SEE ADVENTURE | WATER TOUR
Go where you feel most alive................
“The Water Tour”
Duration– 06 nights / 07 days
Route – AirPort / Benthota / Mirissa / Unawatuna / Hikkaduwa / Colombo /Air Port
Day 01 | Arrival transfer Kithulgala
Day 02 | Rafting in Kithulgala – Overnight in Kitulgala
Day 03 | Kithulgala / Bentota [Visit Turtle Hatchery ,Madhu river, Moonstone mines]
Day 04 | Bentota / Galle / Bentota – (Site seen in Galle)
Day 05 | Water Sports in Bentota
Day 06 | Bentota / Colombo
Day 07 | Bentota / Colombo
"Kithulgala"
Kitulgala is a small town in the west of Sri Lanka. It is in the wet zone rainforest, which gets two monsoons each year, and is one of the wettest places in the country. Nevertheless, it comes alive in the first three months of the year, especially in February, the driest month.Large numbers of people make the excursion from Colombo at weekends to enjoy the beautiful scenery, play in the river, and havean excellent rice and curry lunch at the local restaurants.
The Kelani river is wide at Kitulgala, but it is shallow apart from a deep channel near the opposite bank, so in the drier months it provides a safe and attractive place to swim, wash and play.Crossing the riverThe river can be crossed by walking out across the shallows and crossing the deep channel in a dugout canoe, which is stabilised with an outrigger.
The Academy Award-winning “The Bridge on the River Kwai” was filmed on the Kelani near Kitulgala, although nothing remains now except the concrete foundations for the bridge (and, supposedly, the submerged train cars that plunged into the river in the climactic scene). Kitulgala is also a base for white-water rafting, which starts a few kilometres upstream.The agriculture around Kitulgala is typical of the hilly wet zone. The Sago Palm, Caryota urens, which is called Kitul in Sri Lanka, gives rise to the town’s name. Its sap is concentrated into a delicious syrup, not dissimilar to maple syrup, and crystallised as jaggery. It is also fermented to make toddy. The pith is used to make sago, and the fibres to make rope.Red Bananas in Kitulgala forestBananas of both red and yellow varieties are grown. The yellow bananas are only some 8 cm long, but are sweeter and tastier than the commercial strains available in the West. Rubber trees are also grown on the higher areas.Many birders stay at Kitulgala. This area has most of the rainforest bird species that are found at the World Biosphere Reserve at Sinharaja, although in lower numbers.
"Bentota"
Bentota Resort complex in a romantic rendezvous of river and sea with several hotels, railway stationa , post offices, shopping arcade, cafeteria and open air-theatre showing folk and mask dancing – with clusters of palms overlooking everything. Interesting boat trips to the hamlets bordering the river and the Meethiyagoda moonstone mines nearby. Most hotels have facilities for water sports.
"Galle"
Galle is the most important southern town with and old-world charm. Believed to be ” tarshish” of the bible, its natural harbour was a famous fort in days gone by. Famous for its Dutch fort, lace-making, embony carving and gem polishing.
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