Sri Lanka’s premier water sports destination – Bentota on the southwest coast combines a wide, beautiful beach with a sheltered river estuary that creates ideal conditions for a comprehensive range of water activities in a setting of genuine coastal elegance. This day tour is designed for travellers who want a full, active beach experience combining the energy of water sports with the pleasure of relaxation on one of the island’s finest resort coastlines.
Bentota River Water Sports – Jet Ski, Wakeboard & More
The Bentota River estuary offers protected, calm water ideal for jet skiing, water-skiing, wakeboarding, and windsurfing – a range of water sport options available at professional standards with safety briefings and equipment provided. The river setting, sheltered from the open ocean but wide enough for an exhilarating run, creates a water sports environment that suits both experienced participants and complete beginners trying board sports for the first time.
– Bentota Beach Relaxation & Coastal Swimming
Bentota’s wide, golden beach is one of the most beautiful on the west coast – a long, gently sloping shoreline of fine sand with clean, swimmable water and the kind of unhurried, graceful beach atmosphere that makes it the top choice of many Sri Lanka repeat visitors for a dedicated beach day. Afternoon beach relaxation here, after a morning of water sports, is one of Sri Lanka’s most straightforward and genuinely satisfying travel pleasures.
– Madu River Mangrove Boat Safari
The Madu River wetland system, accessible from Bentota in under an hour, offers a gentle motorboat safari through mangrove tunnels, past Cinnamon Island and a Buddhist temple island, and into the remarkable biodiversity of a Ramsar-listed inland wetland. Adding a morning Madu River safari to the Bentota beach afternoon creates a day that combines the island’s most relaxing coastal pleasures with one of its most distinctive natural experiences.
