How to get fromHanwella to Katunayakeby bus, car or taxi

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There are 4 ways to get from Hanwella to Katunayake by bus, car, or taxi

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best
1. Take the bus from Pahathgama to Colombo Bastian Mawatha Bus Terminalbus Badulla-Colombo
2. Take the bus from Colombo Bastian Mawatha Bus Terminal to Katunayake Airport Bus Stationbus 187-E CMB to Colombo
2h 5m
Rs 2,244–2,397
Drive 51.3 km
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1. Drive from Hanwella to Katunayakecar 51.3 km
44 min
Rs 2,164–3,125
Taxi
1. Take the taxi from Hanwella to Katunayaketaxi 51.3 km
44 min
Rs 14,000–17,000
Bus via Bandaranaike Internation Airport
1. Take the bus from Pahathgama to Colombo Bastian Mawatha Bus Terminalbus Badulla-Colombo
2. Take the bus from Colombo City to Bandaranaike Internation Airportbus
3h 28m
Rs 2,566–2,679

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Map of how to get from Hanwella to Katunayake.

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Distance: 72.2 km
Duration: 2h 5m

What companies run services between Hanwella, Western, Sri Lanka and Katunayake, Sri Lanka?

You can take a bus from Pahathgama to Katunayake Airport Bus Station via Colombo Bastian Mawatha Bus Terminal in around 2h 5m.

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Katunayake(opens in a new window), Sri Lanka(opens in a new window)

Katunayake (Sinhala: කටුනායක, Tamil: கட்டுநாயகம்), is a suburb of Negombo in Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is the site of Bandaranaike International Airport, the primary international air gateway to Sri Lanka. With the change of government in 1977 and the introduction of the open economy policy a large area was allocated to create a free trade zone (currently known as the Export Promotion Zone).

Things to do in Katunayake

Gampaha Botanical Garden(Opens in a new window)

Gampaha Botanical Garden, also known as Henarathgoda Botanical Garden is situated in the suburb of Gampaha. It was established in 1876 by the British to conduct experiments on exotic economic plants such as Rubber, and explore plant wealth and development of economy in the colony. The first imported rubber tree to Sri Lanka was first planted in this garden and it was the first seedlings of Brazilian rubber tree ever planted in Asia. The garden consists of a large variety of plants and many of them are from every corner of the tropical world it is expanding over 43 acre and situated next to the Attanagalu Oya and surrounded by paddy fields, a man-made green environment and a secondary forest as well laid out with lots of interesting sections, eye-catching landscaping and many shrubs, bushes and trees. This garden is a famous destination for youngsters.

Henarathgoda Botanical Garden(Opens in a new window)

Henarathgoda Botanical Garden is one of the six botanical gardens in Sri Lanka. The botanical garden is situated in Gampaha-Minuwangoda main road, approximately 450 m away from Gampaha railway station. It is about 29 km from Sri Lanka's commercial capital of Colombo.

Horagolla National Park(Opens in a new window)

Horagolla National Park is one of the latest national parks in Sri Lanka. It is so called because of an abundance of Dipterocarpus zeylanicus (hora) trees. The area was originally declared as a wildlife sanctuary on 5 September 1973 due to its rich biodiversity. Later on 24 June 2004, Horagolla was elevated to national park status. Horagolla is the only urban park in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. The park is situated close to Horagolla Walauwa, the home of the Bandaranaike family. The park is situated some 40 km from Colombo.

Places to stay in Katunayake

Olinia Airport Hotel(Opens in a new window)

8.6Fabulous

Agasthi Airport Close(Opens in a new window)

9.4Superb

Transit Studio Katunayake(Opens in a new window)

9.2Superb

The Norfolk Heritage Airport Villa(Opens in a new window)

8.4Very Good

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