5 Fishing Trips in Sri Lanka to Build a Day Around

1.Lagoon Fishing in Bentota

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · from $75Our pick

Spend about three hours fishing Bentota Lagoon from a private boat with an experienced local guide. Hotel pickup, return transfers, bottled water, tackle, and instruction are included. Choose a morning, evening, or night departure. Guides such as Harinda and Harry help with technique and fishing spots, and your catch may be cooked for an added fee.

“I booked this BTM activity along with a river safari and a turtle hatchery visit ahead of our family visit to Sri Lanka. Communications with Sam were clear and responsive throughout. The activities themselves once we arrived turned out Read more”

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2.Private Galle Day Tour with River Safari, Stilt fishing & Turtles

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · from $96

Travel privately from Bentota and nearby beach towns to the south coast with Tony Tours. You’ll visit a turtle hatchery, cruise the Madu River with Buddhi, see moonstone mining, pause at a tsunami museum, explore Galle Fort, and watch stilt fishing. Pickup, transport, water, and attraction fees are included.

“We had a wonderful full day with our wonderful hosts and would recommend this to anyone in the area! We loved the mix of culture, wildlife and history of the area! We booked another excursion with the company following this trip as the team were amazing!”

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3.Galle Day Tour: Boat Safari, Dutch Fort, Stick Fishing & Turtles

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $95

Travel from Bentota in a private air-conditioned car with a driver-guide, then cruise the Bentota River, meet rescued turtles, see masks and moonstone mining, visit a tsunami memorial and stilt fishermen, and explore Galle Fort. Shiran is named as a guide in guest feedback.

“Most beautiful, economic and memorable trip, everyone was very friendly, supportive and informative from the druver, tour guides abd all oter outsourced parties Thank you shiran tours Love Saleem & Rawhiya”

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4.Fishing Village Highlights Private Tour by Tuk Tuk

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 5 reviews · 4 hours · from $45

Ride a tuk-tuk from Negombo or Waikkal through a fishing village, fish market, Dutch Fort, Dutch Canal, Sri Singama Kali Amman Kovil, Angurukaramulla Temple, and St. Mary’s Church. An English-speaking guide, entry fees, hotel transfers, and a king coconut drink are included.

“yes we enjoyed our tuk tuk experience our driver took us all around Negombo showed us places we would never have gone to the only down side it says 4 hours we only had 2 hours and we never got our sweet coconut drink”

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5.City Tour & Fishing Village Tour by Tuk-Tuk

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · 4 hours · from $40Best value

You’ll explore Negombo by private tuk-tuk with an English-speaking guide, visiting Lellama seafood market, St. Mary’s Church, Kali Amman Kovil, Hamilton Canal, Dutch Fort, and Angurukaramulla Temple. Guides including Samantha, Fernando, and Simon have led recent tours.

“Samantha our guide was brilliant, he took us to all the big sites in Negombo and told us lots of interesting facts along the way. As it was Good Friday, some places (the fish market) were closed, but Samantha told us about this from the start and even added on some other sites to compensate. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip with Samantha and would recommend anyone in Negombo to book this.”

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