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Kandy
(75km)
Badulla
O C E A N
Bay
Portugal
I N D I A N
Saliyawewa
Ambalangoda
Beruwela
Town
Dharga
Udappuwa
Munneswaram
Akurala
Kotalawala
Veyangoda
Kochchikade
Sellankandal
Migahatenna
Udugama
Elpitiya
Kosgoda
Balapitiya
Makola
Ingiriya
Parakaduwa
Weliweriya Anguruwella
Marawila
Avissawella
Horana
Sri Jayawardenepura-Kotte
Wattala Kelaniya
MatugamaAgalawatta
Ja-Ela
Hunuwilagama
Kala Oya
Tantirimalai
Paymadu
Maragahawewa
Morawaka
Mt Lavinia
Maho
Katunayake
Padeniya
Madurankuli
Galgamuwa
Talawila
Panadura
Polgahawela
Wariyapola
Gampaha
Ratnapura
Kegalle
Kurunegala
Anuradhapura
Galle
Ahungala
Induruwa
Aluthgama
Kalutara
Wadduwa
COLOMBO
Waikkal
Mahawewa
Chilaw
Puttalam
Park
National
Hikkaduwa
Reserve
Forest
Sinharaja
Bar Reef
Karaitivu
Beach
Alankuda
Pamunugama
Oy
a
Maha
Ga
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Gin
Dutch
Bay
Malwatu Oya
Base
Air Force
Ratmalana
Airport
International
Bandaranaike
Panduwasnuwara
Yapahuwa
A17
A8
A2
A4 A4
A7
A21
A1
A1
A3
A6
A6
A10
A28
A12
Hikkaduwa
Brief Garden
Marsh
Muthurajawela
Negombo
Kalpitiya
Bentota
National Park
Wilpattu
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West Coast
Highlights
1 Scanning the
horizon for schools of
playful dolphins in the
waters off Kalpitiya
(p92)
2 Finding your
feet after a long
flight in charming
but ramshackle
Negombo (p86)
3 Feeling the stress
levels drop under the
palm trees of lovely
Bentota (p95),
and booking in for a
pampering in one of
the area’s boutique
hotels
4 Ticking off
egrets and herons
during a waterborne
birdwatching
safari through the
Muthurajawela
Marsh (p86)
5 Scouring the
undergrowth for
leopards and spotted
deer at Wilpattu
National Park
(p94)
6 getting all green-
fingered in the Brief
Garden (p95) near
Bentota
7 Raising a toast
to the sunset after
a hard day’s diving
and surfing in lively
Hikkaduwa (p98)
