Beach & Coastal
East Coast & Surf
Fifteen days via Trincomalee and Arugam Bay
The route most itineraries skip: Trincomalee and Pigeon Island, the surf at Arugam Bay, then over the hills and down the south coast to Galle.
East Coast
Arugam Bay
A right-hand point break and not much else.
- Region
- East Coast
- Best time
- May to September
- How long to stay
- 3 to 5 days
Arugam Bay is a long right-hander that peels for several hundred metres on a good swell, and the season, May to September, draws surfers from everywhere.
The town itself is a single sandy street of guesthouses and roti shops. There is nothing to do but surf, eat and sleep, which is exactly the promise.
Kumana National Park is next door for birdlife, and elephants regularly cross the road at dusk. Drive carefully.
What not to miss
- Main Point and Whiskey Point
- Kumana National Park birding
- Lagoon safaris
- Elephant crossings at dusk
Journeys including this place
Tours that visit Arugam Bay.
Adventure
Grand Island Circuit
Seventeen days: east coast, hill country and the whole south
The longest route we run: Trincomalee, Arugam Bay, the hills, Yala, and then five separate stops working west along the coast to Colombo.
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