About this experience
Board your private boat at Negombo and spend two hours drifting along the Hamilton Canal — the historic Dutch-built waterway that threads through the quiet villages and mangroves of Waikkal. Your English-speaking guide points out kingfishers, water monitors, and fishing communities along the banks as the canal opens into wider stretches of brackish backwater. A qualified rescue and first-aid crew member is on board throughout, and a 500 ml bottle of water is provided per person.
Hotel pick-up and drop-off around Negombo Beach are included, so there's no need to arrange your own transport to the water. The tour runs for exactly two hours and is operated as a private experience, meaning you share the boat only with your own group. Children aged five and above are welcome. Personal expenses and anything not listed in the inclusions are not covered.
Duration2 hours
LanguagesEnglish
Group typePrivate — your party only
Min age5 years
What’s included
Included
- 2 Hour boat ride at Dutch canal (Hamilton Canal)
- Private tour
- Hotel pick up and drop off around Negombo Beach
- English specking well experienced guide
- Qualified rescue and first aider on boat
Not included
- Any expenses on personal nature
- Anything not mentioned in the Inclusions
Please note
- Public transportation nearby
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not stroller accessible
- Not suitable for pets
- Infants must not sit on laps
- Infant seats unavailable
- your hotel in negombo
Cancellation policy
- More than 24 hours notice: full refund
- Less than 24 hours notice: no refund
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3.4 / 5
· 874 reviews
#6 of 44 things to do in Negombo
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Dutch Canal Sri Lanka
Smelly canal.. sewer smell. Dirty boat.
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Dutch Canal
We had nice time on boat from Negombo to our hotel.
You can find a lot of animals: cows, baths, birds or even spear. We had nice time, Dutch Canal is long and we saw place where it flew to ocean.
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The reviews are accurate -too much pollution.
We had visited some 6 years earlier when we picked up a boat and It cost us $35 dollars for 2 hours going up the canal,around the lagoon to see the mangroves and feeding the monkeys on the island.Then it was a crying sha…
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