Mirissa and the south coast
Whale boats in season, and the villa coast running through Ahangama, Weligama and on toward Tangalle.
Mirissa is where the whale boats leave, mostly from December to April, when the south and west coasts are in their calmer months. A boat trip is a morning on the water. It is not a promise that a whale will surface. The published adventure sample includes one boat and three nights here before Yala.
Ahangama, Weligama and Tangalle are the villa coast around it. The five-night pool-villa sample is based at South Point Villa in Ahangama, with Mirissa as a day out rather than a second hotel. From about May to September we talk about the east coast instead.