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Eastern Sri Lanka is a province in Sri Lanka.

Regions

Cities

  • Trincomalee — The Eastern Province's capital. It is also a deep-water naval base
  • Batticaloa — the second largest city of the Eastern Province amid sea and lagoons
  • Ampara — the administrative capital of the Ampara District
  • Sammanthurai — the administrative capital of the Sammanthurai Area

Other destinations

  • Arugam Bay — a popular surfing and tourist destination
  • Passikudah — a crescent-moon bay with shallow water and fringing reefs
  • Nilaveli — a long sand strip, quite clean for Lankan standards and well maintained

Understand

Talk

Get in

Get around

See

Itineraries

Do

  • Swim in the blue water of Passikudah bay
  • Learn to ride a wave at Arugam Bay
  • Take a boat ride to experience snorkeling around Pigeon Island Island National Park (Nilaveli)
  • Tour the swamps south of Arugam Bay and watch exotic birds and huge crocodiles

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