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14 Mar

Martin Wickramasinghe Museum

Often celebrated for writing the first novel in Sinhala, Martin Wickramasinghe once lived in this small house turned museum. It is worth a visit to gain an insight into his life, as well as a glimpse into southern Sri Lankan culture and history.

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13 Mar

Whale watching from Mirissa

In recent years, Sri Lanka has become known as one of the best places in the world to see blue whales. Thirteen nautical miles off the coast of Mirissa there is a deep oceanic trench which the world’s largest mammals travel along. On a trip from Mirissa harbour, it is also possible to see sperm whales, Bryde’s whales and dolphins.

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17 Aug

Diving and snorkelling – Mirissa and Unawatuna

There are some excellent diving and snorkelling spots (both reefs and wrecks) off the coast of Unawatuna and Mirissa. There are diving centres in both places which offer half day or full day trips. The ocean is at its clearest between January and April.

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17 Aug

Galle Fort

The peninsula where Galle Fort now sits has been occupied by different powers over the centuries. A Sinhala king once had spice warehouses here, then in the 16th century the Portuguese built the first Fort which the Dutch took over and re-built in the 17th century. It fell into British hands in 1796 until Independence in 1948. Today the impressive rampart walls date mainly from the Dutch period with only a small Portuguese section remaining. It well-worth taking a walk around this UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to a vibrant, multi-faith community.

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17 Aug

Temples

The majority of the southern population of Sri Lanka is Buddhist and almost every village is home to a white-washed stupa. Thought to date back to the thirteenth century, the Kataluwa Purwarama temple is a particularly impressive one inland from Koggala. The shrine room is decorated with beautifully restored narrative fresco paintings, some of which show Dutch colonials in Sri Lanka. Unusually, one of the oldest printing presses in Sri Lanka also resides here.

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