Having vacationed in Sri Lanka, you will definitely bring with you a tan, pleasant memories, great photos and a good mood. But you can also bring more meaningful souvenirs from your vacation on this unique island to please yourself, your family and friends.
1.Tea
How nice it is to warm up on an autumn or winter evening with a mug of delicious aromatic tea brought from a sultry green island! Ceylon tea is the most popular and famous tea in the world; 4 types of tea are grown in Sri Lanka – four varieties of black tea, red, green and white. Although Sri Lankans themselves drink only black tea with milk, the most elite varieties are white gold and white silver teas. For these varieties of tea, only a few of the topmost, just blossomed and tender leaves are collected.
Black tea is sold everywhere in Sri Lanka. But you can buy green or white tea of good quality in Sri Lanka only in souvenir shops at factories that produce it.
2. Wooden masks of Sri Lanka
Bring as a souvenir of your vacation a talisman against evil spirits and illnesses, attract wealth, happiness and good luck in business into your life. The methods for making such masks have remained unchanged for many centuries; they are made from various species of exotic trees, hand-painted with natural paints made from rainbow wood shavings.
3. Wooden souvenirs
How nice it is to put on a shelf a figurine of an elephant that attracts prosperity to your home… It’s even nicer if this elephant was brought from a vacation in Sri Lanka – after all, it will remind you of your vacation on the island, where elephants are literally everywhere, and will be carved from ebony or a unique royal ebony with its bright, yellow-black coloring. Wooden souvenirs can also be a wonderful gift for your friends. We recommend purchasing wooden products only in specialized stores.
4. Ayurveda
In Sri Lanka they know a lot about Ayurveda. Here you can purchase cosmetics and medicinal preparations made from natural ingredients according to ancient recipes.
Cinnamon tincture will relieve headaches and toothaches, shell medicine will help with stomach diseases, red pineapples will help you lose weight, and red oil will cure joint diseases.
Essential and coconut oils with healing and rejuvenating properties, natural creams, shampoos and lotions, hair and massage oils, sandalwood soap, face masks, toothpastes made from truly herbal ingredients. It is worth purchasing toothpaste with red pepper, which will not only improve your gums, but also add some sparkle to your daily hygiene routine.
5. Spices
Even in ancient times, Sri Lanka became one of the main exporters of spices. Cinnamon, vanilla, cocoa, curry, cardamom, turmeric, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, chili – this is not a complete list of plants grown in Sri Lanka. It is best to purchase them in stores at the Spice Gardens — after a fascinating excursion into the world of fragrant herbs.
6. Fabrics — silk, batik, sarongs, saris, lace.
Hand painted on fabric – batik — is one of the national crafts in Sri Lanka. Clothes are made from natural fabrics and painted with bright colors. By purchasing such a product as a souvenir, you will be taking with you a piece of a bright tropical island as a souvenir.
Sri Lanka is also famous for its silk fabrics. Here you can visit silk factories and see with your own eyes how these beautiful products are created. In factory stores you can buy shawls, scarves, shirts, blouses, tunics, and national clothing of excellent quality.
7. Fruits
What would a tropical island be without exotic fruits? Thanks to the climate, Sri Lanka delights its guests all year round with fresh bananas, pineapples, mangoes, mangosteens, atemoya, jambu, guava, papaya, lychee, star fruit, jackfruit, pomegranates and many other extremely tasty fruits of nature. You cannot take them out in hand luggage, but in your suitcase they will easily fly home and will delight and surprise those whom you decide to treat. The famous durian also grows in Sri Lanka — but its export in any form is prohibited due to its extremely specific smell, so you will have to enjoy this fruit on the spot.
8. Local alcoholic drinks.
In Sri Lanka, you should definitely try 2 local alcoholic drinks: coconut arrack and red Calypso rum, which are deservedly popular among Sri Lankans and guests of the island.
Arak – made from coconut palm flowers with the addition of local herbs. It is called palm wine or palm vodka. It is added to cocktails or drunk neat with ice.
Rum “Calypso” — Made from cane sugar, burnt caramel, and red banana juice, which gives it a bright, rich color. This alcoholic drink is considered very healthy. It is drunk with carbonated drinks, lemon juice, and added to coffee.
9. Gems.
Sri Lanka is often compared to the jewel of the Indian Ocean, and it's not just about the climate, beaches, Sri Lankan hospitality, and the gentle blue sea. About half of all precious and semi-precious stones known to geologists are found on this island. The island is most famous for its rubies, topazes and sapphires. One of the types of sapphires is the unique star sapphire — It is mined in only two places on the planet, one of which is Sri Lanka. If sapphires are not your taste, cat's eye, alexandrite, moonstone and aquamarine are worth purchasing on the island.
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