I will be travelling through Sri Lanka and mainly stay in the highlands and spend some days in a yoga retreat close to a lake in the south. So I will miss the beautiful beaches :-(
--> Does anyone have a tipp where I could spend one ore two days at the end of my journey AT A NICE BEACH from where the airport is somehow close or easy to reach?
My flight back leaves on november 10th, and I will reach the area coming from Dambulla.
The obvious place is Negombo as it is only about 10 kms from the airport, but I don't rate the beach. It certainly isn't what you would call a tropical paradise. I think it is dirty and untidy and sea doesn't look very inviting. However, many people stay here for a day or two at the start and/or end of their trip, me included.
There are some nicer beaches north of Negombo, but accommodation is limited and access without your own transport is not so easy.
South of Colombo is Mt Lavinia, but again I don't find this what you would call a tropical beach experience. The accomodation area is just like a town suburb and the beach is over the railway track. Unless of course you can afford the Mt Lavinia hotel.
I think you have to go well south to get a decent beach and then you are a fair way from the airport. A taxi can do it in a few hours if you are prepared to pay.
Dear simonhill, that's exactly what I s´thought, when I read about the beaches. Thank you for your point of view. I will probably skip this idea ;-) Kind regards Gabi
Thank you RadevNage, apparently the area around Colombo is not tooo inviting concerng beaches. Thank you for your feedback!
Hi HannahWoods, cool, a very specific recommondation. Thank you for your helpful feedback, will look it up.
