Unawatuna City

Unawatuna: Serene coastal town with golden sands, turquoise waters, and vibrant coral reefs for snorkeling and diving.

Unawatuna

Unawatuna ligger 140 km syd for Colombo i den sydlige kyststrækning af Sri Lanka, tæt på havnen i Galle.

Sådan kommer du til Unawatuna: Unawatuna kan nås via den vigtigste motorvej Colombo-Galle (A2) samt den sydlige jernbanelinje, der løber fra Colombo til Matara via Galle.

Unawatuna-stranden, den maleriske halvcirkelformede bugt, der ikke strækker sig mere end en kilometer, er omgivet af palmeskove og afsluttes af klippefremspring i begge ender. Den pragtfulde stupa på toppen af den nordlige klippefremspring gør Unawatuna unik blandt Sri Lankas andre strande.

Dykning, snorkling og surfing i Unawatuna: Dykkerskoler i Unawatuna hjælper turister med at engagere sig i dykning på stranden. Blandt vragdykningerne er Lord Nelson, et lastskib, der blev forlist for omkring et årti siden, og 33 meter lange Rangoon. Snorkling og surfing udføres også i Unawatuna, men ikke så omfattende som på den nærliggende Hikkaduwa strand.

Indkvartering i Unawatuna: Unawatuna tilbyder indkvartering fra budget til mellemliggende prisklasser.

Unawatuna er også omtalt på TripAdvisor, Viator og GetYourGuide

About Galle District

Galle is a city situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km from Colombo.Galle is the best example of a fortified city built by Europeans in south and Southeast Asia, showing the interaction between European architectural styles and south Asian traditions. The Galle fort is a world heritage site and the largest remaining fortress in Asia built by European occupiers.

Galle is a sizeable town, by Sri Lankan standards, and has a population of 91,000, the majority of whom are of Sinhalese ethnicity. There is also a large Sri Lankan Moor minority, particularly in the fort area, which descend from Arab merchants that settled in the ancient port of Galle.

About Southern Province

The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is a small geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this region.

Important landmarks of the Southern Province include the wildlife sanctuaries of the Yala and Udawalawe National Parks, the holy city of Kataragama, and the ancient cities of Tissamaharama, Kirinda and Galle. (Although Galle is an ancient city, almost nothing survives from before the Portuguese invasion.) During the Portuguese period there were two famous Sinhalese poets called Andare who was from Dickwella and Gajaman Nona who was from Denipitiya in Matara District, composing poems on common man.