Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site Galle in a Day tour from Colombo

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Stop At: Galle Fort, Church Street, Galle 80000 Sri Lanka

Built by the Portuguese in the year 1588, Galle Fort was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. Situated by the ocean, this European architectural structure, today houses an eclectic mix of shops and quaint cafes. Spend a day there strolling around the cobbled streets lined with chic boutiques, souvenir shops, gems and jewellery stores, and home decor shops.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Ariyapala Mask Museum, 426 Main Street, Ambalangoda 80300 Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s traditional art and culture scene brims with uniqueness. Representing it in all authenticity for decades is Ambalangoda Mask Factory & Museum. Enter this haven of ancient culture and you’ll find intriguing masks staring at you. Along with two entire collections belonging to the Sanni Yakuma ritual and Kolam Dance, primitive tools used to carve these marks are also displayed here.The museum has a small library and a mask workshop as well. The mask library one of its kind in Sri Lanka. It has anthropological records of mask-making and the history of traditional performances that use masks.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Kosgoda Sea Turtle Conservation Project, 13A Galle Road, Kosgoda 80570 Sri Lanka

Here’s a welfare center that genuinely cares about these little creatures, even before they’re born. Today, six out of the seven species of sea turtles are endangered. And most of it is because of human exploitation of natural resources. Thankfully, this hatchery has taken the onus to protect them. They start with keeping an eye on the nesting mother turtles, bringing their eggs to the secure environment of the hatchery and finally releasing the baby turtles into the sea on the day of their birth. However, if there are complications, they tend to them and release them only once they’re fit to go into the vast ocean.

Duration: 45 minutes