“Ceylan (Sri Lanka) undoubtedly the finest island of its size in the world” says Marcopolo, the Venetian traveler at the court of Kublai (Chinese emperor’s court) when he visited Sri Lanka in the 13th century. Certainly Sri Lanka is a finest island with 8 world heritage sites, beautiful beaches, bio diversity hot spot, abundant wild life and renowned diversity. This “resplendent island “is truly a fabulous destination with plenty of opportunities to discover in hidden history of Sri Lanka. To get to know the history of Sri Lanka, let’s start its name originally called Lanka, word that simply means island. Then Taprobone by Greeks, Serendib by Arabs, Celao by thr Portuguese, Ceylan by the Venetians and finally Ceylon by the British and 68 more names assigned. It became a version of Lanka once again in 1972 joined with “Sri” which means resplendent. The name Sri Lanka means resplendent island. Admired for its riches, its gems, spices including famous cinnamon (Cinnamomum Zeylanicum) native to Sri Lanka and its elephants. Sri Lanka has attracted too many international merchants for millennium.
Sri Lanka is an island of the Indian Ocean, it’s 5.30 hours ahead of GMTand 6 degrees above the equator. The Palk straits about 35km (23 miles) separates India and Sri Lanka. In Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) to 5000 BC, Sri Lanka was connected to India subcontinent by means of a land bridge. Even today we can see the 18 islets from Talemanar in Sri Lanka to Rameshwaram in India. There are 3 important factors with regards to the location. It is an independent island separated from India situated close to India, situated in the international marine highway, the world famous silk route. Half way point between 2 great empires of Rome and China. It is almost 6 north of equator where navigation winds and monsoon effects change the directions. Because of the independent island natural and cultural development takes place its own.
Buddhism flourished in Sri Lanka when it was faded away from India. The way of life of Sri Lankans.
Historically Sri Lanka’s close proximity to the India sub-continent brought it under environment, cultural, religious, linguistic and political influences to a greater extent. Aryans settlement, arrival of Buddhism, several invasions in the history and the present context India happened to be an influential factor.
Sri Lanka is situated in the southern most point of mainland the continent of Asia. 68 plus more names assigned to Sri Lanka in ancient times are in many ways to clear indication of the island importance as a “port of call”. Sri Lanka has a rich collection of natural sea ports in proximity to estuaries of inland rivers facilitating trade and transport of goods. Manthei ( Mannar) was a grand emporium during the silk-road by the sea from 4th century BC, 4th century AD. Marccopolo used the same route 900 years later to go back to Venice from Beijing. The Portuguese landed in 1505 followed by the Dutch century later. The British took control of the island from 1796 until its independence in 1948. Under the occupation country entered a new era; governors were sent from London to set up an administration system, construct roads and railways, develop the coffee cultivation before tea plantation. Which later became the main economic resource of the country.
Sri Lanka is one of the bio diversity hot spot identified in the world and has the highest bio diversity per unit area of land amongst Asian countries. The wet zone rain forests are home to nearly all of the country’s wooded endemic plants and about 73% endemic animals.
21.6 millions in the 2018 census.
As a multinational country, 3 major languages are used. They are Sinhala, Tamil and English. According to the constitution Sinhala and Tamil are the official languages, whilst English is the link language. English is spoken everywhere in the country. Most if the sign boards are in all 3 languages. Sinhala is one of the few oldest languages which has own alphabet and characters.
Excellent in treating customers, very good knowledge about sites and Sri Lankan history in general. Outstanding communication skills very relevant suggestions to all day along the trip to optimize it. It was a real pleasure to share our time with guide Winston , who thrilled to make our trip the most enjoyable. In addition we felt very safe with our guide Winston.
I would like to say that we like your country very much. Because it was presented to us by a professional, always interested in our well-being. Your guide is very friendly and knowledgeable about Sri Lankan history. He is a great ambassador to Sri Lanka. During our visit our guide provided us fantastic and incredible experience. I can finally say that we made a good friend in your beautiful country. Thank You Wins Lanka Travels and congratulations on having such a competent professional at your service.
Personally and professionally I & my family had a wonderful time in Sri Lanka. All thanks to you Wins Lanka Travels. I can’t wait to come back again. I might get in touch with some friends who are keen on visiting Sri Lanka. I am highly recommending your services and hope you will see more businesses this year.
The holiday was a great success in terms of the itinerary and hotels. We were also blessed with good weather throughout. A majour part of the success was our tour guide. Our guide Winston who was superb. We would not have hoped for better, who was efficient and knowledgeable and charming. And also he was very helpful at all times. Nothing was too much trouble for a long holiday. It is so important that a food and a friendly bond is established with the guide and I couldn’t find a fault with our guide who was first class. Thank You Wins Lanka Travels
Our guide was amazing we will never forget him. We will never forget him. When we first met him at the airport, he did everything to make our holiday perfect. His knowledge was unbelievable about Sri Lanka. There was not a single question he couldn’t answer. We learnt a lot from him. We will miss him. Thank you Wins Lanka Travels for everything.
Winston did a an excellent job of keeping us comfortable and informed throughout our holiday with honest recommendations to ensure we didn’t miss any good experiences such as, out first safari which we had not pre booked. Thank You Wins Lanka Travels.
Winston took good care of our family. We had a wonderful holiday. We never had a guide so brilliant like him. Thank You Wins Lanka Travels and Winston, the service you provided was above the expectations.
Winston took good care of us. Wehave travelled around the world to so many countries but we never had a guide and a driver like him. So excellent. Thank You Winston & Wins Lanka Travels
We had an amazing and a satisfying experience in our travel to Sri Lanka. Our tour guide lecturer Winston was just too good and a perfegt host. Thank You Wins Lanka Travels
The whole holiday had been excellent. Winston, our guide extremely professional. He was always cheerful, patient. He made the whole trip worry free and relaxed. Driver Susantha was a good driver. He was patient and careful. Thank You Wins Lanka Travels for such a great holiday.
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