Colombo Airport to Weligama

Weligama, a wide sandy bay on the south coast where many people learn to surf, is 172 km from the airport by Google’s route, about two and a half hours by car.

• 172 km by road from the airport
• about 2 h 30 min driving time (Google)
• from $97.90 one way, City car
• Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup

Fares to Weligama

Weligama’s fare starts with the vehicle’s starting price for the first 50 km; the other 122 km are added at its rate per km.

VehicleSeatsBagsOne wayReturn

City carSuzuki Wagon R or similar2 seats2 bags$97.90one way$195.80 returnBook Station wagonHonda Shuttle or similar3 seats5 bags$100.90one way$201.80 returnBook Economy carToyota Prius or similar3 seats3 bags$108.98one way$217.96 returnBook Standard carToyota Premio or similar3 seats3 bags$120.05one way$240.10 returnBook SUVSsangYong Kyron or similar4 seats6 bags$126.13one way$252.26 returnBook Luxury SUVToyota Prado or similar4 seats6 bags$275.90one way$551.80 returnBook Mini vanToyota Hiace or similar7 seats10 bags$132.20one way$264.40 returnBook Mini busToyota Hiace High Roof or similar14 seats14 bags$160.43one way$320.86 returnBook 20-seat coachToyota Coaster or similar20 seats20 bags$181.50one way$363.00 returnBook 37-seat coach37 seats37 bags$373.75one way$747.50 returnBook 45-seat coach45 seats45 bags$444.50one way$889.00 returnBook 51-seat coach51 seats51 bags$525.25one way$1,050.50 returnBook

Fares to the centre of Weligama, 171.5 km by Google’s route, as the booking form works them out. Your hotel may be a little nearer or further: enter its address in the form for its own fare.

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The drive

The car stays on the Southern Expressway past Galle and leaves it at the exit signed for Kananke and Weligama. The last 7 km run south on the Weligama–Kananke road (B465) and reach the bay at the town.

Arriving in Weligama

The name means “sandy village”, and the bay lives up to it: a long curve of beach with gentle waves, lined with surf schools and board rentals. Out in the bay sits Taprobane, a tiny island with a single villa, built in the 1920s by Count de Mauny and later owned by the writer Paul Bowles.

Mirissa, with its whale-watching boats, is 6 km further east, and the surf beaches of Ahangama about the same distance west.

Other routes from the airport