Ella Cycling Experience in Ella
Description
You will be starting your tour at 8:30 am(morning time) am or 01.30 pm(evening time) at the Ella Gap Hotel Car Park (Standard meeting point). There will be bicycles, helmets, and refreshments provided for the tour. Your cycling guide and backup vehicle will accompany you. You will be able to enjoy the beautiful landscapes of Ella as you ride your 20km route.
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You will be starting your tour at 8:30 am(morning time) am or 01.30 pm(evening time) at the Ella Gap Hotel Car Park (Standard meeting point). There will be bicycles, helmets, and refreshments provided for the tour. Your cycling guide and backup vehicle will accompany you. You will be able to enjoy the beautiful landscapes of Ella as you ride your 20km route.
Along the way, you will ride cross country through some woods to reach the Nine Arches Bridge. This incredible historical viaduct built entirely from stone, bricks, and cement (with no steel) was created in the British era of Sri Lanka. It spans a space of over 300 feet and has a height of approximately 100 feet. You will be an able walk along the railroad passing over the bridge, and listen to your hiking guide explain the history and stories about Nine Arches. You can also get some excellent photographs and create some memories. You will then continue on to Little Adam's Peak. This area ends in a sharp drop that provides you with stupendous views of the landscape around you; including the amazing view from the Ella Gap, and the Knuckles Range. You will be able to get clear views of the green fields and blue rivers spread out below. You can take some really good photos here and relax for a while.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(6)
Nice bike tour with very nice Sam to the Nine Arch Bridge. Along the way you will find information about tea and all kinds of wild growing fruits and peppers. At the end of the tour back with an old train. For tall people, the bikes are on the small side.
The guide for this experience really made the adventure worthwhile! He was knowledgeable and very excited to share all the things he loves. Views were great and Sana went out of his way to help with photos. Only one word of caution is the traffic on very narrow roadways coming to and from the bridge can be a little tricky if you are not a confident cyclist. Also should have a decent level of fitness as there are some hills. I enjoyed it all and would recommend it!
We had booked a 4-hour mountain bike tour. Pick-up from the hotel by TukTuk worked great and we drove about 10 minutes to the starting point of the tour. The mountain bike has 5 gears, so far so good. We are then the same way we rode the TukTuk, back by bike and a bit further to the 9 Arch bridge. There we waited for the train, then waited again until the train left and then we just rolled to a station and the tour was over. Pure mountain bike ride time: 1.5 hours. The rest was waiting. And for that per person 50 euros is far too expensive. 15 to 20 euros would have been appropriate and actually that is still too much. The guide was very nice and tried but he had no idea what to do with us or where to go with us. So this is not a MountainBikeTour but just a ride to the 9 Arch bridge. Of course, I know that often imagination and reality don’t go together, but a tour off the main road through tea plantations around the countryside wasn’t.
We had a great time on our cycle trip, our guide, Sana, was so kind and knowledgeable about filling us in on the areas we were traveling through. I would recommend, just keep in mind there are some steep hills to cycle up!
A great experience.Sana was great.Enjoyed his company.Views fantastic and enjoyed the train ride back from Demodara over NineArches BridgeThe bikes were road bikes which could be updated.
We tend to do a cycling tour in each place we visit so decided to do this and one based on the reviews. Overall it was a great experience as you take in all the main sites of Ella including the famous 9 arch bridge. We finished by cycling to one train stop along and boarded the train to travel across this bridge itself which was amazing. Guide was great. Only thing I would say is it's quite hilly on the tour so it does require some effort in parts - but you are rewarded with a beautiful tour around Ella.
