Est. 2019 · Southern Province, Sri Lanka

Discover the Magic
of Down South.

Curated sanctuaries, private oceanfront villas, and bespoke coastal experiences across Galle, Mirissa, Weligama, and Tangalle.

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12+

Coastal towns

4.9★

Avg. concierge rating

120+

Handpicked experiences

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Where should Down South take you?

Tell us roughly what you want and our Galle-based concierge replies with a tailored plan within 24 hours. It's free and not a booking.

Curated Experiences

Handpicked along the southern coast

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$10 flat rate4.93 Hours

Surf · Weligama Beach

Beginner Surf Lesson

Weligama's long, forgiving sandbank is the gentlest place in Sri Lanka to stand up on a board for the first time. Two instructors per four guests, soft-tops and rash guards provided.

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$10 flat rate4.95 Hours

Ocean · Mirissa Harbour

Blue Whale Watching

Mirissa sits beside a deep continental shelf, putting blue whales, sperm whales and spinner dolphins within an hour of the harbour. We sail only with permit-holding, low-wake operators.

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$10 flat rate4.8Full Day

Wildlife · Yala National Park

Yala Leopard Safari

Yala holds the highest density of leopards on earth. A private jeep, a tracker who reads alarm calls, and a dawn start well before the day-trip crowd reaches the gate.

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$10 flat rate4.94 Hours

Wildlife · Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary

Kalametiya Bird Safari

A sunrise glide through the mangrove channels of Kalametiya — brackish lagoons that host over 150 recorded species, from greater flamingos and painted storks to the elusive black bittern.

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$10 flat rate4.83 Hours

Heritage · Galle Fort

Galle Fort Heritage Walk

Four hundred years of Portuguese, Dutch and British layers inside one set of ramparts — walked at golden hour with a historian who grew up inside the walls.

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$10 flat rate4.73 Hours

Wildlife · Rekawa Turtle Beach

Rekawa Turtle Night Watch

Five endangered species nest on this two-kilometre strip. You wait in the dark with the conservation rangers until a green turtle hauls up the sand — no lights, no flash, no crowding.

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Villas & Wild Lagoons

Four ways to meet the south coast.

Our portfolio pairs staffed oceanfront villas with the wild edges most travellers never connect — lagoons, deep water and the grasslands just inland.

The wide golden sand and villa coastline at Tangalle

Private Villas

Sleep above the reef.

Staffed villas along the Tangalle sand — each with a resident chef, a house manager and a pool that stops at the tide line. No lobbies, no neighbours, no schedule but yours.

Private staffed villas

24/7

Resident house team

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Flamingos at sunrise in the Kalametiya lagoon

Bird Safaris

Wake among flamingos.

First light on the Kalametiya lagoon, poled through mangrove channels by a guide who has counted these birds for twenty years. Greater flamingos, painted storks, and — if the water sits right — the black bittern.

150+

Bird species recorded

05:30

Sunrise departure

Kalametiya Bird Safari

A blue whale surfacing off the Mirissa coast

Deep Water

Sail the continental shelf.

Mirissa harbour sits an hour from water a kilometre deep. We sail only with permit-holding, low-wake operators and a marine biologist aboard — the difference between chasing whales and watching them.

1 hr

To the shelf edge

4.9★

Guest rating

Blue Whale Watching

Scrub and waterholes in Yala National Park at first light

Wild Interior

Turn inland at dawn.

Two hours from the coast road, Yala holds the highest density of leopards on earth — alongside sloth bears, tuskers and 200 recorded bird species. Private jeep, a tracker who reads alarm calls, and a gate start before the crowd.

2 hrs

From the coast

Leopard density on earth

Yala Leopard Safari

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