WUSC Meeting - Sri Lanka 2008

“That which is not explored is lost” which speaks the ideal words about Sri Lanka's wilderness. Most of the acres and acres of wild have yet to be explored and studied in this little isle which still springs pleasant surprises on its visitors.

Kuda oyais one such place in Sri Lanka which proudly houses Sri Lanka's only camping style open air leisure accommodation within a well secluded jungle hide out.

Seemingly away from civilization yet close to heart, the camping style leisure Hotel is one of Sri Lanka's few well kept secrets.

Bordered by the winding Kirindi Oya which demarcates on the South the property has the uniqueness of being surrounded by the Lunugamvehera and Uda Walawe Sanctuaries. Both Wild Life Parks are world famous and you could sight a lot of elephants, deer, wild buffalo, bear and birds endemic to Sri Lanka.

Adventure Tours

The Wild Life Parks, Uda Walawe, Yala and Lunugamvehera are sites to see. Buduruwagala in Moneragala, Buttala Bird Sanctuary, Kirinda Beach, Thanamalwila Lake, Kataragama and many other places of interest and archeological sights will keep the visitor awfully involved.
One could be out whole day bird watching with our experience trackers or go into the wild take pictures and also enjoy a bush lunch together with evening tea.

Also closer to the many text book places of interest in Sri Lanka but is ideally suited for that nature lover who likes to wander around the wilds, cycle or do canoeing or just cuddle on to a hammock and read away.

Whatever you wish offers you the best of both, relaxation, peace of mind and an experience no other place would offer. Awaits to be explored, felt, experienced & enjoyed.

Elephants, deer, crocodiles and others reptiles...

• Udawalawe national park - 20 minutes drive from the hotel a very famous park for elephants, this is one place where you could get in to close proximity to elephants.

• Lunugamwehera national park – 5 minutes drive from the hotel, newly opened national park located in between two main national parks namely Yala and Udawalawe. There is a possibility of seeing leopards, wild bear and Tuskers apart from elephants, sambar and other common animals.

• Yala national park – 40 minutes drive the most famous national park in Sri Lanka you may spot leopards, elephants, sloth bears, wild buffalo and deer.

• Nature Walk / Bird watching – Sepala wewa, one of the best bird tracks through a patch of jungles in to a beautiful lake and marshy land area ideal location for bird watchers.

• Deberara – It's a bird's paradise this is a beautiful combination of jungle and a remote village partly coward by paddy fields and tanks, elephants, deer, crocodiles and other reptiles are common in this patch of jungle.

• Divigala – 4KM drive in to the jungle on a jungle track where you end up at the famous leopard rock.

• Hadapanagala – well spread rock bordering a beautiful lake popular among tourists for its scenic beauty. Ideal spot to view wild elephants bathing in a natural setting.

• Deberara – It's a bird's paradise this is a beautiful combination of jungle and a remote village partly coward by paddy fields and tanks, elephants, deer, crocodiles and other reptiles are common in this patch of jungle.

• Night camping could be arranged at the above locations or bolhinda gala – Rock surface with cave like rock formations where the sunset is out of this world.

• Hotel Naturalist will be in attendance to take the guest on nature trails.

Photo Concour...

If you want to become famous, I have an offer for you… we currently seek photographs of the volunteers for our new Uniterra pamphlet. If you have a nice photograph of you (face or you in action), sends to me and I will make it follow to the communication team - uniterra@egroups.com

Si vous voulez dévenir célèbre, j'ai une offre pour vous... nous cherchons actuellement des photos des volontaires pour notre nouveau dépliant Uniterra. Si vous avez une belle photo de vous (visage ou vous en action), envoie-moi la et je le fera suivre à l'équipe communications uniterra@egroups.com

Angela - ADVENTURES

CEO of WUSC came so we went camping and on a safari in Udawalawe National Park. So fantastic! Saw so many elephants and the beautiful green park. Sat around camp fire but had no marshmallows.

Sri Lanka adventures more...

Sri Lanka adventures more...

Roxana - ADVENTURES

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We strive to empower the woman knowledgeably and economically thereby striving to minimise the number of women who are subjected to violence; strengthen them socially to improve their standards and thus fortifying the family unit.

With this perspective our programmes are implemented focusing on women at grassroots level, functioning in our focus areas of intervention, prevention and advocacy together with networking of women’s groups for development and peace.

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INDECOS and Uniterra initiated discussions in 2004 and established an official partnership in 2005. Since then, INDECOS has received an extraordinary amount of support from Uniterra, financial and otherwise.

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