Cinnamon Island

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Cinnamon Island

Cinnamon Island is situated in Bentota in Sri Lanka. This is a charming island that offers so many fun activities for you. In here you will be able to learn about the cinnamon cultivation. It is assumed that this will quiet a fun activity for you.

About Cinnamon Island

Cinnamon Island is situated in the Southern Province in Sri Lanka. This is the place where you will be able to learn about the cinnamon harvesting and even the whole process of cinnamon cultivation. You can even visit this place with your friends and family as this is a very informative place and there’s so much you can learn.

Things to do in Cinnamon Island

You can plan a trip to Cinnamon Island where you will be able to visit a family that runs a cinnamon plantation. You will gain a lot of knowledge here such as the process of peeling cinnamon, harvesting cinnamon, growing cinnamon, and how to obtain oil from cinnamon. This is a very unique experience you and your loved ones can get.

Reaching the destination

  • From Colombo

Go on McCallum Road and turn right onto Kynsey Road. Go for 450 meters then turn right onto Athurugiriya Road. Turn right onto Southern Expressway and take the exit from the Dodangoda interchange. Turn right onto Aluthgama-Mathugama road and turn left onto Colombo Road. Then turn left onto Madhawa to reach your destination.

  • From Ambalangoda

Go on Ambalangoda – Batapola Road and then left onto S.G.A De Silva Mawatha. Then turn right onto Maha Vihara Road to reach your destination.

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About Galle District

Galle is a city situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km from Colombo. Galle is the best example of a fortified city built by Europeans in south and Southeast Asia, showing the interaction between European architectural styles and south Asian traditions. The Galle fort is a world heritage site and the largest remaining fortress in Asia built by European occupiers.

Galle is the best example of a fortified city built by Europeans in south and Southeast Asia, showing the interaction between European architectural styles and south Asian traditions. The Galle fort is a world heritage site and the largest remaining fortress in Asia built by European occupiers.

Galle is a sizeable town, by Sri Lankan standards, and has a population of 91,000, the majority of whom are of Sinhalese ethnicity. There is also a large Sri Lankan Moor minority, particularly in the fort area, which descend from Arab merchants that settled in the ancient port of Galle.

About Southern Province

The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is a small geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this region.

Important landmarks of the Southern Province include the wildlife sanctuaries of the Yala and Udawalawe National Parks, the holy city of Kataragama, and the ancient cities of Tissamaharama, Kirinda and Galle. (Although Galle is an ancient city, almost nothing survives from before the Portuguese invasion.) During the Portuguese period there were two famous Sinhalese poets called Andare who was from Dickwella and Gajaman Nona who was from Denipitiya in Matara District, composing poems on common man.