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Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Unawatuna

Unawatuna is a coastal town in Galle district of Sri Lanka. Unawatuna is a major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka and is known for its beach and corals. It is a suburb of Galle, about 5 kilometers southeast of the city center and approximately 108 kilometers south of Colombo. Unawatuna is situated at an elevation of 5 meters above sea level. Despite significant development in the last decade, it is still home to the endangered and endemic purple-faced langur, an usually shy monkey species that can only be found in Sri Lanka’s forests.

Unawatuna is rich in its biodiversity. Its greatest potential attraction for eco-tourism was the marshland or mangrove, Kadolana.

Over sixty species of endemic birds, including terns, egrets, herons, sandpipers and kingfishers, as well as rarer species such as the lesser whistling duck, the Asian palm swift, the white-breasted waterhen, the Loten’s sunbird and the black bittern have been sighted in the locality by the ornithologist, Clive Byers. These birds are mostly sighted in the remaining marshy area and Rumassala Hillock.

Off the coast of Unawatuna, beneath the Indian Ocean lies a number of coral reefs, shipwrecks, and a great variety of fish and turtles. The turtles still wade onto the shore to lay their nests and eggs, and at times, as if to lay first claim to the sandy shore now invaded by the tourists and dotted by restaurateurs, even go right into the beachfront restaurants.

The Rumassala coral reefs at the east end of the Galle Harbor attract divers but are now endangered due to possible port development. Eco treks in the shrub jungles of Rumassala are also available.

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Attractions

Japanese Peace Pagoda

Points of Interest & Landmarks

Unawatuna Beach

Beaches

Jungle Beach

Beaches

Unawatuna Devol Devalaya

Religious Sites

Mihiripenna Beach

Beaches

Number 11

Speciality Museums

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