Pottuvil to Arugam Bay, The Beach Walk

Do you want to complete your dream stay in Eastern Sri Lanka? Go for the amazing beach walk from Pottuvil to Arugam bay.

Put lots of sun cream, bring a bottle of water and your flip-flops (you will need them only from time to time).

Take a Tuk-Tuk to the Whiskey Point. There you will find a cool Beach-bar called SaBaBa, where you can meet young Sri Lankan Surf-boys amongst people from all over the world. Drink a Coke and then start walking to the rocks at the beach, from where you have a great view on the Surfpro’s, Wanna- and Gonnabe’s.

Part of the Sababa bar, Mai 2013

Female Pro at Whiskey Point, Mai 2013

Walk southwards to the Pottuvil lagoon. You cannot miss it. On your left the green blue sea with its white foam, on your right the dark blue water of the lagoon and the light blue of the sky. In one of the huts close by you can drink a warm tea, or (if you want to spend some extra money) “book” a one or two hour lagoon boat trip.

Walk on sand paths and sometimes climb through the rocky part of Pottuvil point. You cannot get lost, just stick to the beach. You will reach a wide, coarse-grained beach on which you will hardly find a living human soul. From far you can spot a beautiful villa behind some mostly unused fisher boats.

Villa at Pottuvil, Mai 2013

On the way to the next highlight, the Muhudu Maha Viharaya, you can marvel at the black gravel layers that gives the beach its special look or imitate the sounds of the maybe present goats to start an animal concert.

Black sand layers, Mai 2013

Goats at the beach side, Mai 2013

Some minutes later you will spot some sand dunes. Walk up to them and you will see the archaeological site named Muhudu Maha Viharaya. Some Buddhist extras spice the site up. 

Sand dunes, Pottuvil, Mai 2013

Return to the beach and head further south. On a narrow sand bank you enter the Bay of Arugam. To your right you have a great view of the bridge which connects Pottuvil and Arugam bay. Behind this Panama Road bridge lies the Arugam lagoon. After you have left the sand bank behind you, beach bungalows and hotels dominate the beach's appearance. Whatever the owners of the Tsunami hotel were thinking when they named their precious castle, it was not too much.

Hotel in Arugam Bay, Mai 2013

Watch the locals take a bath or drink a fresh juice at Mambo's. Maybe you are lucky enough to spot something unusual (see next pic). The usual would be surfing boys and girls passing by with their boards heading to the surf point approximately one hundred meter further south. That's the spot where this beach walk ends.

Tractor at the beach, Mai 2013

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