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Full Day Galle Highlights Tour
  • Tour Category

    Group Tour

  • Tour Types

    Nature, History, Sightseeing

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean

Description

Explore the colourful colonial city of Galle situated on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka. Enjoy a Balapitiya boat ride on the Madu River and visit the Turtle Hatchery Park, famous for its sea turtle conservation project. Walkthrough Bentota Beach and discover the Hikkaduwa coral reefs. Travel to the Tsunami Photo Museum that tells the story through photographs and newspaper features of that dreadful day in 2004 when the Indian Ocean tsunami struck Hikkaduwa and Sri Lanka. Explore Galle Fort and more on this day trip of the city. 

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    • Visit the Turtle Hatchery, established in 1988 to protect Sri Lanka’s turtles from extinction. 
    • Enjoy a Balapitiya boat ride on Madu Ganga along the country’s southern coast within the Galle District of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. 
    • Travel to the Mask Museum, well-known for the craft of mask production. 
    • Continue to the Moonstone Mine that supplies numerous varieties of invaluable rare gems, precious and semi-precious stones having different pigments such as Blue Sapphires, Yellow Sapphires, Alexandrite, Zircon or Tourmaline, Star Ruby, Star Sapphires, Amethyst, Garnets, Topaz or Quartz and more. 
    • Enjoy snorkelling and scuba diving in Bentota Beach and discover Hikkaduwa coral reefs.
    • Explore the Galle Dutch Fort in the Bay of Galle, built by the Portuguese in 1588 before being extensively fortified by the Dutch in the mid-1600s.
    • Move to the Tsunami Photo Museum.

    End of the tour. 

What's Included
  • Guide
  • Transportation
  • Entrance Tickets
  • Lunch
What's Excluded
  • Tips
  • Personal expenses
Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Adult
1 To 2 USD 65 Per Person

This is a group tour

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USD 65 / person