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Whale watching in Mirissa is one of the most exciting water activities you can do in Sri Lanka during your holiday.
• Mirissa is the best place to start your whale watching tour in Sri Lanka.
• you can see Blue whales, Bryde´s whales, Sperm whales, Fin whales, sometimes Killer whales, Sometimes you can see turtles and various fish species
• Visit the Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery to see endangered sea turtles
Additional Info
Duration: 1 day
Starts: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Whale watching in Mirissa is one of the most exciting water activities you can do in Sri Lanka during your holiday.
• Mirissa is the best place to start your whale watching tour in Sri Lanka.
• you can see Blue whales, Bryde´s whales, Sperm whales, Fin whales, sometimes Killer whales, Sometimes you can see turtles and various fish species
• Visit the Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery to see endangered sea turtles
Early in the morning around 3 A.M pick up from Colombo or 2 A.M pick up from Negombo hotel and transfer to Mirissa – Approximately 2 ½ hours drive Ensure that you bring a packed breakfast with you if you are unable to have your meal at the hotel.
Afterwards assist you to seat in the Whale Safari boat. The boat leave Mirissa harbor for Whale Safari at 06.00 AM. Boat safari tour take approximately 05 to 08 hours.(depends on spotting of whales and wish of our passengers).
Once you come back to the shore our driver will guide you the Beach Restaurant for a delicious lunch. After lunch you can have a walk on the beach.
Later that evening next Step of the Tour will Be Madu River in Balapitiya for Boat Ride. This one-hour tour takes you on a boat safari through the primitive depths of the mangrove marshes in Madu River.Traverse the dark and dangerous caverns formed by the thick mangrove forests; interspersed with bright open stretches of water. Learn more about mangroves and their positive effect on ecology. Get a chance to see crocodiles, water snakes, tree snakes and wild boars in their natural habitat. Watch the cormorants; storks and many other avian life hunt for their prey in swift flow of Madu River. View the pots for catching prawn and shrimp left in some of the shallower areas of the river. Visit the old Buddhist temple on one of the islands that dot the river liberally. Stop by another of the islands; which are the source of the cinnamon industry of Sri Lanka. Purchase some fresh, high quality cinnamon to take home as a souvenir. Make sure to visit the outdoor fish massage parlor, where you can dangle your feet into a fenced part of the river to get treated by the massage fish. You will have to pay for your ticket for the fish massage Therapy.
en-route visit the auyrvedic herbal and Spice Garden where all the herbs have detailed descriptions.also you can enjoy 10 minutes ayurvedic head massage.
Late in the afternoon, you will visit a turtle hatchery in induruwa. Here, these almost extinct turtles are breed and cared for. Visitors can see the new born turtles and even be a part of the process of releasing them into the sea.
You will be taken back to your hotel or airport at the end of the tour.
