Lagoon Boat Tour from Kalpitiya

Your boat ride will take you across the pristine waters of the Lagoon in Kalpitiya bordering the Wilpattu national park and towards the sand dunes and salt pans in a distance.

The lagoon boat tour from Kalpitiya will take you on a 4 hour journey along the calm and deep waters of the massive Puttalam lagoon which covers an extent of over 126 square miles. The lagoon water is saline and brackish while it is well fed by two rivers. You can spend hours witnessing the bio diversity that surrounds the lagoon while on your boat tour. The lagoon is surrounded by open forests, coconut palms, grasslands and even marshlands. The villages that surround the lagoon make a living by prawn fishing, salt production and rice cultivation while all can be witnessed. You can also enjoy some quality bird watching.

Includes:

• Four hours boat ride in the lagoon.
• Two hours boat ride especially for bird watching and observe the mangrove ecosystem.
• Accompanied by an expert naturalist + Binoculars.
• Picnic breakfast or lunch and water are included where applicable.

Excludes:

• Entrance tickets.
• Hotel pick-up and drop off.
• Food and drinks.
• Gratuities (Optional).

Experience:

Your boat ride will take you across the pristine waters of the Lagoon in Kalpitiya bordering the Wilpattu national park and towards the sand dunes and salt pans in a distance. The little fishing villages and local community living on the border of the lagoon and the stretch between the lagoon and the mighty ocean will let you see the hard work the locals put in to earn their livelihood from the locally available natural resources. From the small scale fishermen to the large scale fishermen who share the same space in the lagoon. Shrimp farms which are a booming business in the lagoon area of Kalpitiya can be seeing For Nature lovers young and old the time spent on the boat will give you a delightful surprise of the varied life in the Lagoon. One can have a closer look at the diversity of Flora, Fauna, and birds endemic and common creatures to the area that make the lagoon their habitat.