Wahawa Hot Springs (වහව උනුදිය උල්පත්)
Wahawa Hot Springs lies in a rural village off Padiyatalawa. There are 18 springs scattered in the village and the paddy fields. They are built in form of tanks but it seems that only a few that are being used.
Ampara District
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Kivulegama Jayanthi Wewa Hot Spring (ජයන්ති වැව උනුදිය උල්පත)
Kivulegama Jayanthi Wewa Hot Spring is located along the Pallan Oya Road near Jayanthi Wewa in Ampara District. From the Wadinagala Junction, take the Pallanoya Road which leads to Inginiyagala.
Monument of Aranthalawa Massacre (අරන්තලාව භික්ෂු ඝාතක ස්මාරකය)
in 1987 the remote village of Aranthalawa saw one of the worst bloodbaths by the LTTE where they chopped, hacked and massacred 27 novice monks and 4 civilians traveling in a bus.
Henanigala Raja Maha Viharaya – Dehiattakandiya (හේනානිගල රජමහා විහාරය – දෙහිඅත්තකන්ඩිය)
Henanigala Raja Maha Viharaya ( Senanigala Raja Maha Viharaya) is a temple complex built by King Kawanthissa in the 3rd Century BC in the Dehiattakandiya area.
Samangala Ancient Forest Hermitage in Ampara (සමන්ගල පුරාණ ලෙන් විහාරය)
Samangala Cave Temple Complex believed to be built by the king Saddhatissa (137-119 BC) of Anuradhapura and consists of about 50 dripledged caves in the eastern slopes of the Samangala rocky hill.
Rajagala Monastery (රජගල ආරණ්යය නටබුන්)
Rajagala Viharaya and Monastery dating back to the pre christian era is situated in the Ampara on a rugged and thickly forested rocky mountain.
Muhudu Maha Viharaya at Pottuvil (පොතුවිල් මුහුදු මහා විහාරය)
It is said that Pottuvil Muhudu Maha Viharaya is the place where Queen Vihara Maha Devi and her entourage were washed ashore and not at Kirinda.
Lahugala Magul Maha Viharaya (ලාහුගල මගුල් මහා විහාරය)
Lahugala Magul Maha Viharaya is said to be built by King Kavanthissa in the 2nd Century BC on the location where the King married the pricecess Vihara Maha Devi.
Lahugala Kota Vehera (ලාහුගල කොටවෙහෙර)
Lahugala Kota Vehera has also been known as Kota Pabbatha, Kotagala Vehera and Lahugala Chethiya (Stupa). This complex is also said the have the largest image house ever found in the Rununa.
Japanese Peace Pagoda in Ampara (අම්පාර ජපාන සාම චෛත්යය)
Lying in middle of a elephant path near a tank in Ampara lies the Japanese Peace Pagoda of Ampara which as part of a larger worldwide peace movement which built under the guidance of Nichidatsu Fujii (1885-1985), a Buddhist monk from Japan and founder of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji Buddhist Order.
Deegavapi Rajamaha Viharaya (දීඝවාපි රජමහා විහාරය)
Deegavapi is one of the 16 places which has been blessed by the Buddha’s presence. Buddha was invited to Kelaniya by Mani Akkika of Naga Tribe, ruler of the Kelaniya region on his second visit to Nagadeepa. On the 8th year of attaining nirvana Buddha decided to visit Sri Lanka for the third time specially to Kelaniya. During this visit he came to Deegavapi with 500 Arhaths and spend time meditating.
Sangaman Kanda Point Lighthouse (සංගමන් කන්ද තුඩුව ප්රදීපාගාරය)
Sangaman Kanda Point (Sangamankanda) is the most eastern point in Sri Lanka. The beaches here are still unspoilt and as wide as 100 meters at some places. The Sangaman Kanda Lighthouse has been built in 1947 with a height of 25feet. This has been destroyed during the 2004 tsunami and only a 15feet of the light house now remains.
Ampara Buddhangala Monastery (අම්පාර බුද්ධංගල ආරන්ය සේනාසනය)
The Buddhangala Monastery lies deep in the jungles about 7 kilometres off Ampara. The Monastery covers 1280 acres covering 5 rocks where the remains of the ancient monastery can be seen. This area belonged to the Digamadulla Kingdom which was started by Prince Dighayu in the 4th century BC.