Mirissa City

Mirissa, en billedskøn bugtstrand på Sri Lankas sydlige kyst, ligger 146 km syd for Colombo. Mirissa kan nås via Colombo–Galle–Hambantota motorvejen samt Colombo–Galle–Matara sydlige kystjernbane. Et par kilometer forbi den smukke strand Weligama, næsten skjult af tætte lunde af kokospalmer langs bugten, ligger den vidunderlige strand Mirissa. Det er stranden til svømning, snorkling, sportsfiskeri, havkajak, bådture rundt i bugten og andre vandsportsaktiviteter.

Blåhvaler: Mirissa giver mulighed for at opleve en af de mest spændende marine attraktioner på Sri Lankas smukke strande – blåhvaler. I perioden fra december til april kan blåhvaler ses et par kilometer ude i havet ved Mirissa på en cirka 6 timers bådtur.

Mirissa landsby: Mirissa med sin bugt og fiskerihavn var engang blot en simpel fiskerlandsby, som bød besøgende velkommen på en måde, der fik det til at føles som en privat strand kun for dig. Det var før stedet blev opdaget af andre. I dag er Mirissa en landsby i udvikling.

Mirissa er også omtalt på TripAdvisor, Viator og GetYourGuide.

About Matara District

Matara is a city on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, 160 km from Colombo. It is one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka. The town contains many remnants of Sri Lanka is colonial past and is divided by the island?s third longest river, the Nilwala Ganga, Blue River a beautiful, wide expanse of water that splits the old town from the new.

In 16th and 18th centuries Matara was ruled by Portuguese and Dutch respectively. The culture and architecture can be still seen in the area. The popular Light house in point Dondra was built by Dutch and it is considered as one of the most beautiful and oldest light houses in Sri Lanka.

Matara is a city on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, 160 km from Colombo. It is one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka. The town contains many remnants of Sri Lanka?s colonial past and is divided by the island?s third longest river, the Nilwala Ganga, Blue River a beautiful, wide expanse of water that splits the old town from the new.

In 16th and 18th centuries Matara was ruled by Portuguese and Dutch respectively. The culture and architecture can be still seen in the area. The popular Light house in point Dondra was built by Dutch and it is considered as one of the most beautiful and oldest light houses in Sri Lanka.

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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