Kishani Gunewardene
Kishani joined Red Dot’s Colombo office in May 2006 as a travel writer and tour development consultant. She is an ardent traveller frequently exploring interesting destinations overseas as well as within Sri Lanka and has a passion for history, architecture, interior design, photography, and the creative arts. The Red Dot experience enables her to combine all her interests for the purpose of promoting Sri Lanka. She is also a qualified special education director and family counsellor and runs a charity in Colombo for children and young adults with intellectual impairment.
Homepage: http://www.reddottours.com
Posts by Kishani Gunewardene
De-stressing in the Back of Beyond
Feb 11th
I spent a relaxing three days in Kahandamodara recently at Back of Beyond. As the name suggests, this is truly back of beyond with nothing but fresh air, birds and wilderness. To me, an essential stress reliever that I yearn for time and again.
Laid out on 14 acres of wilderness that borders an estuary where the Urubokka River meets the sea, Back of Beyond Kahandamodara is preciously unhurried and laidback. Only the peacocks seem to be having a busy agenda strutting about trying to impress the peahens.
National Geographic lists Sri Lanka 2nd best island destination.
May 7th
First came the New York Times accolades and now National Geographic has brought Sri Lanka into the tourism spotlight again announcing that Sri Lanka was rated their second best island destination in the world this year. The accolade puts Sri Lanka ahead of St. Lucia, Hong Kong, Seychelles, Bali, Sicily, Manhattan island, Mauritius, and even exotic Zanzibar. In an interview, Jill Crawshaw, travel writer for The Times and Lyn Hughes, editor of Wonderlust magazine, highlights Sri Lanka’s secluded and unspoilt beaches, exotic wildlife, ancient heritage and spicy cuisine – all this within a relatively small space that is easily accessible.
Wilpattu and Kumana reopens.
Mar 11th
Wild life enthusiasts will be happy to note that Wilpattu National Park finally reopened last week after being closed for 25 years due to terrorism in the North. After extensive mine clearing operations, the army has now declared it safe for the public to visit. Fans of Wilpattu’s leopards have once again started making their frequent pilgrimage. With Kumana Bird Sanctuary in the south also now reopen, all National Parks and bird sanctuaries are accessible once again. Another birding hotspot these days is Mannar where migrant birds in their thousands including many varieties of ducks, gulls and terns can be spotted.
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