Three days on the south coast with a dawn boat out of Mirissa harbour and an afternoon inside the Galle ramparts.
A short coastal run for travellers with limited time, using the southern expressway to reach Mirissa in about three hours from Colombo. The boat leaves the harbour at 6.30am, when the water is flattest and the blue whales are feeding off the continental shelf. Afternoons are left open, with the Galle ramparts forty five minutes up the coast if you want a walk at sunset. Sightings run from November to April, and the boat does not operate outside that window.
A curved bay on the south coast in Matara District, with a working fishing harbour at the western end where the whale boats leave from. Swimming is safest between the headland and Parrot Rock. From November to April the harbour runs daily trips out to the shelf where blue whales feed.
Colombo to Mirissa is about three hours on the E01 expressway. The boat leaves the harbour at 6.30am.
The 6.30am boat from Mirissa harbour out to the continental shelf, roughly an hour offshore. Blue and sperm whales are the usual sightings, with spinner dolphins on most runs. Operates November to April only, and the crew turns back if the swell runs above two metres.
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LKR 38,500.00 / night
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