A guide to Sri Lanka's East Coast: Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Arugam Bay, wildlife parks, and the region's unique dry-season timing.

A guide to Trincomalee: one of the world's finest natural harbours, its ancient temple, colonial and WWII history, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Fort Frederick in Trincomalee: built from a demolished temple's stones, still an active Sri Lankan military base, its resident deer, visiting tips...

A guide to Koneswaram Temple and Lover's Leap in Trincomalee: a Pancha Ishwaram Shiva shrine, and a tragic legend later debunked, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Trincomalee's commercial centre: its fish market, multicultural streets, and everyday harbour town character, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Dutch Bay in Trincomalee: a sheltered cove within the great harbour, its colonial-era name, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Nilaveli beach near Trincomalee: its palm-lined coastline, gateway role to Pigeon Island, whale watching, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Pigeon Island National Park off Nilaveli: one of Sri Lanka's three marine parks, its reef sharks and turtles, visiting tips and map.

A guide to Uppuveli beach near Trincomalee: its lively bars and restaurants, sunrise views, proximity to town, visiting tips and map.

A guide to the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Trincomalee: over 360 Allied WWII graves, its role after the fall of Singapore, visiting tips and map.