OUR LOCATIONS
Little Pieces of Paradise
Our locations are diverse in location and terrain, as we begin the baby steps of a bold ambition. They will gradually form steppingstones as our footprint grows and we are able to link more locations with protected spaces. One thing however is common – all locations have enchanting natural beauty and are home to the most remarkable creatures on this little paradise. Outlined below are a few of them.
Ambadandegame, Ella - Ravana’s Secret
"Ravana's Secret" is hidden in over 100 acres of neglected hillside tea and forested land surrounding the Upper Ravana Falls a few miles above Ella. The owners have been purposely allowing some of the land to go "back to nature", like a private reserve encouraging local flora and fauna.
Belihuloya, Ratnapura District – Budunwela Reserve
This land is margined by a forest reserve belonging to the Department of Forest Conservation in one side and the Uwa Kosgama village on the another.
Deniyaya - Kaley Teas
Kaley Teas was the first partner property brought under the PLANT umbrella, in May 2021.
Dikhena, Badureliya – WNPS ROAR Project, Diyakothkanda
ROAR (Reforestation Of A Rainforest) is the oldest running project of WNPS. These learnings provided much needed background for us to pursue our PLANT ambitions. After an initial setback, the project was resuscitated and developed under sound scientific principles in 2016 with the assistance and guidance of Professors Savitri and Nimal Gunatilleke and Dr. Suranjan Fernando.
Gallpallewatta, Ratnapura District – Issengard Biosphere Reserve
A partially cultivated but largely forested 15 Acre block of land, the focus within Issengard Biosphere Reserve is on conserving and preserving existing forested areas, adding new trees and plants to enhance and expand the Forest cover over time, and to conduct biodiversity research.
Halwathura Estate - Horana Plantations
Nestled along the Kaluganga river basin, the Halwatura Estate is a sprawling 612 hectare estate managed by Horana Plantations of Hayleys Group. The Group, renowned world over as one of the world’s most awarded and certified sustainable plantation groups, has partnered with WNPS PLANT to further its environmental conservation efforts across many of its properties.
Kumbaloluwa Estate - Mirigama
FormerSri Lankan President, His ExcellencyJ.R. Jayewardene, partly inherited and partly acquired other blocks of their ancestral Kumbaloluwa Estate and would spend considerable time at this location. Even today, many pictures and artefacts around the bungalow within it, remind visitors of his connection with it.
Living Heritage - Koslanda
Tucked away on the slopes of Koslanda, this 80 acre site would have once been virgin rainforest. Many lands in this vicinity have seen the cultivation of tea and other crops including rubber, coffee and pepper over the years. Abandoned in the 1950s, nature began to reclaim the land once more and the result today is an intriguing mix of native Sri Lankan plants, long-forgotten crops and introduced species.
Maskeli Oya - Horana Plantations
Horana Plantations became the trailblazer to lead the largest reforestation project of its kind at that point when it collaborated withWNPS PLANT and embarked on a restoration project along the Maskeliya Oya, in the Nuwara Eliya District. The initiative hoped to create a nine kilometer forest corridor and over 125 acres of new forest in the Upcot Valley of the central highlands.
Minuwan Ella, Deraniyagala
In May 2022, a yearlong effort came to fruition when PLANT completed acquisition of three parcels of adjoining lands in the ecologically sensitive Peak Wilderness area off Erathna. The properties on the Minuwan Ella Estate, ensure around Forty-four Acres of refuge to a very diverse range of species.
Olupattuduwa – Bolgoda, Kalutara
This 20 A land was the first private land donation towards PLANT, and a great example of how some individuals would be willing to set aside their lands for future generations rather than for money or their families.
Pannila, Matugama - Aranya Foundation
Aranya, a 15 Acre property in Pannila, is located within 5 km of the Rare Species site location south-east of Welipenna, near Uthumgama, and is also in within a similar distance of the Yagirala Forest reserve, a two thousand hectare reserve which appears to be a "true tropical rain forest" and is as old as Sinharaja.
Pannila, Matugama - Nisarga Reserve
Nisarga is a fifteen-acre property which was secured by private individuals as an extension to link up with an existing PLANT property to buffer the aggressive deforestation going on around in those regions and provide an extended nature corridor.
Talawakelle Tea Estates
Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC (TTEL) is a plantation company owned by the Hayleys Plantation Group, which is one of the most accredited plantation companies in Sri Lanka (seehttps://talawakelleteas.com). In June 2024,TTEL and WNPS PLANT jointly initiate done of the largest local ecosystem restoration projects.
The Hayleys Group Plantations - Multiple locations
WNPS through PLANT signed a joint agreement with Horana Plantations PLC, Kelani Valley Plantations PLC and Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC, thanks to the visionary thinking of the company and its leadership.