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Japanese Peace Pagoda - Rumassala
Buddhist temple
Unique Buddhist temple with a circular deck for sweeping views of the ocean & surrounding landscape.
4.70 (2K reviews)
(~9.8 km from centre)
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Sea Turtle Hatchery - Habaraduwa
Animal protection organization
😠 Please, please never visit this place!!!
It was so incredibly terrible that we left crying.
We were there in the evening and thought it was already closed. A man came towards us and told us we could visit the reception center for 1500 LKR. We gave it to him and then he said exactly one sentence: "Th...
4.30 (1.9K reviews)
(~2.07 km from centre)
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The Long Beach Resort
Resort hotel
Relaxed rooms in a beach hideaway offering 2 outdoor pools, a spa & 2 restaurants.
$82/night
3.90 (1.8K reviews)
(~0.36 km from centre)
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Thalpe Beach
Tourist attraction
👍👍 One of the beautiful beach. Really we enjoyed with the kids. Best place for family. No deep beach side. Very clean. There is many parking place before you enter check the exact natural pool available in which parking. We paid 2000 rupees for bus parking and including 23 people for taking shower afte...
4.50 (1.5K reviews)
(~3.88 km from centre)
5
Sea Turtle Farm & Hatchery koggala
Animal protection organization
👍👍 Fantastic initiative to protect the Turtles 🐢 with a recuperation facility and a hatchery. Good explanation from the guide too.
4.40 (1.5K reviews)
(~1.22 km from centre)
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Jungle Beach, Unawatuna.
Public beach
👍👍 A place wanted to visit for long time...
Great view with more tourist attraction and most specially it has an adventurous route to get the beach through a jungle...
Near to the beach there's a Buddhist temple called "Japanese Peace Pagoda temple".
#Diving
#Swimming
#Paid parking
4.50 (1.5K reviews)
(~9.73 km from centre)
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Yatagala Raja Maha Viharaya
Buddhist temple
Old Buddhist temple complex built into rock formations featuring many statues & a serene atmosphere.
4.70 (659 reviews)
(~7.83 km from centre)
9
Stilt Fisherman
Fishing pier
Beach with local fishermen on top of stick crosses demonstrating on-water stilt fishing.
3.80 (444 reviews)
(~0.93 km from centre)
10
Handunugoda Tea Estate
Tea manufacturer
Displays of old tea machinery, tastings & horseback rides on the grounds of a tea plantation.
4.30 (360 reviews)
(~5.18 km from centre)
11
Welle Devalaya
Place of worship
👍👍 Peaceful location. Not very crowded. Next to the Araliya Beach hotel.. Having a glorious and wonderful history at this place and lots of devotees visiting during the festival period this temple .Keep clean and nice and control your self in this sacred land.
4.60 (335 reviews)
(~8.88 km from centre)
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Dream Cabana - Rooms, Restaurant, Rope Swing
Restaurant
😠 If you read any of this review, please know that I'd highly recommend AVOIDING this venue at all costs.
The main reason we went here was to try the rope swing. Note that there are several places nearby and along the coast that have rope swings -- so you have options.
The place is a bit hard to fin...
$36/night
4.50 (264 reviews)
(~7.02 km from centre)
14
Natural Pool Thalpe
Tourist attraction
😠 Unfortunately I can’t recommend visiting this place. In real looked quite different than on the pictures plus the beach and surroundings were full of trash! A local guy also out of the sudden charged only us(tourists) for parking, where you don’t find any sign or info about it 🥴
It anyway seemed li...
4.40 (214 reviews)
(~4.07 km from centre)
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Unawatuna Beach
Tourist attraction
👍👍 On this list of best beaches in Sri Lanka, a name sure to appear is Unawatuna Beach. Just an hour away from Sri Lanka’s capital city, Colombo, this beach is a heaven for beach bums. With fancy restaurants, bars, shacks, beach properties, shopping streets and fun activities worth engaging in that are...
4.40 (119 reviews)
(~8.74 km from centre)
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Kabalana beach
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Lesser known and very peaceful beach ideal for relaxing. not suitable for surfing.
4.60 (101 reviews)
(~3.34 km from centre)
18
The Frog Rock
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Frog Rock in Unawatuna is a stunning landmark that is a must-visit for any traveler in the area. This unique rock formation, which resembles a giant frog.
4.60 (98 reviews)
(~6.79 km from centre)
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Midigama Right
Vista point
👍👍 Hidden, peaceful and great bay! I like the colors here 🧡
4.50 (97 reviews)
(~7.32 km from centre)
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Habaraduwa Beach හබරාදුව වෙරළ තීරය
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Very nice and clean beautiful sandy beach it is good for surfing by beautiful waves good for children to play with sand very clean there aren't any garbage very smooth sand everybody come and enjoy by your children's
4.70 (96 reviews)
(~1.89 km from centre)