Sports and Adventure - Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, tourists can engage themselves in a number of sports and adventurous activities. Sports and adventure lovers in Sri Lanka can participate in diving and snorkeling, wind surfing, rafting and canoeing.
In Sri Lanka, diving and snorkeling is practiced in the coastal regions. Specially Unawatuna located on the south coast, Tangalla and Hikkaduwa on the west coast and Nilaveli on the east coast of Sri Lanka are ideal spots for this adventure sport. From November to April in the west coast is an ideal time for scuba diving and snorkeling whereas in the east coast, the best time is April to September. Kelani Ganga, Kalu Ganga and Kelani River in Sri Lanka are ideal spots for rafting and canoeing. This water sport is a very popular sport in this country. The Arugam bay beach is one of the best places in Sri Lanka for wind surfing. For wind surfing Bentota beach and Hikkaduwa beach are also famous.
The national game of Sri Lanka is volley ball. Other popular sports in Sri Lanka are soccer, cricket, racing and golf. In Sri Lanka, the first golf club was the Royal Colombo Golf Club. Nuwaraeliya Golf Club and Victoria Golf Club are two other important golf clubs of this country. Cricket is one of the favorite and mostly played games in Sri Lanka.

08:53 AM Friday December 21nd, 2012