Spice gardens

Since the Middle Ages Sri Lanka has been famous for its variety of aromatic spices. In numerous places of the island with a favorable climate for spice cultivation, spice gardens were opened. Such gardens are especially numerous in the area from Dambulla to Matala. First of all, Sri Lanka is known throughout the world for its cinnamon. Currently, Sri Lanka provides about 60% of the world’s volume of this amazing spice.
In the garden of spices you can see and learn how pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, vanilla, turmeric, mustard, coriander, cumin, garlic, fennel, anise, chilli grow and mature.
There are also spices in Sri Lanka such as tamarind and citronella. You will be shown how the famous cocoa, sandalwood, aloe vera grows.