Rathugala Vedda Community Visit

The Vedda are the indigenous people of Sri Lanka, here for tens of thousands of years before either Sinhalese or Tamil arrival. At Rathugala a community-managed visit covers forest medicine, bow hunting technique, honey gathering and the language, on their terms and with fees going to the community. Choose the operator carefully; the difference between a respectful visit and a human-zoo performance is entirely in who arranges it.