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A Dream Getaway at a Dickwella Beach Hotel

Sri Lanka is an island renowned for its tropical beauty, and the southern coastal town of Dickwella stands out as one of the most serene destinations. With its long, untouched beaches, crystal-clear waters, and a slow pace of life, Dickwella offers an escape from the busier tourist spots on the island. Choosing to stay at a Dickwella beach hotel ensures that you’ll experience the ultimate in comfort while enjoying one of Sri Lanka’s most tranquil beaches.

The Appeal of Dickwella

Located on the southern tip of Sri Lanka, Dickwella is a charming and lesser-known destination. Its main attraction is its beautiful beach, which is perfect for those seeking quiet and relaxation. Unlike other parts of Sri Lanka that can get crowded, Dickwella maintains a peaceful atmosphere year-round, offering long stretches of golden sand and calm waters ideal for swimming.

The nearby Dickwella Lagoon adds to the area’s allure, providing opportunities for kayaking and bird watching. The surrounding villages, with their rich cultural traditions, offer a glimpse into local Sri Lankan life, making Dickwella a perfect destination for both relaxation and exploration.

Stay in Style at Dickwella Resort & Spa

For visitors who wish to experience the ultimate in luxury, Dickwella Resort & Spa offers a world-class retreat nestled by the ocean. The resort’s rooms are spacious and well-appointed, with stunning views of the Indian Ocean and lush, tropical gardens. Every detail is designed to help guests relax and unwind, from the resort’s infinity pool overlooking the beach to its serene spa offering traditional Ayurvedic treatments.

A stay at Dickwella Resort & Spa is more than just a beach holiday; it’s a complete wellness experience. The resort offers yoga classes and meditation sessions to help guests reconnect with themselves, while the spa provides a wide range of treatments aimed at rejuvenating the body and mind. Whether you’re looking to unwind with a massage, take a peaceful walk along the beach, or simply relax by the pool, this resort offers it all.

Things to Do Around Your Dickwella Beach Hotel

While Dickwella is a haven for relaxation, there are plenty of activities to enjoy for those who want to explore the area. For water lovers, the calm, clear waters of Dickwella Beach make it an excellent spot for snorkeling and swimming. The nearby Hiriketiya Bay is a favorite among surfers, offering great waves for both beginners and experienced surfers alike.

One of the most fascinating cultural sites near Dickwella is the Wewurukannala Vihara Temple. This Buddhist temple is famous for its giant seated Buddha statue, the largest in Sri Lanka, standing at 160 feet tall. The temple complex also features a series of murals and statues that depict various stages of Buddhist teaching, offering visitors a deep dive into Sri Lanka’s spiritual history.

A day trip to nearby Tangalle, just a short drive away, provides even more opportunities for exploration. Tangalle is home to stunning beaches, wildlife sanctuaries, and a variety of eco-tourism activities that allow visitors to get up close to Sri Lanka’s unique flora and fauna.

Culinary Delights by the Beach

One of the most rewarding parts of staying at a Dickwella beach hotel is the food. Sri Lankan cuisine is known for its bold, complex flavors, and seafood is a staple in this coastal town. From grilled fish to spicy crab curries, every meal at Dickwella’s hotels and restaurants is a celebration of the island’s rich culinary traditions.

At Dickwella Resort & Spa, dining becomes an immersive experience, with meals served right by the beach. Whether you’re enjoying a casual lunch or a romantic dinner under the stars, the combination of fresh seafood, local spices, and ocean views make every bite unforgettable.

Wellness and Rejuvenation

For those seeking more than just a typical beach vacation, Dickwella is an ideal destination for wellness. Many of the Dickwella beach hotels in the area, including Dickwella Resort & Spa, offer wellness packages that focus on Ayurvedic treatments—an ancient Sri Lankan healing practice designed to balance the body, mind, and spirit. Guests can indulge in massage therapies, herbal baths, and personalized wellness programs that enhance overall well-being.

In addition to spa treatments, the natural environment of Dickwella promotes relaxation. The calm, quiet beaches are perfect for meditation or yoga, and the warm ocean breezes provide the ideal setting for anyone looking to disconnect and recharge.

Conclusion

Dickwella offers a unique, peaceful alternative to the more crowded beach destinations in Sri Lanka. Its combination of stunning natural beauty, luxurious accommodations, and cultural richness makes it an ideal choice for travelers seeking both relaxation and adventure. By staying at a Dickwella beach hotel, visitors can experience the best of this coastal paradise—from its pristine beaches to its world-class dining and wellness offerings. Whether you’re looking for a romantic escape, a wellness retreat, or a family-friendly holiday, Dickwella promises a truly unforgettable experience.

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SriLanka Buddhist temple Wewurukannala Temple 15 miles east of Matara is the town of Dikwella, where there is one of the most amazing Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka. The Wewurukannala Vihara temple is dominated by an image of a seated Buddha. It is 160ft high, the largest statue in all of Sri Lanka and dates back to the time of King Rajadhi (1782 – 1798) #wewurukannala#Buddhist #Temple#matara #dikwella #tangella #SriLankatravel #tourism #taxitransfer #trip #tourpackages #treveltosrilanka #Private #Airport #Transfers #Sightseeing & #Activities #All #Applicable #Taxes https://nawshadtourslanka.com #holidayinsrilanka #holidays #tourpackage #tours #ceylon #lanka #travelplan#tourplan #ocean #visitsrilanka (at Sri Lanka) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3zZSU9lMP2/?igshid=5q3bwh4f4k2u

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Man being stabbed in the mouth and head by demons. Wewurukannala Vihara Buddhist temple, Dikwela, Sri Lanka • via Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

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Kandy Festival, Sri Lanka

Day 01 – Arrive Colombo – Negambo   Arrive Colombo (Sri Lanka). Meet our representative upon arrival at Colombo airport and transfer to a hotel in Negambo. It is a famous fishing village that is equally proud of its Dutch fort and other Dutch period architecture. Overnight at the Negambo.

Day 02 – Negambo – Sigiriya This morning travel to Sigiriya (Approx. 145kms/ 04hours), home to the 5th-century UNESCO World Heritage listed Rock Fortress, also known as ‘Lion Rock’. The rock fortress was built by King Kashyapa and was named so because a massive lion was carved out of the rock and once sat at the entrance to the palace. Today only the lion’s paws remain. While here you can climb to the top for panoramic views of the area and explore the surrounding gardens.

In the afternoon take a jeep safari through the Kaudulla National Park, looking for elephants, deer, peacocks, boars, and many kinds of birds. Overnight at the Sigiriya.

Day 03 – Sigiriya – Polonnaruwa – Sigiriya Today visit the ancient kingdom of Polonnaruwa, a UNESCO World Heritage listed site. Polonnaruwa was the capital of Sri Lanka from 11th to the 12th centuries and is a well preserved city of stupas, frescoes and statues. While here, explore the Gal Viharaya, a magnificent group of rock temples consisting of four separate statues.

Explore the Vatadage, an ancient structure with elaborate stone carvings that are commonly placed at entrances to monastic buildings of ancient Sri Lanka. Return to the Sigiriya for overnight.

Day 04 – Sigiriya – Dambulla – Kandy After breakfast, travel to Kandy (Approx. 90kms/ 02 ½ hours) en route visit the Dambulla Rock Temple. Dating back to the 1st century BC, the temple is made up of five caves that have been converted into shrine rooms containing around 150 Buddha statues and colourful frescoes.

Continue your drive to Kandy and en route visit spice garden of Matale. Here cinnamon, cardamom, pepper creepers and other spice are grown. Learn about how to use spices in Sri Lankan cuisine and watch a cooking demonstration.

Upon arrival in Kandy, transfer to the hotel and later witness Kandy festival or Festival of Tooth. In this festival hundreds of musicians, dancers and other artists participate along with large numbers of Elephants who accompany them. Overnight at the Kandy.

Day 05 – Kandy (Festival of Tooth or Esala Perahera) This morning after breakfast, visit the Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens with a fine collection of over 4000 species of exotic plants and later visit the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, one of the most revered Buddhist sites in the world. The temple houses an important Buddhist Relic, a tooth of the Buddha. Stolen at his funeral, the tooth was smuggled into Sri Lanka hidden in the hair of a princess who fled from India. The relic of the tooth is kept in a two-storey shrine fronted by large elephant trunks. Explore the remains of the Royal Palace, now a museum.

Spend your another evening in Kandy festival. Interact with local people, watch cultural dance performance and try Sri Lanka food. Overnight at the Kandy.

Day 06 – Kandy – Nuwara Eliya After breakfast drive to Nuwara Eliya (Approx. 80kms/ 03hours). Visit a tea factory en-route to see how the world’s favorite drink is prepared. Nuwara Eliya resembles an old English town, complete with a lake, race track and well- kept lawns with hedges, an Anglican Church and an 18hole golf course.

Visit Hakgala Botanical Gardens, which houses an exotic collection of roses and ferns. Overnight at the Nuwara Eliya.

Day 07 – Nuwara Eliya – Udawalawe – Yala National Park   Today travel to the Elephant transit home located in Udawalawe National Park, where abandoned baby elephants are cared for before they are released into the Udawalawe National Park.

Later drive to Yala National Park (approx. 01 ½ hours) which is one of Sri Lanka’s premier eco-tourism destinations, where you can watch closely Leopard, Elephants and unique varieties of Birds. Evening is free for relaxation. Overnight at the Yala National Park.

Day 08 – Yala National Park   Enjoy morning and afternoon jeep safaris around the park, home to leopards, elephants and deer. One of the world’s largest populations of leopards can be found here.

Evening is free for relaxation. Overnight at the Yala National Park.

Day 09 – Yala National Park – Galle     Today after breakfast, drive to Galle (Approx. 185kms / 03hours) en route visit Hummanaya blow hole, the second largest of its kind in the world. Later, continue to Dikwella Wewurukannala Temple dominated by an image of a seated Buddha that is over 48m high.

Post visit drive along the coastline towards Galle. Stop along the way at Weligama to see the unique stilt shermen, an old tradition practiced by around 500 fishing families in the region. Each fisherman has a stilt and balances about 2m above the water. With one hand they hold the stilt and with the other they use their fishing rod.

Upon arrival, check in to the beach resort and spend your evening in leisure. Overnight at the Galle.

Day 10 – Galle Today after breakfast start city tour of Galle including the lighthouse and the Old Town. Also visit the UNESCO World Heritage listed Dutch Fort, the largest intact Dutch fort in Asia. Within the ramparts and stonewalls of Galle Fort outstanding buildings remain. The narrow streets are dotted with Dutch colonial villas, museums and antique shops.

In the afternoon, relax at your beach resort. Overnight at the Galle.

Day 11 – Galle – Colombo Today after breakfast travel to Colombo (Approx. 140kms/ 03 hours), en-route visiting Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery. The hatchery is home to Sri Lanka’s pioneering sea turtle conservation project, established in 1981 to protect Sri Lanka’s turtles.

Upon arrival in Colombo, start your city tour which includes Fort district, the historic center of the city. Wander through Pettah Market. Visit the Dutch Church of Wolfendhall dating back to 1749, Kelaniya Buddhist Temple, a major pilgrimage site for Buddhist devotees, and the Colombo and Natural History museums.

Late night you will be transferred to Colombo airport to board your flight for onward destination.

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Heights in Sri Lanka- II

Uncle Kalpa took us to another temple the following day, he described it as the Big Buddha Temple, it is actually called Wewurukannala Rajamaha Viharaya. We saw the head of a Buddha long before we reached the temple. Each set of stairs led to a second set opposite the last step, as we approached the next set of stairs, every time we saw vibrant artwork that told old myths of Sri Lanka.

After many staircases, we saw a glimmer of sunlight and the refreshing breeze gently touched our faces. When steady ourselves and looked up it occurred to me that the structure we were seeing was none other than the head of the big Buddha.

I learned something great that day. Each of the greatest moments I had at the top of each temple involved a great climb, often an exhausting one. There were caves at every stop.

Just like our journey to the top, life is the same. Any man who has had to start from scratch to get success started at the bottom of the stairs. As we did with the caves at each stop, every man has phased in their lives, it could be different jobs or different circumstances and each time just the different Buddhas we saw, everyone learns different things in each of their phases. I believe that if we had never stopped at the caves to learn what had been left there ages ago, our journey would not have been as enjoyable. Additionally, if I had refused to go up the stairs I would not have had my great moment of standing at the edge of 600 feet. If I had not stopped to look at the artwork or absorbed the old myths and gone up each staircase I would never have known the rare feeling of the standing at the head of the biggest seated Buddha in Sri Lanka.

I personally feel this was the outlook on life that the two temples were trying to teach us.

We spent the night sitting on the porch of the Uncle Kalpa’s house. We met a Canadian man who was also simply traveling like us. Even though he owned an entire island in Canada, he was also simply on a low budget trip hopping from one southern village to another, he told us that this simple life was more rewarding for him. The man went to sleep as he was leaving at the crack of dawn the following day.

Despite the exhaustion, the four of us did not feel sleepy so we sat there chatting with some drinks. Then I saw a flicker of light and looked over immediately and saw that there were fireflies. They were floating neon green fairy lights. I tried to take a picture but it did not appear on the camera the same way I saw it in my eyes. Not everything we see in pictures is a reality and not everything we see in reality can be displayed in pictures.

The next day, my friend and I were awake early in the morning and we went back to the porch. Our plan was to visit the beach but was downcast because the sky was gloomy spoiling out plans to get as tanned as a coconut shell. We saw a blue cloth that had blown away from the hung laundry at the house next door.

Then we saw it move, my friend and I stood up to see what it was and realized that it was a peacock. It came closer and I thought of my sister who loves peacocks and its feathers. I immediately took a video. Of course, as with most cases, I was unable to capture how large the wings were and how nicely the lost peacock took flight.

Just like the change in our feelings from sunless to thrill. We noticed that the weather was slowly changing. We decided to rush to the beach and hoping that despite getting lost in the jungle like roads of Dickwella.

When we, at last, got to the beach the sun was on full display. We saw gigantic waves that could swallow us up. We were filled with delight and we ran into the waves which triumphantly splashed on us and we were completely enfolded in cool refreshing salt water.

Around 3:00pm we were quite hungry, we went into a restaurant we spotted along the way. At this point let me note for you, why we went to Dickwella. We had initially planned to go hiking in the mountain fortress, which is filled with extremely tall trees. However, the train workers had gone on strike and we were unable to get tickets and Dickwella was a cheaper option.

We noticed a noticeable resemblance to the Sigiriya Lion rock in the restaurant, shaped like a treehouse. The owner of the restaurant greeted us and asked us to go to the top floor as it had a better view. He came to talk to us later, we told him about Sigiriya and immediately he revealed that Sigiriya was his inspiration for the interior and exterior of the restaurant. He said Sigiriya was his favorite part of the country.

Our crushed dream of climbing the Lion rock was granted to us in elements, we found Sigiriya in Dickwella when we entered the restaurant and we climbed countless steps up the rock temple. Our desires had been fulfilled in a way we had never thought possible and we were pleasantly surprised. This short holiday taught me many things, but the most important lesson was that no matter what twists and turns may come, to have faith in whichever path my life takes me. Who knows what pleasant surprises await, we will only know when we explore.  

If any of you readers would like to travel to Dickwella, you can either take the train or book a cab. There are a couple of guesthouses there. However, if you would like to choose from many low budget options I would recommend looking around on Airbnb.

If you have any other questions feel free to drop an email at culturalcoconut@gmail.com

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Wewurukannala Vihara, 15. Juni 2017

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14 needs to visit Sri Lanka

1. To get wild

Dive with blue whales in season or watch rewriter dolphins leap around in Kalpitiya. Sri Lanka also has 5,800 wild elephants ambling around and also the biggest concentration of leopards on the planet. See them in Yala national park, along with sloth bears as well as buffalo.

2. For cricket in Galle

Drowsy Galle is a place for grown-up backpackers, with Dutch colonial style, jewelry shops, ice cream parlours as well as a virtually complete lack of night life. It is likewise where to capture a global cricket match or have a knock around near an old ft.

3. There's a whole ministry for crab

Opened by two former nationwide cricket gamers in an old Dutch hospital, Colombo's Ministry of Crab offers knockout sweet, delicious and also spicy Sri Lankan crab in what is just one of the capital's most stunning structures. The dining establishment itself was likewise elected one of Asia's 50 finest dining establishments in 2014.

4. Get lost in caverns

The Dambulla Buddha caves are loaded with Buddha sculptures, cavern paintings and also are amazingly climatic.

5. See elephants

The kindest method to see elephants is by offering at an elephant shelter. Working Abroad has information on favorable projects around the country.

6. The trains are impossibly breathtaking

A freshly reopened train path from Colombo to Jaffna assures an eye-opening journey with Sri Lanka

The current reopening of the Yal Devi (Queen of Jaffna) Express offers site visitors to Sri Lanka with a possibility they have actually not had because 1990: to pass by train from Colombo to Jaffna.

The train trip in between Kandy and also Ella is additionally one to bear in mind.

7. They have the world's most adaptable treat

You can eat on receptacles for a tune. The recipe is made up of a thin, crepe-like batter that's instilled with coconut milk as well as seasonings as well as crisped right into a dish shape to hold fried eggs. It's versatile sufficient to serve as a breakfast meal, fast treat or hangover treatment based on your demands.

8. Tea and also an early morning walking

Sri Lanka is famous for its Ceylon tea. Stroll past lush green tea plantations on a four-hour expedition approximately Ella Rock for amazing views.

9. Hotels to obtain thrilled about

Plenty of new hotels have opened up just recently, consisting of a handful of coastline resorts, including contemporary KK Beach, with its own coastline club near Habaraduwa.

10 ... there's also one in a giant elephant

See the eco-lodge at Kumbuk River, bordering the Yala National forest. It's right in defining itself as "one of a kind".

11. A completely exotic Greggs

Fail to remember cheese lattices as well as limp sausage rolls, Perera as well as Sons market tasty Chinese rolls, samosas and delicious bites. They're actually almost everywhere yet cheap and extremely prominent in Sri Lanka.

12. To browse and also to event

In the south east of the island, Arugam Bay is a crescent of golden sand that offers barrelling breaks during summertime days and beach celebrations galore on balmy nights. In winter months, drag your board to Weligama.

13. It's 'India Lite'

It's so a lot easier to travel here than in India. Transactions go extra efficiently, things function and most importantly, trains and also aircrafts leave near sufficient on time. As well as there's a wonderful network of hotels, all of which you could reserve online.

14. For a vision of hell

Inside Wewurukannala Vihara holy place are designs of people being steamed active as well as sawn in half - eek! Site visitors need to initially stroll past these scaries prior to getting to a gigantic Buddha.

Useful Link: Travel to Sri Lanka

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Mirissa Beach, Sri Lanka

Mirissa Beach, Sri Lanka

Written by Terry and Maura McKenna – March 2017

Mirissa Beach

Visiting Sri Lanka in March, means the southern beaches are chosen as the beaches to relax and unwind. Our stay at Mirissa beach on the southern tip of Sri Lanka gave us another chance to dip our toes into the Indian Ocean.

First a stop at Budu Raja Maha Wehera Wewurukannala, Dickwella to view a 350 year old shrine, one of the largest…

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