Kalpitiya is the newly establish tourism destination with consist pure tourism resources.Kalpitiya place 150km
north of the Colombo the Kalpital of Sri Lanka. It is also accessible within a
time frame of about 2 hours from the Bandaranaike International Airport
(Colombo) by surface travel. kalpitiya is one of the most beautiful and unadulterated
coastal areas in the country located in North Western province of Sri Lanka. Kalpitiya
is a peninsular that separates the Puttalam lagoon from the Indian Ocean and is
a marine sanctuary with a diversity of habitats ranging from bar reefs, flat
coastal plains, saltpans, mangroves swamps, salt marshes and vast sand dune
beaches.
There are 14 islands
around the kalpitiya peninsula.Namely;
- Baththalangunduwa
- Palliyawatta
- Vellai 1
- Vellai 2
- Vellai 3
- Uchchimunai
- Ippantive
- Periya Arichchalai
- Sina Aricchalai,Eramutivu
- Sinna Eramutive
- Eramutivu West
- Kakativu Mutwal(Duch Bay)
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Map of Kalpitiya peninsular |
