New 3 Island Cruise launched

Sail Sri Lanka http://www.sailsrilanka.com/ Introducing a New Regular ferry service Arugam-Basses-Bondives End up on the New “Foreigners Only” Island off Hambantot

http://www.sundaytimes.lk/140119/business-times/foreigners-only-island-off-hambantota-80015.html Then: Visit the Great and little Basses reefs & lighthouses! And then cruise onwards To to the almost

unknown Islands of The Bondives. As from 1st April 2014, cruises leave Arugam Bay every Sunday to arrive at the vibrant port of Feemal on Monday afternoon. The Basses: Great Basses Reef Lighthouse is an offshore lighthouse in the south of Sri Lanka, and it is operated and maintained by the Sri Lanka Navy. It is located on a reef 13 km off the coast of Yala National Park, near Little Basses Reef Lighthouse. It is accessible only by boat. The two Basses lighthouses, ‘Great’ and ‘Little’, are among the most famous offshore lighthouses of Asia.

The lighthouse was designed by Alexander Gordon and Sir James Nicholas Douglass in 1867. Each block weighs 2 to 3 tons.[1] It withstood the force of the tsunami with only modest damage; it was repaired with assistance from the UK lighthouse authorities Trinity House and TheNorthern Lighthouse Board.

The reef is the site of the Great Basses wreck, an early 18th-century wreck of an Indian ship, carrying a treasureof silver rupees, that was discovered by Arthur C. Clarkeand Mike Wilson in 1961. Great diving opportunities exist here! ********************************************** Sail Onwards to: