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Leap & Hop Sri Lanka

Memories of Sri Lanka with the kids

Family / I Spy Game / leap & hop / sigiriya / Sri Lanka / Travel

Continuing with our winter destinations, this week it’s all about Sri Lanka. For such a small island, Sri Lanka offers an amazing variety of landscapes, climates and people. Here are the 7 places/activities that our kids will never forget about our trip to Sri Lanka: 1. The Sea Turtles Along the west coast of Sri Lanka, there is a conservation project that studies and helps turtles in their nesting and hatching habits.  It’s called The Kosgoda […]

Wildlife in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Some go to Sri Lanka for its amazing beaches and some are into temples and the capitals of ancient times but many families also pick Sri Lanka for its natural parks and rich wildlife.  Can you identify the wild animals that you won’t find in Sri Lanka?

I-Spy in Sri Lanka

kandy / polonnaruwa / sigiriya / Sri Lanka

Painted maidens on the walls in Sigiriya? Check! Elephant carvings in the ruins of Polonnaruwa? Check! Moonstones in Kandy? Check! After exercising their observation skills with Leap & Hop in the cultural triangle of Sri Lanka, Tamir, Ayala and their family were prepared for the real challenge: birding and looking for wildlife in the natural parks of Sri Lanka.   Can you identify these beautiful birds?