Starting from : Kandy
Time Duration : Approximately 2 hrs
Meals : Not Included
Royal Botanic Gardens is situated in Peradeniya, about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy at an altitude 460 meters above sea level in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. The longest river in Sri Lanka, Mahaweli is found near the Botanic Gardens. The garden houses more than 4000 species of plants, including orchids, spices, medicinal plants, and palm trees with the National Herbarium of Sri Lanka’’ attached to it. The total area of the garden is 147 acres. Today approximately 2 million visitors visit this garden every year.