The best things to do in Matale

Nestled inside the important hills and at an altitude of 546 metres, Matale is yet any other bounty of nature’s abundance with charming landscapes of fertile greenery and scattered mountain ranges decorated with blankets of cascading water. At a distance of 105 kilometres from Colombo and 26 kilometres from Kandy, the history of Matale is mottled with stories of heroism, inclusive of the Matale Rebellion of 1848, a warfare that led to the siege of the British Garrison in Fort McDowell and its final defeat on the hands of a colonial superpower. Today, the metropolis of Matale is a centre of activity, propelled by way of the day by day hustle and bustle of city life, with lots of commuters thronging the city centre for sundry errands. Many are the attractions and sounds of this old agricultural village called Matale that beckons the vacationer to feast the eyes upon its dignified beauty.