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Galle Dutch Fort
Fortress
Built in the 16th century, this preserved Dutch sea fort houses a network of museums, shops & cafes.
4.70 (17.2K reviews)
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Coconut Tree Hill
Tourist attraction
Much-photographed red-rock promontory with coconut palms, known for ocean views & sunset walks.
4.60 (5.6K reviews)
3
Galle Lighthouse
Historical landmark
Historic lighthouse at a fort with simple style & a nearby beach popular with swimmers.
4.60 (4.8K reviews)
4
Ridiyagama Safari Park
Wildlife and safari park
Trips in buses or 4-wheel-drive vehicles through open habitats for lions, elephants & zebras.
4.30 (4.1K reviews)
5
Galle Fort Clock Tower
Historical landmark
Longstanding tower featuring a large clock face, built in 1883 on top of a former guard room.
4.60 (3.1K reviews)
6
Hummanaya Blow Hole
Tourist attraction
Considered the second largest blowhole in the world, it shoots up water up to 30 meters high.
4.20 (3K reviews)
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Sea Turtle Hatchery - Habaraduwa
Animal protection organization
😠 Please, please never visit this place!!!
It was so incredibly terrible that we left crying.
We were there in the evening and thought it was already closed. A man came towards us and told us we could visit the reception center for 1500 LKR. We gave it to him and then he said exactly one sentence: "Th...
4.30 (1.9K reviews)
9
Sea Turtle Farm & Hatchery koggala
Animal protection organization
👍👍 Fantastic initiative to protect the Turtles 🐢 with a recuperation facility and a hatchery. Good explanation from the guide too.
4.40 (1.8K reviews)
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Turtle Beach - Hikkaduwa
Tourist attraction
😠 turtles are held forcibly by locals to make money by selling seaweed or snorkeling. They are surrounded by circles of people, they have nowhere and no way to escape. They are forced to surface by tourists, touched or children sit on them. no one controls this. an animal torture ground for human gree...
4.30 (1.8K reviews)
11
The Long Beach Resort
Resort hotel
Relaxed rooms in a beach hideaway offering 2 outdoor pools, a spa & 2 restaurants.
$68/night
3.90 (1.8K reviews)
12
Dondra Head
Landmark
Palms, a beach & sweeping ocean views from a small rocky headland, home to a landmark lighthouse.
4.60 (1.8K reviews)
13
Thalpe Beach
Tourist attraction
😠 Just another scam to fool the tourists!
The place doesn't looks like the pictures used for its advertising and promotion.
It is not a seashore, just a small area constructed with a high porch for parking near the shoreline, where you have to pay 200LKR just to see some local people catching crabs...
4.50 (1.7K reviews)
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Snake Farm Weligama (Traditional Farm)
Farm
👍👍 Really awesome experience. The owner showed us a lot of different snakes including a big python and very beautiful and scary cobra. You can touch the snakes and feel them on you, even on your head if you want 😘😍 (non-poison).
The place is little bit hidden in a jungle and you feel like a real adve...
4.90 (1.7K reviews)
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Jungle Beach, Unawatuna.
Public beach
👍👍 A place wanted to visit for long time...
Great view with more tourist attraction and most specially it has an adventurous route to get the beach through a jungle...
Near to the beach there's a Buddhist temple called "Japanese Peace Pagoda temple".
#Diving
#Swimming
#Paid parking
4.50 (1.5K reviews)
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Tissamaharama Raja Maha Vihara
Buddhist temple
👍👍 It's a sacred place which located in Hambantota District thissamaharama area. It was built by the King kawanthissa around 2nd century B.C. This place was consecrated by Buddha himself with 500 Arhats when the 3rd visit to the Sri lanka. However this place is always crowded with the local and foreign...
4.70 (1.5K reviews)
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සිතුල්පව්ව රජ මහා විහාරය / Sithulpawwa Rajamaha Viharaya
Historical landmark
👍👍 Ancient temple and cave complex situated in Yala. Be ready for extreme sun and heat, also extreme dust on the way (dry season). Best to visit in early morning or evening as it is hard to walk barefoot on heated stones.
4.70 (1.3K reviews)