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Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Australia | 7 | 2,019 | 7 | 2,019 | 8 | 5 | 1 | Best nail spa in Arugam bay on the water! | I had a manicure here and it really was professional and clean. It is right on the Ocean so very relaxing. Suzanne was my consultant and her brother Dan who works there was very helpful when the local knowledge. I will go back for massage and foot masssge.
They also have s business in Hikkaduwa when you head South. | 320 | 42 | Positive | 30 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Australia | 6 | 2,019 | 7 | 2,019 | 4 | 4 | 0 | Best for surfing | Overall, it is a wonderful experience. We visited Arugam bay last month during our anniversary. You will find many things to do from the restaurants to the beautiful white beach. The water was warm, and the tide is calm and really good place for surfing. ItÂs a perfect day to go to the beach and have a picnic. | 312 | 16 | Positive | 51 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Australia | 7 | 2,019 | 7 | 2,019 | 13 | 5 | 0 | We Love Arugam Bay | Great place to chill, swim, surf, eat, shop, have sunset cocktails, itÂs the best!!! The vibe is layback and friendly. I would highly recommend to anybody! | 156 | 18 | Positive | 14 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Portugal | 6 | 2,019 | 7 | 2,019 | 4 | 5 | 0 | Sun and waves. | Good place for surf and a few stores to going for shopping. Very good place for rest and surf. Good clean beach with warm water. Everyone are friendly and always smiling. | 170 | 14 | Positive | 32 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Italy | 7 | 2,019 | 7 | 2,019 | 14 | 5 | 0 | Great swimming, surfing, great fish aznd friendly people | This place is great for surfing but even if you are not a surfer you can have a wonderful time swimming around the bay, visiting the natural reserves, socialising or trying out local and international food. | 206 | 56 | Positive | 1 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United Arab Emirates | 6 | 2,019 | 6 | 2,019 | 39 | 5 | 4 | Raw piece of paradise | Just wrapped up eight days in Sri LankaÂs Arugam Bay - a rather rare part of the world in that itÂs still relatively raw and untouched by commercialization and development. It truly is a surferÂs paradise, with a main point in Arugam Bay itself and various others within 15-20 minutes by Tuk Tuk. We spent most of our... | 3,397 | 22 | Positive | 12 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Indonesia | 7 | 2,018 | 6 | 2,019 | 99 | 5 | 0 | Good place for surf and chilling | At far away 2011 year there was not too many surfers and tourists. The place is a bit wild, but good :)
You can swim or surf or walk around or rent a scooter and fly all around.
Very calm and slow environment :) | 211 | 32 | Positive | 338 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Canada | 5 | 2,019 | 5 | 2,019 | 3 | 5 | 0 | Beautiful surf spots! | Arugam Bay has everything you need, food service and many surf spots to enjoy! I especially loved being on the beach and swimming almost 24/7 and renting a Bike and self touring surrounding Lagoons, beaches and city streets. So much to see and do! | 247 | 21 | Positive | 28 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_CA | New Zealand | 4 | 2,019 | 5 | 2,019 | 25 | 5 | 0 | Sleep where you can hear the ocean.. | Just spent two nights in Arugam bay and will be return for another two on our way back South, as we really liked it. Surf was good for intermediates like us and I personally found the locals in the surf friendly (just donÂt jump on their wave-common surf sense). Board hire from Raphs was great, staff give good break t... | 1,179 | 36 | Positive | 56 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_us | United Kingdom | 9 | 2,018 | 5 | 2,019 | 46 | 1 | 9 | Beware of sexual assaults by locals | My partner and I have visited Arugam Bay in Sri Lanka a few times as he is a surfer. We found the town very commercial, very catered for tourists - which is fine. There are some lovely restaurants with great local food dishes and some really nice (basic) rooms. Many facilities here are overpriced because of this being ... | 1,515 | 35 | Negative | 255 | NEGATIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 4 | 2,019 | 4 | 2,019 | 11 | 5 | 0 | LOVE LOVE LOVE | Must visit in Sri Lanka. We would stay forever!!!!!! Beautiful town full of beautiful people. It has maintained it's charm despite tourism and surfing industry and the fishing community is still prevelant. Beautiful beaches, strong waves in peak season and full of restaurants, cafes and bars. | 294 | 14 | Positive | 19 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Japan | 1 | 2,019 | 4 | 2,019 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Really Good Tip | Very relaxed atmosphere, perfect place to relax and enjoy the waves. Great restaurants too. The people are all very friendly and happy to provide information. Nice and safe beach; I like this beach, it's safe for everyone. I recommended it. | 240 | 15 | Positive | 105 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_AU | Australia | 4 | 2,019 | 4 | 2,019 | 74 | 2 | 1 | Expected more | Perhaps it's because it's just the start of the season and also the local new year holiday weekend, but a lot of the bars and restaurants were closed.
What disappointed us most was the lack of good dineing.
Having recently been to Galle, Mirissa and Ella, we found the restaurant options and quality comparatively lac... | 528 | 13 | Negative | 14 | NEGATIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 2 | 2,019 | 2 | 2,019 | 97 | 1 | 8 | Only place in Sri Lanka where we have felt unsafe | Arrived here off season and it was deserted. Found ourselves being stared at constantly and as a woman I felt very uncomfortable. We were used to local people staring but then smiling at us. This was not the case here. My husband walked to local shop on the main street at 10 am and was surrounded by old men demanding m... | 510 | 49 | Negative | 7 | NEGATIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Germany | 1 | 2,019 | 1 | 2,019 | 2 | 5 | 1 | Beautiful & Calm | Very beautiful place.So relaxed. Sun rising is something worth to watch. But I think there must be certain rules to prevent garbaging this wonderful place. | 155 | 16 | Positive | 21 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | ru_RU | Ukraine | 5 | 2,018 | 11 | 2,018 | 20 | 5 | 0 | Surf camp Emotionland | ???? A good place to first stand on the surf, to feel the ocean. Arugam is a village where nice people live, tasty forge, low prices, gorgeous ocean. Chic hummus at The Spice Trail?? | 182 | 22 | Positive | 196 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 7 | 2,018 | 11 | 2,018 | 5 | 5 | 0 | End of the road in Sri lanka | Simple little village on the coast with walking access to surf for all abilities and a range of accomodation
Changing so quickly which is proof that this is a great place to spend a day or more likely a week. | 208 | 28 | Positive | 129 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_IN | India | 10 | 2,018 | 10 | 2,018 | 55 | 4 | 1 | Perfect for Wind Surfers, Lot of Wind Surfing Lessons Going On | Though the entry is of a fishing village and looks pretty dirty, when you walk along the shore and reach a point were surfers are enjoying their moment. My kids learned to windsurf and were enjoying the evening. | 211 | 62 | Positive | 13 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United Kingdom | 2 | 2,018 | 10 | 2,018 | 381 | 4 | 0 | Great walk away from the bay itself | We visited during the low season. Nonetheless, we enjoyed some excellent beach walks along the right side of the bay. | 117 | 35 | Positive | 254 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Viet Nam | 10 | 2,018 | 10 | 2,018 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Off season dullness | Beautiful stretch of sand with restaurants, bars and resorts.
There is a surfer feeling to this location however the waves arenÂt that incredible to draw that crowd exclusively.
1/3 of all stores/accommodations are closed during off season period and the other 2/3 are understaffed and understocked.
There is also no... | 581 | 19 | Neutral | 4 | NEGATIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | New Zealand | 8 | 2,018 | 9 | 2,018 | 191 | 4 | 1 | Too crowded | The beach is long but quite narrow. There are many small hotels/shacks and restaurants along the beach, some restaurants are really good, such as Gecko. The wood-fire thin crust sea-food pizza was yummy.
About surfing at Arugam Bay, there are also nicer places near to Arugam Bay. The beaches at Panama (a village) offe... | 579 | 11 | Positive | 49 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United States | 8 | 2,018 | 9 | 2,018 | 15 | 4 | 3 | Worth it if you like surfing and yoga in a young and easy going atmosphere | You get surfers from all over the world during the season from June to September. The main point is not for beginners as there is a reef so be careful if you're still learning you may have to go a bit further to the left where you can find a good spot for beginners with a Sandy Beach. Locals are friendly and it's a nic... | 350 | 74 | Positive | 48 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United Kingdom | 9 | 2,018 | 9 | 2,018 | 116 | 4 | 2 | Clean, but rough sea in areas | The beach is really clean, lovely golden sand there is plenty of room with out being overcrowded, we had a section literally too ourselves.
The sea is rough but not so you canÂt take a dip but the currents can be strong so you wouldnÂt go out too far.
I believe further south you go there is a bay that is sheltered an... | 367 | 29 | Positive | 5 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_IE | Ireland | 7 | 2,018 | 8 | 2,018 | 5 | 5 | 1 | Amazing place for surfing | What a great place for surfing. My main advice would be that you should book a hotel/hostel: beginners - closer to Baby Point and advanced - Elephant Rock. Waves at the Baby Point place are much smaller and affordable for beginners. The surfing gear and boards I rented at Hasan Surf House - prices: 400 rupee/day for a ... | 515 | 25 | Positive | 57 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 8 | 2,018 | 8 | 2,018 | 9 | 5 | 2 | Relaxing paradise | Great to sit back, relax and chill. Family, teenagers, older persons can find all they need in this part of a beautiful island | 127 | 17 | Positive | 24 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United Kingdom | 8 | 2,018 | 8 | 2,018 | 363 | 4 | 0 | Nice beach, laid back with good surf | We spent a week here and liked the beach. The kids surfed here despite being beginners and some of the waves being quite large.
You can stand until quite far out (off and on) and the water is warm so you can stay in a long time. Despite the wave power I didnÂt feel that you got sucked out to sea although you may ... | 633 | 36 | Positive | 22 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_AU | Australia | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,018 | 70 | 5 | 0 | Relaxing | Depending on your interests consider the length of stay. We didn't surf but relaxed very well on tbe beach for 6 days. Possibly a little to long. Place will develop fast I'd suggest, nice to see it now. Felt like Bali in the 70s. Lots of young backpackers discovering themselves and the place really catered to them ve... | 353 | 8 | Positive | 385 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 7 | 2,018 | 8 | 2,018 | 16 | 5 | 0 | Huge waves | beautiful beach, huge waves and fun. Loved it there, will defiantly be back again. Loved our hotel and loved the beach bars along the bay. | 139 | 10 | Positive | 46 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | de | Austria | 7 | 2,018 | 7 | 2,018 | 10 | 5 | 0 | Nice little town for Surfers | If you surf,, go to Arugam Bay.You will find may great surf.spots around the town. Easy to access by TukTuk. | 108 | 28 | Positive | 28 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | it | Italy | 7 | 2,018 | 7 | 2,018 | 10 | 4 | 0 | Great surfing place | Is the best spot on the east coast to surf, if youÂre willing to take a bath you can try but the waves are too strong to let you easily go in the sea, there are a lot of cheap bars where you can drink and eat after you had a surfing day | 237 | 19 | Positive | 27 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_AU | Australia | 7 | 2,018 | 7 | 2,018 | 54 | 2 | 6 | ÂLost Paradise | Wish I had of gone 40 years ago. Over cooked now and developing not in a good way. If your going for waves definitely avoid the high season. Ridiculous amount of surfers from places that donÂt even have surf. ItÂs a shame because geographical it would have been a beautiful place in its day. Eat in local restaurants a... | 540 | 17 | Negative | 26 | NEGATIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 7 | 2,018 | 7 | 2,018 | 53 | 3 | 6 | Sri Lanka's version of Goa | Lovely beaches, great surf, chilled out vibe. in the summer A-Bay is home to hundreds of European 20-somethings having a great time. It's all about the beach here and A-Bay itself is a short strip of resorts and restaurants catering for the western palate. if you're looking for culture, try elsewhere - it is a littl... | 491 | 26 | Neutral | 23 | NEUTRAL |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_IE | United Kingdom | 7 | 2,018 | 7 | 2,018 | 9 | 1 | 7 | Okay beach - locals can't be trusted | It's a nice place once you get away from the main strip. The locals unfortunately have not yet adapted to the fact that tourism can be fickle if a place gets a bad reputation.
We had several negative experiences here, mainly to do with being ripped off, having our taxi driver attacked (because he wasn't a local) and ... | 623 | 36 | Negative | 20 | NEGATIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Czechia | 7 | 2,018 | 7 | 2,018 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Place you should not missed | Great atmosphere in surf place where everything is dedicated mostly to surf ?? People are great and supporting you must try to have at least one lesson of surf ?? | 162 | 27 | Positive | 17 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_AU | Australia | 7 | 2,018 | 7 | 2,018 | 9 | 5 | 0 | What Bali was in the 1980's | Great location with good selection of surf spots. The beach is great and clean but in July was very hot, Try and stay at a place with a pool if you have young kids. There were so many great places to eat, avoid beach restaurants as food was not great. Only issue I would have is you need to tuk tuk to lots of the o... | 480 | 27 | Positive | 15 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United States | 7 | 2,018 | 7 | 2,018 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Overrated | Arugam Bay is an amazingly overrated surf spot. Surfwise expect a slightly above average wave with 100-300 drunk idiots in the lineup on main point with 0 etiquette from dusk till dawn. All the other spots within 30 minutes are mobbed as well. Some like Peanut Farm and Whiskey Point even have lessons block everyone fro... | 2,050 | 9 | Negative | 5 | NEGATIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | fi | Netherlands | 6 | 2,018 | 7 | 2,018 | 132 | 4 | 1 | Veru nice looking beach | We stop for one nigt during our Sri Lanka trip. Beach and restaurants near beach need more than one night for better understanding. Perhaps next time? | 150 | 23 | Positive | 30 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Myanmar | 7 | 2,018 | 6 | 2,018 | 42 | 4 | 2 | Brilliant stretch of beach | As I'm not a beach person, it's hard to appreciate these kind of places but this was a nice place with an incredibly long stretch of sand. Waves were a bit scary but that's the power of nature for you! Lots of accommodation and food options so if you're looking for a beach resort for a holiday this is a good alternativ... | 336 | 26 | Positive | 0 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 6 | 2,018 | 6 | 2,018 | 35 | 5 | 0 | Favourite all round beach in Sri Lanka | WeÂre non surfers, but loved Arugam Bay. We went in June, which is ABayÂs on season and it was buzzing, which is refreshing if youÂve been travelling the hill country, or the south and not really seen anyone.
The weather was fantastic - really, very hot and the seas were rough, but fun to bob around in for a while... | 827 | 38 | Positive | 29 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 9 | 2,017 | 9 | 2,017 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Best place to relax and party sri lanka | I read the negative reviews first prior to visiting Arugam Bay and felt I shouls address these points first.
If you rent a board do it via your hotel....I would recommend the Spice Trail. This way you avoid any shady damage coning!
If you are going to be in the sea you may cut yourself. If this happens near corral ... | 986 | 39 | Positive | 22 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | de | Germany | 9 | 2,017 | 9 | 2,017 | 6 | 4 | 1 | A smile is all you need | Arugam Bay is very relaxed and a little paradies on this earth. But please for everybody that will come: show respect to the culture and be polite to the friendly people that gives you holiday. It depends on the saison but when I was there I was a little bit shocked because of the tourist that were also unpolite to me ... | 451 | 23 | Positive | 21 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_CA | Canada | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 18 | 5 | 2 | Surf City! | Great surfing town, even for learners, like me. Beautiful beaches, nice centre strip, full of restaurants and a few great bars (limited due to local laws). Very hospitable locals and friendly travellers. | 206 | 10 | Positive | 26 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Czechia | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 2 | 3 | 2 | An over-hyped destination | Few spots for surfers which quickly get overcrowded. Beach is dirty n not ideal for swimming. Hotels r dirty, lack basic facilities n hygiene n r way over-priced. | 162 | 25 | Neutral | 26 | NEGATIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United Arab Emirates | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 56 | 4 | 0 | Arugambay vist | We had a great time in Arugambay. Getting there is a bit of long drive but fully worth it. It's completely off the beaten track n a real surfing spot. Accommodation is much much cheaper than other beach spots in the island.
Definitely worth going n one of the few uncrowded n uncrowned surfing places in the world.
| 317 | 14 | Positive | 24 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Lebanon | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 7 | 4 | 0 | Only for surfers | This beach is beautiful and the city is well developed (and consequently overpriced relative to the rest of Sri Lanka). But what makes this place a world class surfing spot also makes it a mediocre place to simply swim for us less cool non surfers. | 249 | 16 | Positive | 21 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United States | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 6 | 3 | 0 | Get better hotels! | All the hotels are soooooo average. Do some googling and what is offered for the same money in other places. Number one thing... get proper beds! Do not just push two single beds together. That happened in all 3 hotels we stayed in. | 232 | 19 | Neutral | 20 | NEGATIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Portugal | 6 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 62 | 5 | 0 | My First sunrise at the beach | this is a great spot to visit, specially if you are a surfer. great weaves, could be crowed in high season. In low season was good! a local and friendly place. | 159 | 29 | Positive | 77 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Australia | 9 | 2,016 | 8 | 2,017 | 78 | 5 | 0 | Just Joy... | Yeah, there's a lot of people there, but it all works out and you quickly get caught up in the relaxed atmosphere of the lifestyle there (for tourists). Wake up, surf, eat, surf, chill, beers, maybe surf, have fun, sleep, repeat! | 229 | 11 | Positive | 349 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 7 | 5 | 0 | a beautiful remote part in the world | Arugam Bay is a very quite and beautiful location , if you want to get away from the city life, it has some good surfing places, National safari park, nature reserves, lakes, rivers and lagoon, people are super friendly, foods and tasty and plenty with prices vary, sandy beaches, innocent faces and the thick jungles ar... | 388 | 36 | Positive | 13 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | de | Germany | 7 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 11 | 4 | 3 | Chilly place, good waves | Arugambay is a very chilly place. Surf at main point or relax at the nice beach on the northern end. But don't miss it. And if you want to see some of the other beaches around Arugambay call Jaya (+940773221466). He's a good guy and showed us every wave and surfspot around Arugambay. | 284 | 24 | Positive | 39 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Slovenia | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 46 | 2 | 1 | Overrated patch of beach | If you're not a surfer, there's just money to be spent here on average offers. The place has potential, but the services barely meet average standards elsewhere in Sri Lanka. You can visit Yala wildlife park which is 45 mins away but as with any wildlife sightings, it depends on your good luck of catching interesting s... | 525 | 24 | Negative | 6 | NEGATIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 112 | 5 | 0 | What a beach! | Such a lovely beach, we spent four days here in August and it was absolutely fantastic. Very clean beach, countless bars and restaurants, touristy and surfy but unspoilt | 169 | 14 | Positive | 5 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_GB | Qatar | 6 | 2,018 | 6 | 2,018 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Awesome bech | We are going just visiting puttuvil in 1st day same day we wend part of puttuvil bech. So good but no one there.2nd day we wend arugam bay bech wow amazing place .we are really enjoyed.thank you | 195 | 13 | Positive | 25 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | nl | Netherlands | 6 | 2,018 | 6 | 2,018 | 80 | 5 | 2 | Read below for a great cheap experience!!! | If you are in Arugam Bay, make sure you rent a scooter around 4 in the afternoon for 1000 lkr or so. Drive through arugam bay and to the town panama. As soon as you reach it turn the first street right. Then head on the B355 into yala national park. We saw alot of water buffaloÂs crossing the road, a deer, some lizard... | 493 | 42 | Positive | 14 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United Arab Emirates | 6 | 2,018 | 6 | 2,018 | 68 | 4 | 1 | Good times in the east coast | Overall good experience. Being offered drugs doesn't really bother me but it might to some people. Good beach and good surf. The alcohol laws in Sri Lanka are weird so nightlife isn't very great. | 195 | 29 | Positive | 14 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | India | 6 | 2,018 | 6 | 2,018 | 39 | 5 | 0 | A super place to relax and learn to surf | Arugambay bay is on the way to become a big tourist destination. The nay is great if u want to learn how to surf.one of the 10 best sirf G destinations in the world. The are instructors to teach u how. And at a really price. | 224 | 40 | Positive | 12 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Australia | 6 | 2,018 | 6 | 2,018 | 42 | 5 | 0 | Relaxing time with good surf. | We had a great time here. Waves can get crowded but thatÂs life.
Plenty of good food and things to do here. When busy it can be mayhem but itÂs easy to avoid that if you find the right place to stay. Overall a vibrant place. | 226 | 29 | Positive | 12 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Australia | 5 | 2,018 | 5 | 2,018 | 482 | 4 | 2 | Cool spot | Very touristy area but we enjoyed our 4 night stay. Lots of food options including cheap local eats, long clean beach thatÂs safe for swimming, nearby peanut farm is great for beginner surfers and thereÂs lots of yoga around if thatÂs your cup of tea. ItÂs a decent sized town and thereÂs a lot more happening than ... | 356 | 10 | Positive | 13 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | es | Unknown | 4 | 2,018 | 4 | 2,018 | 9 | 4 | 4 | Friendly Area | I have visited nearly 40 countries and this has got to be the friendliest area IÂve been to. The locals are always smiling and waving. Good place to learn surfing. Nice safaris not too far away. | 196 | 14 | Positive | 29 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | Greece | 4 | 2,018 | 4 | 2,018 | 4 | 5 | 0 | Love arugam bay | Away from the crowds on the east side with hidden gems find the gecko restrooms for a truly local experience | 109 | 15 | Positive | 25 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 5 | 2,022 | 5 | 2,022 | 40 | 5 | 0 | Beautiful bay | Great bay some lovely restaurants and brilliant surfingÂ
.. we will be returning. Recommend little Lagoon if staying in area. | 125 | 13 | Positive | 27 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Ireland | 3 | 2,022 | 4 | 2,022 | 52 | 4 | 0 | Off season in Arugam bay | Just back from Sri Lanka, where I spent 2 nights in Arugam bay. Even though I knew it was not the peak season in the east of the country,I never expected it to be so quiet. I think it was a combination of being off season and Covid, that had the place looking like a ghost town. There were very few restaurants and bars... | 1,157 | 24 | Positive | 37 | NEUTRAL |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Germany | 10 | 2,020 | 10 | 2,020 | 30 | 5 | 2 | Enjoy the sunrise. | Take a stroll in the near by beach.
Experience the returning fishing boats with their catch & the once setting out.
The sunrise a breathtaking sight. | 149 | 18 | Positive | 8 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United States | 10 | 2,019 | 10 | 2,019 | 67 | 5 | 3 | Heard too tourist we but still loved it! | A fun little town! If you donÂt surf three days would probably be plenty. We heard a lot about harassment from local boys but we never saw it! So glad we ended up going! | 171 | 40 | Positive | 18 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | iw | Israel | 10 | 2,019 | 10 | 2,019 | 149 | 5 | 0 | The best bay and a must visit point | Arugambay is a sunny and turkiz area at Sri Lanka. It takes about 7 hours driving from the international airport. Most places and restaurants are on the beach serving fresh juices and local food. Surfboard lessons are offered and it all feels like a one big beautiful tropical town. | 282 | 36 | Positive | 12 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Australia | 10 | 2,019 | 10 | 2,019 | 28 | 5 | 1 | An amazing destination | We spent 4 days at Arugam Bay whilst attempting to escape terrential rain in another region.
The weather was superb, locals friendly & helpful.
We arrived in time to watch a few days of the WSL tour & were lucky to see a few of the Sri Lankan wild cards in the early rounds.
All meals were fabulous, great Roti & Kottu ... | 505 | 22 | Positive | 7 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Belgium | 10 | 2,019 | 10 | 2,019 | 11 | 3 | 0 | Surfers beach | Nice place with mit too many tourists. In the evening the hotels can be loud because of the music from different parties going on | 129 | 13 | Neutral | 5 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United States | 7 | 2,019 | 8 | 2,019 | 3 | 5 | 0 | I fell in love with this place | I have been to so many place over the years. But Arugambay is something very special. First I thought this is just a surfing city and a beach. But you'll be amazed seeing how nature rich this place really is. | 208 | 30 | Positive | 56 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Italy | 7 | 2,019 | 8 | 2,019 | 3 | 5 | 0 | best place to visit | Lovely place in srilanka. Love to come back again. Nice beach and people. One of the best beach i have visited. | 111 | 19 | Positive | 53 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Netherlands | 6 | 2,017 | 6 | 2,017 | 59 | 4 | 2 | Beautiful spot (for surfing) | Arugam Bay still feels like a small surfers hang out which is great. Nice play to hang out with fun little restaurants, bars and beach hotels. The beaches - although mostly not for swimming - are beautiful, especially around the main surf point.
Besides surfing there is not much to do around here, so I wouldn't spend... | 355 | 28 | Positive | 17 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_AU | Australia | 6 | 2,017 | 6 | 2,017 | 23 | 5 | 9 | LADIES! TAMPONS! | Ladies, I have found a place which stocks tampons! As I've been travelling for a few months it's become apparent that tampons are very rare. So to help the women out that are in desperate need, arugam bay in the centre has a supermarket, called food (something) can't recall but they stock tampons. Of course for an exto... | 535 | 16 | Positive | 11 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Australia | 6 | 2,017 | 6 | 2,017 | 9 | 3 | 0 | Overpriced, but nice | It's a nice beach town but overpriced compared to everywhere else we traveled in Sri Lanka, stuff cost almost double.
| 118 | 20 | Neutral | 4 | NEUTRAL |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_AU | Australia | 6 | 2,017 | 6 | 2,017 | 3 | 4 | 0 | Awesome | We arrived at arugam bay early in the morning and we were met by a New Zealander and told us of a place to stay ...Point View
So exhausted after a long adventuress journey from Colombo, this guy made us a nice milk tea showed us a room and said we're sort it out later ??
We were only going to stay 2 nights and ended ... | 646 | 8 | Positive | 1 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_AU | Australia | 5 | 2,017 | 5 | 2,017 | 35 | 3 | 0 | ok,went there for a week, pretty average places to stay,no fridge no tv, one hotel even had a no alcahol sign up ,while | nice beach ,and the surf is unbeleaveable, very primative,if u want a beer there is a bottle shop out of town,bout 200 rupees,or there is the beer bar,well worth visiting in the main street,once u have been there a few times the beers are cheaper and they are not so rude,nice booly wood movies, try upstairs and watch t... | 718 | 120 | Neutral | 22 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Bhutan | 5 | 2,017 | 5 | 2,017 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Beginner advise for surfers and swimmers | Baby point is beach location ur looking for where waves are small and shalow water . Just get a big board and learn to paddle or stand on the board in this place(also water is warm throughout ) will have fun even if u dont know anything about surfing . All group or family can have fun at this spot. Cheers. | 308 | 40 | Positive | 12 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | sv | Unknown | 4 | 2,017 | 4 | 2,017 | 62 | 5 | 1 | Still unspoiled by many tourist | This place is nine hours drive from the AirPort so not many standard tourist reach this place. Is is many surfers here because the waves comming to the long beaches are wellknown. It is still a fishing place with a lot of fishermen comming in with fish, lobsters and prawns that you can eat in the restaurangs the same e... | 416 | 31 | Positive | 17 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Sweden | 4 | 2,017 | 4 | 2,017 | 12 | 5 | 1 | Love this town and beach | We had 4 great days here, just laying on the beach, going to the lagoon, watched the fishermen, surfed and just had a great time! | 130 | 24 | Positive | 17 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Australia | 8 | 2,016 | 4 | 2,017 | 12 | 4 | 0 | Beautiful beach, great surf break but too crowded | The beach is wonderful, and the sunset here is incredible overloking the palm trees. There is a decent nightlife in the summer season. Good wave for surfing but way too crowded and have been in multiple collisions here for people not looking where they're going. | 264 | 49 | Positive | 256 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United States | 4 | 2,017 | 4 | 2,017 | 11 | 5 | 2 | Laid back , great beach | Stayed here in April for 3 nights on our honeymoon. Really enjoyed our time here. The beach was fantastic and because it's off season there were hardly any others around. Not all shops and restaurants are open but plenty to choose from and the seafood is great. There is only one place to buy byo alcohol, it's at the r... | 525 | 23 | Positive | 11 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_UK | United Kingdom | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 101 | 5 | 1 | Amazing Beach! | What a chilled place! Beautiful crashing waves, great opportunities to learn to surf, plenty of places to eat and shops to peruse.
Would highly recommend! | 157 | 14 | Positive | 4 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | fr | Unknown | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 42 | 5 | 0 | Best place | If you like surf, you will love this place.
We had take 2 nights but finally we had spent 5.
Quiet and peaceful | 112 | 10 | Positive | 3 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | France | 8 | 2,017 | 8 | 2,017 | 21 | 5 | 0 | The best place in Srilanka | We have visited Sri Lanka for our honey moon and honestly arugambay is the best place you can surf, enjoy food and music in a chill atmosphere. All the people are really nice. Go there and enjoy !!! | 199 | 26 | Positive | 1 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United States | 6 | 2,017 | 7 | 2,017 | 115 | 4 | 0 | beautiful quiet clean beach | It's peaceful without a lot of people bothering you by selling things. Waves can be a little strong but general good for a dip to cool off. lots of places to eat up and down the beach. | 186 | 27 | Positive | 54 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_IE | Ireland | 7 | 2,017 | 7 | 2,017 | 68 | 2 | 0 | Over rated and disappointing | The bay itself is pretty with small boats lining the edge. Nice looking at the surfers and relaxing in the sun. There is a good selection of Resturant's to choose from along the mainstreet too.
Apart from this,arugam bay was not for me. It has a real 'club 18-30' feel about it and i feel i may have been too old to en... | 577 | 29 | Negative | 22 | NEUTRAL |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Austria | 7 | 2,017 | 7 | 2,017 | 20 | 5 | 0 | Great Location to surf, chill and for safaris | This area is one of the best in Sri Lanka - Surfing, chilling on the Beach, Drinking and eating at of the nice Restaurants at the beach or going on tuktuk or jeep Safari is great there!
We can highly recommend Aloha Cabanas for your Stay there - directly on the Beach with a surfschool as well and nice beach houses! | 317 | 46 | Positive | 22 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Netherlands | 7 | 2,017 | 7 | 2,017 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Perfect spot! Realy Nice beach and relax people :-) go to arugambay! | Really nice beach and relax people :-) Great hotels/hostels. Go to Arugam bay! You never want to go away! | 106 | 68 | Positive | 15 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Netherlands | 7 | 2,017 | 7 | 2,017 | 101 | 4 | 0 | Nice surftown! | Nice surftown in the south east of Sri lanka. Nice laidback atmosphere, locals are very friendly. Surfspots do get crowded fast, and its defenitely not the true sri lankan experience (as it feels like any small surftown around the world). But still nice to go to after seeing the sights in the country and relax. | 312 | 14 | Positive | 10 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | fr_FR | Australia | 7 | 2,017 | 7 | 2,017 | 7 | 5 | 1 | Paradise | What a lovely place! Heaps of Restaurant/bar and accomodations right on the beach,never too busy..Such a great holidays feel.Surf can get good but very crowded at main point. Tuktuk everywhere.Peoples here are really nice and helpful. Love this place | 250 | 8 | Positive | 5 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Thailand | 6 | 2,017 | 6 | 2,017 | 159 | 5 | 1 | Great Location | Spent 9 days here as two couples and none of us wanted to leave. Lots to do, surf schools, safari, tuk tuk hire, general beach life and the food was incredible. Great place to chill out, or be active. Do yoga and/or drink beer. It has it all, even some good shopping and cooking classes. | 289 | 14 | Positive | 21 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Spain | 1 | 2,017 | 2 | 2,017 | 55 | 5 | 2 | Three days at Arugambay | One of the best seas for surfing during the season. Also some good restaurants when you walk along the beach road in the evenings. Best is to check in at any hotel on BB basis and then go out for the meals. | 207 | 23 | Positive | 43 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United Kingdom | 2 | 2,017 | 2 | 2,017 | 13 | 4 | 1 | Most fun place in Sri Lanka | Well worth the long journey getting there. Stunning secluded beach if you go the the main bay and continue walking right (south). Waves are v strong though even in off season. A bit more expensive than other Sri Lankan towns but better atmosphere.
For getting back to Colombo there are three handy overnight buses tha... | 427 | 28 | Positive | 6 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | de_DE | Switzerland | 2 | 2,017 | 2 | 2,017 | 103 | 3 | 0 | Okay Beach | Really i have seen many beaches in Sri Lanka and....
There are far more better beaches here to find. Only if you are looking for travellers you will find here plenty of them.
But the beach unfortunately is not clean. | 218 | 10 | Neutral | 3 | NEUTRAL |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Portugal | 1 | 2,017 | 1 | 2,017 | 98 | 5 | 0 | Lovely beach and beach town and you don't even need to be a surfer. | Really enjoyed our visit to Arugam Bay. Low-key easy going place. During low season (january) it was really relaxing. Still lots to do even if you don't surf. Lagoon boat tour, strolls on the beach, Kumana safari, cooking classes, homestay visits in villages. Go out with a fisherman, you name it. | 299 | 67 | Positive | 21 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | nl | Netherlands | 8 | 2,016 | 1 | 2,017 | 29 | 5 | 1 | Nice!! | A little surfers village with good (reggea) bars and quite some tourists, in comparison with other places in Sri Lanka. We stayed in a little house near the 24 hours reggae bar. Always something to do!:-) | 204 | 6 | Positive | 168 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Australia | 1 | 2,017 | 1 | 2,017 | 8 | 1 | 2 | Just go elsewhere if you are not a surfer | Suitable for surfer during season.
There are many other places you could go instead. Hard to reach and very overpriced for what you get. Dudes offering drugs on the streets, alcohol problems, and men trying to ripe you off.
Really, there are many other experiences you can have, don't bother unless you meet the crite... | 376 | 41 | Negative | 14 | NEGATIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_IN | India | 11 | 2,016 | 1 | 2,017 | 125 | 5 | 0 | Breath in Breath out | You and the sea, that's why you come here in off season. You can do this if you are not a surfing enthusiast as this is world famous place for that.
We are not even swimmers. So for us soaking the waves on our feet is fun. Off season gives the sea to you. Only other people are fishermen.
Its a great place for jogging ... | 838 | 20 | Positive | 67 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United Kingdom | 12 | 2,016 | 12 | 2,016 | 21 | 5 | 1 | Really special place out of season | I would recommend this place out of season if you want to get away from it all. A really great alternative to the south coast. And you get it all to yourself - well almost. | 172 | 34 | Positive | 26 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | United States | 12 | 2,016 | 12 | 2,016 | 40 | 5 | 1 | Nice surfing beaches | Arugam bay beaches are very famous for surf.
We visited nearly off season of surf even seen many did surfing.
Beach waves are little fast and more turbulent but many had bath and swim.
Lot of beach side rest and restaurants available. | 234 | 21 | Positive | 15 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Hong Kong | 8 | 2,016 | 12 | 2,016 | 59 | 5 | 1 | The nicest beach I've visited in SL... | it was a family trip... went there in a August and the sea was quiet noisy... there was lot of tourists and locals when we get there... you can hire a surf board or else you can ride your own...there was some jet skies also... great place to enjoy...and a good place for a sun bath.... we stayed the like 6-7 hours... | 317 | 38 | Positive | 124 | POSITIVE |
Arugam Bay | Arugam Bay | Eastern Province | Ampara | Beaches | en_US | Indonesia | 11 | 2,016 | 11 | 2,016 | 37 | 5 | 1 | Great for camp fire and enjoying some beers | Really nice and empty beach. At least in November there were mostly locals and some tourists. Beach is clean, swimming is great, some smaller waves, surfing is possible on the edges of the lagoon (15min walk from the middle) | 224 | 43 | Positive | 20 | POSITIVE |
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