Why You'll Love Delft Island Delft Island (Neduntheevu) is the most remote of the Jaffna peninsula's inhabited islands, known for herds of wild ponies believed descended from Dutch-era colonial stock, traditional coral-stone field walls, and a distinctly slower pace than anywhere else in the north.
Free-roaming ponies, believed descended from horses brought by Dutch colonists, are found across the island's open grassland.
Traditional field boundaries built from coral stone, along with a small Dutch fort ruin, reflect the island's colonial-era past.
