7 best solo trips in Sri Lanka

best solo trips in Sri Lanka
Although we all dream of going on a group trip together, there are more opportunities that are missed than fulfilled. Everyone has one job. So taking a day to go on a trip is a big problem.

Sri Lanka is a country with very friendly people as foreigners say. In some cases, due to some reasons, even if the villagers give wrong information to the tourists, if you look for it, the possibility of making a mistake is low in Sri Lanka.

When we go alone for a trip or two, we get used to it. Then we feel the fun of going alone. When we go alone, we get the opportunity to go to our own plans and happily travel without thinking about friends or colleagues, without worrying about other people’s responsibilities.

Sinharaja Rein forest

Sinharajaya is a big forest. It is possible to officially enter the forest from the Neluva side as well as from the Deniyaya side. If you are going to Sinharaja alone, it is worth talking to a guide in the neighboring village.

These guides are the ones who know the forest, plants and animals very well. They know well where the animals are. The guides have a good understanding even about the greens. If you go alone, the price of the tour is a bit higher, but you can stay in a low-key place next to the forest, and then go on your own to enjoy the tour.

You can get good photo and video memories as well as experience waterfalls and bathing in water with a Sinharaja ride.

Southern Coast Resting

The sea is a place where you don’t get bored even if you wait for a long time. Fishermen do their industries in some places on the lower coast. Pulling nets. It is a good experience to watch them and support them if they are pulling a net or pushing a boat.

If you are looking for Koggala, you can visit Koggala Oya, Madol Duwe Siri, Madu Ganga boat rides etc. on the southern coast. The southern coast is important because it is easy to visit without having to wait for the activity, and rest for a day or two.

Ella Rox

Ella is one of the best pot for budget whites coming to Sri Lanka. No need to go to the falls and walk. Going outside and reading a book in the cold weather is also a great experience to have in the falls. A little further down, the Ravana falls are terrifying during the rainy season. Ravana Ella is like Sita’s sari when it flows. Slowly falls to the ground.

You can also go by train to the falls. Going by train to the falls is a must-have train experience. Alla Rocks, Little Siripade train journey, Domodara Falls travel memories.

 Arugambe with surfing

Pothuvil Panama Province is still a very sparsely populated province. Want to go to Arugambay and buy some ethanol alcohol to drink suddenly and maybe travel a few kilometers.

In the Arugambe province of Panama, if you want the forest, you can see the environment to your heart’s content, if you want the sea and mangrove. Panama which is a sanctuary once overflowing with migratory birds. Animals such as deer, monkeys and rabbits can also be seen at any entrance to Panama.

Although a bit expensive for a solo traveler in this region, there are plenty of places to practice surfing. Go alone and spend a week or two, take a scooty and circle around

Horton Plains

Horton’s place is the two entrances to the end of the world. Small accommodation for rent on both sides can now be booked online. If the foreign tourists who get up early in the morning and come before the rooster crows, they may be standing in the same places where their ancestors used to point guns at wild animals. However, Horton Plains is one of the coldest places in Sri Lanka’s parks.

Going to the end of the world on foot along the Horton Plain is a bit of a bummer. Now there is scope to provide ease of travel by three wheelers and small vehicles.

If you can go alone and take a camera or a phone and take photos of the end of the world and Horton Plains and put them on FB? They will be some beautiful photos that will make your friends jealous.

Kalpitiya

Kalpitiya is an unpopular but beautiful coastal region that is second to none in Sri Lanka. Kalpitiya’s whale watching and dolphin watching in the lagoon are also popular among tourists. If you want to do kite surfing, you need to get used to it for two or three days.

If you go in the right windy season, many hotels in Kalpitiya provide facilities to practice kite surfing with the group. Even if you go to Kalpitiya alone, you can join the tourists and enjoy dolphin watching, island hopping, etc. For Battalangunduwa, a daily boat departs from Kalpitiya Fishery Port at 8.30am on weekdays.

You can go on that boat and come the same day. Even if you go alone, the friendly people of Kalpitiya, where there are Muslims, Tamils and Sinhalese people, will help you with any tourist activity.

 Knuckles Channel

 

Knuckles’ Hulugaga area is a place where there are many things to see if you go by motorcycle. There are 5-6 beautiful waterfalls near each other. There are several mountains that can be climbed from this Knuckles Hulu Ganga Pass, which has mild weather at any time of the year.

If you can find a good guide, climbing Knuckles Mountain alone with him will be a lot of fun. New rooms and hotels are now being built in Knuckles Hulungaga province, which can be reached in two hours from Kandy.

Although there are streams with clean water like blue stones in these Hulu Ganga Knuckles, it is mandatory to be careful to bathe only in approved places. Several cases have been reported recently in this province where tourists came to bathe and got into disaster.

* This article was originally published here