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Whale watching/Dolphins
On this full-day combo tour through Mirissa, you’ll enjoy a scenic whale watching tour, followed by a visit to Galle Fort. Get a peek at bottle-nosed dolphins, killer whales, and the elusive blue whale, and tour the Dutch-built fortress along Sri Lanka’s southern coast. Only transportation is included, so you can decide what entry prices you’d like to choose.
One of the fastest growing tourism industries is the whale watching industry, and Sri Lanka is rapidly gaining fame in the whale -watching world for the opportunities to observe blue whales in at least two different locations between December and July.
The three main whale and dolphin watching areas in Sri Lanka are Mirissa in the south-west, Trincomalee in the north-east and Kalpitiya on the northwest coast. The most frequently targeted species of whale for whale watching in Sri Lanka is the blue whale, which can be observed off the coast of Mrissa between December and March, and off Trincomalee between March and July. Bryde’s whales and sperm whales are sometimes also opportunistically observed during trips that are focused on blue whales. Whale watching platforms range in size from small boats seating 4-6 passengers to large double-decked vessels taking up to 300 passengers.
