Nearby are plenty attractions, which can be done as day or half-day trips. We are happy to organize your tour whether adventurous with a tuk-tuk or by taxi - the choice is yours.
Sea Turtle Farm Bentota
The farms aim is to save sea turtles from extinction since the population of these inhabitants of the sea has dwindled drastically in recent years.
To increase the number of surviving hatchling, the eggs of the turtles are collected and buried on a sandy terrain of the farm. The newly hatched turtles are released in the sea after three days of hatching. If you are there at the right time, usually at dusk, you can watch the little turtles make their way into the sea and into freedom - with the hope that many survive and hacht little ones again.
Mangrove Boat Tour
with a visit to the cinnamon island
In Balapitiya we rent a boat and start our trip on the Madu River. Madu River is a freshwater lake with about 62 islands and some of it can be visited. One of it is the cinnamon island where we attend a guided tour explaining the cinamon production and another one is the temple island which we also ging to see. During the ride you will see the several bridges which cross the river. Then we drive through the mangrove forests on the boat and with a little luck you might even see a crocodile.
Brief Garden by Bevis Bawa
Brief garden was starting 1929 gradually converted from a former rubber plantation into an English landscape garden by the owner Bevis Bawa - the brother of Sri Lanka's most famous architect "Geoffrey Bawa".
The tour through the garden leads through jungle-like areas past fascinating stone sculptures and extraordinary squares, sometimes revealing the view through artificial visual lines.
Worth seeing is also the former residence of Bevis Bawa. When he died 1992 the house was converted into a museum. Art was was his life
Beruwela Fish Market
Early morning around 6 am it starts with the TUK-TUK to Beruwela to the fish market. From tuna, to rays, baby sharks, sharks, swordfish, squid and many other fish species ... everything is processed, carved and sold here quickly - after 9 am it gets too hot to continue. It can not be exprienced more authentic.
Visit to temples
The temple complex Kande Vihara near Aluthgama has existed since 1736 and has now the largest sitting Buddha statue Sri Lanka. Inside, over three floors, the story of the Buddha is pictured on colorful reliefs.
Numerous older temples impress with fascinating facilities, elaborate moonstones and, of course, huge Buddha statues
Pinnawala elephant orphanage
This impressive place actually as well as a day trip. In about 3 hours drive you reach the elephant orphanage, where orphaned or wounded elephants are kept and treated in natural surroundings. The herd is widely confined, giving the impression that the elephants live in the wild.
Every day at 9:15 am the feeding of the "little big ones" takes place and at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm the elephants are led to a nearby river to water them - you should not miss this
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