Beach rest
Beach holiday in Hikkaduwe is really very worthy: sandy, wide, most often "average humanity", although the beach is long, so you can easily find places where people will not be at all. For those who travel a lot, maybe the beach will seem ordinary for others - the omission. But you will be admired by the ocean, at least the first two days without removal - so beautiful there! Children beach will also fit. What can be done on the beach? This, of course, depends on the tourist preferences. Someone cannot spend more couple days on the sand, someone is ready to "break into the sand and spend the night there." Coral reef Fish begins approximately at a depth of 60-90 centimeters, there are almost no coral corals, so it can be safely rushing into the water without special slippers (however, during the low tide the situation changes somewhat).
The beach is framed by a number of beach restaurants, in which you can lazily wait for the heat, drinking a cocktail. Hotels, by the way, on the coast, also a whole bunch, the most convenient accommodation option. The people on the hikkaduva beach enjoys life to the maximum: play volleyball and frisbee, frolic with local good-natured dogs, engage in running and gymnastics. Sometimes there are too strong waves on the beach, during which it is better not to swim or at least to swim far - there is its own highlight. Oh yes, be sure to meet (at least once) the sunsets on the beach - the wonderful spectacle! Moreover, it is possible to meet him at dinner in any beach restaurant. Many tourists and after sunset remain hanging out on the beach, sit by the fire, play the guitar and admire the stars. It turns out such "homemade" parties.
Snorcling
This is the holy case for hikkaduva. Equipment for snorkeling is available for rent at several points on the beach (by the way, if you dive with you are afraid for you - boat excursions with a glass bottom). Two hours of rental Maxi with a tube costs about 600 rupees.
As I have already written above, corals begin in most cases when "on the belt", and, unfortunately, so many tourists seem to include disrespectful of this nature of nature - during the low tide they can walk along the corals and break down the pieces, no one Caring for the preservation of ocean wealth for future generations. But we will not be about sad. Reefs are not everywhere: In fact, they start at around Hikka Tranz by Cinnamon 4 * (Ex.Chaaya Tranz Hikkaduwa) and end in the Hikkaduwa Beach Hotel 3 *.At least, at this distance, 500 reef meters are rather impressive. The most popular spot for snorkeling - just opposite the Hikka Tranz hotel. It is there that you will see a lot of colored fish and, if you are lucky, at the same time and gigantic Sea turtles pluggingly floating past snorkels. The turtles here are already accustomed to the fact that people are constantly divering, so they calmly swim in tourists (you can even touch). Moreover, they often float almost on the coast (then they can be fed)! Beautiful creatures! However, it may be so that you will not see any promised turtles - do not despair, there are no guilt of advertisers.
Diving
The underwater kingdom of Hikkaduva, of course, Stott to plunge with the aqualung. It is unlikely that you will see a whale shark, which sometimes lure tourists under the water, so to speak, but turtles, corals and fish are definitely. Contact, for example, in "INTERNATIONAL DIVING SCHOOL" (At the Coral Sands Hotel - on the coast, in the southern part of the town): Professional instructors will help beginners and non-novice, and new and high-quality equipment. Company "Poseidon Diving Sri Lanka" - The second most popular in the town, and it is located at 304 Galle Road. Company "Dive Seenigama Dive Lanka" He has its own office in the north of the city, along the main road on the coast, a little on the temple of Senigam Devalaya (Seenigama Devol Devalaya), and it is also an excellent experience for any level.Dive Center "BLUE DEEP DIVE CENTR" Located on Galle Road, 271 (landmark on the Coral Rock by Amaya), and it is also an excellent option.
Office company "DIVE FOR YOU" Located 5 kilometers south of Hikkadva, on the beach of Daldouva (near the Ravana Beach Cabanas & Restaurent): very experienced and professional staff, informal furnishings, good knowledge of available diving sites in the area, training beginners and work with experienced divers (with them available , for example, night dives, immersion to sunken ships, etc.). All instructors in all these companies speak English well. In general, it is quite difficult to choose from everyone, since it is almost everywhere the same level. Although diving center "BARRACUDA DIVING CENTER" With near the restaurant "Red Lobster Restaurant" and the hotel Coraal Seas Beach Resort, it is not recommended: not very attentive attitude to customers, non -actic behavior of instructors sometimes and other shoals.
Ayurvedic salons and massage
Ayurveda is the traditional system of Indian medicine. It is quite difficult to understand that it is as part of one visit to such salons, but it is necessary to try. The price tag in the salons is not small, but generally acceptable. You can bargain (for example, 5000-6000 rupees for two - a clock massage of the whole body with hot oil in four hands plus oil massage head). Little advice - do not wash your head in front of the massage, anyway after you have to swipe again. The oil pleasantly tingles - the sensations are unusual. After such a massage, you really get up resting and "alive." By the way, there is a rule - girls massage girls, boys boys. At the end of the procedure (at least according to the rules, there should be so) - a glass of local herbal tincture "to secure the result". In general, there are a lot of salons in the city. For example, "SWASTHA AYURVEDA" (311, Galle Road), "Sandagiri Ayurveda Center" (319-a, Galle Road), "NEW HANSI AYURVEDA" (557 Galle Road), "Vimukthi Ayurveda" (Naragama RD) and others.
A massage is offered and right on the beach. Masseurs are, in general, a separate topic. They constantly dissect around the beach, naturally, praise "the biggest experience in massage in the city." Massage they do not bad, but it is unlikely to be called "real Ayurveda" (even the local themselves are tend to giggle). The services of beach masseuses, as a rule, are about 1000 rupees, but you can easily be strained up to 700, and if you offer a masseur for a discount to a cigarette-other, then you can relax for 500 rupees.
