Hikkaduwa City

Hikkaduwa er en badeby på den sydvestlige kyst af Sri Lanka. Den er kendt for sine stærke bølger og smukke strande, herunder den palmeprydede Hikkaduwa Beach, som er omgivet af restauranter og barer. Det lave vand ud for Hikkaduwa Beach beskytter Hikkaduwa National Park, som er et koralreservat og hjemsted for havskildpadder og eksotiske fisk. Inde i landet ligger Gangarama Maha Vihara, et buddhistisk tempel dekoreret med håndmalede vægmalerier.

Hikkaduwa Beach

I 1940 blev de klippefyldte småøer ved Hikkaduwa erklæret som et beskyttet område og begrænset til landområderne omkring disse klippeøer. I 1998 blev området opgraderet til naturreservat og senere til en nationalpark. De berømte Coral Gardens og Telwatte Bird Sanctuary er blandt de største attraktioner i Hikkaduwa, som ligger 98 km fra Colombo. Både udenlandske og lokale turister kommer for at opleve de berømte koralhaver i Hikkaduwa. For turister, der ikke ønsker at gå i vandet, er der både med glasbund, mens andre snorkler for at nå frem til revene fyldt med farverige koraller og rigt marineliv.

Hikkaduwa 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.

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