Dalawella Beach

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Level 12 Local Expert

It's a beautiful place. There are always large turtles swimming near the shore. They are not afraid of people, they swim calmly. You can and even should take pictures and make videos. Locals sell seaweed for feeding, be sure to buy it with children. It's a huge delight to feed the big turtles. Even without children, you won't regret buying a pilot. You can swim with a mask nearby, you can meet sea urchins and some fish.

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Сaderle

Level 15 Local Expert

Awesome amazing paradise place. Giant turtles are not afraid to eat algae from your hands, you can take pictures with them, see what they are like, how they move, how they eat, how they swim. And there are many of them. The water on the beach is clean, warm, and pleasant. I was swimming towards the reefs when a cherapaha, larger than those on the shore, suddenly pushed me in the shoulder from behind. There were no algae in their hands, everyone swam in their own direction.

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Виктория Качаева

Level 5 Local Expert

I liked the beach for its pristine nature. The ocean is beautiful, I could look at it for hours. There aren't a lot of people. You can swim not everywhere, but in a specially designated place. You can also dive with a mask there. Not the red Sea, of course, but there is something to see))

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Elen Koz

Level 12 Local Expert

It's a very interesting place where you can swim with turtles or just feed them. We lived 4 km from this beach, so it wasn't a problem to walk along the beach line to them. The beach line itself is not very wide there. There are sun beds, but for a fee. You take some food or drinks and you can lie down all day. The turtles have locals with a bag of algae, which they offer to buy to feed. At first they may say the price is too high, bargain (250 rupees, they offered it for 1000), then they gave it for free.

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Lyuda Chernova

Level 12 Local Expert

To be honest, I did not understand the admiration of this beach from the reviews. To look once solely for the sake of the proximity of large turtles, yes. Swimming in this stagnant water... without trepidation. It was even a little unpleasant, all the time it seemed that this coral would now turn out to be a huge turtle and rise from the bottom.😂 We were walking down the aisle from our hotel at lunchtime. There are a lot of people on the shore and in the water itself, lying, sitting on everything they could find, local vendors with bags of algae for turtles. Going and swimming there for the sake of bathing is definitely not (unless you are a small child under 4-5 years old).

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Ольга кутьина Кутьина

Level 5 Local Expert

Great beach. Turtles always live there. You can only swim in a certain place (this is important) because there are strong currents. You can go surfing on this beach.

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Сергей Мaшьянов

Level 10 Local Expert

This is a great place where you can not only swim, but also watch the turtles. If you want to feed them, you can buy grass for 500 or 1000 rupees, or you can harvest it yourself a little further from the beach.

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stishkin

Level 14 Local Expert

It's a very cool beach. We were there in November 2024. There were 2-5 turtles. They're cool. Contact details. You can feed them algae or those that float by themselves, or buy a bag of algae from the locals for 500 rupees. Feeding turtles is very cool) Attention! Very strong lateral current. It blows away. There are always lifeguards on duty, but just in case, keep in mind that snorkeling or sailing from the shore is not very safe. The good news is that the approach is smooth. It won't take you away. There is a very tasty cafe Wijaya nearby. Oysters are simply delicious there)

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Татьяна Лемешева

Level 7 Local Expert

The turtles are beautiful, there are no waves in the cove behind the reef, the water is clear, you need to be careful, if you get close to a turtle, you may get injured from the shell

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Дмитрий Борисович Кошлаков

Level 5 Local Expert

The place is beautiful. There were several large turtles on the beach. They can be fed. You can swim and swim with a mask. The waves are extinguished by the surrounding reef. But almost all approaches to the beach are blocked off by restaurants, hotels and private parking in order to collect money from all tourists. To get through for free, you can do it to the right of the beach through a narrow passage near the frog rock. Then turn left, along the water.

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Юзапольская Мария

Level 11 Local Expert

The beach itself is small, turtles swim in the shallow water, or they live there. Turtles are friendly, well-fed by humans. Adults don't really swim, but they can watch the fish with a mask and feed the turtles. The place is top for children!

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Andrei Sidorenko

Level 13 Local Expert

It's a great beach to watch and feed the huge turtles. You can also take beautiful photos against the background of palm trees hanging over the ocean, swing on a swing tied to a palm tree and just enjoy nature and the ocean.

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Дарья Торчинова

Level 7 Local Expert

the impressions are very interesting,there are quite a lot of people, if you do not come on your own, you should know that there are no changing rooms anywhere, you changed clothes during the tour in the toilet near the restaurant , despite this, very pleasant memories the beach was clean,the view was beautiful, you could buy algae, feed the turtles

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Ирина Лиленко

Level 10 Local Expert

It's worth a trip or visit here if you're in Unawatuna. Lots of turtles, you can feed them. The waves can be strong. Be careful. The beach itself is small and narrow, with lots of rocks. Keep an eye on things. The son drowned the phone in a second, swept away by the wave.

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Игорь Я.

Level 5 Local Expert

It's great to swim with the turtles and feed them. There are locals right at their base who let them in for money ( either pay or you can go a little further for free)

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Elena Akulova

Level 7 Local Expert

This is an unrealistically beautiful beach, there are a lot of emotions from communicating with huge turtles in the wild, they are very cute and harmless if you follow the usual rules of behavior. I recommend everyone to visit this beach, the ocean is super, the views are fire, the turtles are very cute.

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B. Vlad

Level 7 Local Expert

A great place for adults and children. Tourists are brought to the paid entrance. But you can walk 20 meters along the road and get to the beach for free through any hotel or cafe. Buy seaweed for the turtles there. And please don't sit on them.

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Полина Балакирева

Level 10 Local Expert

the entrance, which is indicated on the maps, was made by the locals for themselves and they ask for money for the entrance, but there is an entrance through a cafe nearby where you can safely enter. The beach itself is small and you probably won't be able to swim. just look at the turtles, feed them and leave. The current is strong, you can cut yourself on rocks or crash into turtles.

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Куприянова Полина

Level 12 Local Expert

Oh, gods ! This is one of the most memorable and sweet places on this trip! Don't miss it!) turtles) huge turtles of about 7-10 individuals swim into this bay themselves to be lazily fed. Do not put the algae from your hands into your mouth) let them go for 5 cm. You risk being left without a finger)! But it's amazing! There are a lot of emotions!

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Олег Герасименко

Level 6 Local Expert

Interesting location. Turtles spend almost the whole day on the beach. Turtles are big and active! The beach is fenced off by reefs, but after lunch the tide begins to overflow and floods almost the entire beach. If you swim with turtles for an hour or two, it's fine. Seaweed for turtle food is sold locally.

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Сергей Осипов

Level 14 Local Expert

Delight! If you are vacationing with your family in Unawatuna, I definitely recommend you to visit! Lots of positive emotions!!! A lot of big turtles swim right up to the shore, guaranteed to see and feed 100%

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Юлия Полякова

Level 8 Local Expert

An exotic place with turtles.The children swam with the turtles all day, an indescribable experience, a memory for a lifetime.The waves are very big after lunch, it's better to go to the beach in the morning.The cafe on the shore is also good, you can have a snack and drink wine.

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Максим

Level 13 Local Expert

There are a lot of people, but you can choose the angle so that they are not in the photo. They sell seaweed and turtle food on site. I have never seen such large turtles before, it is a delight, like in small children.

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Ирэн

Level 17 Local Expert

Autumn is cool that this is the beach where you can swim with huge turtles without any extra charges and excursions. It is better to go to the part where there is no drain, the water is cleaner there. You don't have to take food for turtles - they come in huge quantities. I recommend taking care of your legs- in case of a strong wave, the shell can cut your leg.

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Мария

Level 8 Local Expert

You can take a tuk-tuk from Unawatuna. We arrived at 10 o'clock. There were a lot of turtles. The place is isolated and there is a sign that it is forbidden to swim. But some people still swim, even with masks. Seaweed is sold on the beach to feed the turtles. The turtles are huge and cool)

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Александр Мамонтов

Level 19 Local Expert

The beach is a small area of water surrounded by reefs, you can touch, feed, swim and photograph turtles (there are about 2-3 of them and 8-10 pieces), you can buy food here (a bag of algae for 500 rupees, about 170 rubles), sun beds are offered for a deposit (the deposit is included in what you order), you can order food (I do not recommend it, it is expensive and commonplace), oysters and sea urchins are offered (for an amateur, if you take them, be sure to take a sip of something strong), fish is also offered (if you see that it is alive, take it, bargain, dropping boldly 50%, you can cook at your hotel or in any other, but only for money, they usually charge 3,000 rupees for the weight, but they can cook fish, I assure you you won't regret it), the locals also walk with animals (monkeys, snakes), don't pay attention to them, they are arrogant, stand aside, they will show a small show anyway, then look If you take a picture (well, give me a tip as much as you see fit), I advise you to come here in the morning before 11:00, otherwise there will be a lot of people and sunshine. I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE, GOOD LUCK AND NEW EXPERIENCES!!!

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n.satsa

Level 6 Local Expert

It's a great place! Turtles arrive early in the morning, swim away at low tide, going into the reef ... it's a pleasure to swim and snorkel with them!

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Дмитрий Дернов

Level 16 Local Expert

Great! Swimming with turtles is an unforgettable event. + on the beach they sell food for reasonable money, turtles love it very much and they are easy to attract + the feeling that the turtles are always there waiting for someone to give them a treat - access to the beach is not very good, it is not clear where to go from the road at all, there are no landmarks - it's a pretty big current, we need to be careful when we were on duty with a lifeguard, and even he had to put on his fins when auntie was swept away. A word of advice - don't wear green swimsuits. I had bright acidic swimming trunks, and I had to run away from the turtles - they mistook me for seaweed and tried to take a bite. The older, largest individuals were especially interested, it seems that their eyesight is not very good. It's a little scary.

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Ольга Малых

Level 14 Local Expert

We were vacationing in March 2025 near turtle beach. There are people there all the time, they feed the turtles. The feed is sold here for 500 rupees. There are up to 7 turtles, they raise their heads so interestingly for food. The kids really like it there. You can swim with them, touch the shell. But if a turtle suddenly throws a turtle at you, it won't seem like much, it will hurt. We have to be careful! By the way, there is a beautiful color of turtles, and there is not so much. In any case, you will like it!

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viboli1

Level 13 Local Expert

We walked from Unawatuna Beach! You can take pictures on the way. The weather was good without wind.There are a lot of turtles . To avoid paying for admission to the beach, you can walk along the shore through the rocks, or through the cafe

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Дмитрий Хохлов

Level 12 Local Expert

We were in Sri Lanka in January 2025. We lived relatively close to this beach with turtles at the Aralia Hotel. We came to this beach by tuk-tuk (we took 2 tuk-tuks because there are four of us). Bags of algae for feeding turtles are immediately sold at the entrance. In my opinion, the bag costs 500 rupees (about 170 rubles). two sachets were enough for our eyes. Where there are turtles, there are people, you can't miss. There are a lot of people, but there are also enough turtles. There are sun beds on the beach - you can take them. Turtles swim right off the shore. We enjoyed interacting with the animals. They fed, stroked, took photos, videos and returned home. We had a lot of fun. The children were, of course, delighted.

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Красотка Красоткина

Level 30 Local Expert

The main feature of this beach is the turtles.They swim near the shore and even a child can safely admire this beauty.The turtles there are semi-tame, it's fashionable to say, they don't shave people and come for goodies (algae), which the nimble guys in the shells don't sell very cheaply there)))) .But turtles don't have to be stroked, touched, or dragged away.You can easily take taxis, tuk tuks, and buses from the beach.Not many , but there are a few cafes and where they serve delicious pizza over a campfire .

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Владислав

Level 17 Local Expert

It's a very beautiful beach, lots of turtles, and they eat with their hands. Be careful, the turtle was pushed by the wave and hit in the leg, and you know what its weight is. The bruise has been going on for 2.5 months now… And in any case, do not pay for entry to speculators of Sri Lankans! Admission is free! Call the police if anything happens.

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Сергей Х.

Level 6 Local Expert

I was here in January. Turtles are frequent visitors, I counted 8, and you can feed them, but only with what the local caretakers sell here. There are not too many people watching (both adults and children), so access to the tortillas is quite free.

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Alexander Toykinen

Level 14 Local Expert

The main thing here, of course, is the turtles. The beach itself is small, there are a lot of people, but there is a great pizza bar and of course a huge number of turtles!

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Елена Б

Level 9 Local Expert

It is a very interesting place, the water is calmer than on many beaches nearby. Everyone feeds the turtles, so they hang out there. You can pat them on their carapace and flippers, but you don't need to hit them on the head.

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Виктория Мигас

Level 7 Local Expert

Sri Lanka, Unawatuna, Dolabene Beach, a beautiful place with a coral reef, clear ocean water and huge turtles

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Андрей Гуськов

Level 11 Local Expert

You really swim with turtles. You can feed it, touch it. For children, it is a complete delight, and for adults it feels to the fullest.

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Константин

Level 11 Local Expert

Very beautiful! I advise everyone to visit, feed the turtles, and enjoy the views of nature. This is Sri Lanka, a five-minute tuk-tuk ride from Unawatuna Beach.

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Андрей Максимов

Level 7 Local Expert

the place is just great, the turtles are on fire, but at the entrance they are trying to steal money from you under the pretext that this is a private beach, etc., There is also an incomprehensible dude walking along the beach with a monkey, this character says that everything is free, you touch and take pictures, but when it comes to saying goodbye, a dialogue begins about the fact that this is his job and the monkey needs to eat generally according to the database, do not be fooled, and so the place is super

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Анастасия К.

Level 6 Local Expert

A gorgeous beach, one of the best in Sri Lanka! Admission is 200 rupees per person You can also buy turtle greens for 100

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Алена Маркина

Level 7 Local Expert

The impressions are only positive, the turtles swam, as many as three pieces, huge, swam, right at their feet, ate algae, which, right at the entrance, the locals sell, for our rubles, about 160 rubles, for a bag!We got there by tuk-ike from Unawatuna, in rubles, about 330 rubles a day-they will wait for you back, if anything!!Cool, safe, beautiful!!

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Ольга Серогодская

Level 14 Local Expert

A narrow strip of beach, where the beach is wider, there are huge stones or even rocks in the water. Turtles swim only where there are no rocks, i.e. where tourists swim. But you won't swim very far anyway. The whole trick is swimming with turtles and feeding them. Seaweed is sold right on the beach for 500 rupees. Sun beds are paid regardless of whether you take drinks and food or not - 1000 rupees per sunbed.* *Prices are current for February 2025

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Татьяна Л.

Level 8 Local Expert

Turtles are always broke. You can feed them. Seaweed is sold there on the beach, a little more expensive at the entrance. There are more turtles. This place is worth visiting.

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Ильмир Ахтямов

Level 11 Local Expert

We visited the beach on 12/30/25 . Cool beautiful place, big turtles. It's a great place to take photos and videos. You can feed the turtles, the guys on the shore sell their food.

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633767 Юлия

Level 14 Local Expert

The beach is small and narrow, and you can only enter by buying turtle food. A serving costs 500 local rupees But how interesting it is to feed these huge and very frisky animals in the water!

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Елена Туман

Level 19 Local Expert

We saw one turtle, the beach is located in Mirissa. there are sun beds, there is a 500 rupees mask rental, there is a shade from palm trees and monkeys come. the water here is calm, sandy, the entrance is smooth. I recommend you to visit.

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Даша

Level 5 Local Expert

there are a lot of turtles, beautiful, but they ask you to overpay for a place at the entrance and don't let you go to the beach until you pay, you can politely send them and say we'll sit on the sand, and then just take any sunbed.

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Галина Курашова

Level 18 Local Expert

Yes, we've seen turtles. But it was difficult to approach and capture them, because the ocean was not calm. And I was hit by a wave several times!!! I only took pictures from above.

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Egor

Level 30 Local Expert

It's a great place. Probably the best thing about Unawatuna. There are paid turtles, usually it is to them that tuk tuk tuk drives. For 1,000 rupees (300 rubles), you will be given a bag of seaweed and you will feed the turtle and smile. But if you walk 250 meters further along the road and slip through a narrow passage to the beach, then you will see a semi-wild beach with a bent palm tree, local fishermen and a small lagoon protected by reefs from waves, where locals swim. So free algae grow on this beach and free semi-wild turtles swim, which love to eat from the hands of tourists and local good-natured residents). And if you walk along the beach towards Unawatuna, you can see fishing poles, bungee ropes and palm trees with coconuts.

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Dalawella Beach

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