

Duration: 2  hours

Traveling distance: 6km

What is included: Tryshore, water bottles, drink and snack at a village house, fresh juice, and cool towel on your return

What to bring/wear:Comfortable, clothes which are suitable, a sunhat, gym shoes, some local money if you would buy some thing from village shops.

Visit to near by temple and participate for alms giving programs and during poyaday participate for religious activities with villagers

Such as “ Bodi Puja” where the veneration of the Bodhi-tree has been a popular and a widespread ritual in Sri Lanka from the time a sapling of the original Bodhi-tree at Buddhagaya .

Budist calendar have  religious observance days called poya days. A practicing Buddhist observes the poya day by visiting a temple for the rituals of worship

Almsgiving also a important budist custome and  It is generally known as sanghika-dana, meaning “the alms given to the community of monks.” This ceremony  is usually performed on important occasions associated with such events as house-warming, setting out on a long journey, a marriage, birth, or death anniversaries, and so forth.

• Best Time : After 6.30 A.M in the morning or 4.00PM in the evening
• Duration: 2 hours
• Venu : Near by temple
• What to wear: Comfortable, clothes which are suitable for temple visit such as long trousers and suitable top. White color is preffered

We, Tropical life resort conduct training session for visitors who are interested in Sri lankan traditional drums and dancing events. Sessions are conducted by traditional dancing guru at  adjacent riverside jungle setting.

There are three main styles of Sri Lankan classical dance:

• The Kandyan dances of the Hill Country, known as Uda Rata Natum;
• The low country dancesof the southern plains, known as Pahatha Rata Natum;
• Sabaragamuwa dances, or Sabaragamuwa Natum.

Kandyan dance takes its name from Kandy, the last royal capital of Sri Lanka. There are five distinct types; the ves, naiyandi, uddekki, pantheru, and vannams.

The three classical dance forms differ in their styles of body-movements and gestures, in the costumes worn by the performers, and in the shape and size of the drums used to provide rhythmic sound patterns to accompany the dancing.

The drum used in Kandyan dancing is known as the Geta Bera, the drum in Ruhunu (low country) dancing is called the “Yak Bera”, and drum in Sabaragamu dancing is called “Davula” (the word Bera in Sinhale means “Drum”) The Geta Bera is beaten with the hands as is also Yak Bera, while the Davula is played with a stick on one side and with one hand on the other side; the Geta Bera has a body which tapers on both sides while the Yak Bera and the Davula both have cylindrical bodies.

The main difference  between Kandyan and Sabaragamu dancing, and Ruhunu dancing, is that Ruhunu dancers wear masks.

• Best Time : After 8.00 A.M in the morning or 4.00PM in the evening
• Duration: 2 hours
• Venu : At jungle setting adjacent to river called “ Dambulu Oya”
• What is included: Fresh juice while enjoying the show

A guided tour on Sri Lankan organic farming and visit our organic herb and vegetable farm, during which you can pick fresh, juicy fruits and vegetables and visit to our traditional hearth kitchen in a rustic mud house, where the herbs and vegetables you’ve picked will be transformed into delicious Sri Lankan dishes especially for you in a traditional way.

This will be a unique experience during your  visit to Sri Lanka by enjoying your  time in the vegetable garden. Not only vegetables, there are some  fruits, herbs and flowers  are there and you will be  lucky to enjoy some fresh fruits and vegetables during your stay there.  Hope you’ll enjoy these glimpse of a Sri Lankan organic farm.

• Best Time : After 7.00 a.m in the morning of 5.00P.M in the  evening
• Duration: 1hour
• Venue : Inside hotel premises
• What is included: Live preparation of vegetables plucked from the garden

Experience   rhythmic movements of our traditional dancers where Sri Lanka is fame for its rich culture and traditional dancing is a key component of it. Experience their talents shows arrange in our pool deck during night.

The classical dance forms are associated with the performance of various rituals and ceremonies which are centuries old and are based on the folk religion and folk beliefs . These rituals and ceremonies represent  the values, beliefs and customs of the agricultural civilization of Sri Lanka. With the time, unique dancing forms were developed which varied from one to another according to regional and local traditions

• Best Time : After 7.00 P.m in the evening
• Duration: 1hour
• Venu : Inside hotel premises
• What is included: BBQ dinner while enjoying the show

Enjoy A Different experience a visitor can get by visiting jungle BBQ site by safari jeeps and enjoying traditional dancing events, calypso music while fulfilling taste buds with Sri lankan BBQ dinner at river side in a mid of a jungle. This is one of unique experience a deserving traveller can get during his visit in Sri lanka

• Best Time : After 7.00 P.m in the evening
• Duration: 2-3 hours
• Venu : At jungle setting adjacent to river called “ Dambulu Oya”
• What is included: BBQ dinner while enjoying the show