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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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From The Farm
Food being a key part of the Spice Trail experience, we try to keep the origins of our ingredients close and clean. This means that we...
Team Spice Trail
Oct 13, 20202 min read
New Partnership
When we’re not cooking up a storm in the kitchen or trailing down some wild path in the East Coast, we’re connecting with interesting...
Team Spice Trail
Sep 30, 20202 min read
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
Under Lockdown At The Spice Trail, Part 2
The continuation of the Exner experience at The Spice Trail during lockdown... One thing to note about this wonderful family is that both...
Team Spice Trail
Apr 15, 20202 min read
Under Lockdown At The Spice Trail, Part 1
The story of a family that was "stuck" at the Spice Trail for 3 months during lockdown.
Team Spice Trail
Mar 12, 20202 min read
A Long Time Coming
At The Spice Trail we make it a point of pride to offer the best experience we can to our guests. Every year its about incremental...
Team Spice Trail
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Saving Water. How Hard Can It Be?
Around October of 2019 we decided to build a pond at Komari Farms in order to capture rain water from the upcoming monsoons. From...
Team Spice Trail
Nov 2, 20192 min read
A Letter From Sri Lanka Part 3
This is part of a series of letters I wrote to our guests after the horrible Easter Bombings that took place April 21st, 2019. It had...
Team Spice Trail
Jun 17, 20193 min read
A Letter From Sri Lanka Part 2
This is part of a series of letters I wrote to our guests after the horrible Easter Bombings that took place April 21st, 2019. It had...
Team Spice Trail
May 22, 20192 min read
A Letter From Sri Lanka Part 1
This is part of a series of letters I wrote to our guests after the horrible Easter Bombings that took place April 21st, 2019. It had...
Team Spice Trail
May 2, 20193 min read
Hello Sri Lanka, How Are You? Thoughts Of Solidarity After The Easter Bombings.
On October 26th 2018, the President of Sri Lanka attempted to overthrow his Prime Minister through an unconstitutional coup d’etat,...
Team Spice Trail
Apr 26, 20193 min read
It's Award Season! What Did We Get?
Booking.com Guest Reviews Award On our second year of operations we won this award in 2016. We have won every year since then in 2017 and...
Team Spice Trail
Feb 7, 20191 min read
Komari Farm: 6 Months of Hard Lessons
It's time to review our six months progress. We started to build our permaculture farm in June 2018. During this period we came across...
Anuradha + Prithvi
Jan 21, 20193 min read
The Spice Trail - Your Home In Arugam Bay
A video preview of what staying at The Spice Trail is like.
Team Spice Trail
Dec 14, 20181 min read
Giving Thanks at Okanda
After a successful and tiring season it was time to wind down for the off-season and begin working on improvements. But before any of...
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Nov 20, 20184 min read
The First National Surfing Championship of Sri Lanka
This past weekend in Arugam Bay saw the culmination of the very first Sri Lankan national surf content series. It was the third and final...
Tyran Roy
Sep 18, 20183 min read
Fixing Point - Physiotherapy, Massage & Craniosacral Therapy in Arugam Bay
Jetlag? Tired from a long drive? Or perhaps you have a niggling surf injury? Not to worry! We have a certified massage and...
Team Spice Trail
Aug 10, 20182 min read
Building with Up-Cycled Materials: Container Conversions
If you’ve ever visited The Spice Trail, or even just walked past, you might have noticed that we have a number on previously used...
Tyran Roy
Jul 28, 20182 min read
How to start a Permaculture farm, the Sri Lankan way.
We recently bought a piece of farm land in Komari, Pottuvil and decided it would be a great idea to keep you guys up to date on the...
Tyran Roy
Jun 25, 20182 min read
Things to do Out East: Isha Water Park
The East Coast of Sri Lanka is a very under developed and untapped part of the country. Arugam Bay has been discovered for it's waves,...
Team Spice Trail
Mar 27, 20183 min read
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