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Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka

    Zoo

    1.9 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    University of Moratuwa

    University in Sri Lanka

    5.9 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    University of Sri Jayewardenepura

    University in Sri Lanka

    3.9 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Sri Lanka Air Force Museum

    Aviation museum in Ratmalana, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

    2.9 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Karagampitiya Vihara

    Sri Lankan historic Buddhist temple

    1 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Balapokuna Raja Maha Vihara

    Buddhist temple in Colombo District, Sri Lanka

    3.7 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    De Soysa Park Stadium

    Sportd stadium

    5.4 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Sri Anjaneyar Kovil

    Hindu temple in Western, Sri Lanka

    3.1 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Colts Cricket Club Ground

    Cricket stadium in Sri Lanka

    5.2 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Sri Pushparama Vihara, Ratmalana

    Temple in Sri Lanka

    2 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

Airports
Colombo Ratmalana (RML), 3 km · Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 38 km
Stations
Ratmalana Airport, 2.6 km
  • Jaffna → Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
    315 km · quickest by air, 4h 11m · Rs15,080–23,380
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
    370 km · quickest by air, 4h 44m · ₹8,430–13,060
  • Tiruchirappalli → Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
    460 km · quickest by air, 5h 6m · ₹9,410–14,560
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt can also handle international charter flights.
  • Get inYou can also take a tri-shaw aka tuk-tuk from the bus depot (get there by free airport shuttle bus), it takes a bit more than an hour and is Rs 2,500 (2024) from airport to Galle Road.
  • Get inTake either the free airport shuttle to the bus station and then follow the road (Canada Friendship) to the Katunayaka South station (nearly 2 km, if you don't have luggage) otherwise just to take a tuk tuk right from the airport to the train station.
  • Get aroundGetting around by Tri-shaw (Three wheeler, tuk-tuk) is most convenient.
  • Get aroundBut it's best to hail a meter taxi (identified by the words "Meter Taxi" on its windshield) that is traveling in the direction that you need to go instead of hiring one from the parking area or the tuk-tuk stand.

From Wikivoyage: Colombo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    EllaLK

    7 ways of moving, 30 sources

    130 km
  2. 02
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    415 km
  3. 03
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    420 km
  4. 04
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    463 km
  5. 05
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    470 km

If you know how people move in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia is 11 km from Colombo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Moratuwahuman settlement4.6 km
  • Maharagamasuburb in Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka5.9 km
  • Nugegodasuburb in Western Province, Sri Lanka4 km
  • Boralesgamuwasuburb in Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka3.4 km
  • Bambalapitiyatown in Sri Lanka5.6 km
  • Wellawatteneighbourhood of Colombo, Sri Lanka4.1 km