Eco Adventure

An Experience of a Lifetime, conceptualised by the Ceylon Fishery Harbour Corporation:

by Prasad Abu Bakr

From a losing end of matters it has now been transformed into a highly profitable institution. The Ceylon Fishery Harbour Corporation is evolving to a successful level today under the flagship of its present minister Hon. Felix Perera and its youthful Chairman Asanga Abeygoonasekara, who has amongst other concepts that he visualised at making the fast losing institution into a profit making venture harboured into the tourism territory to make it a integral part of his eco adventure travel concept.

Boat Rides and Night Fishing excursions are made available to families and groups # at the two Fishery Harbours in Panadura and Hikkaduwa. Dolphin and Whale Watching is also arranged through the Hikkaduwa Fishery Harbour. Diving programmes too are conducted at this Harbour and one can also visit the Great and the Little Basses and also one of the oldest Light Houses which is in Kirinda.

CFHC's Travel Wing can make arrangements for you to witness the spectacular natural behaviour of Whales and Dolphins by taking you there at the right time of the year.

Night Sailing under a full moon is also a exhilarating experience according to travellers who have experienced it first hand. and the visit to the Kirinda Harbour which operated as a commercial harbour before the 18th century and became even a more popular tourist spot after the British built the Great and the Little Basses in 1873 some 20Km off the harbour.

Underwater exploring is also on the cards to people who wants take the opportunity of experiencing such events. Hikkaduwa is the place for underwater excursions where there is a marine sanctuary abundant with rare corals and tropical fish.

There is a wide coral shelf surrounding the local coastline all the way from the north all the way down to the southern coastal belt and it is all a beautifully natural underwater world at your disposal and the CFHC travel wing is all geared to help adventure lovers to explore it.

In a interview with the media the Chairman further stressed that the project is already in operation and many local and foreign tourists are making use of the packages that are on offer.

He also said that they are contemplating in taking these programmes to the north and the east where he said the situation is changing for the better. He also said that in the process of drawing out the plan to bring into operation these eco adventure tours the Secretary to the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, E. Jinadasa was of immense help at implementing the project efficiently.