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In our blog Trail Stories, you’ll find the best times to stay with us whether on the east or south coast, ways to make your holiday experience richer, and the insider tips that make a world’s difference when you’re travelling as a family.
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A Day in Ahangama: Tap into the South Coast Groove with the Spice Trail
The South Coast rhythm is one of those things that’s easier to experience than to explain. Maybe it’s the insane sunsets that work like scheduled show-stoppers for each day. Maybe it’s the long-standing work-nap-work-nap local rhythm, born from generations of fishing and farming. Or it has to do with that discovery of a glitch in the matrix where Sri Lanka’s South Coast has the lowest gravitational pull on Earth…maybe it’s all those things. We don’t really know why, but we do

Trail Stories
Oct 294 min read
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Surf Smarter, Not Harder: Surf Training Week with the O.G. Coach Shannon Ainslie
If you’re serious about levelling up your surf game, Surf Training Week at the Spice Trail is where it happens. This is not your typical...

Trail Stories
Dec 4, 20245 min read
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How to get to Arugam Bay
The Spice Trail guide to making the most of your journey East. The journey from Colombo to Arugam Bay is one of the best ways to...

Trail Stories
Mar 31, 20246 min read
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Catching Waves
Some days, you get all the waves with no one else on the break. Some days, you catch a few good ones. But some days, you get none. The...

Trail Stories
Jul 17, 20223 min read
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Life Outside The City
When you realise that the air you’re breathing is simply pure; that the food you’re relishing in, is nothing but goodness from the earth;...

Team Spice Trail
Mar 29, 20212 min read
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The Place Beyond The Surf Village
Walking down Panama Road along the busy commercial strip of Arugam Bay where the Spice Trail is, someone may easily miss out on what lies...

Team Spice Trail
Jan 28, 20214 min read
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How To Do Arugam Bay
Okay folks, it’s time we talk about how to do A’bay. Over the last few weeks, we’ve watched too many people come here for a short stay,...

Team Spice Trail
Sep 18, 20203 min read
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