Bentota Archives

July 30, 2024

The Geoffrey Bawa Trust recently welcomed a mix of local and international guests across Colombo and Bentota for a weekend-long launch of To Lunuganga Season 3. To Lunuganga is a multi-season programme dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Geoffrey Bawa’s garden, and its final phase began with a series of tours, performances, installation launches, culinary […]

May 13, 2024

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Geoffrey Bawa once wrote of Lunuganga, his sprawling Bentota garden and longest-running project: “Nature had often provided marvellous scenes and settings, but equally often human imagination and invention had emphasised this beauty.” Tree Talks, a new podcast by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust, taps into this intersection between nature and humankind by exploring wider narratives rooted […]

December 21, 2023

EKHO Surf, Bentota emerges from a transformative renovation, inviting travelers, holidaymakers, and ocean-lovers to savor its unique, vast, uninterrupted ocean view. Officially relaunched on December 19, 2023, the hotel narrates a story of resilience, evolution, and the timeless allure of Sri Lanka’s pristine coastline, perfectly timed for the peak of the December […]

October 10, 2023

The Bentota area needs more ‘mid-range’ large hotels to attract the local and foreign middle class tourists, said Chairman, Diyakawa Water Sports Centre, Aluthgama, D. K. Niroshan Fernando. He said that the Bentota area is surrounded by four and five star hotels which have on average more than 75 rooms in each […]

To Lunuganga Launch of Season 3

Tree Talks, A Podcast Unearthing the Stories of Lunuganga

Experience the Unique Vast Uninterrupted View of the Ocean at EKHO Surf, Bentota.

Bentota area needs large three star hotel to woo mid spenders