Bentota is a coastal town in Sri Lanka, located in the Galle District of the Southern Province. Bentota is situated on the southern bank of the Bentota River mouth, at an elevation of 3 meters above the sea level. The average annual temperature is 26.8 °C in Bentota. In a year, the average rainfall is 3141 mm. Bentota is a tourist attraction, with a local airport and a handful of world-class hotels. It is a destination for watersports. Bentota also delivers an ancient art of healing called Ayurveda. Bentota is famous for its toddy production, an alcoholic beverage made out of coconut nectar. With an array of luxury hotels, facilities, and amenities for the foreign tourists, Bentota provides the perfect location for extended holidays by the beach. Furthermore, for the lovers of water sports, Bentota, in addition to its pristine palm-fringed beaches, brings in more pleasures nowhere else to be found. These are some attractions Bentota Beach and Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery – community-based turtle hatchery and turtle watching project set up by the Turtle Conservation Project (TCP) in association with the Wildlife Department of Sri Lanka.
