Bus tickets to Matara

4 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

4 places connect to Matara by Buses, across 1 country, run by 0 operators. The cheapest arrival costs None. Origins run from 133 km away to 150 km, with a median of 142 km.

Priced for 15 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Fares

Arriving in Matara

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Matara, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Colombo to Matara busNoneNone133 km
Kandy to Matara busNoneNone150 km
  • 4Places you can arrive from
  • 1Countries
  • 0Operators

12Go fares to Matara

These are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.

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The coach gets you into Matara. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Matara for the night the coach gets in

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km4100%Colombo, 133 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Sri Lanka4100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Matara

Matara

Coach
  • Akuressa
  • Yatiyana Bus Stand
Leaving

Leaving Matara

Common questions about Bus tickets to Matara

Where can I travel to Matara by Buses from?

4 places connect to Matara by Buses on our network, across 1 country The nearest is 133 km away in a straight line and the furthest 150 km.

Which terminal does the Buses to Matara use?

Buses services into Matara use 2 named terminals, among them Akuressa, Yatiyana Bus Stand. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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Other ways to reach Matara

Matara is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Matara railway station

Most of the points near Matara railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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