Hoods Tower Museum, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

4.5 (32 reviews) Spent Ranking #13 in Trincomalee Speciality Museums

View of this natural harbour and ww2 remains will impress you

First of all you may require a permission, please contact Eastern Naval command for guidance BEFORE YOU VISIT, they are friendly and you just have to follow the guides. requesting letter via fax will work Boat ride is good, but the museum is the most important, and when you climb up the tower at the museum you may see the Natural Harbor of trinco. hidden dockyards everywhere. huge ships can seen as toys hidden in bays surrounded by mountains. This is a Naval base, obey the rules,its a vast area, google map will not work, always follow the road signs. be advice before taking photographs
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Ostenburg, Trincomalee 31000 Sri Lanka

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4.5 based on (32 reviews)

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  • 5Jean L 5:00 PM Mar 4, 2018
    Interesting museum
    Our first visit to Sri Lanka and we had heard about this museum, both myself and my partners fathers had been based here in 2nd world war so this to us was a must. We were told we didn’t need permission prior to arriving so turned up at the base on 28th Feb to be turned away as too many school trips told to come back following morning between 8.30/8.45. Following day we arrived at the base at 8.20 to be told no access before 9.00am so we sat and waited. At 9 we were asked for our passports and our driver was asked for his paperwork. We were then asked if we wanted to do the harbour boat ride which we said yes. The boat ride was 3000SLR each (£15) 200 SLR for locals. We queued for about 20 mins then given permission to board then sat on the boat for roughly 15 mins waiting for coaches to arrive. Finally the cruise took off 10 mins into cruise the boat made its way back into harbour and that was it. Totally disappointing. When we got back to the harbour we got back into our car with our driver and a naval base person to drive to Hoods Tower museum, the entrance fee was 1200 SLR each. The museum has lots of parts of ships, guns, ammunition, working parts of ships. The tower has amazing views over the harbours, there is still the search lights up there, also escape tunnels which were weird to go round all in all a really enjoyable and informative trip.
  • 5CHARITH GUNARATHNA 5:00 PM Feb 23, 2016
    A historical tour to WW 2 era
    Great if you can go in the morning with having a boat ride around the Trincomalee watching prima factory and around naval base. You can see and experience war guns and historical guns in the museum. Don't forget to get the assistant of a guide.

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