Bentota
Bentota is well experienced with what tourists want so you can arrange almost anything from swimming, diving and fishing to water sports like water skiing, wind – surfing, jet skiing and tubing. Bentota enriched swimming conditions in the season combined with fun water sport and exiting excursions that setup an ideal background for the relax holiday in Sri Lanka is an attraction for the families . The accommodation option at Bentota ranges from 5 star luxury to mid-range and budget.
The beach Bentota is nothing like your usual holiday destination and the beach here is a fold of pristine golden sands along the mighty Indian Ocean. Bentota’s principal dive is Canoe Rock where you will find sandy areas as well as sections with coral formations. Divers have the shore, with the former being more popular and perhaps more exiting a night dive is a good option for the enthusiast who caves adventure. Crucially, the Majority of diving operators take supplies of pure oxygen with them to counter the risk of decompression.
Bentota is the most popular location for romantic weddings, is witnesses hundreds of weddings of locals as well as the foreigners. Is also an attraction of honeymoon couples once again to Sri Lankans as well as to the foreigners. At the northern end of the beach, is the long and narrow estuary called “Paradise Island”, at the southern end is the pristine palm fringed broad beach.
Kosgoda nearby Bentota is famous for its turtle hatchery operated by the wild life protection society of Sri Lanka. It was established 1981 to protect Sri Lanka’s turtles from extinction. The hatchery pays fishermen for eggs that they collect at night along the sandy beach; visitors can see huge tanks filled with new born turtle hatchlings.
After the baby turtles are being fed they are taken to be released when they are 2-4 days old, usually during the safer hours of darkness. Although October to April is the main laying season and some eggs can be found at Wasgoda throughout the year. Marine turtles were roaming the oceans for about 190 million years. Among the many different varieties of this species only eight of ancient reptiles are found living today Sri Lankan beaches. The Turtle hatcheries are open from 6.00 am to 6.00pm and in the evening if you visit here, you can get a chance to release a freshly hatched three day old turtle into the ocean.
Brief garden is a wonderful stretch of impeccably designed landscape, spread over a couple of acres of land, which is, located about eight kilometers off Bentota. Brief garden house is a mesmerizingly beautiful Japanese style gardens and lawns inspired from the colonial days. It has been home to the famous architect Bevis Bawa, some of whose works are showcased here, along with several other artists from Sri Lanka as well as abroad.