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Rekawa ligger omkring 10 km øst for sydkysten byen Tangalla. Sri Lankan Expeditions arbejder tæt sammen med TCP (Turtle Conservation Project) i deres "Turtle Watch" program på Rekawa stranden, hvor besøgende kan observere den gamle ritual af havskildpadder, der kommer op på stranden og lægger æg. Dette banebrydende bevaringsprogram blev startet i 1996 for at beskytte havskildpadder i deres naturlige habitat, samtidig med at det giver et alternativt indtægtsgrundlag for folk, der tidligere var afhængige af ulovlig indsamling af skildpaddeæg. Fem ud af de syv arter af havskildpadder, der er kendte (men truede), kommer til at rede i denne del af Sri Lankas kyst, hvilket gør det til et ideelt sted at beundre en af naturens mest fascinerende processer!

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About Hambantota District

Hambantota is a rural town in southeastern coastal area of Sri Lanka. It is also the capital of the Hambantota District in the Southern Province of  Sri Lanka. Approximately 240 kms from Colombo, Hambantota is in the midst of transformation into a strategic port and commercial centre, undergoing extensive infrastructure development. Flanked by sweeping sandy beaches, Hambantota is a convenient location from which to visit nearby sights.

The Bundala National Park lays 20 km east of Hambantota and the Weerawila Sanctuary a little further off. The Ruhuna National Park and the Kataragama Temple are other attractions that can be accessed easily from this city.

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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