Rumassala Hill is just southeast of town and west of Unawatuna beach. It is a thickly forested rocky headland famously fertile with medicinal herbs and claimed, in folklore, to be a small piece of the Himalaya dropped by Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god. A 5km trail takes in a viewpoint near the 1875 British-built lighthouse, the secluded Jungle Beach and the Japanese Peace Pagoda.

 
The reef is known for its rich biodiversity and is an important habitat for many marine species, despite its small size. It is an important location for small-scale fisheries, collection of ornamental fish and tourism.
 
(Content Source : Travel Sri Lanka Magazine)