Hikkaduwa linn

Hikkaduwa on mereäärne kuurortlinn Sri Lanka edelaosas. See on tuntud oma tugevate lainete ja kaunite randade poolest, sealhulgas palmidega ääristatud Hikkaduwa Beach, mille ääres asuvad restoranid ja baarid. Hikkaduwa Beachi vastas asuvad madalad veed kaitsevad Hikkaduwa rahvusparki, mis on korallide kaitseala ning merikilpkonnade ja eksootiliste kalade elupaik. Sisemaal asub Gangarama Maha Vihara, budistlik tempel, mida kaunistavad käsitsi maalitud seinamaalingud.

Hikkaduwa Beach

1940. aastal kuulutati Hikkaduwa kivised saarekesed kaitsealaks ning kaitse piirdus nende kiviste saarekeste maismaapiiridega. 1998. aastal tõsteti ala looduskaitseala staatusesse ja hiljem rahvuspargiks. Kuulsad Coral Gardens ja Telwatte linnukaitseala on Hikkaduwa peamised vaatamisväärsused, mis asub 98 km kaugusel Colombost. Nii välis- kui ka kohalikud turistid tulevad vaatama Hikkaduwa kuulsaid koralliaedu. Turistidele, kes ei soovi jalgu märjaks teha, on saadaval klaaspõhjaga paadid, samas kui teised snorgeldavad, et jõuda värvikirevate korallide ja rikkaliku mereelustikuga täidetud riffideni.

Hikkaduwa on samuti esile toodud TripAdvisoris, Viatoris ja GetYourGuide'is.

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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