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Travel essentials for Bentota River, Sri Lanka — what to expect on the ground. Bentota River sits in Sri Lanka (Asia), in a tropical climate band — tropical northern-hemisphere zone with a wet season and a dry season. Airport IATA code BJT serves the area. Local timezone is Asia/Colombo, which matters for arrivals and check-ins. It sits at 6.48°, 79.98° — useful for weather, daylight, and route planning. Use the live tools below to plan around these facts.

RegionSri Lanka, Asia
Climate bandtropical northern-hemisphere zone with a wet season and a dry season
Airport IATA code BJT
TimezoneAsia/Colombo
Coordinates6.48, 79.98
Located in the Northern Hemisphere

BJT is the airport code associated with Bentota, a popular beach resort town on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, where the Bentota river meets the Indian Ocean, some seventy kilometres south of the capital, Colombo. Bentota is one of Sri Lanka's best-loved beach destinations, a long stretch of golden sand fringed by palms, backed by the calm waters of the Bentota river and lagoon. It grew from an old Portuguese fort and later a British rest house into a string of hotels along the coast, and is known for its beaches, watersports, river safaris through the mangroves and traditional mask-making. The code relates to a water aerodrome, where a seaplane service from Colombo lands on the lagoon. Bentota is reached by road and rail down the coast from Colombo, whose airport is the main gateway, and by seaplane. The climate is tropical, with a hot, wet monsoon season.

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Frequently asked questions

What is BJT?
BJT is a code associated with Bentota, a beach resort town on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka. It relates to a water aerodrome, where a scheduled seaplane service from Colombo lands on the Bentota lagoon. The main airport for Sri Lanka is Bandaranaike International Airport, near Colombo.
Where is Bentota?
Bentota is a beach resort town on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, where the Bentota river meets the Indian Ocean, about seventy kilometres south of the capital, Colombo. It sits on a long stretch of golden, palm-fringed sand, with the calm river and lagoon just behind the beach.
What is Bentota known for?
Bentota is known as one of Sri Lanka's most popular beach resorts, with golden sand, palm trees and warm sea, and for the Bentota river behind it, which offers river safaris through the mangroves. It is also known for watersports and for the traditional mask-making of the region.

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