When asked which youth resort in Sri Lanka is best to visit, you first need to decide what are the main goals of the holiday pursued by a potential tourist. If you want an inexpensive but high-quality stay, extreme entertainment and vivid memories, then you need to choose Hikkaduwa.
This resort is famous for its gorgeous beach, well-developed infrastructure, and, most importantly, the best diving center on the island. And that is why it has no shortage of tourists, and during the high season, good hotel accommodations should be taken care of in advance. In addition to deep diving to explore the beautiful landscapes and coral colonies, you can also surf in Hikkaduwa. The town is the headquarters of the surfers of Sri Lanka, and the city beach takes their second place of honor.
Sri Lanka Youth Resort - all diving facilities
The Hikkaduwa Dive Center works almost without interruption, it is focused on different categories of sea lovers, those who decide on the first dive, and those who have already received certificates and are seeking to improve their skills. A lot of discoveries await divers in the coastal zone, a large number of wrecks rest here, including:
- Earl of Shaftsbury - British ship, suitable for both outside and inside exploration;
- SS Conch - a tanker that sank in 1903, covered over a century with a dense layer of shells;
- coral reef, stretching for almost 300 meters and showing different species of this extraordinary representative of the marine life.
Interestingly, the diving season starts in November and lasts almost until April. The beauty of the underwater seabed begins 15 minutes from the coastline, suitable even for novice divers. Those travelers who are afraid to descend into the deep can rent a glass bottom boat and try to explore the beauty of the sea without diving into the depths.
Entertainment and recreation for the young and curious
At the resort of Hikkaduwa, there are too many all kinds of fun for visiting guests, sometimes you can get confused. Therefore, it is important, immediately after sunbathing and active pastime on the seashore, without haste, to take a break in any local bar located near the sea, drink a couple of glasses of some exotic cocktail and decide on plans for the evening (there are options).
One of the best offers is a disco with the self-explanatory name Vibrations, its music can be heard several blocks away, and the fun will reign almost until dawn. A calmer and more cultural vacation awaits young people who are going to just walk around the city, get acquainted with the beautiful Buddhist temple complexes, admire not the sea, but the lake, which attracts thousands of birds.
Going to restaurants, perhaps, and will affect the extra pounds on the hips, but will introduce you to the variety of tastes of Indian cuisine. Where, if not in Sri Lanka, try giant jumbo shrimp or fresh lobster. Beer "Leon", which is brewed here on the island, is perfect for it, and its taste is not inferior to the best varieties of famous European breweries.
From exotic entertainment, tour operators offer swimming with turtles, close contact with these amazing inhabitants of the planet, feeding, stroking and even swimming on the back is allowed.
Sri Lanka is a distant and exotic island, but a vacation in its resorts, in particular in Hikkaduwa, will help the traveler get to know the country and its culture better, see religious sites and architectural features, ride a wave and swim with turtles. Get closer to nature and feel like a happy person!
