Useful Information
Useful Information


  • You are not allowed to bring any DRUGS into the country. Punishment for bringing drugs to Sri Lanka is death penalty
  • Please check Colombo Airport Duty free to find out what you can buy and for how much you are allowed to buy as a Tourist. Link: http://www.airport.lk/passenger-guide/customs.php

Emergency Services Telephone Numbers

- Tourist Police Tel: 011-2421052
- Tourism Hotline Tel: 1912
- Police Emergency Hotline Tel: 118 / 119
- Police Emergency Tel: 011-2433333
- Ambulance/Fire & Rescue Tel:  110
- Accident Service, General Hospital Colombo 
  Tel: 011-2691111
- Government Information Center Tel: 1919
- Report Crimes Tel: 011-2691500
- Emergency Police Mobile Squad Tel: 011-5717171
- Fire & Ambulance Service Tel: 011-2422222
- Electricity Tel: 011-2466660, 011-4617575
- Water Tel: 011-2853990 (Kaduwela Area, East of
   Colombo (North) )

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 Call: 1990 for Emergency services in Colombo.
Falck is the world’s largest international ambulance provider treating over five million patients around the world every year, and in Sri Lanka.
 For more information: http://www.falck.lk/
Helpful Tips

  • Mosquito: Advisable to buy Mosquito Repellent (lotion) from Sri Lankan leading Supermarkets or Pharmacies which is very effective for Sri Lankan Mosquitos and easy to use!
  • When exchanging foreign currency to Sri Lankan Rupees (LKR), walk to a Private Money Exchange, where you will get better exchange rates. 
  • Do not try to drive in Sri Lanka unless you already have driven in Sri Lanka before, since traffic is enormous, plus most of the drivers do not follow the rules. The best is to hire a car with a driver, if needed for a long journey out of Colombo. In the other hand Taxies for short distances. 

  • "Lion" Beer - remember to enjoy a Sri Lankan "Lion" Beer during your stay which is a fantastic Beer! If you buy the cans just buy like any other canned drink, but if you buy the bottles remember that you need to pay a deposit for each bottle. As long as you need to buy Beer again and again just return the empty bottles and pay for the Beer only. When you do not need any more return empty bottles and take the deposit back.
  • Where to buy Alcohol? - widely available in all major Super Markets i.e. Arpico Super Centers, Food City, Super Kheels, etc., There are also Stand-alone Alcohol Outlets available in every city center.
Note:
Stand-alone Outlets and the Alcohol Counters inside the Super Markets close at 21:00 hrs. daily. Also, all these Alcohol Outlets remain closed on Buddhist Religious day called "Poya Day" fallen once a month .
Useful Links

1. Click or paste the above link
2. When you click for "Download file" you will get Sri Lanka Road Distances Chart in Kilometers.
3. When you "click to get the Map" you will get the map calculated.