Bentota
The area around Bentota gets a writeup in all the guides as a major resort area, specializing in package tours, although Bentota itself comes across as a nice enough place, and the beaches really are spectacular. We stopped here only to visit the Sea Turtles Project.
To Thalpe.


beach entrance
The beach at sunset
Galle Road, Aluthgama
Signposted from the Galle Road