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 river water sports cover more organised operators than almost anywhere else in Bentota, a legacy of its decades as Sri Lanka's original beach resort town.
Upstream boat trips pass a bird sanctuary, mangrove channels and Cinnamon Island, a calmer contrast to the beachfront jet-skis on the same Bentota river.
Based in Bentota, alongside SUP and the Ayurveda resorts lining the same stretch of river.
A slow boat ride upriver through mangrove channels, past a bird sanctuary and a small island demonstrating traditional cinnamon processing by hand.
Bentota is about 65km and 1.5 hours south of Colombo by expressway, with a direct rail line too. Jet-ski sessions start around $15; a full river safari runs $25-35. Sri Lanka Travel Tours can bundle watersports into a wider Bentota beach stay.
