Arugam Bay beach

The finishing village 116 kms. from Colombo is considered to be best for surfing in Sri lanka. The beach is also good for swimming. Wild elephants can be sighted from the "Crocodile Rock".

Nilaveli beach

An important beach resort just 14 kms. from Trincomalee. It is an ideal site for sun bathing. sea bathing and diving. A few metres off shore is a small rocky island. Good for snorkelling.thre for number one beautiful beach in sri lanka

Hikkaduwa beach

HIkkaduwa ,99 kms. from Colombo is one of the most popular beach resorts of Sri Lanka. Also known for its corel and sub tropical fish, the site is excellent for adventure sports like scuba diving, snorkelling and surfing etc...

Bentota beach

The beautiful beach resort 62 kms. from Colombo is located on the confluence of the river. It is also known for a six hundred year old Galapata Buddhist temple noted for its fine stonework.

Mount Lavinia beach

Just 12 km. south of Colombo, Mount Lavinia is an immediate city suburb and the beach is one of the better known even in colonial times. It lies alongside a wind swept headland jutting into the waters of the Indian Ocean. The sand is the softest and the waves calm and clear. The Governor's House built in 1805 by Sir Thomas Maitland, now forms part of the famous Mount Lavinia Hotel.

Mirissa beach

Mirissa is situated about 4km southwest of Weligama. A small town, a fishing harbor together with a beautiful beach makes it something special.
It is a peaceful beach with crystal clear waters which is ideal for snorkeling.

Weligama beach

weligama is a fishing town in matara district on the southern coast of sri lanka. The term Weligama literally means `Sandy Village' which refers to the area's sandy sweep bay. Situated at a distance of 143 km from Colombo, Weligama is a popular tourist destination and hosts several boutique hotels. It is most famous for its distinct stilt fishermen and an off shore islet known astaproben, where a dream house of French Count de Maunay was built.

Trincomalee beach

Situated 250 km from the capital Colombo, Trincomalee is a natural harbor. Horatio Nelson, the British admiral of the 18th century had described Trincomalee as the finest harbor in the world. Trincomalee offers some of the best sea bathing in the country. In the northern stretch of 'Trinco', known as Nilaweli, shallow beach goes up to half a mile into the sea. The hot wells and the Pigeon Islands are the important places of tourist interest in the vicinity. There is an old Portuguese/Dutch fort reminiscent of the Colonial era

Hambanthota beach

237km from Colombo, with some magnificent beaches, this is the closest to the Bundala National Park. It is also famous as the home of Leonard Wolf
the arthur of the famous book 'A Village in the jungle'. You can also find salt making pans in this area.

Mathara beach

Exactly 100 miles (161km) from Colombo lies Matara, another old fort town built around the Nilaweli river. Matara Fort was erected by the Dutch around 17th centaury. In 1761 the Dutch commander constructed the little star fort, after the attack by the Kandyan army.

Unawatuna beach

About 5 km south of Galle is the golden beach of Unawatuna. It is also one of the safest beaches in Sri Lanka as it is protected by a reef. Surfing, snorkeling & diving are some of the water sports you can participate here.
All the equipment you need can be rented from many a beachfront place.

negombo beach

Negombo boasts of Sri Lanka's first beach resort. The beach north of the town is a narrow & long. There are plenty of beachside restaurants & hotels for reasonable fees, and many a traveler make Negombo their last stop in Sri Lanka before flying out as it is the closest beach to the Air port.

Hikkaduwa corels

In 1940, the Ambalangoda/Hikkaduwa Rocky Islets were declared sanctuaries and was limited to the land boundaries of these rocky islets. The intention was to afford protection to seabirds nesting on the islands.

In 1961, 110 acres of territorial waters off Hikkaduwa were afforded protection under the Fisheries Ordinance. In 1979, the Hikkaduwa Marine Sanctuary was gazetted under the Fauna & Flora Protecton Ordinance. In 1998 it was upgraded to the status of a nature reserve and later to a national park. This was to protect the coral reefs. However human activity continues on the beaches of this park.