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Tell me where from Unawatuna you can go on an excursion on your own?
Tell me where from Unawatuna you can go on an excursion on your own?
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What does independently mean? If you mean an individual excursion, then you will be taken to any point of the island, any whim for your money. And if on your own means without an excursion, then within one day you can drive to Galle (an old fort with shops and museums) and all sorts of turtle farms there. The rest of the interesting things start in a 4-hour drive from Unawatuna (Kandy and to the north), one day it will be hard to drive.
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answered 6 years ago
Be prepared that everyone will try to swindle for money, so check the information in several places and bargain. However, soberly evaluate the services. For example, I was very strongly persuaded to take a tuk-tuk tour to Sinharaja - this is complete nonsense. You can ride a tuk tuk only for short distances - a turtle farm, a spice garden, Galle.
Turtle farm - tuk-tuk 700 rupees, entrance 400 rupees. 4 swimming pools 2x3 meters. Turtles crawled out of the sand - I was allowed to collect them and throw them into the pool. Large turtles ironed all. She carried the little ones in her arms. I really liked it.
Spice garden. An employee in fairly good Russian conducts a tour for free. But then he breeds for the purchase of various oils, spices, etc. Near the garden, boats ride on the river. They promised to show me monitor lizards and crocodiles (they divorced me for 2000 rupees) - there are no monitor lizards or crocodiles there. It doesn't cost 2,000 rupees just to ride a motorboat.
Turtle farm - tuk-tuk 700 rupees, entrance 400 rupees. 4 swimming pools 2x3 meters. Turtles crawled out of the sand - I was allowed to collect them and throw them into the pool. Large turtles ironed all. She carried the little ones in her arms. I really liked it.
Spice garden. An employee in fairly good Russian conducts a tour for free. But then he breeds for the purchase of various oils, spices, etc. Near the garden, boats ride on the river. They promised to show me monitor lizards and crocodiles (they divorced me for 2000 rupees) - there are no monitor lizards or crocodiles there. It doesn't cost 2,000 rupees just to ride a motorboat.
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answered 6 years ago
Ho-ho! And I traveled 100-120 km by tuk-tuk between cities - I really liked it.))) Inexpressible sensations when the world around is not separated by window glass.
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answered 6 years ago
ollennka I can’t imagine how it is possible to travel so far on a tuk. The drivers there are crazy. And to go over the abyss to Sinharaja - horror on a tuk tuk! So you probably had a calm road between cities)))
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answered 6 years ago
No, I didn’t have any abysses, ordinary roads, a little serpentine only in Nuwara Eliya.
Traveled (looked at the distance map):
Kandy-Sigiriya (90 km),
Dambulla-Anuradhapura (65 km),
Anuradhapura-Nilaveli (115 km),
Nilaveli-Polonnaruwa (120 km),
Polonnaruwa-Kandy (140 km, kapets, she is in shock!),
Kandy-Nuwara Eliya (75 km, serpentine, it’s hard to go uphill by a tuk-tuk, but the beauty around is unreal),
Galle-Negombo (160 km, even more in shock!))))
And most importantly, it’s amazing how tuk-tukers agreed to these adventurous trips, it’s definitely hard for them to go. After all, I did not agree in advance, I just caught the first carrier I came across on the street and bargained.
Traveled (looked at the distance map):
Kandy-Sigiriya (90 km),
Dambulla-Anuradhapura (65 km),
Anuradhapura-Nilaveli (115 km),
Nilaveli-Polonnaruwa (120 km),
Polonnaruwa-Kandy (140 km, kapets, she is in shock!),
Kandy-Nuwara Eliya (75 km, serpentine, it’s hard to go uphill by a tuk-tuk, but the beauty around is unreal),
Galle-Negombo (160 km, even more in shock!))))
And most importantly, it’s amazing how tuk-tukers agreed to these adventurous trips, it’s definitely hard for them to go. After all, I did not agree in advance, I just caught the first carrier I came across on the street and bargained.
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answered 6 years ago
ollennka And how fast do tuk-tukers move on average? Everyone wants to get to Ceylon, but they don’t fall on the beach, but go around the whole island, but experienced people say that they move very slowly around the island, because of the peculiarities it’s expensive.
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answered 6 years ago
Alex714, tuk-tuks in Sri Lanka travel up to 55 km / h (I tracked it on the navigator, the average speed is 40-45), this is not the speed limit of the tuk-tuk, this is the speed limit of the mentioned roads. They are broken, sometimes unpaved, narrow, loaded, and the chaotic Ceylon driving style significantly reduces the speed of traffic. Often one road is intended for both normal transport and draft carts, in which case the entire lane travels at the speed of the cart)))).
For comparison, I drove a regular car on the routes Nuwara Eliya-Tissamaharama and Tissamaharama-Bentota. The average speed is 50 km / h, and even then, rather, due to the presence on some sections of the road of a decent track with 2 lanes in each direction. A car costs half the price of a tuk-tuk (as of October 2016).
For comparison, I drove a regular car on the routes Nuwara Eliya-Tissamaharama and Tissamaharama-Bentota. The average speed is 50 km / h, and even then, rather, due to the presence on some sections of the road of a decent track with 2 lanes in each direction. A car costs half the price of a tuk-tuk (as of October 2016).
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answered 6 years ago
ollennka Thanks for the information, I was told the same. How is it with motorbikes? Is it possible to rent in Thailand, or does the condition of the roads hint that this is a risky undertaking? (In the sense that you can catch a hole and get hurt.)
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answered 6 years ago
Bikes in Sri Lanka are not very popular, this is not Thailand or Vietnam. I can't say anything about renting bikes. I only know that according to the law, to control any vehicle, only local rights are needed, and not national or international ones. It is likely that the rental offices do not bother much with this. But the traffic police can find fault.
PS: I wrote wrong in the previous answer, the car is twice as EXPENSIVE as a tuk-tuk.
PS: I wrote wrong in the previous answer, the car is twice as EXPENSIVE as a tuk-tuk.
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answered 6 years ago
We rented bikes and a minibus.
On bikes, you can travel around the area for 50 km (Galle, Mirissa, Hikkaduwa, Weligama, temples, turtle and snake farms).
We traveled by minibuses along the Unawatuna-Kandy-Nuwara Eliya-Ella route in 3 days. Pants full of delight!
On bikes, you can travel around the area for 50 km (Galle, Mirissa, Hikkaduwa, Weligama, temples, turtle and snake farms).
We traveled by minibuses along the Unawatuna-Kandy-Nuwara Eliya-Ella route in 3 days. Pants full of delight!
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