Kalametiya Bird Watching Situated between Tangalle and Hambantota. Twenty kilometers beyond Tangalla, the little-visited Kalametiya Bird Watching comprises an area of coastal lagoons and mangroves which is rich in marine and other birdlife, similar to that found in Bundala and best seen from November to May.
Access to the Kalametiya Bird Watching is from the village of Hungama.1 km away from Ranna on the Ranna-Kalamatiya road is the Kalametiya Bird Watching declared as a wildlife sanctuary in 1938. Originally with 2.500 hectares but was abolished in 1946 due to the opposition of local residents. A considerably reduced area was once again declared a sanctuary in 1984, the kalametiya bird watching is rich with lagoons and mangrove swamps which attract a number of winter migrant birds.
There are four nationally threatened birds found within the Kalametiya Bird Watching - Indian Reef Heron, Glossy Ibis, Sri Lankan Black-capped Purple Kingfisher and the endemic Jungle Fowl. There are also 38 species of reptiles, a large number of which are nationally and globally threatened.
Paddle boat is the best way to observe wildlife, watch birds, reptiles, butterflies, insects at their most natural behavior and study them. You can visit 2 times per day. Best time are early morning and evening. We will pickup from Tangalle or near tangalle hotel by car or tuk tuk to visit to Kalamatiya Bird Watching. Meanwhile going to lagoon by a paddle boad. Please contact instantly to make easy for Kalametiya Bird Watching tour via 0778704955