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Sri-LankaDescription and is it worth a visit
To the north of the lake right in the city is a protected conservation area – rain forest Udawattakele Royal Forest Sanctuary. It is small, and a walk on it will take from 15 minutes to several hours. There are trails-routes passing between giant trees and exotic vegetation, you can see exotic birds, and of course many monkeys. Do not forget about precautions during walks: hide phones, chains and other objects in a backpack, and close the backpack well, as monkeys can even get inside and drag something away (see fig. how to behave with monkeys, precautions). Also, there are land leeches. Women are not recommended to walk in the park alone. For orientation at the entrance give a map.
🕐 Working hours
06:30 to 18:00, seven days a week.
💵Entrance fee / ticket price
Adults 660 rupees, children – 375, guide - 500 (see currency of Sri Lanka, exchange rate).
🚶 How to get there
The forest is right in the city north of the lake, the entrance to it is a 15-minute walk from Temple of the Tooth of Buddha. to find the entrance, from Kandy lakes you need to go along the Main Street Senanayaka Veediya (Kandy-Jaffna Hayway) about 500 meters to the post office. After the post office, turn right and go up the hill on the Udawatta Kale Access Road for about 500 meters until you come to the park checkpoint (Checkpoint / entrance on the map).