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 Schildpaddenobservatiekamp
Rekawa ligt ongeveer 10 km ten oosten van de stad de zuidkust in Tangalla. Sri Lankan Expeditions werkt nauw samen met de TCP (Turtle Conservation Project) in hun “Turtle Watch”-programma op het Rekawa-strand, waar bezoekers het oude ritueel van schildpadden die naar de kust komen om eieren te leggen, kunnen observeren. Dit baanbrekende natuurbeschermingsprogramma werd in 1996 gestart om zeeschildpadden in hun natuurlijke habitat te beschermen, terwijl het tegelijkertijd een alternatieve bron van inkomsten bood aan mensen die voorheen afhankelijk waren van de illegale verzameling van schildpaddeneieren. Vijf van de zeven bekende (maar bedreigde) soorten zeeschildpadden komen naar dit deel van de Sri Lankaanse kust om te broeden, wat het een ideale plek maakt om een van de meest fascinerende natuurlijke processen te bewonderen!
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.