Matara in the region of Southern with its 76,254 inhabitants is a town in Sri Lanka - some 83 mi or ( 133 km ) South-East of Colombo , the country's capital city .

Current time in Matara is now 06:42 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Colombo " with a UTC offset of 5.5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Yakbedda, Wewagoda, Weragampita, Weligama, and Welegoda. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Yakbedda . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Matara ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.

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What's Killing Blue Whales?

This trip was kindly supported by Singapore Airlines Credits Video: Mazdak and Donald Edit: Mazdak Narration: Josh Music: Chromatics - Tick of the Clock The southern tip of Sri Lanka is home to the wo ..

Long Wave Rest - Mirissa - Sri Lanka

Mirissa Beach seen from Guesthouse "Long Wave Rest" ..

Sri Lanka/POLHENA

Two kilometres from Matara lies the impressive seashore of Polhena. A sunset watched from the outlying islands is a sight that stays imprinted on the traveller's mind. ..

Sri Lanka,ශ්රී ලංකා,Ceylon,Boat ride Matara

Matara (Sinhala: මාතර, Tamil: மாத்தறை) (originally Mahathota) is a city on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, 160 km from Colombo. It is one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka.It was deeply affected by ..

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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.