Matale City

Matale, Sri Lanka, is renowned for its lush vegetation and spice gardens. Located in the central province, it offers a rich cultural experience with cooking classes and demonstrations. Visitors can learn traditional recipes and techniques, such as clay pot cooking, and enjoy dishes like chicken curry and dhal curry, making Matale a culinary and cultural treasure.

Things to do from Matale

Spice Gardens of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has always been reknowned for its spices. Over 15 different spices call Sri Lanka home and many of them are traded in the international spice market. Cinnamon especially is endemic to Sri Lanka, and highest quality ‘true cinnamon’ can be obtained here.

However if a visitor does not know the right places to purchase spices it is very easy to be duped for low quality spices or pay unnecessarily exorbitant prices. Visiting Sri Lanka which is a land of spices, without seeing those spices being grown would indeed be a pity too. So can both both, touring spice plantations and buying the best spices be done at the same time? The answer is –Yes!

The best way to check out and purchase the best spices in Sri Lanka is to visit the island’s various renowned Spice Gardens .

6 Reasons you should visit the Spice Gardens of Sri Lanka:

The gardens introduce you to the different spices in Sri Lanka and their uses.
They also allow you to see how the spices are grown, harvested and produced.
High quality spices, traditional remedies and natural cosmetics made with spices are available for purchase at very fair prices.
The Spice Gardens are also quiet, peaceful places to spend some time close to nature.
The gardens give a chance to try out amazing aromatic meals complete with the spices that tease your senses are a favourite here as well.
The gardens are usually open for visitors, though some may charge a minor entrance fee. So it’s a great way to spend your holiday if you are on a budget.

Not all spices are grown in a single garden, of course, since various climates and soil types are necessary for cultivation of the different spices. Therefore taking a guide or finding a formal tour package with a guide and transport method is a good idea.

List of registered and licensed Spice Gardens of Sri Lanka

Euphoria Spice and Herbal Garden, Matale.
Highland Spice Garden, Matale.
International Spice Walk, Matale.
All Spice Garden, Higula.
Luckuyana, Hiriwadunna.
Kandyan Spice Grove, Hingula.
New Paradise, Matale.
The Island Spice Grove, Mawanella.
Happy Land Spice Garden, Matale.
Country Side Spice Garden, Nalanda.
All Spice Garden, Rambukkana.
Ranweli Spice Garden (Pvt) Ltd, Matala.
Nilwala Spice Garden, Randeniya.
Regent Spice Garden, Matale.
Cinnamon Tree Spice Garden, Mawanella.
Pinnawala Spice Garden, Wagolla.
Delight, Matale.
Villa Herbarium, Hingula.
Paramound Spice Garden, Matale.
Luckgrove Spice Garden, Matale.
Sunrise, Matale.
Old Paradise, Matale.
Diamond, Matale.
Grand, Matale.
Royal 100 Spice Garden, Matale.
Lucky land Spice Garden, Matale.
Lucky land Spice Garden, Mawanella.
New Paradise Spice Garden, Mawanella.
Sirilak Spice Garden, Matale.
Kingston Spice Garden, Mawanella.
Thakshila Herbs and Spice, Matale.
Susantha Spice Garden, Hingula.

We at Lakpura find it a pleasure to give you the complete ‘Spiceperience’ holiday, for a sensual journey you will never forget. Let us guide you into the world of spice so you may understand spices the Sri Lankan way! Enjoy food and send your tastebuds into orbit! Buy spices at amazing prices! Get a perfect spicey gift for a friend or relative!!!

Sri Lankan Crafts and Spices Tour from Kandy

Spice Garden Visit and Cookery Demonstration from Pinnawala

Cooking Experiment with Sri Lankan Spices from Matale

About Central Province

The Central Province of Sri Lanka consists primarily of mountainous terrain. The province has an area of 5,674 km², and a population of 2,421,148. Some major towns include Kandy, Gampola (24,730), Nuwara Eliya and Bandarawela. The population is a mixture of Sinhalese, Tamil and the Moors.

Both the hill capital Kandy and the city of Nuwara Eliya are located within the Central Province as well as Sri Pada. The province produces much of the famous Ceylon tea, planted by the British in the 1860s after a devastating disease killed all the coffee plantations in the province. Central Province attracts many tourists, with hill station towns such as Kandy, Gampola, Hatton and Nuwara Eliya. Temple tooth or Dalada maligawa is the main sacred place in Centrel province.

The climate is cool, and many areas about 1500 meters often have chilly nights. The western slopes are very wet, some places having almost 7000 mm of rain per year. The eastern slopes are parts of the mid-dry zone as it is receiving rain only from North-Eastern monsoon. The Temperatures range from 24°C at Kandy to just 16°C in Nuwara Eliya, which is located 1,889 m above sea level. The highest mountains in Sri Lanka are located in the Central Province. The terrain is mostly mountainous, with deep valleys cutting into it. The two main mountain regions are the central massif and the Knuckles range to the east of Kandy.

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