Day tour to galle with private car and chauffeur

Day tour to galle with private car and chauffeur

Pickup from Colombo and drive to Galle via southern express way less than two hours. Visit the Historic Dutch Fort in Galle and go for a walk. After that visit a turtle farm where stranded turtles are protected and many released back into the sea.

unawatuna beach

With palm-lined beaches, turquoise waters and a good selection of guesthouses and restaurants, Unawatuna is very popular with travellers.

moonstone mines

Moonstone Mine – Meetiyagoda Sri Lanka is famous for its precious gems and moonstones. Moonstones belong in the semi-precious category

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Stop At: Galle Fort, Church Street, Galle 80000 Sri Lanka

Day Tour of Galle

Pickup from Colombo and drive to Galle via southern express way less than two hours. Visit the Historic Dutch Fort in Galle and go for a walk. After that visit a turtle farm where stranded turtles are protected and many released back into the sea.

Next visit the Unawatuna beach, weligama stilt fishermen plying their trade. In the evening come back to Colombo and drop you in your hotel


Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Madu River, Nilwala River Safari, Bridge View, Custom Road, Balapitiya , Sri Lanka, Balapitiya 80550 Sri Lanka

Madu Ganga, Balapitiya - Sri Lanka. Here in Balapitiya lies Madu Ganga, the beautiful river that nestles alongside Whispering Waters. Madu river rich mangroves and more than 10 islands surrounding .We can say this is the best boat safari in srilanka .

Also the travelers can get tr-additional cinnamon cutting experience as well .

Time duration 01 and half hour to 03 Hours .

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Hikkaduwa Beach, Hikkaduwa 80240 Sri Lanka

Hikkaduwa National Park is one of the three marine national parks in Sri Lanka. The national park contains a fringing coral reef of high degree of biodiversity. The area was declared a wildlife sanctuary on May 18, 1979,

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Community Tsunami Museum, Galle Rd, Hikkaduwa 80240 Sri Lanka

Community Tsunami Museum is aimed educating communities on Tsunami and preserve the memories of 2004 Tsunami. This museum is the continuation of the efforts of Third Wave Volunteers lead by Dr. Alison Thompson (author of The Third Wave - A volunteer Story and the director of Film Third Wave).

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Kosgoda Sea Turtle Conservation Project, 13A Galle Road, Kosgoda 80570 Sri Lanka

Turtle hatcheries are good for the environment, save lives, and incredibly fun. There are a few lovely ones down the coast, especially in and around the Kosgoda ...

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Moonstone Mines, Mitiyagoda, Ambalangoda 80300 Sri Lanka

Meetiyagoda is just a couple of kilometres from the coast, midway between Ambalangoda and Hikkaduwa, sitting over the earth’s largest pegmatite vein of moonstone. The ten mines in Meetiyagoda are by far the world’s primary source of blue moonstones.

The term moonstone was originally coined by the ancient Greeks to describe a particular gemstone that seemed to hold the ethereal light of the moon in solid form. The stone is a member of the feldspar family, a combination of two species, orthoclase and albite, stacked in thin alternating layers. When light falls through these layers, it scatters in many directions, creating a phenomenon known as adularescence, named after Mt Adular in Switzerland, one of the first sources of moonstones. In fact, “adularia” is an ancient namefor moonstone. The finest of these moonstones have a clear, transparent body, with a strong blue adularescence. Moonstones are the most valuable of the feldspars, an average quality moonstone of five carats is comparable in value to a South Sea pearl of the same size. In spite of the relatively modest price of moonstones, the blue variety tends to fetch a higher price than those of other colours because of its rarity.

Moonstone deposits occur in the crystalline granite known as pegmatite, in magmatic rock deep below the surface, unlike the sapphires and the rubies, which are sedimentary surface deposits. To get to the moonstone, the miners of Meetiyagoda dig deep rectangular shafts down through the claylike kaolin topsoil to the weathering surface of the pegmatite.

These mineshafts are called yati illama, and are in actuality twin-shafts, each about 10m square; one for actual mining, and the other to constantly pump out the ground water that would otherwise fill the mineshaft. As the yati illama is dug, the sides are reinforced with coconut logs and lined with branches and leaves of the kekilla fern (Dicranopteris linearis); the latter acting as a sieve which holds back the dense soil while allowing ground water through, thereby reducing the overall pressure of the earth and allowing deeper mining than would otherwise have been possible.


Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Stilt Fishermen Sri Lanka, Koggala Sri Lanka

Stilt Fishing is one of the most interesting traditional fishing methods of Sri Lanka. Records indicate that it came into being just after World War II.

Stilts fishermen, Sri Lanka. Fishing with nets, Mexico. Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Unawatuna Beach, Unawatuna Sri Lanka

With palm-lined beaches, turquoise waters and a good selection of guesthouses and restaurants, Unawatuna is very popular with travelers.

Duration: 2 hours