Choose a luxury hotel in Negombo with Small Luxury Hotels of the World. Explore historic Dutch forts, sail alongside pods of dolphins and tuck into spicy Sri Lankan fish curries.
Luxury Negombo beaches
Kite surfers skim across the waves at Jetwing Beach, a golden stretch of palm-lined sand. Watch wooden catamarans with ochre-coloured sails head out to sea for a day’s fishing at sunrise. Local fishermen perch skilfully on stilts to catch the reef fish along quiet Koggala Beach. Multicoloured corals, turtles and reef sharks can be spotted on a dive around the shipwreck at Kudapaduwa.
Luxury things to do in Negombo
Elephant and leopard are camouflaged amid verdant jungle on a day trip to Wilpaththu National Park. Spontaneous cricket matches take place on the grassy Esplanade adjacent to the ruins of the town’s Old Dutch Fort, which has an ornate gateway overlooking the lagoon. A boat safari along Negombo’s narrow canal, which stretches 100km to Colombo past villages, mangroves and palms, is a bird-watcher’s paradise. Marvel at the Angurukaramulla Temple’s six-metre-long Buddha.
Gourmet Negombo
Negombo’s waterside setting means seafood and fish are in abundance on most menus. Curried crab and whole fish sprinkled with spices and swimming in garlic butter are local specialities. Dine on mild coconut milk curries and fragrant rice by candlelight in a frangipani-flanked courtyard. If you enjoy Sri Lankan cuisine, sign up for a cookery class at your boutique hotel. You’ll take an early morning trip to the bustling fish market before learning how to prepare spicy seafood in time for lunch.
Holiday in a luxury hotel in Negombo with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and feel 10 years younger after an Ayurvedic aromatherapy massage. Gaze at the Indian Ocean from the teak sunlounger on your private balcony.