7 Day Exciting Kitesurf Camp for Beginners at De Silva Windresort, Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka
Amazing Beginner's Kitesurfing Holiday in Sri Lanka
Kitesurfing is one of the most fashionable sports. Although it looks quite difficult, it is easy to learn, especially here at the Kalpitiya lagoon. Soon after some lessons with your certified instructor, you will steer the kite in the right direction and ride your board over the flat water lagoon!
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Highlights
- Have 3 days of kitesurfing classes
- Use of equipment during classes
- Instructions in the big flat-water lagoon
- Boat shuttle to the sand lobe and back
- Guidance from VDWS qualified instructors
- Daily Sri Lankan breakfast buffet and dinner
- 6 nights accommodation
- Barbecue evenings
Skill level
- Beginner
Styles
Bandaranaike International Airport (US$ 78 per person)
Accommodation
Facilities
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Table tennis
- Volleyball court
- Bar
- Barbeque facilities
- Environmentally friendly
- Restaurant
- Bicycle rental
- Board rental
- Free Wi-Fi
- Tour assistance
De Silva Windresort is situated in the best location at Kalpitiya lagoon. It offers the best conditions for your surfer's heart and desire of general well-being. All rooms of the eco-friendly Windresort have a terrace with hammocks for your personal refuge, but also, you'll find several relaxing points in the resort to get in contact with like-minded people. In connection with the De Silva Windresort individual and friendly service team, you will soon be a part of the surfer community. Feel immediately at home!
The resort is located about 30 meters from the lagoon. You will have a shuttle boat to bay at 08:45 every day and will come back for lunch at 12 noon. Then the boat will leave back at 14:00 and will come back at 17:00.
Standard room
The standard rooms are built in the typical style of Kalpitiya's region. Natural materials like the coconut leaves for the roof make the chambers very comfortable. Inside you have a big bed with a useful mosquito net and several hotel room facilities. The bathroom consists of a shower and European toilet. A balcony with hammock and a seat makes it an ideal place to chat and while away after your kitesurf day. De Silva Windresort Kalpitiya's team would appreciate serving you a drink while you relax on your terrace.
Program
Course contents
Days with instructions.
Day 1 (VDWS Level 1 – get a first insight)
- What you need to know about a kite spot
- Learning to understand wind as an element
- Wind window – what’s that?
- Safety system and important rules
- Equipment knowledge and first land training
- Boat ride to the beachside
- Start with a trainer kite – learn to steer a small 2-line kite
- Tube kite set up at the beachside
- Learn how to start the tube kite on the beach side (assisted)
- Walk with the kite up the beachside (assisted)
- Learn to land the kite on the beachside
Day 2 (VDWS Level 2 – get into the water)
- On-shore, off-shore, side-shore – what’s that?
- What is a power-zone?
- Set up your kite at the beach side on your own (assisted)
- Launching and landing the kite at the beachside (assisted)
- First steering sessions with a tube kite – start and land in the water
- Get ready to become wet! Start with downwind body dragging
- Upwind body drag
- Controlled one-handed body drag in both directions
- Launching the kite out of the water
Day 3 (VDWS Level 3: How to do a water start)
- Simulator training: Tips and tricks for your water start, body control, safety system
- Body drag with the board
- Right-of-way rules
- Ready for action? – De Silva Windresort Kalpitiya will make you ride!
- First water starts training with the board
- Steering the kite in the power zone
- Self-rescue
- Twin tip board riding
Licensing
Upon request, you can avail yourself of the Verband Deutscher Windsurfing und Wassersportschulen (VDWS) Kitesurfing license for 35 EUR or 40 EUR, including the workbook. It is an internationally accepted license with theoretical tests and practical-level confirmation.
Kitesurf licenses are a must-have at most kite spots, and for sure, it is a precondition to borrow equipment at most of the kite stations all over the world.
De Silva Windresort Kalpitiya
De Silva Windresort Kalpitiya was one of the 4 entrepreneurs that started kitesurfing in Kalpitiya, the only school that is led by a local and offers kitesurfing, windsurfing, wing-foiling and stand-up paddles. Upul De Silva, several times National Champion, brought the first kitesurfing to Sri Lanka from Europe in 2006.
The resort is officially awarded as the best water sports center by the Sri Lankan Tourism Association. They offer professional equipment from the north and professional instructors (VDWS and IKO). Their motto: "They´ll make you ride!"
Instructors
Upul De Silva
Upul Priyantha De Silva has been practicing windsurf since 1994. He first started at the Betota River, Beruwela, in Sri Lanka, and only four years later he qualified himself for the National Olympic Team of Sri Lanka. From 1999, he started on several competitions for his country. During this time, he could participate in a lot of competitions like the Olympic Asian Games in Doha 2006 (fourth times Sri Lanka Champion) and World Cups. He managed many years of several windsurf stations in Austria, and started his kiteboarding career in 2004 when he fell in love with this amazing sport!
Location
This kitesurf holiday will take place in the Kalpitiya Lagoon (big lagoon), one of the best kite spots in the world. It’s a safe and easy kiteboarding territory for beginners, ideal for advanced to improve, fast and perfect for freestylers who want a really big flat water lagoon! Moreover, the wind blows all year long with two high seasons.
Features
General
- Bar
- Barbeque facilities
- Environmentally friendly
- Hammock
- Restaurant
- Terrace
Services
- Free Wi-Fi
- Mosquito net
Food
Daily Sri Lankan breakfast and dinner are included in the price. Breakfast includes butter, jam, eggs, and fruits. Dinner is a buffet with soup, several main courses, and dessert.
The price also includes a barbecue evening. Once a week, De Silva Windresort Kalpitiya organizes fresh barbecues in a traditional style!
Drinks such as tea, coffee, and water are also provided.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
Things to do (optional)
If you do not kite or windsurf at De Silva Windresort, then there are several opportunities for you to do next to relaxation! For your inner balance, De Silva Windresort offers yoga classes. With yoga you may relax, strengthen, and stretch your muscles before your daily kitesurf and windsurf session! Just ask De Silva Windresort’s yoga teacher about the daily course times!
Moreover, De Silva Windresort has a slack line to train balance! For dexterity games, De Silva Windresort offers bodga, badminton, ping-pong, cricket, carom, jess, and a lot more!
For your further physical fitness, De Silva Windresort has beach volleyball and several fitness machines for muscle trainings.
What's included
- 3 days of kitesurfing classes (3 hours per day)
- Kitesurf equipment during lessons
- 6 nights accommodation
- Daily Sri Lankan breakfast buffet and dinner
- Tea, coffee, and water at the meals
- Boat shuttle to the sandlobe and back again twice daily at special given times
- Boat rescue at the lagoon once
- Barbecue evenings
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfers
- 12% government taxes
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Bandaranaike International Airport
117 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB). Transfer from and to this airport is available on request. Just give De Silva Windresort Kalpitiya your flight details and they can arrange a transfer for 70 EUR. The drivers know exactly how to find the resort. Most of the tuk tuk drivers in the town know where De Silva Windresort Kalpitiya is and they can also arrange a tuk tuk for you if you're relatively close, or ask them to send you the directions to follow.
Arrival by bus
Take a tuk tuk from the airport to Colombo-Puttalam highway. From there, take a bus to Puttalam. On the way to Puttalam, there is a junction called "Palavi" which is exactly 5 kilometers before Puttalam. Get off the bus at Palavi Junction and from there you have two options to choose: either to take another bus to Kalpitiya or to hire a tuk tuk. Once you reach Kalpitiya by bus, take a tuk tuk to the resort.
Arrival by taxi
If you want to arrive in Kalpitiya in the most pleasant way then you should book De Silva Windresort Kalpitiya’s taxi service. Therefore, De Silva Windresort Kalpitiya asks you to send over your exact flight details, like flight number, time of arrival, and the exact date. Your taxi driver will wait at the exit hall of the airport for you to pick you up with all your luggage.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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