It has an elephant study centre and paddy museum in addition to a conference hall and restaurants.
It is within sight of Sigiriya rock jutting out of a large plain with ruins of man-made structures described either as a rock fortress or a Mahayana Bhuddist temple by historians.
Sri Lanka has seen a rise in tourism arrivals since the end of a war, and authorities have reported 1.27 million tourists for 2014 after a data revision suddenly increased in December.