North
Jaffna
Distinct Tamil culture and cuisine.
The cultural capital of the Tamil north, with its own temples, its own palmyra-and-crab cuisine and a landscape of flat lagoons, islands and causeways that looks like nowhere else in Sri Lanka.
It sees few visitors and rewards those who come with time, curiosity and a guide who can open doors.
Highlights
What you do here.
Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil
The great Hindu temple at the heart of the city, at puja with a guide to explain the rite.
Northern cooking
Jaffna crab curry, palmyra sweets and a spice profile quite unlike the south's.
The islands and causeways
Nainativu, Delft's wild ponies and the long roads out across the lagoon.
