Dambulla City

Placering: Dambulla ligger 148 km nordøst for Colombo i den Nord-central provins.

Dambulla Transportcenter: Dambulla ligger 72 km nord for Kandy, og er et vigtigt kryds, hvor vejen fra Colombo og Trincomalee vejen og Kandy og Anuradhapura vejen mødes og derefter deler sig mod deres respektive destinationer. Dambullas veludviklede busstation gør den til et transportcenter med busser, der kører til Kandy, Kurunagala, Habarana og UNESCO verdensarvsstederne i Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa og Sigiriya.

Dambulla by: Dambulla, der var en ubetydelig landsby for et par årtier siden, er i dag en blomstrende moderne markedsby – et kommercielt centrum, drevet af intensivt landbrug af de flittige landmænd i området.

Dambulla International Cricket Stadion: Med udsigt over den maleriske Dambulla-reservoir er Sri Lankas nyeste oplyste internationale cricketstadion.

Golden Dambulla Rock Cave Temple (UNESCO World Heritage Site): Dambulla Rock Temple, som ligger 2 km syd for byens centrum, er den mest omfattende, den mest betydningsfulde og den bedst bevarede klippe-templet i Sri Lanka. Templet er udskåret i en enorm granitudstik, der rejser sig mere end 160 meter over det omkringliggende landskab. 100 meter syd for Dambulla Rock Temple ligger Dambulla Museum.

Indkvartering: De mest populære muligheder for hotelindkvartering omkring Dambulla er Heritance Kandalama ved bredden af Dambulla Rainwater Reservoir og Amaya Lake.

Dambulla er også fremhævet på TripAdvisor, Viator og GetYourGuide

About Matale District

Matale is a town in the hill country of Sri Lanka. The Knuckles Mountain Range is a special landmark of Matale.The Matale administrative district also contains the historic Sigiriya rock castle, Aluvihare Temple and Dambulla Cave Temple . Surrounding the town are the Knuckles foothills called Wiltshire. It is a mainly agricultural area, where tea, rubber, vegetable and spice cultivation dominate.

The Aluvihare Temple, on the North side of the town, is the historic location where the Pali Canon was first written down completely in text on ola (palm) leaves. Situated near Aluvihare are numerous monastery caves, some of which exhibit fine frescoes.

About Central Province

The Central Province of Sri Lanka consists primarily of mountainous terrain. The province has an area of 5,674 km², and a population of 2,421,148. Some major towns include Kandy, Gampola (24,730), Nuwara Eliya and Bandarawela. The population is a mixture of Sinhalese, Tamil and the Moors.

Both the hill capital Kandy and the city of Nuwara Eliya are located within the Central Province as well as Sri Pada. The province produces much of the famous Ceylon tea, planted by the British in the 1860s after a devastating disease killed all the coffee plantations in the province. Central Province attracts many tourists, with hill station towns such as Kandy, Gampola, Hatton and Nuwara Eliya. Temple tooth or Dalada maligawa is the main sacred place in Centrel province.

The climate is cool, and many areas about 1500 meters often have chilly nights. The western slopes are very wet, some places having almost 7000 mm of rain per year. The eastern slopes are parts of the mid-dry zone as it is receiving rain only from North-Eastern monsoon. The Temperatures range from 24°C at Kandy to just 16°C in Nuwara Eliya, which is located 1,889 m above sea level. The highest mountains in Sri Lanka are located in the Central Province. The terrain is mostly mountainous, with deep valleys cutting into it. The two main mountain regions are the central massif and the Knuckles range to the east of Kandy.

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