By Simon Payne MIRISSA, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan waters are considered a haven for the largest creatures ever to have lived, the blue whale, a rare place for a resident, year-round population to ...

Yet, something to include in your travel itineraries is responsibly watching whales in the South of Sri Lanka. We travelled from Galle to Koggala Airport which took less than 30 minutes in a ‘Pick-Me’ ...

Young birder Lahiru Walpita begins most of his days at dawn by scanning the skies for seabirds along the coastline in ...

In 2005, Mirissa, a small coastal town in southern Sri Lanka suddenly began grabbing headlines as a whale-watching hotspot and an ideal location to view blue whales.

Sri Lanka is famous as a popular spot for whale watching, especially blue whales. Trincomalee, Kalpitiya and the southern sea off Mirissa are the ideal locations. The commercial whale watching ...

The whale watching business is worth $2 billion but unfortunately successive policy makers have not focused on the development of this market just like the cruise Business said Chairman Sri Lanka ...

Impromptu trips to the beach, whale watching and more — slow it down at Mirissa Lose yourself to the charms of one of Sri Lanka’s most idyllic beach getaways Ashwin Rajagopalan Published 08.08.23, ...