Lighthouse tours

Rootcategory Sightseeing
Name Lighthouse tours
Title 1
Id 22
Created 2/2/19, 2:18 PM

Brief

<ul><i><b>Lighthouses, do transport us to some mystical, adventurous & raucous age-old ship voyage with sailors swearing at each other but with a die-hard exploration, spirit blooming in their hearts. Ships, wrecks, explorers, the discovery of new lands, exotic stuff, tribal, talking parrots!</i></b></br>
<br>Sri Lanka is a hub of foreign trade since ancient times. The necessity of the lighthouses arises during the period of British rule in the country. Almost all the lighthouses were built at that period. However the development of the electronic navigation system role of lighthouses getting less and less important.</br>
<br>These tall majestic structures around the island’s coastline are provided panoramic views of scenic locations that cannot be matched with other scenic locations that encourage the visitors to feel the real natural all-embracing view of the Indian Ocean and fantastic beaches in Sri Lanka.</br>
<br>There are fourteen active lighthouses in Sri Lanka. Among them four lighthouses are international lighthouses, they are:</br>

<br>Barberyn (Beruwala) Lighthouse</br>

<br>Dondra Head Lighthouse</br>

<br>Little Basses Reef Lighthouse</br>

<br>Great Basses Reef Lighthouse</br>

<br>Other active lighthouses in Sri Lanka are:</br>

<br>Galle Lighthouse</br>

<br>Batticaloa Lighthouse</br>

<br>Colombo (new) Lighthouse</br>

<br>Colombo Southwest Breakwater Lighthouse</br>

<br>Colombo Pilot Station Lighthouse</br>

<br>Kankesanture lighthouse</br>

<br>Kevuliya / Round Island Lighthouse</br>

<br>Kovilan Point (Karaitivu Island) Lighthouse</br>

<br>Mannar Island /Talaimannar (New) Lighthouse</br>

<br>Oluvil lighthouse</br>

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