Eastern Province

Eastern Sri Lanka is a province in Sri Lanka.

Cities

• 1 Trincomalee — The Eastern Province's capital. It is also a deep-water naval base
• 2 Batticaloa — the second largest city of the Eastern Province amid sea and lagoons
• Ampara — the administrative capital of the Ampara District
• 3 Sammanthurai — the administrative capital of the Sammanthurai Area

Other destinations

• 1 Arugam Bay — a popular surfing and tourist destination
• Passikudah — a crescent-moon bay with shallow water and fringing reefs
• 2 Nilaveli — a long sand strip, quite clean for Lankan standards and well maintained
• 3 Kumana National Park

Get in

Trains run from Colombo to Trincomalee (7 hours 35 minutes day, 8 hours sleeper, three per day) and Batticaloa (8 hours 40 minutes day, 9 hours sleeper, two per day) but note there is no train directly linking these two cities.

Do

• Swim in the blue water of Passikudah bay
• Learn to ride a wave at Arugam Bay
• Take a boat ride to experience snorkeling around Pigeon Island Island National Park (Nilaveli)
• Tour the swamps south of Arugam Bay and watch exotic birds and huge crocodiles

Go next

Article Geo different to Wikidata
Wikivoyage: Latitude 7.671111, Longitude 81.237222 (Map, Geohack)
Wikidata: Latitude 8.5711111, Longitude 81.2372194 (Map, Geohack)
Difference: 100.2km