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Kadawatha

Kadawatha is one of the main suburb of Gampaha, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka..

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Kadawatha is one of the main suburb of Gampaha, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka..

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Kadawatha

Airports
Colombo Ratmalana (RML), 21 km · Bandaranaike International Colombo (CMB), 22 km
  • Jaffna → Kadawatha
    297 km · quickest by air, 4h 52m · Rs16,780–26,040
  • Thiruvananthapuram → Kadawatha
    370 km · quickest by air, 5h 27m · ₹10,510–16,300
  • Tiruchirappalli → Kadawatha
    446 km · quickest by air, 5h 47m · ₹11,260–17,450
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kadawatha

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 Kadawatha. 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

    121 km
  2. 02
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    410 km
  3. 03
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    414 km
  4. 04
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    455 km
  5. 05
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    462 km

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Around it

Next door to Kadawatha

Kadawatha is 14 km from Colombo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Maharatown in Gampaha, Sri Lanka2.3 km
  • Udugampolatown in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka2.9 km
  • Eldeniyavillage in Western Province, Sri Lanka2.3 km
  • Makolatown in Sri Lanka3 km
  • Mawaramandiyavillage in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka2.6 km