Name: 10 Day Trincomalee Beginners Diving, Arugam Bay Surf Camp and Sigiriya Rock Tour in Sri Lanka
Brand: Sri Lankan Tour Hub
Price: 2800 USD
Availability: InStock

Accommodation

Check-in Time:

12:00

Check-out Time:

11:00

During this holiday, you have the option of staying in a private room in the villas/resorts or 3/4-star hotels in Sigiriya, Arugam Bay and Uppuweli, Nilaweli Road, and Trincomalee depending on your budget or needs.

10 private rooms with AC and no AC
10 luxury private rooms in villas

Included facilities

Air-conditioned rooms
Barbecue facilities
Dining area
Environmentally friendly
Garden
Honesty bar
Kitchen
Lounge
Luggage room/storage
Multilingual staff
Restaurant
Terrace
Yoga deck
Board rental
Free parking
Free Wi-Fi
Laundry
Tour assistance

Program

Diving course

This four-day course includes theoretical learning, skills in the swimming pool, and four open water dives in the ocean. You will be given all the skills and knowledge to become a competent diver at a slow and relaxed pace that suits you. You will be provided all equipment and materials needed to complete the course, and you can even choose which language you’d like to learn in to make your experience more enjoyable and comfortable.

What you get

You may be able to get college credit for the Open Water Diver course.

Requirements

Age: 12 years or older
Time commitment: Approximately 8 - 15 hours course prerequisites
Able to swim
Medically fit for diving

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

Knowledge Development

Knowledge development (online / independent study / in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving.

Confined Water Dives

Confined water dives are to learn basic scuba skills.

Open Water Dives

Open water dives are to use your skills and explore.

Surfing course

Beginners surfing lessons

Preparations on the beach including safety introduction
Surfing supported by an instructor
Time for break/s if needed
Short wrap-up

Level 1 surfing lesson

Level 1 surfing lesson is designed for the complete beginner and for those who have tried surfing a few times but have not been able to catch a wave by themselves. You will learn surfing with the right techniques accompanied with friendly and experienced surfing instructors of The Surfer Arugam Bay. One instructor will guide a maximum of 2 persons. For first-timers, this shorter beginner's class is recommended, as surfing is a physically demanding sport and can be quite tiring!

Level 2 surfing lesson

Level 2 surfing lesson is designed for the surfers who can catch a wave in the white water but want to continue to progress their surfing and learn safety tips, tricks, how to go to the lineup, how to catch a green wave properly, and turn so they can improve from a beginner surfing level to an intermediate one.

Intermediate surf lessons

An innovative and unique coaching system for intermediate and advanced surf lessons is thought of as one of the best island-wide. Booking with Sri Lankan Tour Hub is a process where they get to know who you are, where you are in your surfing, and what you want from the course. That attention to your needs and the ability to really expand your surfing is what makes them so special. They have coached right up to top international competitors and have over 10 years of surf coaching experience at the intermediate and advanced levels of surfing.

Developing your surfing technique

Board selection and design service is unlike any other surf camp or school. Imagine having just the right board being chosen by your own coach? A board that will really help you have more fun and advance in your surfing.

If you are just moving onto unbroken waves and your first good turns, or if you’re more advanced and you're already trying to perfect maneuvers, then their coaching will be perfect for you.

They explain techniques clearly and always give you the correct and positive feedback that’s needed. They know they can make a huge difference to your surfing and women’s intermediate and advanced surfing is progressing all the time and their coaching and coaches reflect that too.

What you’ll learn.

You will cover at this level:

Perfecting take off / pop up
Acceleration techniques
Core balance in maneuvers
Top to bottom turns
Paddle out techniques duck dive
Paddling technique
Cutbacks, off the lips, floaters
Wave formation
The history of surfing
Surfboard design
The rules of surfing
Tides and how they work
Fitness for surfing
Types of surf spots
Surf prediction

Advanced surf lessons

The advanced surf lessons are focused on helping surfers to have more fun by gaining more control and better flow and consistency to your riding in more challenging waves.

What will you learn in advanced surf lessons?

This course will help you improve your bottom turn and to learn top turns or cutbacks, how to duck dive, and how to take control of your speed. Progress from passively gliding down the wave to actively surfing it.
Learn how to generate speed, choose the right maneuvers to stay in the power pocket of the wave, and how to improve your paddling technique so you use less energy.
The instructors can also help with advanced takeoff techniques to minimize wipeouts, and help you acquire better wave-reading to avoid close-outs and get a better position in the line-up.

How do advanced surf lessons work?

The instructors will do a short assessment that will help to determine your surfing level, so they can tailor the right training programs with specific exercises for you.
Depending on your abilities and goals, they will help you focus on the right exercises and on choosing the right equipment. They’ll ensure you don’t limit your development through poor equipment choices, such as having too small a board or the wrong fin set-up, etc.
All surf instructors are skilled and professional, certified by the International Surfing Association (ISA).
Sri Lankan Tour Hub keeps the groups small, always working to a maximum of eight students per instructor, in keeping with the recommendation of the ISA.

Itinerary

Day 1: Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) - Sigiriya Lion Rock village

Once you arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), Sri Lankan Tour Hub’s guides will pick you up from the airport. Then, you will directly be transferred to the hotel in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka. The journey will be 3 hours and 31 minutes (143.3 kilometers) via Colombo Jaffna - Colombo Road.

On this day, the guides will show you the city and village around Sigiriya. You will check-in and there, you will enjoy local foods and Sri Lankan style cocktails. Afterward, you can visit a village, the lakeside, elephant bathing, or take a rest as you wish.

Day 2: Sigiriya Lion Rock - Pidurangala Rock - Trincomalee Beach

You will begin your day by enjoying a breakfast buffet (a combination of Sri Lankan and Western foods changing daily). You will have a motorcycle tour to the Sigiriya Lion Rock; one of the most popular places in this wonderful country.

The Sigiriya Rock and garden is an archaeological complex composed of ruins of an ancient palace, monastery, and other buildings declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. A local guide will explain to you what you must know.

After this excursion, the team has organized a motorcycle tour to visit Pidurangala Rock and the temple. You will have free time to enjoy the day till 2 p.m. and after lunchtime, you will travel to the Trincomalee dive campsite (2 hours 30 minutes - 143.6 kilometers away) and then you will move to watch other landscapes, lakes, and accommodation. You will also have a chance to feel the evening sunset at Koneswaram Hindu Temple in Trincomalee. You will have your dinner on the beach and then go back to your accommodation to relax.

Day 3: Snorkeling camp around Pigeon Island

Wake up to a freshly prepared breakfast (of both Sri Lankan and western foods changing daily as you wish). At 9 a.m., you will start heading to Pigeon Island by boat with your snorkeling equipment along with a mobile tent. The 20-minute journey will take you to the island and you will set up your camp at the beach according to your selection. You will have a snorkeling guide and you can be snorkeling around the island as you like with the support of the guide.

The hotel will deliver the pre-ordered lunch to the campsite and you are free to taste your lunch at the campsite. You will stay till 4 p.m. at the campsite and you can do as you wish (like snorkeling or resting). You will return to the accommodation at around 5 p.m. and you will enjoy your evening with dinner while relaxing.

Day 4: 2 diving sessions at Suwami Rocks and Cave - snorkeling at Marble Beach

Wake up to a freshly prepared breakfast (of both Sri Lankan and western foods changing daily as you wish). This will be day 1 of your diving career. The diving class starts at 9 a.m. for beginners while intermediate or advanced divers will be transferred to the diving spot directly. Take your theory and practical lesson on the beach and shallow water. At around 12 p.m., the session will end for the day and you will be back to the accommodation for lunch.

In the evening, you will have a tuk tuk tour to Marble Beach and you can have snorkeling sessions at the beautiful beach. Then, head back to camp and you will enjoy a barbecue grilled dinner or Sri Lankan food and take a rest.

Day 5: Whale watching tour - Pasikuda Beach - Arugam Bay

Today, you will have an early bird tea with some fruits and at around 6:30 a.m., you will take the boat to start the whale watching tour. It will end before 9 a.m. and once you return to the accommodation, you will have your late breakfast.

Check out and you will start heading to Arugam Bay. While heading to Arugam Bay, you will have your lunch in Pasikuda Beach with Sri Lankan rice and curry combination with Western type foods. In the evening at 6 p.m., you will reach Arugam Bay and check in. You can have your rest with your delicious dinner.

Day 6: Arugam Bay Beach - Peanut Farm - 2 basic surf lessons

You will begin your day by enjoying a breakfast buffet (a combination of Sri Lankan and western foods changing daily). You will have a surfing lesson or professional surf guiding at Excellent Surf School on the beach for almost two hours. You can collect your basic surfboard and start your practice with the surf teacher.

You will have your buffet for lunch. In the spare time, you may relax on the beach, go snorkeling, or you are free to practice surfing with the surf teacher in the afternoon. On this day, two surf lessons are included. You can go watch the evening sunset locations on the beach and do yoga with a yoga teacher till the sun goes down. In the evening, you will enjoy barbecue grilled dinner or Sri Lankan food and take a rest.

Day 7: Whiskey Point - 2 basic surf lessons - Kudumbigala Monastery - motorcycling tour

You will begin your day by enjoying a breakfast buffet (a combination of Sri Lankan and western foods changing daily). You will have 2 surfing lesson or professional surf guiding at Excellent Surf School on the beach for almost four hours. You can collect your basic surfboard and start your practice with the surf teacher.

You will have your buffet lunch. In the spare time, you may relax on the beach, go snorkeling, or you are free to practice surfing with the surf teacher in the evening.

You will start climbing to visit Kudumbigala Monastery at around 4 p.m. You can watch the evening sunset from the top of the rock. In the evening, you will enjoy barbecue grilled dinner or Sri Lankan food and take a rest.

Day 8: Elephant Rock - 2 basic surf lessons - cookery class

You will begin your day by enjoying a breakfast buffet (a combination of Sri Lankan and western foods changing daily). You will have 2 surfing lesson (one in the morning and the other in the evening), or professional surf guiding at Excellent Surf School on the beach for almost four hours. You can collect your basic surfboard and start your practice with the surf teacher.

After the morning surf lesson, there will be Sri Lankan cookery class at around 11 a.m. and it will be complimentary lunch for you and will have your Sri Lankan style buffet lunch. In the spare time, you may relax on the beach, go snorkeling, or you are free to practice surfing with the surf teacher in the evening. In the evening, you will enjoy barbecue grilled dinner or Sri Lankan food and take a rest.

Day 9: Arugam Bay Baby Point - Peanut Farm - 2 basic surf lessons

You will begin your day by enjoying a breakfast buffet (a combination of Sri Lankan and western foods changing daily). You will have surfing lesson in the morning at Baby Point, or professional surf guiding at Excellent Surf School on the beach for almost two hours. You can collect your basic surfboard and start your practice with the surf teacher.

You will have your buffet lunch. After lunch, you will move to Peanut Farm for your last surf lesson or professional surf guiding with Excellent Surf School on the beach for almost two hours. You can collect your basic surfboard and start your practice with the surf teacher.

In the evening, you will enjoy barbecue grilled dinner or Sri Lankan food with campfire at Peanut Farm beach and for the rest of the night, you can enjoy and return to the hotel and rest in the room.

Day 10: Arugam Bay Baby Point - 1 surf lesson

You will begin your day by enjoying a breakfast buffet (a combination of Sri Lankan and western foods changing daily). You will have surfing lesson in the morning at Baby Point, or professional surf guiding at Excellent Surf School on the beach for almost two hours. You can collect your basic surfboard and start your practice with the surf teacher.

You will be checking out from the hotel at around 11 a.m. Grab some photos in Excellent Surf School to show off to your friends. Make sure you’ve got everyone on Facebook and say goodbye to your surf camp family. They miss you already.

Included excursions

Surf tours (Peanut Farm, Elephant Rock, Whiskey Point, and Main Point)
Pigeon Island snorkeling tour
Whale watching tour
Sigiriya and Pidurangala tours
Kudumbigala Monastery tour
Wild elephants watching trail

Instructors

Ranga Shrimal

Ranga Shrimal is a host, the founder, and managing director of Lankan Tour Hub (Pvt) Ltd. He loves to meet friends from all around the world and make them his good friends for a lifetime. He was born in Negombo in 1988. He has always liked to surf and lives near the beach and nature. His home now is also located within the mountain range. There, he always finds peace through his meditation sessions. Ranga looks forward to welcoming you very much, and to talking and relaying the many things that he has learned in life, and at the same time learning too.

Sahan Damayantha

Sahan is a PADI Diving Instructor (License S407801). He was born in Weligama, a local Sri Lankan who knows all about the local scene and the diving instructing. He will make sure that everything is perfect for you to enjoy a great diving holiday in Sri Lanka. Currently, he is a diving instructor of a 5-star dive center in Weligama and your dive host as well as diving instructor since 2015. He loves to teach clients how to practice diving, offering great company at his place and an insight into my breathtaking culture.

Lesitha Prabath

Lesitha Prabath is from a real Arugam Bay local family who grew up with a passion for the sea and started surfing at the age of 5. He is the founder and owner of Excellent Surf School since 2014 and your host as well. He loves to teach guests how to ride waves, and offers great company and insight about his breathtaking culture. He has ton of experience teaching beginners, intermediates and advanced surfers. He is an ISA equality surf instructor. The safety of his students and surfers is his priority.

Location

Sri Lanka is a great place to learn to dive with the PADI Open Water Diver course. The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, PADI Enriched Air Diver, PADI Deep Diver, and PADI Wreck Diver courses are popular to dive many of the sites and wrecks off the coastline of Sri Lanka. You can also become a PADI Divemaster or PADI Instructor from this island paradise.

This dive camp will take place at Trincomalee beach's diving center in Uppuveli, Sri Lanka. The camp is located near the beach that will give you easy access to the diving spots. It is also less crowded, giving you a hassle-free time to learn properly or enjoy the waves to the fullest. As well as sunrise dive, the sunset snorkeling is the most awesome experience to do. This is also one of the best places to go dolphin watching during the whale season: April to October.

Distances

Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI), 7 hours 17 minutes (370.5 kilometers) via Ambepussa - Kurunegala - Trincomalee Highway / Ambepussa - Trincomalee Highway / Kandy Road / A6
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB), 5 hours 16 minutes (233.3 kilometers) via Ambepussa - Kurunegala - Trincomalee Highway / Ambepussa - Trincomalee Highway / Kandy Road / A6

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Food

On this dive camp, you will be served daily breakfast (included in the price). For the rest of the meals, you can have the best local food experience as well as Western and Sri Lankan foods in the local restaurants.

The following meals are included:

Breakfast
Drinks

The following drinks are included:

Coffee
Tea

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

Vegetarian
Seafood
Whole food
Other dietary requirements on request

If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

What's included

PADI discover diving certification
2 dive lessons (45 minutes in the water)
7 surf lessons (all levels)
Surf tours (Peanut Farm, Elephant Rock, Whiskey Point, and Main Point)
Sri Lankan cookery class
Pigeon Island snorkeling tour
Whale watching tour
Sigiriya and Pidurangala tours
Kudumbigala Monastery tour
Wild elephants watching trail
Dive boat rental and pickup - drop to the beach of the day
Professional local and foreign internationally qualified instructors
Free use of diving and surfing equipment
Airport pickup
9 nights' accommodation
9 breakfasts
Free coffee, tea, and king coconut every day
High-speed Wi-Fi

What's not included

Airport transfers to Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)
Flights to and from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)
Lunch and dinner for 10 days
Massage and spa treatments
Optional activities

How to get there

Recommended Airports

CMB

Bandaranaike International Airport

128 km

Transfer included

HRI

Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport

189 km

Transfer available for additional US$ 100 per person

Arrival by airplane

Please book your flight to arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) or Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (HRI). Transfer from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) is included. Sri Lankan Tour Hub will pick you up from the airport. Drop off to the airport at the end of the program is at extra cost.

Airport: Bandaranaike International Airport Airport transfer included: Bandaranaike International Airport No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.

Airport: Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport Airport transfer available: Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (US$ 100 per person) Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.

Cancellation Policy

A reservation requires a deposit of 25% 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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