Bona Vista

Today was the day we finally ventured more than 500m from our hotel! While we spent the last few days eating, shopping and swimming within a 500m radius of our hotel, we decided that we had to do at least a little bit of exploring in our 5 days in Unawatuna. Popular day trips from Unawatuna include visiting Galle Fort or the instagram famous swing at Dalawella Beach, but you need to pay a tuktuk or hire a scooter to reach both of those which we decided was too much effort (we are still mentally and physically recovering from India). We eventually decided to walk to Jungle Beach, which is a smaller beach about 30min from Unawatuna. The walk there was mostly flat with some very steep sections, and by the time we reached the beach, we were dripping in sweat and the beach was packed. We'd read online that Jungle Beach is normally very quiet and peaceful, but as it's the Christmas/New Years period, you are unlikely to get any beach to yourself. Despite the beach being very busy, we had a nice swim in waters so warm it felt like a bath and read our books. We returned to Unawatuna around 2pm for kottu for lunch and another swim at the main Unawatuna beach. We ended our day with fresh seafood as we watched the sunset over the beach.Read more