Sinharaja Virgin Forest
The Villa is just 60km north of the world famous Sinharaja Virgin Forest and tours can be arranged for all guests to visit the forest which takes just under 2 hours journey. Located in southwest Sri Lanka, Sinharaja is the country's last viable area of primary tropical rainforest. More than 60% of the trees are endemic and many of them are considered rare. There is to a great extent, endemic wildlife, especially birds. The reserve is also home to over 50% of Sri Lanka's endemic species of mammals and butterflies, as well as many kinds of insects, reptiles and rare amphibians.
 

Udawalawa Wild Life Sanctuary
The Villa is just 110km north of the well known Udawalawe Wildlife Sanctuary and tours can be arranged for all guests to visit the forest which takes just under 21/2 hours journey.

Udawalawe, which lies within the Ratnapura and Monaragala Districts, acts as the catchments to the Udawalawe Reservoir and is located in the Dry Zone. This Park comprises grasslands and thorn scrubs and many valuable species of trees are found within it. Large herds of Elephants and Deer species such as Spotted Deer, Sambhur, Barking Deer and Langur, Wild Boar, Water Buffalo, Jackal are some of the prominent wild animals found in this Park.
 

Botanical Gardens
The Peradeniya botanical gardens were founded in 1821 primarily to introduce coffee trees and various other tropical plants of economic importance to the region. It has been noted for its rich and varied collections of about 4000 species of tropical woody plants. The most important specimens of the garden include palms, orchids, gymnosperms, and flowering trees.

The Haggala botanic gardens were founded in 1860 by the eminent British botanist Dr. G.H.K. Thwaites who was superintendent of the more famous gardens at Peradeniya. Haggala botanical gardens were once the pleasure garden of Ravana of the Ramayana epic and according to many, it was one of the places where the beautiful Sitha was hidden by the demon king.

You can drive to any of the two botanic gardens within 21/2 hours from Clunes Villa or we can make special arrangements for you to visit these fascinating places.

Little England in the Mountains
Colonial charm and comfort in the tea country, built in the traditional style, yet showing a marked British influence with its old world charm and graciousness, Little England is situated in the Nuwera-Elia District among the lush mountains and can be reached within 21/2 hours journey from Clunes Villa.
 

Hortonplains
Captain William Fisher and Colonel Albert Watson visited Horton Plains in 1834 and named it after the Governor of Ceylon - Sir Robert Wilmot Horton. The plateau, which is 3,150 hectares in extent, consists of wet Patna grasslands and tropical montane forests with differentiations so sharp that the boundary between the two vegetation types seems to have been drawn by tacit agreement. Flocks of Yellow-eared Bulbuls, Velvet-fronted Nuthatches, Scimitar Babblers, White-eyes, Pied Shrikes and Orange Minivets feed in the Horton Plains. Black-winged Kites nest on the fir trees while Black Eagles and Honey Buzzards soar overhead. You can also witness the colorful Jungle Fowl staggering around in a drunken stupor after an overdose of Nilloo blossom. Tours can be arranged to visit this exhilarating destination by Jeep, which takes less than 3 hours.
 

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage

The Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage was established in 1975 by the Department of Wildlife on a 25 acre coconut property on the Maha Oya river at Rambukkana. The orphanage was primarily designed to provide care and protection to the baby elephants found in the jungle without their mothers.
 

Tea Gardens

The principal production of tea in Ceylon (Sri Lanka, but the tea is referred to as Ceylon) is of black or fully oxidized tea. It is produced throughout the year, but the finest plucking are in February and March, and again in August and September. The larger yield, though lower in quality, occurs during April, May, and June and again in October, November and December.

Waterfalls

The island is blessed with 103 rivers and streams radiating from the central hills, rushing down rocky precipices forming a number of roaring waterfalls of various shapes and heights, all ending up loosing the momentum at the Indian Ocean. Clunes Villa is Surrounded with loads of rivers and waterfalls. We can provide the facility to view all sort of waterfalls around Talduwa Estate. Specially if you move a across to Daraniyagala, which is 15 minutes drive from the hotel, you will be able to watch so much of waterfalls rushing down from the mountains.