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Beach towns, lagoons, and seasonal surf on the east.

Region — East Coast

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Arisimale Beach near Pulmoddai, with its coarse rice-grain sand

Arisimale Beach

Pulmoddai

Arugam Bay, a surf point break on Sri Lanka's east coast

Arugam Bay

The beach on Dutch Bay in Trincomalee, below the Koneswaram temple headland

Dutch Bay

Elephant Rock

The gateway of Fort Frederick in Trincomalee, dated 1675, leading up Swami Rock

Fort Frederick

Girihandu Seya stupa at Thiriyai, north of Trincomalee

Girihandu Seya

Thiriyai

The carved wooden signpost to the Hoods Tower naval museum inside Trincomalee dockyard

Hoods Tower Museum

Kalkudah Beach, a beach in Batticaloa

Kalkudah Beach

The seven square stone wells of the Kanniya hot springs near Trincomalee

Kanniya Hot Springs

Sunset over Kantale Tank with a lone tree on the bund

Kantale Tank

Kantale

Kinniya Bridge crossing the lagoon south of Trincomalee

Kinniya Bridge

Kinniya

Sunset over Kokkilai lagoon with fishermen in outrigger canoes

Kokkilai Lagoon

Koneswaram Temple cliff at Swami Rock above the Indian Ocean in Trincomalee

Koneswaram Temple

The granite summit rock of the Kudumbigala forest hermitage

Kudumbigala

Waterbirds over the lagoons of Kumana National Park

Kumana National Park

Lahugala Kitulana National Park, a wildlife park in Arugam Bay

Lahugala Kitulana National Park

Lahugala Kota Vehera, an ancient stupa near Pottuvil

Lahugala Kota Vehera

The gilded Buddha and the bay seen from the Lankapatuna temple terrace

Lankapatuna Samudragiri Viharaya

Seruwila

Lighthouse Point

Ruins of Magul Maha Viharaya at Lahugala, near Pottuvil

Magul Maha Viharaya

Marble Beach, the sheltered bay run by the Sri Lanka Air Force south of Trincomalee

Marble Beach

The colonnaded 17th-century building of the Maritime and Naval History Museum in Trincomalee

Maritime and Naval History Museum

A line of stone figures leading over the dunes to the stupa at Muhudu Maha Viharaya, Pottuvil

Muhudu Maha Viharaya

Nilaveli Beach, north of Trincomalee on Sri Lanka's east coast

Nilaveli Beach

The bay at Okanda seen from the rock headland, near the Kumana park entrance

Okanda Beach

Panama Beach, with fishing boats drawn up on the sand south of Arugam Bay

Panama Beach

The painted gopuram towers of Pathirakali Amman Temple in Trincomalee

Pathirakali Amman Temple

Peanut Farm

Pigeon Island National Park, known for its coral reefs and seabird nesting sites

Pigeon Island National Park

Pottuvil Point, the right-hand point break north of Arugam Bay

Pottuvil Point

Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara, a Buddhist temple with a prominent stupa

Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara

Shasthrawela Monastery Ruins

The Koneswaram Temple complex and its seated Shiva statue on Swami Rock, Trincomalee

Trincomalee

Rows of white headstones under a frangipani tree at Trincomalee War Cemetery

Trincomalee War Cemetery

Uppuveli Beach, the long sand beach north of Trincomalee

Uppuveli Beach

Ruins of Velgam Vehera, the ancient Buddhist temple at Kanniya near Trincomalee

Velgam Vehera

Whiskey Point, the boulder point break north of Pottuvil

Whiskey Point

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