– Bentota River Water Sports

The protected Bentota River estuary offers excellent conditions for jet skiing, water-skiing, wakeboarding, and windsurfing in a setting that is calmer than the open ocean but wide enough for an exhilarating run – with professional safety briefings and quality equipment provided as standard. Both experienced participants and complete beginners trying water sports for the first time find the Bentota River conditions ideal.

– Bentota Beach – Golden Shore Relaxation

Bentota’s wide, gently sloping beach of fine sand with clean, swimmable water and an unhurried, graceful beach atmosphere is one of the most beautiful on the west coast – an ideal afternoon setting after a morning of activity on the river. The combination of pristine water, palm-shaded beach, and excellent resort infrastructure makes Bentota the west coast’s most consistently satisfying beach destination.

– Madu River Mangrove Safari (Optional)

The Madu River wetland system, accessible in under an hour from Bentota, offers a gentle motorboat safari through mangrove tunnels, past Cinnamon Island and a Buddhist temple island, into a Ramsar-listed inland ecosystem of extraordinary natural richness. Adding a morning Madu River safari to a Bentota beach afternoon creates a day that combines the island’s most relaxing coastal pleasures with one of its most distinctive natural encounters.