Spice Garden

On the road from Kandy to Dambulla you will pass one of the most picturesque parts of the island. Home to the Knuckles Mountain range, misty and lush with flora and fauna provides the perfect backdrop for a perfect pitstop for lunch, learning and a little light shopping.

Sri Lanka is big on spices; there’s no denying it. Not only is it incorporated heavily into Sri Lankan cuisine, but spices are also often used in medicine and even some traditional sweets as well. And while there may have been a time when the heavily used ingredients were available in every home garden, but the ready availability of these has ensured that those days are long gone.

A few hours spent walking around a spice garden can be both relaxing as well as interesting and fruitful in many ways. Walk around lush trees with hidden clumps of peppercorns, islands of aloe vera, pods of cardamom and heavy cocoa fruits that even locals tend to often overlook regardless of our dependency on these wonderful ingredients.

Learn about the uses, both herbal and medicinal; watch how these simple ingredients are prepared for their optimum use, how they are mixed and pounded, burnt and smokes in traditional preparation methods in a mini class.

From dust to pieces to oils, these spices come in many forms and are followed by countless benefits. End your trip with a good old traditional Sri Lankan lunch to make the perfect pit stop on your next stop in the cultural triangle!

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