Together with Ravana Falls and Little Adam’s Peak, Ella Rock is another of the wonderful natural spots situated in the vicinity of Ella Village in Sri Lanka that every visitor should check out. I didn’t actually get to climb Ella Rock during my first visit to Ella, and I wasn’t planning to during the second one either, but it so happened after all that I did. On an overcast … [Read more...]
Little Adam’s Peak Sunrise Hike and Nine Arch Bridge
On the second day of our sojourn in Ella, we decided to visit two of the area’s most renown sights: Little Adam’s Peak and the Nine Arch Bridge. These are located in very close distance from the village center and from each other, so that both can easily be visited on foot within a matter of a few hours. In our case, we also had a scooter so we got to reach them both even … [Read more...]
Ravana Waterfall: climbing and swimming at one of the best spots around Ella in Sri Lanka
Far from the scorching heat and bustle of the Sri Lankan coast, deep in the lush mountainous hinterland of this exotic island, there I found myself in the cool and fairytale-like village of Ella. Arriving in Ella, one gets inevitably captivated by its charms, making it really hard to leave when time demands. There are numberless spots of unparalleled natural beauty hidden … [Read more...]
Getting from Ella to Arugam Bay by bus
After having lived some really interesting adventures while touring in the Sri Lankan hinterland, it was time to head back to the coast, from Ella to Arugam Bay, where I intended to settle for the few last weeks of my overwintering in Sri Lanka.In order to get from Ella to Arugam Bay, one needs to drive via A23 road to the town of Wellawaya and follow the A3 road directly to … [Read more...]
Renting and Driving a Scooter in Sri Lanka without a Driver’s License
You are in Sri Lanka and you want to rent a scooter to explore the country’s unique, exotic beauty at your ease but you don’t have a driver’s license?Do not be daunted. It is very unlikely that any of the dudes renting out scooters in Sri Lanka will insist - or even ask in the first place - on you having a driver’s license in order to lease you a bike. The truth is that even if … [Read more...]
From Kandy to Nuwara Eliya day trip by scooter
After the long trip to the amazingly picturesque Sigiriya of the previous day, we decided to devote the second day of our possessing the rented scooter for driving from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya on another day trip.Nuwara Eliya is another of Sri Lanka’s touristic highlights that every traveler ought not to miss. The city is located in the Central District, in the heart of Sri … [Read more...]
From Kandy to Sigiriya day trip by scooter
While traveling in Sri Lanka with a friend, we eventually wound up in Kandy. We had a few days to spare there, before moving onwards to Ella, and there wasn't much to do in such a bustling and rowdy city like Kandy. So we worked on planning some day trips outside of it. After having gone through certain vicissitudes in order to find a reasonably priced scooter for rental on the … [Read more...]
Looking for scooter rental in Kandy (and how we ended up being offered ironed marijuana leaves instead)
Arriving in Kandy, the other day, one of the first things we did was to look for a cheap scooter to rent so to explore the surrounding area. This proved much harder than expected. Whereas in every other part of Sri Lanka with significant tourism where I’ve been you could find a scooter at pretty much every second house for 500-800 LKR per day, in Kandy we looked in vain for a … [Read more...]
