Glide silently through one of Sri Lanka’s most pristine and enchanting natural environments on this boat safari through the Madu Ganga, a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance where 64 islands of dense mangrove forest rise from mirror-calm backwaters alive with birds, fish and the gentle sounds of the river. Your flat-bottomed boat winds through narrow mangrove channels where sunlight filters through the canopy overhead and kingfishers dart between the roots, before arriving at a cinnamon island where a local farmer demonstrates the entire process of harvesting and peeling the precious spice that has been traded from Sri Lanka for over two thousand years. The optional fish spa experience, where small Garra rufa (The Red garra) fish gently clean the skin of your feet in the cool river water, is a curious and memorable addition to this uniquely Sri Lankan afternoon. Madu Ganga offers a side of the island that is calm, wild and quietly extraordinary.