Best Things to Do on a Bentota River Water Sports & Boat Safari Bentota River water sports guide — jet-skiing, banana boats and mangrove boat safaris on Sri Lanka's original watersports coast.
Bentota has more organised watersports operators than almost anywhere else in Sri Lanka, a legacy of its decades as the country's original beach resort.
Upstream boat trips pass a bird sanctuary, mangrove channels and Cinnamon Island, a calmer contrast to the beachfront jet-skis.
Based in Bentota, alongside SUP and the Ayurveda resorts along the same river.
A slow boat ride upriver through mangrove channels, past a bird sanctuary and a small island demonstrating traditional cinnamon processing.
