A101 kilometer drive towards Sabaragamuwa province (Between Central and Western Province) from colombo will bring you to this land of gems which is also known as gem city of Sri Lanka, worldwide. The comfortable through rich green paddy fields, yellow green rubber plantations and tea estates is a diversity of scenarios and are feast to the eyes. Ratnapura is the most famous locality in Sri Lanka; ihroughout the history has been known land of gerns. Marco polo (1293 AD) wrote about the ruby that graced Ruwanwelisaya dagaba in Anuradhapura "A flawless ruby and thick as a man's arm". The 400 karat blue sapphire called "blue belle"which Adams 1 queens crown is also from Sri Lanka.

Adam's Peak : As Sri Lanka wakes to the morning sun, Adam's Peak looks proudly across the land, the views from its summit renowned for their magnificence. The Sri Pada, or sacred footprint, at the top is said to be the first step that adam made on earth after his fall from the haven, and the mountain has been an important pilgrimage site for the last millennium. A chain of lights guides you and a flock of pilgrims up its steps, pasty a scattering of tea houses, until finally reaching the temple that crowns this beautiful peak.

Sinharaja rainforest : Ratnapura is situated at the foot of the 2243m high Adams peak. A holy mountain of all faiths in Sri Lanka (sinharaja rain forest the biggest and beautiful of Sri Lanka is situated just 60 K.M.from Ratnapura.) A variety of indigenous plants and animals, flowing rivers, streams cover up nearly 9800 hectares. Out of 830 indigenous flowering plants in Sri Lanka sinharaja has 500 plants and 21 native birds, 17 species have made sinharaja their homeland.

National Museum : It has an excellent collection of pre-historic objects and vertebrate fossils of rhinoceros and elephants. Collection of Jewellery, textiles, carvings, and archeological objects are displayed.

Batatota Cave : This cave is situated close to Ratnapura Inside. The cave three are three images of Buddha Sitting, standing and re-clinging lying against front wall of the main cave. On the left of the cave is the temple dedicated to god Vishnu and on the right is a large cave drip ledge, believed to have been in habitude by many years ago.

Gemological Museum :The varieties of minerals and Gemstones both precious and semi-precious are the exhibits of these museums. Lapidarian demonstrations are arranged for tourists.

Pothgul Rajamaha Vihara (Temple) : This-ancient cave temple is situated very close to Ratnapura town shrine rooms in two caves can be seen. After being demolishes by the Portuguese in 1618 the place 'was in turn transformed into a fort. People believe that valagamba a great king of Anuradhapura it is a mountain venerated for centuries by devotees of many faiths. The pilgrimage start in December and goes on till vesak poya in may.

Udawalawe National Park :This is a recently established National park declared with the intension of conserving. The catchments areas of the reservoir that has been extensively burnt for slash and burn farming and as such very little forest is left. The park is home for 500EIephants,Deer, Leopards, the red faced malkoha and many other species. At the center of the park is Udawalawe tank created by a 5 Kilometer dam on the Walawe ganga.Ajeep safari from Rathnapura is highly thrilling and adventurous.