Koggala linn

Asukoht: Koggala asub kilomeetreid lõuna pool Colombost Sri Lanka lõunaosas asuval rannaribal Sri Lankal.

Kuidas jõuda Koggalasse: Koggalasse pääseb Colombo-Galle-Matara põhiteed mööda (A2) ning samuti lõunaosa rannikuraudtee kaudu, mis ühendab Colombot ja Matarat.

Koggala küla ja rand: Koggala, küla, millel on imeline troopiline rand, on rikastatud ökoloogilise paradiisiga: maaliline Koggala järv tee ääres.

Koggala järv: Järv, millel on mitu väikest saart, pakub palju võimalusi linnuvaatlusks päikeseloojangul neile, kes on nautinud aega Koggala rannal. Järve ümbritsevad mitmed vürtsiaiad.

Martin Wickramasinghe rahvakultuuri muuseum: Koggala Martin Wickramasinghe rahvakultuuri muuseum, mis asub tee ääres, tutvustab haruldast kogumikku tööriistadest, nõudest ja instrumentidest, mida kasutati Sinhala tööstuses ja põllumajanduses, samuti rahvakunstis, rahvameditsiinis ja rahvariietes.

Purwarama tempel Kataluwas, Koggala: 5 km kaugusel Koggalast, Kataluwas, asub Purwarama tempel, mis on kuulus oma seinamaalingute poolest, mis kujutavad Buddhan varasemaid elu lugusid.

Handunugoda teeistandus: Handunugoda teeistandus, mis asub 4 km kaugusel Kataluwast, Koggalast, on üks väheseid madalal asuvaid teeistandusi, mis toodab kvaliteetset teed, nagu Sri Lanka keskmägedes.

Koggala on samuti esindatud 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 Galle. 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.