Chronicles Under Canvas: Kumana Sri Lanka

We had set out for Kumana National Park, tucked away on Sri Lanka’s remote southeastern edge, craving wildness, stillness, and a little leopard luck. What we got was something far more unforgettable: four days of glamping beneath the stars, river baths, ranger stories, dunes and deities, near-bear encounters, and more leopards than we could count. This is…

Pada Yatra: A Journey of Faith and Perseverance. Kumana Sri Lanka

It’s 4:30 in the morning, and Arugam Bay, located in Sri Lanka’s southeast coastline is cloaked in the pre-dawn darkness. The air is filled with a mixture of anticipation and quiet resolve as we gather our belongings. Ashan, from Little Adventures, the inspiration and organizer of this walk has arrived to pick us up. Our…

Camping at Kumana Sri Lanka

It’s not authentic camping and neither does it have the trimmings of glamping. But it has got all the coolness of tented accommodation, the buzzing of insects, the sounds of guttural sawing of a lurking leopard, the caressing of warm breezes that waft across the riverbed and the thrill of burying my toes in the…