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Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens, Kandy, Sri Lanka A walker's paradise The finest of its kind in Asia Peradeniya Botanical gardens, the finest of its kind in Asia, the largest of the three botanical gardens in the island, couldn't be better located. In the Mediterranean climate of Kandy , the gateway to the central highlands, the Gardens were bounded on three sides by a loop of river Mahaweli. The history of the park Then again, the history of the park wouldn't take a backseat to its geography. Conceived originally in 1371 as the Queen's pleasure garden, it was developed by King Kirti Sri Rajasinhe (1747-1778) where royal visitors were entertained. It was converted into Botanical Gardens in 1821, by the British, six years after fall of the last Kandyan King. That was during enterprising governorship of Sir Edward Barnes , who had Sri Lanka's first tea trees planted here in 1824, though the full commercial...

Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens, Kandy, Sri Lanka A walker's paradise The finest of its kind in Asia Peradeniya Botanical gardens, the finest of its kind in Asia, the largest of the three botanical gardens in the island, couldn't be better located. In the Mediterranean climate of Kandy , the gateway to the central highlands, the Gardens were bounded on three sides by a loop of river Mahaweli. The history of the park Then again, the history of the park wouldn't take a backseat to its geography. Conceived originally in 1371 as the Queen's pleasure garden, it was developed by King Kirti Sri Rajasinhe (1747-1778) where royal visitors were entertained. It was converted into Botanical Gardens in 1821, by the British, six years after fall of the last Kandyan King. That was during enterprising governorship of Sir Edward Barnes , who had Sri Lanka's first tea trees planted here in 1824, though the full c...

Situated in the Hill capital Kandy. Visit to this garden will provide spectacles at extraordinary beauty and absorbing interest for any nature lover and casual visitor. 68 miles off-Colombo, 4 miles off Kandy this garden dates from 14th century reign of king Vikrama Bahu III. Peradeniya is well know for it's large variety of plants ornaments, useful machine and other creepers that produce the special spices at Sri Lanka. The great lawns highlight huge tropical trees and variety at bamboo can be found in one place. The best know attraction of the garden is the orchid House, which houses more than 300 varieties of exquisite orchids. A spice garden gives you a first hand introduction to the trees and plants used for the traditional Ayurvedic medicine. Mahaweli river, Sri Lanka's longest river surrounding this garden gives an added beauty to this garden. It wont be wrong to say that this garden is one of it's best kind in the world a...

Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens, Kandy, Sri Lanka A walker's paradise The location of the finest of its kind in Asia Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens, the finest of its kind in Asia, the largest of the botanical gardens of Sri Lanka, couldn't be better located. In the Mediterranean climate of Kandy , the gateway to the Central Highlands , the Gardens, at an elevation of 500 meters above sea-level, were tightly bounded on three sides by a loop of River Mahaweli (Great sandy river), the largest river of Sri Lanka. The town of Peradeniya is located at a distance of 110km from Colombo and another 6km over the Peradeniya Birdge and you are at Kandy , home to the sacred Temple of Tooth . Peradeniya, the name Peradeniya is believed to take its exotic name from Sinhalese names Pera (guava) and Deniya (a plain). The name also reveals, although Guava is not indigenous to Sri Lanka, introduction of the fruit to the island and cultiva...

The Royal Botanical Garden of Peradeniya is located about 6 km away from Kandy. It is surrounded by the river Mahaweli on three sides. It started as a pleasure garden of a Kandyan King in 1371. Now it is a major tourist attraction. More than 1.4 million foreign and national people visit Sri Lanka's botanic gardens every year. The Botanical Garden of Peradeniya is visited also by many schoolchildren and a lot of young couple s in love.

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