Unawatuna City

Unawatuna: Serene coastal town with golden sands, turquoise waters, and vibrant coral reefs for snorkeling and diving.

Unawatuna

Unawatuna ligger 140 km söder om Colombo i den södra kustzonen i Sri Lanka, nära hamnen i Galle.

Så här når du Unawatuna: Unawatuna kan nås via huvudvägen Colombo-Galle (A2) samt via den södra järnvägslinjen som går från Colombo till Matara via Galle.

Unawatuna-stranden, en pittoresk halvcirkelformad vik som inte sträcker sig mer än en kilometer, omges av palmer och avslutas av klippiga udder i båda ändar. Den imponerande stupan på toppen av den norra udden gör Unawatuna unik bland Sri Lankas andra stränder.

Dykning, snorkling och surfing i Unawatuna: Dykarskolor i Unawatuna hjälper turister att delta i dykning på stranden. Bland vrakdykningarna finns Lord Nelson, ett lastfartyg som sjönk för ungefär ett decennium sedan, och den 33 meter långa Rangoon. Snorkling och surfing utövas också i Unawatuna, även om inte lika mycket som på den närliggande Hikkaduwa-stranden.

Boende i Unawatuna: Unawatuna erbjuder boendealternativ från budget till mellanklass.

Unawatuna finns också med på TripAdvisor, Viator och GetYourGuide

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.