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Sri Lanka is rightfully considered one of the most heavenly places on Earth. There are many beaches with a sandy shore, incredibly clear and clean water, shady palm trees and amazingly beautiful landscapes. Fans of exotic and active beach holidays should definitely visit this place.
The top ten included the best beaches in sri lanka for winter holidays. The rating is based on traveler reviews.
10 Bentota
Bentota beach – the most famous beach in Sri Lanka, is not a cheap vacation spot, as a rule, either newlyweds come here from all over the world for a romantic honeymoon, or wealthy people to celebrate round dates. Bentota is an ideal place for water sports.
9. Vaduvva
Vaduvva one of the ten best beaches in Sri Lanka. In this Sri Lankan resort you will find golden sandy beaches, coconut palms, diving centers, sailboats, surfing and other entertainment. During the dives, you can see the remains of sunken ships. Tennis courts and golf courses are specially equipped for vacationers. All hotels are comfortable. Fans of excursions will not be bored – they will be able to visit neighboring Kalutara with the Buddhist temple of Gangatilaka Vihara and the fishermen’s town of Hambantota, take a boat trip along the canals and capture local beauties.
8. Beruvella
Beruvella – the most premium beach resort in Sri Lanka. There are no guesthouses and, as a result, backpackers, but there are five-star hotels and expensive restaurants. On the beaches (they stretch from the city of Beruwala for more than 100 kilometers) there are umbrellas, sunbeds and tables on which dishes with fresh fruits flaunt. Many hotels have Ayurvedic and spa centers. In addition to Russians, wealthy families from India and the Netherlands often stop in Beruvella (after all, Ceylon was a Dutch colony for a long time). The beaches here are wonderful: white sand, clear azure water and palm trees. By the way, the waves here are low, and the water is warm all year round.
7. Negombo
Negombo – a long picturesque sandy and absolutely clean beach. Many comfortable hotels have been built here and a huge amount of entertainment is offered, both on land and on water: windsurfing, diving and kite surfing. The latter is quite relevant, since the sea here is usually restless and wavy.
6. Arugam Bay
Arugam Bay – one of the best beach resorts in Sri Lanka. This is a great place to relax, which, moreover, is one of the ten best places in the world for surfing. A huge sandy beach, safe even for inexperienced swimmers, extends to the high cliff of Crocodile Rock, from where you can often see wild elephants. Surrounded by jungle, Arugam Bay is surrounded by lakes and wet wetlands, which has created a special microclimate and low rainfall.
5. Hikkaduwa
Hikkaduwa – a huge and beautiful beach, it consists of several conditional parts. You can swim on it, but not everywhere, because somewhere there are very big waves, a joy for surfers, and somewhere there are fishing boats. The sand is wonderful, fluffy, the color of coffee with milk. Hikkavuda is very clean. On the coastline, among the palm trees, there are hotels and guesthouses, cafes and restaurants.
4. Dikwella
Dikwella – a small but very picturesque beach in Sri Lanka. Dikwella is one of the most peaceful, idyllic beaches on the island, where newlyweds do not mind: honeymoon will be stunningly beautiful and secluded. The length of the beach is 3 km. Dikwella Beach is one of those places where it is convenient and pleasant to swim. The western part is best suited for this, since the waves are relatively large in the center, and there are a lot of stones in the east. You can also go scuba diving here. There are practically no large hotels in the village of the same name: only one hotel complex and several guesthouses. Local cafes serve seafood dishes. The entire southern coast is very picturesque, it is indented with bays of all stripes, rocky in places, large boulders protrude onto the coast, against which waves break.
3. Tangale
Tangale – This is one of the most beautiful beach destinations in the south, while the resort, although well-known, is never oversaturated with tourists. The beaches here are very beautiful and very deserted, and sometimes you might think that there is no one but you on the long coast. But at the same time, this is one of the most unfortunate places for swimming because of the constant big waves, perhaps the most undulating in the entire south. This is just the perfect place for those who just want to enjoy the ocean and do nothing, but active people can find it very boring here. The tourist infrastructure is poorly developed here. There are plenty of hotels here, but there is no separate tourist area. There are few restaurants and cafes for tourists.
2. Mirissa
Mirissa one of the three best beaches in Sri Lanka. Mirissa is very beautiful, there is snow-white sand, palm trees hang over the ocean, it is green along the entire coast. The beach begins and ends with hills, as if limiting the territory. For lovers of walking, there is an opportunity to walk towards Matara, along the coastline for a very long time. On the way you will see 2 more coves with a calmer ocean, expensive hotels, a hill made entirely of iron ore. Just behind the hill is a village that is carved right into this hill, all red.
1. Unawatuna
Unawatuna completes the ranking of the best beaches in Sri Lanka. According to the Discovery Channel, this beach is one of the “top ten” best in the world. There are no large tourist complexes and fashionable hotels in the resort, most of the vacationers here are “savages” who come for a month or more. This is an absolutely safe place for swimming: the entire coast is sandy, there are no strong currents here, and the entrance to the sea is gentle. Once it was a wild beach, but tourists quickly made their way here, and in the high season it is quite crowded. True, this did not particularly affect the infrastructure of the beach. Of course, there were some beach cafes, umbrellas and sunbeds for rent, and even a shower and toilet. However, the feeling of “wild beach” persists to this day.