Colombo Airport to Matugama Taxi
An inland town behind the Kalutara coast, and the road to Brief Garden and the rubber country.
Airport to Matugama: what to expect
Matugama sits about twenty kilometres inland from Aluthgama, in the low hills where the coconut belt gives way to rubber. It is a market town rather than a visitor destination, but the area around it holds a few things worth the short drive from the coast.
Brief Garden is the best known — the estate Bevis Bawa, brother of the architect Geoffrey, spent fifty years making into a dense, strange, sculpture-filled garden. It is smaller and less formal than Lunuganga and, to some tastes, more interesting. Richmond Castle, an Edwardian manor built by a local landowner who copied an Indian maharaja's palace, is nearby.
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Per vehicle, one way, luggage included. Rupee equivalents are LKR 19,000 and LKR 22,500. Return trips and en-route stops quoted on WhatsApp.
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Worth a stop on the way
Brief Garden
Bevis Bawa's garden estate — half a day if you like gardens, an hour if you do not.
Richmond Castle
An Edwardian mansion near Kalutara, built in imitation of an Indian palace and open to visitors.
Colombo Airport to Matugama — FAQ
What is Brief Garden?
The estate of Bevis Bawa, landscape architect and brother of Geoffrey Bawa, who spent five decades turning it into a densely planted garden full of sculpture. It is near Matugama and open to visitors.
Is Matugama worth staying in?
Rarely. It is an inland market town with little accommodation for visitors. Most people stay on the coast at Bentota, Aluthgama or Kalutara and drive in for Brief Garden.
How far is Matugama from the coast?
About twenty to twenty-five minutes from Aluthgama or Kalutara, through rubber and coconut country.
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