
Benthota, Southern
Time needed
1h 30m
From Benthota
7 km
Entry
LKR 2,000
Best season
Year-round; lushest May-September
Bevis Bawa, soldier, aide-de-camp, and older brother of the architect Geoffrey, spent fifty years turning a rubber estate into a five-acre garden of terraces, water courts and hidden sculpture. Donald Friend's murals still cover the house walls. Almost nobody goes, which is much of the pleasure.
Recommended visit time
1h 30m
Opening hours
08:00-17:00
Entry
LKR 2,000
Mobile coverage
Good
Brief Garden (Bevis Bawa)
1h 30m · LKR 2,000