Beautiful Beaches Around SRI LANKA

[MelbourneFC]

Mirissa looks to be very nice. I love that the pics show little development with streaches of long sandy beaches with few people on them. My wife's parents are from Mt Lavinia (migrated to Australia in 1967) and the pictures I have seen of the place look really nice.

Have to get to Sri Lanka. Really these days a trip there via AirAsia costs very little. My In laws are actaully thinking about living 6 months in Sri Lanka and 6 months here to avoid the Melbourne winter..

[Tiger Beer]

Originally Posted by PCK

skyprince the best beaches to visit in sri lanka are:
1.Hikkaduwa! (good nightlife too! the beach fest is on end of july)
2.bentota
3.balapitiya
4.mount lavinia beach (suburb of colombo...loads of restaurants and parties every weekend if your into that)
5.Galle face (colombo's beach...although parts of it is sealed off due to it being in the high security zone, the beach itself is still accesible!)
6. trincomalee beach (northeast of the country...marvellous almost untouched beaches..not sure if its safe enough yet but just check with a few operators if it is beacuse that area was not affected by the war)
7. Unawatuna beach (voted one of the best beaches in the world + lots of hotels in the area)
8.Arugam bay (near trincomalee...surfers paradise, one of the best in the world really..also check with operators)
9. Negombo beach..(its near the airport, well establised hotels in the area too)

check out this link for more info: http://www.info.lk/srilanka/srilanka...ofsrilanka.htm

please do ask us at the forum for any advice on places to visit or so on...and take loads of pics when ur done. ive enjoyed your other travels!

Hikkaduwa and mount lavinia beach sound interesting.

I really like the lively beaches with a lot of things going on.

From the photos though, they all look beautiful.

[Linguine]

Wow, lovely clean beaches with few tourists around...a piece of paradise indeed....