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O C E A N

I N D I A N

Vandeloos Bay

Passekudah Bay

Kalkudah Bay

Koddiyar Bay KalkudahVillage

Valaichchenai

Kumburumoolai

Yudaganawa

Ulannugeh

Panichchankeni

Okkampitiya Crocodile Lake

Siyambulanduwa

Galabede

Buttala

Passara

Buddama

Ekgaloya

Polowate

Sammanthurai

Padiyatalawa Mullegama

Dambana

Chenkalady

Mankerni

Vakarai

Kathiarveli

Verugal

Palathoppur

Kilaveddy

Kinniyai

Maligawila

Eravur

Karadiyanaru

Kattankudi

Cheddipalaiyam

Karativu

Tirrukkovil

Kumana

Magandena

Wadinagala

Kalmunai

Unnichchai

Kalkudah

Okanda

Panama

Komari

Bibile

Lahugala

Inginiyagala

Monaragala

Maha Oya

Ampara

Batticaloa

Mutur

(10km)

(25km)

Batticaloa

(98km)

To Mutur

Vihara

Velgam

(54km)

Habarana

Mahiyangana

(20km)

Vihara

Magul Maha

Forest Hermitage

Kudimbigala

Dimbulagala

Park

National

Park

National

Flood Plains

Yala Strict

Natural

Reserve

National Park

Maduru Oya

Lahugala

Park

National

Gal Oya

Sanctuary

Natural Reserve

Tirikonamadu

Chaitiya

Somawathiya

(558m)

Govindahela

(666m)

Wadinahela

Kokagala (687m)

Tank

Namal Oya

Aru Tank

Navakiri

Tank

Rugam

Unnichchai

Tank

Reservoir

Maduru Oya

Samudra

Senanayake

Lagoon

Uppar

Foul Point

Madura Oya

Wila Oya

Oya

kan

buk

Kum

Deegawapi

Rajamaha Viharaya

Seruwawila

(Army Camp)

Galge

Crocodile Rock

Peanut Farm

Monastery

Badullagama

Hermitage

Rock

Buddhangala

Viharaya

Nigala

Kotasera

Vihara

Dematal

Beach

Passekudah

Bay Beach

Kalkudah

See Inset

A2

A4

A5

A4

A5

A25

A22

A31

A26

A27

A11

A15

National Park

Island

Pigeon

Lighthouse Point

Arugam Bay

Park

National

Kumana

Pottuvil

Uppuveli

Nilaveli

Trincomalee

00 1 mile2 km

Scale

Approximate

0 20 miles

0 30 km

The East

Highlights

1 hanging ten on

the endless rights

of chilled-out surf

mecca Arugam Bay

(p232)

2 seeking out blue

whales and spinner

dolphins on boat

trips from Uppuveli

(p251) and Nilaveli

(p253)

3 Chasing a

skittish leopard – or

monitoring the

treetops for sleeping

cats – in Kumana

National Park

(p239)

4 snorkelling

or diving with reef

sharks around Pigeon

Island National Park

(p253)

5 Venturing up

a lost highway

past empty sandy

beaches, lagoons and

mangroves north of

Nilaveli (p255)

6 listening to the

quiet ripple of the

water and watching

rainbow-coloured

kingfishers flit

around mangroves

on Pottuvil Lagoon

(p237)

7 Napping in a

hammock on a hill

overlooking the sea

at Lighthouse Point

(p238)

8 exploring the

fortress, hindu

temples and sights

in the historic port

of Trincomalee

(p247)