Well known for its pristine honey coloured beaches, views of metaphoric watersports in the sea, lake, lagoon, river & estuaries. Bird watching amidst the water hides is an exciting adventure. Bentota is home for numerous five star resorts, hotels & Ayurveda wellness retreats for healing, convalescence, health & beauty treatment which includes the chic Robinson Resort in an atoll across the lagoon, lake, river & the sea. Plenty of estuaries in the area attract birds to sing, fish, fishing enthusiasts & wildlife including iguana & numerous varieties of tortoise & crocodiles. Saman Villas by the Laccadive Sea, Gardens of Bevis Bawa, Kosgoda Turtle Sanctuary, River Safaris, Kayaking, Canoeing, Boat rides to Cinnamon Isle are some attractions here. Plenty of boat rides take the discerning traveler throughout the numerous estuaries in the vicinity as the river & lake discharge its contents to the sea while the sea reciprocates on high tide.

Great place for banana boating, water sports like jet skiing, speed boating, wakeboarding, paddle boarding, Kite Surfing, seaplane rides, windsurfing, scuba diving, snorkeling, lagoon fishing, bird watching & observing small creatures getting into their regular synchronization, as there are millions of creatures such as crickets, frogs, fruit flies, dragonflies & fireflies who get into sync every night. There are a small number of stilt fishermen in their meditative angling in this incredibly organic settlement. A fisherman was observed to be catching far more fish than several others in the vicinity, when the others went to check how he was excelling, they found that he was using barbequed worms as bait.