Question o Sri lanka
Ask a Question
Ask a question
Topics questionа
Related question «Hotel selection»
We are planning a vacation in August with 2 children 4 and 6 years old. Where is the best place to stay in the east of Sri Lanka? We want to spend another 5-6 days on excursions
tour companies dissuade from the east (there is no way for children to swim in the ocean, they are not sure what you can feed, etc.) for excursions they generally look at the mind deprived))))
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
Subscribe
Answers • 16
August is not the best time. The southwest is dangerous. Before and in general, as they said above, children in the Indian Ocean will probably not be very comfortable swimming - waves. In the east then closer to Colombo. On excursions, Sigiriya is a must, the Temple of the Tooth Relic, too, and the rest is at your discretion. Children will probably like elephants. Watch a few videos here in my topic on Sri Lanka - maybe you will choose something else. But be sure to watch the children - the waves and adults are washed away and repeatedly met snakes on the beaches. Attention and only attention. The jungle is the jungle.
Like
You like
•
1
answered 6 years ago
thanks. we chose the east because of the weather and how the calm ocean is described) the lack of infrastructure was not particularly frightening, but on the contrary) what then to choose which resort for families with children? Or not go there in August?
Like
You like
answered 6 years ago
When I was leaving at Colombo airport, I saw poor European children with terrible blisters from burns - their parents said that you can’t keep children in the shade, and no sunscreens can save you from the scorching sun.
Better go without children or with them, but after 10 years of commercials - a tiring move, a very aggressive sun, a restless ocean.
Better go without children or with them, but after 10 years of commercials - a tiring move, a very aggressive sun, a restless ocean.
Like
You like
•
3
answered 6 years ago
and clothing does not save from burns? .Europeans sometimes surprise me, maybe this is of course a habit of the USSR))), but at noon without a hat and with bare shoulders .... okay, they are swarthy there, but blondes are white-skinned Slovenes, etc.
thank you, I will think
thank you, I will think
Like
You like
•
1.5
answered 6 years ago
With excursions there is a nuance. To visit the sights you need to rent a car with a driver for 3 - 4 days. He will take you to the sights. If you drive from the hotel and come back every day, then most of the time you will simply spend on the bus, since the distances are very long. Close only to river safari.
Like
You like
answered 6 years ago
Yes, with excursions from our tour companies, they generally strained, I already understood this, they offer me either from the beach hotel or from the Colombo hotel and go back and forth, and they say this is optimal, for whom it is not optimally clear why not stop along the way
Like
You like
•
½
answered 6 years ago
If you decide to go, then be sure to HB or light linen tunics, shirts. Panamas are such that the neck and ears are covered (my ears burn forever). Excursions - here with children of that age which at you. . . . It is difficult for adults to talk about children, but you know how long they have endured and you decide. My son went to the exotic with us for the first time at the age of eight. (now 12). . . the youngest (now 5) was left at home (she flies with us only when leaving our city, direct and short flights, otherwise we leave at home). . . long flight. . . long transfers and trips also take a lot of time and not every child will tolerate it normally, and if the child is lulled. . . . as my eldest (now 21). . . . She traveled with us only to civilization on ALL. . . . it lulls everywhere and pills do not always help. . . But you know your children. Waves in the Indian Ocean, currents that are not visible, but they are demolished. . . there are moments. But in different places the ocean is different.
We went to Hikkaduwa, there is a coral reef which does not allow the waves to roam and extinguish them while in other places people could not enter the water. . . maybe the waves were just huge. Read, study, on the Internet a lot of information on this topic.
We went to Hikkaduwa, there is a coral reef which does not allow the waves to roam and extinguish them while in other places people could not enter the water. . . maybe the waves were just huge. Read, study, on the Internet a lot of information on this topic.
Like
You like
•
½
answered 6 years ago
Just in the case of renting a car with a driver, there will be overnight stays along the way
Friends paid $420 for 4 days this year. The price includes 3 nights in hotels in the center, driver, gasoline, car.
Friends paid $420 for 4 days this year. The price includes 3 nights in hotels in the center, driver, gasoline, car.
Like
You like
answered 6 years ago
You understand correctly (this is me at the expense of excursions). You need to go to them either having arrived for 2-3-4 days (immediately, since it is very far and irrational to go from the coast) and then go to the beach. Or vice versa, first the beach, and before departure, the excursion and straight to the airport. Otherwise, the road from the coast takes a lot of time and you really won’t be able to see much, and it’s expensive ....
Like
You like
answered 6 years ago
we tested the children a little for endurance) but it was Europe and in February up to 10 km of walking the norms are more difficult to bear, you have to carry it, but how is it in the exotic it’s not clear ??? I’m still worried about mosquitoes
Like
You like
answered 6 years ago
For the first time in India, we faced the problem of their mosquitoes .... our protection against them and the means after their bites did not help .... we turned to the locals (in the neck where we ate), the owner immediately pulled out a smear .... smeared ... and lo and behold, it stopped scratching ... he said what it was called and we bought it at the pharmacy. In Sri Lanka, we didn’t have such problems, but if there are, then they will help you :)
Like
You like
answered 6 years ago
East, in August, just a great option. The ocean is super there))) The agent who told you the opposite has probably never been there. I lived on Sri for about three years and traveled all over it. Foreigners fly there with babies, no problems. In any restaurant you can order food for children less spicy, or as you wish. If you have any questions, please contact Viber: +380681835150
Like
You like
•
2.5
answered 6 years ago
I don’t understand why they answer about dangerous swimming in the southwest in August, if the question is about the east. To the east is the perfect sea in summer. Nilaveli is suitable for a relaxing holiday, there are good fives. But before you go there with children across the whole island, you need to think seven times.
As an option, you can gradually move northeast from Colombo, stopping for overnight stays and excursions in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa. It's easier than riding from Trincomalee every time. And then a purely beach holiday, but anyway, in the end, you will have to rush again through the entire island to the airport. So it supports the option to go without children.
As an option, you can gradually move northeast from Colombo, stopping for overnight stays and excursions in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa. It's easier than riding from Trincomalee every time. And then a purely beach holiday, but anyway, in the end, you will have to rush again through the entire island to the airport. So it supports the option to go without children.
Like
You like
•
1
answered 6 years ago
In August, you can safely go to the east coast. On excursions with local guides around the island with overnight stays in the destination cities. There were no mosquitoes there. Tropical showers - in the western, southern part. But I support the opinion that such small children should not be taken there. Very tiring flights, transfers, tropical, highly active August sun and the Indian Ocean - not for kids. Do not rely on the resilience of your children, adults after the flight and transfer - none, and what can we say about children. We did not fly on a direct flight, but with a transfer to Dubai, there were 2.5 hours between flights in order to be able to stretch our legs and drink water. Little helped. Direct flight - in general will be tough for children. On a 5-hour flight from Dubai to Kyiv, children flew with us in the cabin, calm, in appearance a little older than yours, but 5 hours on the plane was terrible for everyone - children, their parents and other passengers. And here 11 hours + long-distance transfer. Choose a close direction.
Like
You like
answered 6 years ago