Coconut Plantation Tours
Come explore our estates and learn more about the tree of life
- Coconut Tours at H.L. De Mel & Company [Pvt] Ltd.
Tour information
Full Tour
During the tour, customers will be able to experience and view the following items below at Rathrankotuwa Estate.
❏ Various food items can be purchased from the Golden Palm Restaurant
❏ Miniforest
❏ National Tree of Sri Lanka
❏ National Flower of Sri Lanka
❏ Wewa (Lake)
❏ Demonstration of Dragon Fruit cultivation
❏ Demonstration of picking and husking coconuts
❏ Demonstration about the young coconut plantation
❏ Demonstration of Copra Manufacturing from coconuts
❏ Offering king coconut
Duration: Approximately 45 Minutes
For the tour to take place there must be at least minimum of two people
Coconut is a perennial tree crop well adapted to the hot and humid conditions of the tropics. The crop is currently grown in eighty six countries covering about 11 million hectares of land.
The coconut palm is known to have existed in Sri Lanka for over 2000 years. However, cultivation of coconut began in the middle of the 19th century largely using indigenous technology. Today sri Lanka is the fourth largest coconut producing country in the world, occupying a total area is referred to as the “ coconut Triangle” comprising the districts of Kurunegala Gampaha and Puttalm and accounts for 65-70 percent of the total area under coconut. The intermediate and dry zones together account for about 65 percent of existing coconut plantation and the potential for further expansion also lies in these agro-ecological regions.
The coconut sector plays an important role in contributing to the national economy and ensuring food and nutrition security to a larger segment of the population. It provides a livelihood for about 5 percent of the total workforce, engaging about 500000 people both in direct and indirect employment. It signifies the socio cultural importance of coconuts. The coconut palm is popularly referred to as the “ Tree of Life” indicating its innumerable uses to people and wide diversity of products and by products that can be manufactured from it.
Source: Coconut Research Institute, Sri Lanka
