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Participate in daily village activities and enjoy a home-cooked Sri Lankan meal.
The final part of the Hiriwadunna Village Tour centers on food and daily life. You visit a traditional home where locals prepare a meal using traditional methods. The experience concludes with a hearty buffet lunch served on leaves.
This segment allows you to interact with residents. You can volunteer to help prepare the food or try using local farming tools.
30 minutesInteractive cooking
Watch a local woman prepare a Sri Lankan meal over a wood-fired clay stove. You see exactly how curries and rice dishes come together. Volunteer to help scrape coconut or grind spices to make the experience more interactive.
15 minutesHands-on practice
Learn how villagers weave roofs from coconut leaves. You also see traditional tools like the kulla and mirisgala in action.
45 minutesBuffet lunch
Sit down to a buffet featuring rice, local vegetable curries, and fried fish. The meal is served naturally on a lotus or banana leaf. Note that the food features many local spices and nuts.
