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Why Sigiriya & Cultural Triangle, Sri Lanka.
Sigiriya, the Lion Rock, is a 5th-century royal palace built atop a sheer 200-metre granite monolith — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Asia’s great climbs.
Ancient frescoes of celestial maidens and a polished "mirror wall" of centuries-old graffiti survive on the rock face.
It anchors Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle — the Dambulla cave temples, and the ancient capitals of Polonnaruwa and Anuradhapura.
Climb at dawn to beat the heat and the crowds, with the surrounding jungle stretching to the horizon from the summit.
Nearby Minneriya hosts "The Gathering" — hundreds of wild elephants converging on the reservoir in the dry season.
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