WESTERN PROVINCE / Kalutara
Rent a car and visit all main sights of Kalutara, Sri Lanka: temples, parks, malls, museums, art galleries, cafe, markets, hotels and other tourist places.
- Northern and southern parts of Kalutara city bridge over the river Kalu Ganga, the length of which is about half a kilometer.
- Kalutara surviving colonial architecture, remnants of the ruins of the Fort, home to a Temple Kalutara Chaitya.
- There are interesting and informative boat trips on the river Kalu Ganga in the interior of the island through a primitive jungle, and visits to a coconut plantation where you can see how to collect walkers Arak (the nectar of the coconut blossoms, which after that make an alcoholic beverage).
- Buddhist temple Kalutara Bodhiya, which has the largest hollow stupa in the World, as well as the sacred Bodhi tree. Every year in February, there is a Grand festival of Navam Perahera, which attracts thousands of pilgrims and tourists. The carnival procession is accompanied by elephants, dancers, and musicians.
- Popular tourist attraction in Kalutara is the Richmond Castle, built in the early twentieth century.
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