Hummanaya blowhole and Dondra Head is the far south detour worth a day

Matara man so this corner is home turf The blowhole physics answer your timing question perfectly Hummanaya performs on south west swell pushing into the submerged cleft which means the monsoon months June through September ARE the show season the calm December postcard weather produces the damp squib reviews On a solid June day the column throws 15 to 25 meters with a boom you feel in the chest the spray rains over the viewing area arrive around high tide for maximum theatre check the tide table the difference is dramatic Entry is a few hundred LKR via the fishing village path at Kudawella The full day in the forgotten corner Dondra Head lighthouse the southernmost point the 1890 octagonal tower stands 49 meters among coconut palms the keeper sometimes allows the climb for a consideration the next landfall south is Antarctica which is the fact you came for Wewurukannala Vihara at Dikwella the 50 meter seated Buddha among the islands largest with the wonderfully lurid hell tunnel of judgment scenes folk art at full volume Nilwella and Hiriketiya beaches for the swim and lunch Hiriketiya gets the attention but Nilwella stays quiet The Matara rampart and star fort the Dutch left their smallest cutest fortification here ten minutes well spent Done as a loop from Mirissa or Tangalle by tuktuk the whole circuit runs 5000 to 7000 LKR for the day