
What do you get when you put together a spectacular mirage of pristine sun-kissed beaches, awe-inspiring history and culture, endless jade hills carpeted in tea plantations and the wildlife diversity of an African safari? Beautiful, chaotic, exotic, intoxicating, mind-blowing Sri Lanka – that’s what you get.
If you need more convincing, take a gander at 20 of the best Sri Lankan pictures on Instagram that will make you want to book a flight to Sri Lanka, pronto:
- If you’re sick of the all the dreary, grey cityscapes and craving for some Mother Nature medicine, then it’s time to make a move and retreat to Sri Lanka. Nature pictures has something about them that tugs at the heartstrings, doesn’t it?
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- If the azure blue ocean is your one true love and surfing is your other, what are you waiting for? Go pack your bags!
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- Does running into mesmerising, molten gold sunset sound like your idea of a workout?
- If you’re a tree dryad and love all things green and beautiful, then Sri Lanka is just the place to be!
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- Is that Middle Earth?
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- If you’re craving for some much-wanted peace and quiet and some waterfalls and greenery to boot, we have the answer for you – Sri Lanka. Beautiful pictures like this one are a true treat to the eyes.
- Now that’s what we call eye candy! You eat with your eyes first after all…
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- There is so much of Zen to be found in Sri Lanka…
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- Sri Lanka is the perfect place to make new friends.
- If this is not what you call a view, we don’t know what is.
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- Just a casual pose to a tiny rock perched precariously above vertigo-inducing valleys.
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- We honestly don’t know which one to admire more – the rippling sea or the blushing, sunset skies.
- Doesn’t this just melt your heart?
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- We wish this could be our daily commute to work!
- Your average meet-and-greet. It just happens underwater in Sri Lanka.
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- We did tell you that Sri lanka is a bit of African Safari. Very Jungle Book-ish, isn’t it?
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- With Sri Lanka’s stunning skylines, the Instagram sunset game just got a whole lot bigger. One can never get enough of sunset pictures in Sri Lanka.
- And one can never get enough of Sigiriya and the surrounding views too…
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- And no, we did not forget about Ceylon Tea. How could we! According to our expert view, tea is not tea unless it is drunk in Sri Lanka, preferably with a view like this.
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#YohoTip: Try one of the many budget hotels in Nuwara Eliya and you could be well on your way to having a cuppa with a view to die for!
- And this last one, well – it just kind of speaks for itself
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We rest our case. If these Sri Lanka pictures have not charmed the socks off you, you should probably check your pulse. Let us know which part of Sri Lanka you’re most excited to see in the comments below!