Day 7 : Tissamaharama - Colombo

We check out the hotel after breakfast. On the way to Colombo our first stop was Tissa Lake side for boat ridding.

The Tissa lake Side Hotel

Tissamaharama is a town in south-eastern Sri Lanka. It used to be the capital of the Sinhalese Kingdom of Ruhuna as early as the 3rd century B.C. Only few buildings from that period can still be seen today. The large artificial Tissa Wewa Lake, which was a part of a sophisticated irrigation system, also dates from that time. Today, the town mainly serves as a starting point for visits to Yala National Park and Kataragama.

Tissa Wewa Lake, Tissamaharam, South-Eastern Sri Lanka

Egrets at tissamaharama

B.I.R.D.S

Nesting place for egrets and cormorants

Caby Waving The Bird

We two and Our's two

Tissa Maha Dagoba, and Bathing People in the Lake

Captured from Tissa Wewa Reservior

The town in turn is bounded by a beautiful expanse of paddy fields

Time to Bye Tissamaharama

Elephants are commonly seen along the roadside in Yala.The route did however take us through a national Park so we were able to see Elephants roaming the plains but they were also wise to the roadside kiosks selling fruit. At almost every stall there was an Elephant standing within the park but opposite the stall waiting for local people to buy them water melons or bananas.

Caby's Friend Elly

Elephants watching

Chandrika Lake - Embilipitiya

 We reach Colombo around 20.00hrs. 6hrs Drive from Yala. We took Dinner at the Hotel . 

The Full Moon Garden Hotel, Colombo