Bentota City Tour from Ahangama
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Ülke: Sri Lanka
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09:00 saatler
Açıklama
The first place you will visit is the Lunuganga estate. The next place for your perusal is the highly engaging Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery. Finally you will visit the Madu River Safari.
You will be starting your tour at 0800 hrs from your hotel in Ahangama, where you will be picked up by your chauffeur. Ensure that you bring a packed breakfast with you if you are unable to have your meal at the hotel. You will arrive Bentota by approximately 0930 hrs.
The first item in your itinerary will be Bawa's estate in Lunuganga. Sir Geoffrey Bawa, the much-renowned lawyer turned architect, made the estate his country home from 1947 till his death in 1998. During his sojourn there he used the place as his experiment lab and made many architectural and interior additions. While visiting the estate you will get to see the beautifully designed gardens that are now open to the public. Some of the buildings of the estate are also now a country house hotel. The tour of the estate approximately takes two hours.
Thereafter proceed to Kosgoda by approximately 1030 hrs and visit Turtle Hatchery.
Here, you will be spending 30 to 40 minutes getting to know about sea turtles and their conservation. The best part of the hatchery is the touch pools, deep tubs of seawater with baby sea turtles swimming in them. Visitors are allowed to pick up and handle then to some extent. There are also fully matured sea turtles of different kinds, receiving treatment for various ailments or wounds.
After that proceed to Balapitiya by 1130 hrs. En-route you may stop and have lunch at the place of your choice. Thereafter at by approximately 1300 hrs go on a lovely Boat Safari Madu River.
Balapitiya is a little southern town lying in marshy wetlands. The area is a high biodiversity zone that relies on the lagoon created by Madu River as it flows into the Indian Ocean. Your safari will take you on a ride down the river. You will get to see the dense mangrove forest that grows along the marshy banks of the river and the forms of wildlife that call the roots home. Your guide will also take you some of the larger free-standing islands on Madu River. On one such island, you will find an old Buddhist monastery. Cinnamon harvesting is the main employment of the people of this area.
Another attraction of the safari is the famous fish massage. This is a massage parlor hut standing on stilts in the middle of the river. A netted in the area contains the massage by fish. You will be sitting on the deck of the hut with your feet in the water, while the fish work their magic.
After this relaxing boat tour, you will be returning to Ahangama by 1430 hrs. You will get back to your hotel at 1600 hrs completing the tour.
Öne Çıkanlar
- Witness Geoffrey Bawa’s creations at the Lunuganga Estate
- Go on a lovely boat safari along the Madu River
- Visit the Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery
- Get to the airport in good time and great order
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