Madu River Boat Safari Balapitiya: Discover Mangroves & Wildlife

Experience the wonders of the Madu River Boat Safari in Balapitiya. Explore the diverse ecosystem, encounter wildlife, and indulge in a unique fish massage therapy. Visit a Buddhist monastery and learn about their traditions. Don’t miss this unforgettable adventure!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Madu River (Path)

Hours of Operation: 2 hours

1. Suduhansa Madu River Boat Safari

Attractions

  • Kothduwa Temple
What's Included
  • Cinnamon Island
  • Fish Foot massage By Fish
  • instructor
  • Island Temple
  • boat
What's Not Included
  • food
  • Transport your place to our boat safari place.
Additional Information

The estuary of the Madu Ganga River is a complex coastal ecosystem of mangroves and islands. A boat trip is a wonderful way of seeing some of the hundreds of species of plants and animals – monkeys eat fruit in the trees, a water monitor lizard glides slowly through the water, and cormorants, crocodile’s egrets and kingfishers wait patiently on the…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Oeysteink
Feb 17, 2025
Well worth the river cruise. We would highly recommend it to other families with young children. And to everybody else. - The guide was very friendly with us and our eight years old boy. The river cruise was very good with much to see. And as advertised we stopped at a interesting buddhist temple, and at Cinnemon Island with a informative guide of how to make tea, cinnemon powder, rope etc. from the cinnemon three. And it was very fun with the stop where the fishes did eat from our feet in the water.
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Keziahazelp
Feb 13, 2025
Fantastic Experience - booked Madu Boat Safari trip with Suduhansa Tours. It was a great experience for me and I enjoyed the boat ride, plantations, prawn fishing and local fishermen fishing, Fish pedicure, cinnamon farm.and the monastery on one of the island. We also stopped to have King Coconut and Ice cream from one of the shops on stilts in the river. This was owned by Ravindu’s parents and his mother was there to sell us what we wanted. I did not see any crocodiles during my trip. I guess they were underwater. Overall I enjoyed my boat ride of approximately 2.5 hours with Ravindu’s father who rode the boat for us.
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Keziahazelp
Feb 12, 2025
Fantastic Experience - I enjoyed everything from the.boat ride to seeing fishermen fishing in their boats to seeing different species of birds to enjoying the fish pedicure and cinnamon farm and the monastery temple on the island The boatman was very knowledgeable and gave so much of information of the various islands located on the river. Also we had ice cream and King coconut water in the middle of the river from a stilt shop I did not see any crocodiles though during the trip.
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Pedalms
Jan 9, 2025
We were a large group of... - We were a large group of 13 The tour company arranged a private boat ..and helped with accommodating and one elderly member with limited mobility get comfortable.
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Smh122014
Jan 9, 2025
Good trip - We were a large group of 13 The tour company arranged a private boat ..and helped with accommodating and one elderly member with limited mobility get comfortable.
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F3479bsjamesb
Nov 16, 2024
Great boat tour - Great boat tour, driver was friendly, retractable roof on boat for when it started raining, was worth the money. Seen black monkeys in the trees, herons and a man on a boat be out over a small crocodile that he had caught so had a picture with that. The tour starts right next to Balapitiya train station so only 50 metre walk.
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Dasunpathmakumara
Oct 27, 2024
Madu River boat trip - I had a great time on the Madu River Boat Safari! The mix of wildlife, peaceful mangroves, and the unique fish spa experience definitely makes it a memorable adventure. I'm glad you enjoyed the scenery and the close encounters with nature!
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Lisa
Sep 5, 2024
Great bargain river boat trip - I was only person on boat trip so felt like a VIP. Visited temple island, cinnamon island to see how cinnamon is made. Had a fish foot massage and stopped if for a coconut drink. I even got to skipper the boat
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Amirthalingamp2024
Aug 29, 2024
A great way to spend time in a Mangrove Forest - A delightful, safe and friendly boat ride on the Lagoon and a tour of a Cinnamon Processing factory. Unfortunately we arrived just after 14-00H on a very hot and humid day, which meant we did not see too many animals, but the mangroves were superb and riding through "tunnels" of mangrove plants was an interesting experience as was the athletics required to get under the bridges in the boat. We were safe all the time and my friends enjoyed the challenge caused. The visit to Cinnamon Island was interesting as they showed how the scrolls of Sri Lankan Cinnamon are made from the branch of a tree to being packed for export. We did not stop at the historical temple in the lagoon as one of the group was very anti any religious activity to the extent of even visiting a Temple. A worthwhile boat ride even if ovly for the fun of it.
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290aishwaryas
Oct 6, 2024
Madu River Safari - Had a lovely time and able to visit the Buddhist temple. We saw few animals and had a good fish massage. Unfortunately we weren't able to see crocodiles or monkeys.
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