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17 things I Wish I Knew BEFORE travelling to SRI LANKA 🇱🇰

Fit Nomads

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I share 17 things I wish I knew before visiting Sri Lanka, in this Sri Lankan travel guide I give you information you may not find elsewhere and things you should know before visiting, from how to get around, what to eat, how to book trains, which safari to choose, and all the quirky local tips — this video is packed with everything we learned after travelling across Sri Lanka for over a month.

🎥 Expect real advice, mistakes to avoid, and pro tips you won’t find in the guidebooks.

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📕 CHAPTERS
0:00 – Intro
0:29 – Local Culture: Head wobbles, kindness & basic phrases
1:19 – Getting Around: Transport, tuk tuks, and train hacks
3:25 – Accommodation: Homestays, reviews & where to stay
4:02 – Weather & When to Go: Know the monsoons
6:13 – Choose the right safari
8:32 – Things you CANNOT miss
12:04 – Food: What to eat (and what blew our minds)
12:55 – Bonus: Our recommended Sri Lanka itinerary

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20 Comments

@risha10121 1 year ago

Another thing you didn't know. It's illegal to feed wildlife in Sri Lanka and feeding elephants is a big no no! So please dont promote that in your channel. Hope you correct this. You are endangering the lives of elephants and people. If something happens, and aggressive behavior is continued, the elephant may be put down. These elephants are called beggar elephants and it's people who made them beggars😢. Do not "bribe" them! Please! We are trying so hard to stop people from doing this and "tips" like yours actually aggravate the situations. There are so many boards telling people not to.

@tilaksriyananda8198 1 year ago

Nice video. Lots of vital information for future travelers❤. Previous video, you have mentioned to avoid Colombo due to minor incidents[staring]. These are very common in any busy cities, although, you can easily ignore them. Undoubtedly, If one person stares at you, hundreds of Sri Lankans would smile at you. Sri Lankans well known hospitable people, known for their welcoming and generous attitudes towards guests.❤❤

@mentionedMeplsYappingBot 1 year ago (edited)

Great history with great culture
❤❤

@alertstillness592 1 year ago

This is a great Channel, just planned my Sri Lanka trip today based on these two

@ourtwostepstart 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing this! We haven't been yet but cannot wait to visit! Which was your favourite location?

@RajReviewsDualSportPhotoGadget 1 year ago

👍

@channeludoc 1 year ago

❤️❤️❤️

@AliceandJan 1 year ago

Hello, just liked and subscribed…. 😉🫶 Sri Lanka is on our bucket list for our future vlog. Thanks for very interesting share. 🙌🫶🏝️👏

@ericlange1524 7 months ago

Before I came to Sri Lanka I wish I knew there were FiT nOmAdS everywhere

@travelwiththariya7426 1 year ago

Nice video. I was just wondering what is your camera?

@techworld810 1 year ago

If you want to party go to Negombo

@YoanaIvanovaMoravenova 11 months ago

Hey, that was really an useful video. ✨😇 what are your suggestions on renting a car and to drive it yourself around the island? Read different and insufficient info about it and we wanted to opt for this option since we have only 10 days in the island and felt like the public transport and the tuk tuks can be quite a slower option :(

@SmithersMCFC66 1 year ago

Going to be spending a week in Ahangama early next year. Did you spend any time there? We will be visiting SL for the first time, so your tips are most helpful.

@EmBarkley 8 months ago

Hey guys! this is such a great video!
We're headed to Sri Lanka in March and already have 2 weeks planned in the south west for surfing.
We are tossing up the idea of staying there for a 3rd week or travelling up through to Wilpattu national park for a safari - would you say Wilpattu is unmissable?
We'll 100% do at least a day trip to Udawalawe

@gecko9585 8 months ago

Hi guys, awesome videos! Very helpful. Watch a couple of them and subscribed of course ;)

We start our Sri Lanka Trip on 5th march for 27 day with our little girl (1,5 years) we already rented a Tuk Tuk … a 2025 Version that is supposed to be a little more powerful 😂

We start in Negombo, go north to Anuradhapura for two nights and further east to Trincomalee, also 2 nights… then towards south

We are a bit unsure about the National Parks…would you say do Wilpattu or rather Udawalawa … I think budget will only allow one safari.

And have you any „don‘t miss“ tips for Trincomalee? Where to stay?

Greetings from Germany

PS: if two Ozzies love Hiriketiya Beach so much … then it really is an awesome beach 😂

@MrEnergee1987 10 months ago

Do u wanna travel to Srirangam (a city island in centre of Tamil Nadu)?

@raushansharma 1 year ago

Can you share where you guys stayed? or suggest some good places to stay?

@1954KPH 1 year ago

Hi, did you plan out in advance or make arrangements along the way? It seems that adhoc plans work well?. Would you agree?

@Travel_in_360 6 months ago

Some videos advise traveling the country anticlockwise, do you advise that? Or it doesn't matter?

@MrAlinda1978 1 year ago

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