Royal Botanic Gardens Peradeniya, located west of Kandy in Sri Lanka, is a historic botanical garden set within a loop of the Mahaweli River. Visitors can walk through landscaped grounds and observe a wide variety of plant collections, including orchids, palms, ferns, shrubs, and medicinal plants across extensive gardens. The site is notable for its establishment in 1821, its collection of more than 4,000 plant species, the presence of the National Herbarium of Sri Lanka, and its role as a major botanical and research centre managed by the Department of National Botanic Gardens.