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<ul>Madu Ganga about 17 km from Bentota is famous for a boat safari. Madu Ganga flows into Madu Lake before unleashing into the sea at Balapitiya. Madu Lake is an estuary connected with adjoining Randombe Lake by two narrow channels, forming a coastal wetland ecosystem of 915 ha, of which 770 ha of open water and 145 ha of islands.</br>
<br>Madu Ganga wetland consists of 303 species of plants including 19 endemics and 248 species of the vertebrate fauna of which 20 species are endemic.</br>
<br>Amarapura Nikaya, one of the three Buddhist sectors in the country held their first higher ordination ceremony on a fleet of boats anchored upon Madu Ganga in 1803.