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Rekawa ligger cirka 10 km öster om kuststaden Tangalle på sydkusten. Sri Lankan Expeditions arbetar nära tillsammans med TCP (Turtle Conservation Project) i deras program ”Turtle Watch” på Rekawa-stranden, där besökare kan observera den uråldriga ritualen när sköldpaddor kommer upp på land för att lägga sina ägg. Detta banbrytande bevarandeprogram startades 1996 för att skydda havssköldpaddor i deras naturliga livsmiljö samtidigt som det ger en alternativ inkomstkälla för människor som tidigare var beroende av den olagliga insamlingen av sköldpadds­ägg. Fem av de sju välkända (men hotade) arterna av havssköldpaddor kommer för att häcka längs denna del av Sri Lankas kust, vilket gör platsen idealisk för att bevittna en av naturens mest fascinerande 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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