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Priyanwada Rathnayake (美语)
Priyanwada Rathnayake (美语)
Environmentalist · Naturalist · National Guide Lecturer · Conservation Educator
Some people choose to explore Sri Lanka. For Priyanwada Rathnayake, it was inherited.
Born into a family of archaeologists — with a father who worked alongside the legendary Senarath Paranavithana, the pioneer of Sri Lankan archaeology — Priyanwada grew up surrounded by ancient stories, sacred sites, and a deep reverence for the land. Both parents devoted their lives to unearthing and preserving Sri Lanka's extraordinary past, and that passion for discovery runs in the blood.
From that foundation, Priyanwada's curiosity extended beyond ruins and rock inscriptions — into rainforests, lagoons, national parks, and the living ecosystems that have existed alongside Sri Lanka's civilisations for millennia.
Today, as an environmentalist, naturalist, national guide lecturer, and conservation educator, Priyanwada brings a perspective that is truly unique — one that bridges ancient heritage and living nature, history and ecology, the human story and the wild one.
Through The Naturalist, every journey is an invitation to experience Sri Lanka the way few ever do — slowly, deeply, and with eyes wide open.
"Sri Lanka is not just an island. It is a living museum — of nature, of people, of time."
Craft Your Experience
From Forests to Traditions, Your Journey Awaits.
Craft Your Experience
From Forests to Traditions, Your Journey Awaits.
Explore Wildlife Tours
Elephants, leopards, and everything in between —
Sri Lanka's wild, up close and unhurried.
Not a performance. Not a postcard. Real Sri Lankan life, lived alongside the people who call it home.
Your family walked these ancient paths too — they just didn't know where to look. Priyanwada does.
"Vedda" The Originals
"Vedda" The Originals
The indigenous forest-dwellers of Sri Lanka, maintaining their ancient way of life.
Clad in traditional attire and often carrying a ceremonial axe, they demonstrate ancestral skills like archery and honey harvesting, which have sustained their community for millennia.
Culture
Culture
This image captures a Cinnamon Farmer in Sri Lanka performing the traditional art of peeling Ceylon Cinnamon.
Seated outside her home, she skillfully uses specialized tools to scrape and remove the inner bark from a cinnamon twig, a meticulous process passed down through generations.
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