Jul 7, 2017

Hot Water Springs

Even though the Island of Ceylon now known as Sri Lanka is a very small island on the planet, the biodiversity there is at it’s maximum. There are hot water springs in Sri Lanka too , which are not well known or popular among most tourists.


Most of them are located in the eastern province of Sri Lanka. But Southern province also have few as well. In Early days people considered these as are sacred or place of worship and used it’s water for medical uses. Temperature of these springs can span from 42’c to 60’c.



Minerals in these spring waters may also span from 0.2g to 0.7g too. There are also free CO2 , bi-carbonates , Chlorides , Sulfates , phosphates , Magnesium , Sodium, Lithium and Iron are also found in small quantities in these waters.


MahaOya hot water spring contains the highest temperature of water among all the hot water springs found in Sri Lanka. Bathing in one of these is a not to miss thing for a tourist in Sri Lanka.

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