Beira Lake Boat Routes

Beira Lake is the urban lake at the heart of Colombo — a colonial-era water body originally used for defence…

Diyatha Uyana Wetland Park

Diyatha Uyana (Waterside Park) is a beautifully landscaped urban wetland park along the Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte lakefront, providing one of…

Beddagana Wetland Park

Beddagana Wetland Park is a protected urban wetland immediately adjacent to the Colombo area, providing a remarkable natural habitat for…

Thalangama Wetlands

Thalangama Wetlands form part of the broader Kotte wetland complex east of Colombo — a network of natural marsh, grassland,…

Muthurajawela Marsh Reserve

Muthurajawela Marsh Reserve is the largest remaining coastal marsh ecosystem in the Western Province — a 3,068-hectare complex of tidal…

Wattala Coastal Lagoons

Wattala is a coastal suburb north of Colombo where the built environment meets the remnant coastal lagoon system of the…

Kelani River Estuary

The Kelani River estuary — where Sri Lanka's most economically significant river meets the Indian Ocean at the southern edge…

Uswetakeiyawa Beach

Uswetakeiyawa is a coastal community north of Colombo's urban fringe — a fishing village beach that represents the authentic northwestern…

Pamunugama Coastal Villages

Pamunugama is a coastal village north of Uswetakeiyawa, part of the Catholic Tamil and Sinhalese fishing belt that stretches from…

Negombo Lagoon Southern Edge

The southern edge of the Negombo Lagoon — the massive coastal lagoon north of Colombo accessible from the Hamilton Canal…