{"id":99,"date":"2026-09-10T17:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T17:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serendipathtravel.com\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:33:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/serendipathtravel.com\/?page_id=99","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"99\" class=\"elementor elementor-99\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4e3394 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d4e3394\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c258aaf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c258aaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50669da elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50669da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SERENDIPITY, AND A PATH TO FOLLOW<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb58792 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb58792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our name joins serendipity with path: the discoveries that come from walking slowly, in the right place, with someone who knows what to look for.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d1c1a5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1d1c1a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bf56c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5bf56c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-363c1dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"363c1dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WHO WE ARE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7bfc7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7bfc7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NATURALISTS AND RESEARCHERS WHO HAPPEN TO RUN TREKS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088d8cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"088d8cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Serendipath was formed by field naturalists and researchers who spent years working across different landscape of Sri Lanka. We design walks the way we would plan our own field days: around habitat, weather and season rather than a checklist of sights.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-310f589 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"310f589\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A day with us is likely to cover\u00a0 far more than you expect. We stop for a flock, for a frog on a leaf, for the way a stream reorganises the forest floor. Interpretation is the point \u2014 <strong><em>you should leave understanding a landscape, not just having crossed it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce3e58a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce3e58a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff38bb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eff38bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2725fbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2725fbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE PERSON BEHIND SERENDIPATH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e872b4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e872b4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DULAN VIDANAPATHIRANA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0148c9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0148c9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Founder | Naturalist | Field Researcher | Nature Guide<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-746035f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"746035f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">With nearly two decades of experience in natural-history research and more than a decade of guiding experience, Dulan has developed a particular passion for Sri Lanka&#8217;s wildlife. His field experience has also contributed to scientific research and conservation work across the island.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Dulan has been involved in numerous research projects and scientific publications, including collaborative work documenting species new to science.<\/p><p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">His approach to exploring Sri Lanka goes beyond simply visiting beautiful places. 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