Heenatigala
Heenatigala is a village in Galle District in Sri Lanka, located 8.8 km (5.5 mi) south-west of Galle and 4 km (2.5 mi) west of Unawatuna.
Heenatigala is a village in Galle District in Sri Lanka, located 8.8 km (5.5 mi) south-west of Galle and 4 km (2.5 mi) west of Unawatuna.
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Worth seeing in and around Heenatigala
One place 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.
- 01Closenberg Hotel
Closenberg Hotel is a three star heritage hotel located in Galle, Sri Lanka. It is situated on the southern side of Galle Harbour.
2.5 km · building in Galle, Sri Lanka · Wikipedia
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Getting to Heenatigala
- Airports
- Colombo Ratmalana (RML), 97 km · Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 135 km
- Colombo → Heenatigala113 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · Rs1,180–1,580
- Jaffna → Heenatigala407 km · quickest by road, 10h 42m · Rs4,740–6,350
- Thiruvananthapuram → Heenatigala458 km · quickest by air, 9h 6m · ₹16,260–24,760
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No local-transport research exists yet for Heenatigala
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 Heenatigala. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom the Colombo Fort station, catch train bound for Matara (with ocean-view) and jump off in Galle (travel times 2-3 hours, tickets Rs 220 2nd class / Rs 120 3rd class) and take either a tuk-tuk (Rs 300-400) or local bus (Rs 15) from Galle to Unawatuna.
- Get aroundThe easiest way to get around is by tuk-tuk.
- Get aroundDay trips to Dutch Fortress in Galle (Rs 200 one-way), Martin Wickremasinghe Museum in Koggala, Hikkaduwa (Rs 1,000 one-way), Mirissa (Rs 900 one-way), Ahangama can be fun on a tuk-tuk.
- Get aroundTuk-tuks are sometimes metered, but if it isn't metered, aim for Rs 60-75 per km.
- Get aroundFrom here you can get buses onto Colombo (bus, luxury-AC minibus (approx.
From Wikivoyage: Unawatuna, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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Next door to Heenatigala
- Unawatunahuman settlement1.6 km