If you are looking for a boat tour in Bentota, on the west coast of Sri Lanka, you definitely will be contemplating as to what boat tour that you should take and which one gives you the best experience. Because this coastal city is a popular beach holiday destination on the island and attracts many thousands of sun-worshippers. Most of these beach holiday lovers set off on a few short trips during their beach stay and boat tour or boat safari, Galle day tour, Colombo city tour, Udawalawe safari ar some of the popular activities for them.

There are two major places for boat tours in Bentota, they are Madu River estuary and Bentota River. Both tours are very similar in many ways. Cost, duration, kind of motorboat used for the trip and even the vegetation of both places have a lot of similarities. However, most travellers prefer the boat trip on the Bentota river over the Madu River estuary. As a local tour operator that experienced both trips, I agree with them. So if you are also in dilemma and find it hard to decide to pick the best place for your boat tour, this article is for you.

Mangrove lagoon is one of the very striking features of the boat trip and you will not encounter this type of mangrove lagoon during other boat trips in Sri Lanka. The boat takes you through 2 mangrove tunnels, however, the mangrove tunnel of Bentota river is about 3 times longer and denser compared to the mangrove tunnels of Madu estuary. Therefore, Bentota River is better compared to the Madu River statuary if you like to see the interesting vegetation of mangrove forest.