ISri Lanka iye yathi chu ukuza kwindawo yayo njengendawo yeholide yehlabathi kumaxesha akutshanje emva kwamashumi eminyaka yezidubedube. Nangona ilizwe lesiqithi esise-pint lide likhona kwi-radar yabahambi abangoyikiyo, esi sigebenga silele sanyusa kuphela ngo-2019 xa ibhayibhile yokuhamba kunye nabenzi bezinto zokutya i-Lonely Planet bayibiza ngokuba lelona lizwe lilungileyo lokundwendwela-iminyaka elishumi ukusukela esiphelweni udabi lasekuhlaleni.
Abakhenkethi abavela kwihlabathi liphela ngoku baqala ukuva oko abo banolwazi kudala bekuxhasa malunga nemfihlo yohambo egcinwe kakuhle. Iinduli eziluhlaza ezithe saa ngamasimi etiya, ikomkhulu lamanxweme elinxiba imbali yalo yobukoloniyali kunye neqhayiya eColombo kunye neepaki zesizwe ezityebileyo ezigcina amawaka eendlovu. Ikhadi lokutsala, nangona kunjalo, ziindawo ezibonisa ukungapheli kweSri Lanka ezinamakhadi amanxweme agudle ulwandle aphikisana ne-Asia-mpuma ye-Asiya- kunye nommelwane wayo wasemantla eIndiya - ezona ndawo zidumileyo zokungcebeleka, ukongeza kwelona zwekazi liphezulu. Kwaye ukuba unxweme olusentshona ngumtsalane welizwe, iBentota yenye yezona zixhobo zayo ziqaqambileyo.
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Eyona ndawo iphakathi nendawo phakathi kweColombo kunye ne-UNESCO yeLifa leMveli leGalle Fort kwindlela ebalaseleyo ye-Expressway, le dolophu ihlonitshwa njengenye yezona ndawo ziphambili kunxweme. Ukusukela ngeentsuku zayo njengendawo yokuphumla yenkulungwane ye-18 yoomatiloshe baseDatshi, kwaye kamva xa abokoloniyali baseBritane bakha indawo yokuhlambela umzimba apha, iindwendwe ziye zathontelana ukuya kumanxweme ayo omthi wesundu ukuntywilisela ulwandle lwegolide kunye nemimoya evuthuzayo yolwandle.
Kule mihla, iBentota yaziwa ngezemidlalo yamanzi ekumgangatho wehlabathi kunye nokutya kwaselwandle kunee-sanitariums. Ukuhamba nje kwemizuzu engama-90 ukusuka kwikomkhulu, ukuthandwa kwedolophu ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide kuye kwanda, njengoko kunjalo nangokufumaneka kweendawo zokuhlala. Olu luhlu luvela kwii-bungalows ezingaselunxwemeni ezithobekileyo ukuya kwiindawo zokuchithela iinkwenkwezi ezintlanu. Kwiphepha eliphezulu lesikali yi-EKHO Surf, indawo enesitayile enamagumbi angama-96 ahlala ngokuthe nkqo kunxweme oluphambili lweBentota kuphela iinyawo ezimbalwa ezingenanto ezivela kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya.
Eqhutywa liqela elingemva kweGalle Face Hotel eColombo, indawo yokuhlala iyinxalenye yengqokelela ye-EKHO yeepropathi ezinamava ezichaze ilizwe. Iindwendwe apha ziyakwazi ukuphumla kwindawo yokulala elangeni kwizitiya ezinamanzi ezijonga iindawo zokumisa umboniso kunye namachibi etropiki, zibaleka usuku kwi-Spa yaseBalinese okanye zibaleke kubushushu kumagumbi agudileyo, amiselwe kakuhle, uninzi lwazo lubonisa ulwandle olungathintelwanga.
Izinketho zokutya zinesisa ngokulinganayo. Iindawo zokutyela ezine ezikwi-site zilungiselela ukuthanda izinto kumazwe aphesheya, kubandakanya isidlo sakusasa, isidlo sasemini kunye nesidlo sangokuhlwa kwindawo yokutyikitya i-L'Heritage, ngelixa i-Fruit de Mer iphakalela ezinye zezona ntlanzi zintle zeBentota Beach.
Ewe, isibheno sedolophu sidlulela ngaphaya kwetropiki yelanga, yolwandle, nentlabathi. IBrief Garden, indawo enomtsalane eyenziwe ngumntu eyilwe ngumdwebi weendawo owaziwayo uBevis Bawa, ungqina ukuphumla okumnandi kwii-sun lounger. Uhambo lweekhilomitha ezili-10 ukusuka kwi-EKHO Surf, iigadi zatshintshwa kumashumi eminyaka ngu-Beva ukusuka kwisityalo seerabha saba yigadi yaseSri Lanka enomtsalane. Itempile ehloniphekileyo yamaBuddha iKande Viharaya nayo kufanelekile ukuba ityelelwe. Ebekwe phezu kwenduli kwisithili esikufutshane saseKalutara, inesona siqingqi sakha sahlala side emhlabeni, ukongeza kwezinye ezimbalwa ezinomdla kubandakanya i-stupa, umthi we-bodhi kunye negumbi le-relic, ekukholelwa ukuba sesona sakhiwo sidala itempile. Imizobo ebukekayo ebonisa iziganeko zobomi bukaBuddha zikwahombisa iindonga.
Olunye uhambo lweentsuku ezithandwayo lubandakanya iZiko loKhathalelo loFudo lwaseLwandle iKosgoda, apho iindwendwe zinokufunda malunga neentlobo ngeentlobo kwaye zincedise kwimizamo yolondolozo, i-toddy distillery yendawo, apho abavelisi babonisa khona izakhono zabo zokuba ngumtyholi. I-Galle Fort eyaziwayo yi-UNESCO. Ngembali ethathe ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-500, le yenye yezona ndawo zibaluleke kakhulu kwezakudala zaseSri Lanka kunye nomzekelo onqabileyo wenqaba yaseYurophu ebonisa iindlela zokwakha zalapha. Amagqabantshintshi kuluhlu lwembali yesixeko ukusuka kwizakhiwo ezihlaziyiweyo zedatshi-yobukoloniyali ukuya kwii-mosque zakudala kunye nenani elikhulayo lee-boutique eziqhutywa ngamagcisa kunye nabayili.
Iindwendwe zinokuntywila kumacala amaninzi eSri Lanka ngexesha lokuhlala e-EKHO Surf. Ukusuka kwi-jet skiing kunye nokukhwela isikhephe sebhanana kwiBentota Beach ukuya kutyelelo lwabucala olujikeleze iGalle, kukho into kuwo wonke umntu okule ndawo ifanelekileyo yokubuyela elunxwemeni.
Ukubhiyozela unyaka omtsha, i-EKHO Surf ikhupha iPhakheji yokuHanjiswa eLwandle okubandakanya isidlo sangokuhlwa phantsi kweenkwenkwezi elunxwemeni labucala, iipesenti ezili-15 kwizidlo ezikhethiweyo kunye neziselo kunye nesaphulelo se-spa se-25. Amagumbi ahlala abantu abangatshatanga nabaphindiweyo, okwangoku, aqala ukusuka kwi-USD140 nakwi-USD165 ngobusuku ngokulandelelana. Ngolwazi oluthe kratya kunye nokugcina, thumela i-imeyile apha
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Set atop a hill in the nearby Kalutara District, it features one of the world's tallest sitting Buddha statues, in addition to a few other curious including the stupa, a bodhi tree and the relic chamber, which is believed to be the oldest structure in the temple.
- Although the pint-sized island nation has long been on the radar of more intrepid travellers, this sleeping giant only really roused in 2019 when travel bible and tastemakers Lonely Planet named it the year's best country to visit — a decade on from the end of the civil war.
- Guests here can unwind on sun loungers in the manicured gardens eyeing the show-stopping vistas and tropical pools, laze away the day at the Balinese Spa or escape the heat in the plush, well-appointed rooms, many of which feature unobstructed sea views.
