As a tourist attraction Sri Lanka also promotes the spice gardens of Sri Lanka where tourists can walk though the spice gardens of Sri Lanka enjoy the tranquility and absorb one’s self in the splendour of the nature and learn about local spices. Along the road of Matale there are many such spice gardens of Sri Lanka.

Some of the spice gardens of Sri Lanka gives its visitors an experience of Sri Lankan spices, herbal and Ayurvedic Medicine in the same premises. A guide will take the visitors around the well arranged gardens explaining and showing the spices and herbs grown in spice gardens of Sri Lanka, how they are being used in herbal indigenous Ayurvedic medicine and will also let visitors taste herbal beverages. Most of these spice gardens of Sri Lanka has facilities such as herbal beauty parlors which provide herbal facials head and body massages and natural herbal cosmetic shops which is quite popular among the tourists.

Peradeniya botanical gardens situated in the Hill capital Kandy, 68 miles off-Colombo, 4 miles off Kandy. This garden dates from 14th century reign of King Vikramabahu III. Peradeniya is well know for it's large variety of plants ornaments, useful machine and other creepers that produce the special spices at Sri Lanka. The great lawns highlight huge tropical trees and variety at bamboo can be found in one place.

The best known attraction of the garden is the orchid House, which houses more than 300 varieties of exquisite orchids. The spice garden in the Peradeniya botanical gardens gives a first hand introduction to the trees and plants used for the traditional Ayurvedic medicine and the spices of spice gardens of Sri Lanka. The Mahaweli river, Sri Lanka's longest river surrounding this garden gives an added beauty to this garden. This garden is one of its best kind in the world and the best in Asia.

The Lords Spice and Herbal Garden in of Matale run by Mr. Atulla which has been in his family for over 12 generations is another spice garden of Sri Lanka Matale is situated in 24km north of Kandy There are loads of spice gardens on the road out of Matale, however this spice garden can be considered as one of the best.

A tour to this spice garden will give the visitors an interesting and informative explanation of the different herbs and spices, and their uses in cooking and Ayurvedic (traditional Indian) Medicine. In addition to the education one will get a delicious complimentary cup of cocoa, spice tea and wonderful Ayurvedic massages thrown in. This spice garden has a shop attached to the gardens where visitors could buy any of the many and varied herbal remedies and cooking spices with a handy little leaflet with instructions on their use. Compared to the spice gardens of Sri Lanka those in countries like India, Singapore, and Malaysia are large in extent and commercialized. Some are spread over more than 3 hectares and these gardens house over 500 varieties of flora from own country and other regions. These spice gardens have ladscaped trails and natural pathways, stream crossings waterfalls for visitors to enjoy the surrounding. Compared to the small scale spice gardens of Sri Lanka one such spice garden in Malaysia has 11 distinct garden rooms namely Water Garden, Cycad Room, Banana/Heliconia Bank, Spice Terraces, Bamboo Garden, Ginger Walk, Sugar Terrace, Ornamental Valley, Croton Wall, Fern Walk and Jungle Trail. Each room has a special plant collection to emphasise particular themes and they are designed in such a way that visitors can walk into and through these rooms. One has to spend at least about 25 to 45 minutes in each garden trail and each room is a unique adventure.