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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.