Lighthouse tours
- Lighthouses, do transport us to some mystical, adventurous & raucous age-old ship voyage with sailors swearing at each other but with a die-hard exploration, spirit blooming in their hearts. Ships, wrecks, explorers, the discovery of new lands, exotic stuff, tribal, talking parrots!
Sri Lanka is a hub of foreign trade since ancient times. The necessity of the lighthouses arises during the period of British rule in the country. Almost all the lighthouses were built at that period. However the development of the electronic navigation system role of lighthouses getting less and less important.
These tall majestic structures around the island’s coastline are provided panoramic views of scenic locations that cannot be matched with other scenic locations that encourage the visitors to feel the real natural all-embracing view of the Indian Ocean and fantastic beaches in Sri Lanka.
There are fourteen active lighthouses in Sri Lanka. Among them four lighthouses are international lighthouses, they are:
Barberyn (Beruwala) Lighthouse
Dondra Head Lighthouse
Little Basses Reef Lighthouse
Great Basses Reef Lighthouse
Other active lighthouses in Sri Lanka are:
Galle Lighthouse
Batticaloa Lighthouse
Colombo (new) Lighthouse
Colombo Southwest Breakwater Lighthouse
Colombo Pilot Station Lighthouse
Kankesanture lighthouse
Kevuliya / Round Island Lighthouse
Kovilan Point (Karaitivu Island) Lighthouse
Mannar Island /Talaimannar (New) Lighthouse
Oluvil lighthouse
- Lighthouses, do transport us to some mystical, adventurous & raucous age-old ship voyage with sailors swearing at each other but with a die-hard exploration, spirit blooming in their hearts. Ships, wrecks, explorers, the discovery of new lands, exotic stuff, tribal, talking parrots!
Sri Lanka is a hub of foreign trade since ancient times. The necessity of the lighthouses arises during the period of British rule in the country. Almost all the lighthouses were built at that period. However the development of the electronic navigation system role of lighthouses getting less and less important.
These tall majestic structures around the island’s coastline are provided panoramic views of scenic locations that cannot be matched with other scenic locations that encourage the visitors to feel the real natural all-embracing view of the Indian Ocean and fantastic beaches in Sri Lanka.
There are fourteen active lighthouses in Sri Lanka. Among them four lighthouses are international lighthouses, they are:
Barberyn (Beruwala) Lighthouse
Dondra Head Lighthouse
Little Basses Reef Lighthouse
Great Basses Reef Lighthouse
Other active lighthouses in Sri Lanka are:
Galle Lighthouse
Batticaloa Lighthouse
Colombo (new) Lighthouse
Colombo Southwest Breakwater Lighthouse
Colombo Pilot Station Lighthouse
Kankesanture lighthouse
Kevuliya / Round Island Lighthouse
Kovilan Point (Karaitivu Island) Lighthouse
Mannar Island /Talaimannar (New) Lighthouse
Oluvil lighthouse
Fantastic Activities in Lighthouse tours
Lighthouse, Talaimannar
MANNAR
Old lighthouse in Thalaimannar known as the Urumalai lighthouse... Read More
KKS, Point Pedro, Kovilan Point, Lighthouses
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- Same as the lighthouses in Galle and Dondra in...
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Batticaloa lighthouse
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- Batticaloa lighthouse was built in 1913 located near Batticaloa...
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Lighthouses, Oluvil and Sangamankanda Point
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Oluvil lighthouse was built in 1999. It was the... Read More
Great Basses Reef, Little Basses Reef, Lighthouses
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- “Maha Ravana” and “Kuda Ravana” lighthouses...
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