Kalkudah City

Kalkudah or Kalkuda is a coastal resort town located about 35 kilometers northwest of Batticaloa, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka. Pasikudah and Kalkudah are located few kilometers apart.

Things to do in Kalkudah

Kalkudah-stranden

Kalkudah Beach, som ligger på østkysten af Sri Lanka, er kendt for sin betagende naturlige skønhed og rolige omgivelser. Kendt for sine rene, brede sandstrande og rolige vand tilbyder Kalkudah Beach et perfekt sted til afslapning og vandaktiviteter.

Uberørte Strande

Kalkudah Beach er berømt for sin brede strækning af gyldent sand og krystalklart vand. Strandens rolige og lave vand gør det til et ideelt sted for svømning, solbadning og afslappede gåture langs kysten. Strandens relativt uberørte natur giver en fredelig flugt fra mere overfyldte turistområder.

Vandsport og Aktiviteter

De rolige farvande ved Kalkudah Beach er perfekte til forskellige vandsportsaktiviteter, herunder snorkling, jetski og windsurfing. Det klare og varme vand giver fremragende sigtbarhed til snorkling, hvilket gør det muligt for besøgende at udforske det livlige marineliv og koralrev lige ud for kysten.

Nærliggende Attraktioner

Ud over at nyde stranden kan besøgende udforske nærliggende attraktioner såsom:

Pasikudah Strand: Beliggende tæt på Kalkudah, er Pasikudah Strand kendt for sit lave vand og luksuriøse resorts, hvilket gør det til et ideelt sted for flere strandaktiviteter og afslapning.
Kalmunai Moské: Et vigtigt kulturelt vartegn, som giver indsigt i lokal islamisk arkitektur og kultur.
Arugam Bay: Lidt længere mod syd ligger Arugam Bay, et populært rejsemål for surfing med en livlig atmosfære og mange spisesteder og underholdningsmuligheder.

Lokal Mad

Området omkring Kalkudah Beach tilbyder et udvalg af lokale spisesteder, hvor besøgende kan nyde traditionel srilankansk mad. Fisk og skaldyrsretter som grillet fisk, reje curry og seafood kottu er populære valg, der giver en smag af regionens kulinariske specialiteter.

Overnatning

Der findes flere overnatningsmuligheder nær Kalkudah Beach, fra budgetvenlige gæstehuse til mellemklassehoteller. Mange af disse steder tilbyder udsigt over stranden og nem adgang til havet, hvilket gør det muligt for besøgende at nyde områdets naturskønhed komfortabelt.

Bedste Tidspunkt at Besøge:

Den bedste tid at besøge Kalkudah Beach er fra april til september, hvor vejret er tørt og varmt og giver ideelle forhold for strandaktiviteter og vandsport. Monsunsæsonen begynder typisk i oktober, hvilket bringer kraftig regn og mere uroligt hav.

About Batticaloa District

Batticaloais a city in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka.Batticaloa is in the eastern coast of Sri Lanka on a flat coastal plain boarded by the Indian Ocean in the east occupies the central part of the eastern Sri Lanka. Batticaloa is on the East coast, 314 km from Colombo. The population of 515,707 consists mainly of Tamils, Moors, Sinhalese, Euro-Asian Burghers (specifically Portuguese Burghers and Dutch Burghers) and indigenous Vedda population.

Rice and coconuts are the two staples of the district, and steamers trading round the island call regularly at the port. The lagoon is famous for its "singing fish" supposed to be shell-fish which give forth musical notes. The district has a remnant of Veddahs or wild men of the wood.

The city has four main divisions

Pullianthivu: Seat of many government department and offices, schools, banks religious places, General Hospital, Weber Stadium and Shops. Nowadays many NGO offices including ICRC, UN, UNICEF, WORLD VISION etc.are located also.

Koddamunai: Schools, Banks,Sri Lanka Telecom regional office for East, Shops and many government offices are located. Two bridges called Perya Palam and Puthuppalam are connect Pulianthivu Island with Koddaminai land mass.

Kallady: Here there are many Government buildings and private industries, schools, hospitals and Eastern University Medical Faculty. Kallady Lady Manning Bridge (the longest bridge in Sri Lanka) connects Kallady and Arasay.

Puthur: This is where the dom

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.