Tangalle City
Strung out along one of the South's most stunning stretches of coastline, TANGALLE (or Tangalla) is among the region’s more developed beach destinations, with a string of simple guesthouses – and a handful of upmarket hotels and villas – dotted along the coves and beaches which line the oceanfront here.
Rekawa kilpkonnavaatluslaager
Rekawa asub umbes 10 km kaugusel lõunaosas asuvast lõunapoolse linna Tangalla lähedal. Sri Lankan Expeditions teeb tihedat koostööd TCP (Turtle Conservation Project) programmiga nende „Turtle Watch” projektis Rekawa rannal, kus külastajad saavad jälgida iidset rituaali, kus merikilpkonnad tulevad randa ja munevad mune. See uuenduslik looduskaitseprogramm alustati 1996. aastal, et kaitsta merikilpkonni nende looduslikus elupaigas, pakkudes samal ajal alternatiivset sissetulekuallikat inimestele, kes varem sõltusid ebaseaduslikust kilpkonnamunade kogumisest. Viis seitse tuntud (kuid ohustatud) merikilpkonna liiki tulevad pesitsema selle Sri Lanka rannikul oleva osa juurde, muutes selle ideaalseks kohaks imetleda üht looduse kõige põnevamat protsessi!
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.