Spend a full, relaxed day along the lively coastline of Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka’s original beach resort and still one of its most characterful – a town where a living coral reef runs close to shore, sea turtles are a near-daily presence in the shallows and the beach culture retains the easy, unpretentious atmosphere it has maintained since the 1970s backpacker era first put it on the global travel map.
