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  • Adventures & Experiences - Classic Cultural Trips with a Twist - Wildlife Encounters with Specialists – Handpicked, small , unique accommodations - Meeting real local people – Lessor known highlights
  • Adventures & Experiences - Classic Cultural Trips with a Twist - Wildlife Encounters with Specialists – Handpicked, small , unique accommodations - Meeting real local people – Lessor known highlights
  • Adventures & Experiences - Classic Cultural Trips with a Twist - Wildlife Encounters with Specialists – Handpicked, small , unique accommodations - Meeting real local people – Lessor known highlights
  • Adventures & Experiences - Classic Cultural Trips with a Twist - Wildlife Encounters with Specialists – Handpicked, small , unique accommodations - Meeting real local people – Lessor known highlights
  • Adventures & Experiences - Classic Cultural Trips with a Twist - Wildlife Encounters with Specialists – Handpicked, small , unique accommodations - Meeting real local people – Lessor known highlights
  • Adventures & Experiences - Classic Cultural Trips with a Twist - Wildlife Encounters with Specialists – Handpicked, small , unique accommodations - Meeting real local people – Lessor known highlights
  • Adventures & Experiences - Classic Cultural Trips with a Twist - Wildlife Encounters with Specialists – Handpicked, small , unique accommodations - Meeting real local people – Lessor known highlights

Lagoon Fishing in Negombo

Quick Facts

  • Availability : throughout the year.
    arrival and departure transport from any location could be arranged on request at an additional cost.
  • Start time : 8.30 a.m. (a suggested time as exploring Negombo is a 5 to 6 hour programme which can be cut short to suit your travel plans).
    Safety briefing and orientation will be done prior to the excursion.
  • You will be picked up from any city hotel in and around Negombo.

 

Why should you book this trip?

  • Close proximity to the Bandaranaike International Airport (15 kilometres), makes it easy to

  • add lagoon fishing in Negombo to your bucket list – either at the start or end of your stay in Sri Lanka.

  • The great stretches of beach and colonial sites are additional “things to do in Negombo”.

  • Within short distances, you can enjoy the tour getting about in a tuk tuk.

  • You can sail in a catamaran with local fishermen and experience traditional ways of lagoon fishing.

  • Visit the well known ‘Lellama’ fish market and buy fish of your choice and enjoy lunch with your catch/fish bought at ‘Lellama’ which will be prepared at a a reputed restaurant.

  • You will be able to explore the famous Negombo Lagoon where varieties of crabs, lobsters and fish are aplenty.

  • You will get to observe the lifestyle of the local fishing community people making their livelihood in fisheries, working collectively and individually.

  • Enjoy experiencing the coastal belt Negombo alongside her lagoon wetland with a unique biodiversity of fauna and flora.

  • An experienced and knowledgeable local guide will be with you for the entirety of the tour.

 

Included in the price

  • Lifejackets and all necessary equipment for boat rides and fishing

  • Boats/catamarans charges

  • Tuk tuk charges

  • Well experienced local guide to accompany and assist

  • Special seafood lunch

  • Water and snacks

  • All applicable Government taxes

  • All Government and other stakeholder approvals

 

Excluded

  • Transportation to and from starting point

  • Extra food and beverages consumed

  • Any tips to the staff

 

Tour in brief

  • Starts with a thrilling catamaran ride into the Indian Ocean and watching traditional ways of fishing and experimenting with lagoon fishing.
  • This will be followed by a visit to the busy Negombo fish market called the ‘Lellama’ located close to the Dutch Fort. Take in the vibrant community singing, shouting and getting on with business which starts from around 3.00 a.m., and indulge in buying your own selection of fish - to add to the lunch seafood platter.
  • Come lunchtime, you will be taken to a restaurant where you can either watch the chef prepare the seafood platter for you or you can join him in cooking the fish yourself.
  • Your city visit will be done during this time as well.
  • After a sumptuous lunch, you will set off for a boat ride in the Negombo Lagoon, which is a labyrinth of rivers and a canal system. The lagoon has an expansive mangrove swamp with its inhabitants of water birds such as herons, terns, cormorants and shorebirds.
  • Transfers in between sites are done in a tuk-tuk giving you the chance to see and interact with the local communities.

 

Important

  • Personal effects for warm, windy, rainy conditions should be carried.

  • Sunscreen lotion and insect repellant are recommended items to carry.

Diving in Negombo

Quick Facts

  • Availability : November to April (off monsoon season)

  • Starting times : 9.00 a.m. (we suggest this as the ideal time)

  • Duration : 3 to 4 hours
    Transfer arrangements to be picked up and dropped off to any preferred destination maybe provided on prior request

  • Meeting point : you may directly come to the dive station or a location maybe chosen to meet with our staff

  • Please note: the option to extend the activity with accommodation and other activities, such as fishing or water sports in Negombo, can be arranged.

Negombo is a coastal town with the Indian Ocean lapping on her shores.  It is a favoured spot as a Sri Lanka diving tour destination. Visiting Negombo during the off monsoon season is ideal for diving and plunging into a world of marine life – with many diving sites to choose from. Ship wrecks are a plus to be seen too.

 

Why should you book this trip?

  • Close proximity to the Bandaranaike International Airport (15 kilometres), makes it easy to add diving in Negombo to your bucket list – either at the start or end of your stay in Sri Lanka.

  • The landscape of the shore and ocean in Negombo makes it ideal for diving. The relative calm during the season offers you the opportunity to see diverse and vivid marine life. Schools of Barracuda, Blue Stripe Snappers, Honey Comb Moray, Oriental Sweet Lips and Yellow Jack, are just some of the fish that could be seen.

  • Diving in Negombo means seeing fantastic shipwrecks as well, such as: Wreck Chief Dragon, Taprobane wreck, and Aircraft carrier wreck of 1945 – to name a few.

  • You will be led by an experienced diver master with over thirty years’ experience and in depth knowledge of the area.

  • Negombo has prized herself remaining relatively unspoilt and tranquil - despite visited by many tourists.

 

Included in the price

  • Professional instructor

  • Boat fees and wages for the boatman

  • All snacks and refreshments

  • Government tax

 

Excluded

  • Any transportation

  • Any tips to the staff

 

Tour in brief

  • Get in touch with your sales consultant as soon as the booking is confirmed - to be advised on the meeting point.  

  • You will be met by the excursion leader at this point. After the documentation, safety briefing and equipment check, we will lead you to your preferred dive sites.

  • Please note that Negombo diving sites are categorised by rims, based on the distance from the shore. You may pick the sites you prefer by referring to the bottom of this page. Should you require any assistance, we can put you in touch with our diving experts.

  • All essential equipment is provided with the assurance of being well maintained and serviced.

  • You will be led by fully-trained and experienced UDI and PADI instructors.

 

Important

  • The above packages are only for experienced divers with a valid international licence (such as PADI).

  • Insect repellent, insect bite cream and sun lotion are recommended items to carry.

Our Service Values

Exclusive  Experiences
It’s all about what you will be doing. 

We take pride in offering the exclusive and unique experiences going beyond just the tourist highlights. We believe that no two persons on this earth could be the same, so therefore no holiday created should be the same too. With our unparalleled access to all the hidden corners, we don't merely create holidays, we design experiences that money can’t buy.  

Genuine Encounters
It’s all about whom you are meeting.

Our tours are designed to grant you an intimate peak into the country and meeting real local people. With our special relationships cultivated over the years, our tours offer access into villages and homes to provide truly unique perspectives. This is something we are really specialized in. You do things together, share a meal or take part in a religious ritual; you become their guest but not a paid tourist.     

Spaces with Character
It’s about where you are staying. 

Our handpicked accommodations are way different to large chain hotels with conventional star ratings. We offers small properties with quality, character, ambiance and run by passionate people. The range does not limit to “hotels” and goes into Tented Camps, Lodges, Home Stays, Colonial Bungalows, Luxury Boutique Properties as well as Tree Houses that have won multiple awards and plaudits.


Passionate Sustainability
It’s about how we do things. 

We believe that the sustainability and conservation approach in tourism is not merely an option but a way of life. While offering you unique, unconventional experiences and encounters, we strive to stay conscious of the sustainability of our habitat, people and culture. You wouldn’t find the Elephant Orphanage, animal rides or shows, or any other experiences that exploit people or animals in our programmes.

 

Experiences Sri Lanka

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Our Locations

Sri Lanka is an island that promises many types of adventures to suit visitors with various interests, made possible by our diverse local people who act as guides and hosts.

Sri Lanka’s diverse topography and our connectivity with each location, our professionalism and our exceptional attitude towards service make us an outstanding provider of activities and experiences in the region.    

     

One of the many attractions of the country is that you can do many activities in a very short time span, without having to travel long distances from one activity location to another. For example, you could do a rainforest walk in the morning, a whitewater-rafting trip by noon, and do a leisurely stroll on the beach in the evening, all on the same day!

 

 

Our stories in motion 


 

Why we do not promote following attractions

You may find that we have not included certain common tourist attractions that are generally found in other programme designs; namely, the turtle hatcheries on the southern coast, the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, the Habarana elephant rides and the Bullock Cart Trail. These are not included due to conservation and ethical reasons.

 

Turtle Hatcheries

We do not encourage our visitors to patronize the turtle hatcheries as this concept has serious negative aspects in terms of conservation. We encourage visitors to observe turtles in their natural habitats. For further information check the link below. 
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Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage

We do not encourage our clients to visit the above either. We do not agree with the concept of how the establishment is run. We are happy to see that even the Born Free Foundation has now taken a similar stand. 

Elephant back rides – Habarana
We have concerns about the way this is being done. However, there may be a few ethical operators but in general, we do not agree with the “working hours”, how they give rest to the animals, trails they use etc.

Traditional village tour with a canoe trip and bullock carts – Habarana
This is an extremely commercialized touristic operation where a lot is “staged”. We encourage the visitors to have less touristic experiences and instead experience the real Sri Lanka.

 

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Contact Us
Eco Team (Pvt) Ltd,
No: 20/63, Fairfield Garden,
Colombo 08, Sri Lanka
 
[P] : (+94) 70 222 8 222
Office Hours :
0830 - 1730 hrs
 
 
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