From Tangalle we ha d a short journey to Weligama Bay. We know this area very well having visited here twice before. We were going for the whale watching and to be able to spend some time relaxing. That was the idea when we arranged the holiday as we would be returning home from here. But all those plans changed with the war in Iran, we now would move on a short way for two more days by the sea.
To extend the journey Viraj took us to the Lighthouse Dewundara, or the Dondra Head Lighthouse. This is the most southerly lighthouse in Sri Lanka and the view looking due south is uninterrupted all the way to Antarctica!
We walked around to the small park in which the Lighthouse stood
Located in the village of Dondra it is surrounded by some delightful clear water bays.
The tallest Lighthouse in Sri Lanka it is also one of the tallest in south-east Asia. Dondra Head Lighthouse was designed by Sir James Nicholas Douglass, with construction, by William Douglass of the Imperial Lighthouse Service, commencing in November 1887. All the building materials including the bricks and steel were imported from England. The granite rock was supplied from quarries at Dalbeattie in Scotland and Penryn in Cornwall. The lighthouse was completed and commissioned in March 1890.
The lighthouse is forty nine metres high and contains seven floors, fourteen two panel yellow colour windows and 196 steps to the top.
We were staying in the Marriott at Weligama Bay, a big resort, but with fantastic views around Weligama Bay. After checking in we made our way to the room to take in that view.
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