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The Last of the Lowland Rainforest

Sinharaja Forest Reserve — Entry from Deniyaya or Pitadeniya

RAINFOREST CANOPYPhoto by Dan Lundberg on Wikimedia Commons6.4167° N, 80.5000° E

Guided treks from Kudawa or Pitadeniya entry gates put you under closed canopy with mixed-species bird flocks — the rainforest experience the rest of the wet zone has lost.

Sri Lanka's largest stretch of undisturbed lowland rainforest, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 1978. The reserve covers about 88 km² between the Gin and Kalu river basins, with high endemism — over 60% of the trees and most of the bird species are found nowhere else.