Elephant Rock Point

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Elephant Rock, named after the rock’s supposed resemblance to an elephant, is an extremely popular surf spot for beginners, located only 4km away from Arugam Bay. Although Elephant Rock may be well known, it is one of the least crowded beaches on the island, largely due to its lack of road access. To get here you must take a tuk tuk, get dropped off at the main road, and from there it’s just a small walk, scramble, and (sometimes) wade to get to the point.

Why Visit?

Elephant Rock is a small outcrop at the edge of a cove and it offers some fantastic panoramic views; it is a beautiful golden strip of beach and is unspoiled apart from a few people selling drinks out of small boats. Sri Lanka is an island full of lagoons especially near beaches, and at the rear end of Elephant Rock, there is a lovely lagoon with dark murky waters, flanked by a small mangrove forest. However, please keep in mind, that as a precaution, locals advise that you do not swim in the lagoon. When the tide is high you have to wade through the water to get to the beach, as the sea floods in the lagoon and submerges the sandbank joining the two.

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About Ampara District

Ampara is belongs to the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. It is a remote city on the East Coast of Sri Lanka, about 360 km from the capital city of Colombo. Ampara is the largest paddy harvesting province in the country, and has the Indian Ocean on the east coast of Sri Lanka as a fisheries resource. Most of the civilians are Sinhala, while Tamils and Sri Lankan Moors also live in the coastal parts of the district.

About Eastern Province

The Eastern Province is one of the 9 provinces of Sri Lanka. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but they didn't have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Between 1988 and 2006 the province was temporarily merged with the Northern Province to form the North-East Province. The capital of the province is Trincomalee. The Eastern province's population was 1,460,939 in 2007. The province is the most diverse in Sri Lanka, both ethnically and religiously.

Eastern province has an area of 9,996 square kilometers (3,859.5 sq mi).The province is surrounded by the Northern Province to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Southern Province to the south, and the Uva, Central and North Central provinces to the west. The province's coast is dominated by lagoons, the largest being Batticaloa lagoon, Kokkilai lagoon, Upaar Lagoon and Ullackalie Lagoon.

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