Basic Swimming Skills are a must if you are coming on this trip.

You do not  need to be a champion swimmer to come for this but if you cannot swim at all, then this trip is not for you !

Note: This trip is only possible in the months of April, May and August every year due to the migration pattern of the whales.

Duration: 6 Nights – 7 Days

Group 1 : 7th August to 13th August

Group 2 : 11th August to 17th August

Group 3 (Shorter Trip – 4 Nights/5 days) : No Scuba diving, Only Snorkelling with Whales – 11th August to 15th August

IMPORTANT: If the above group dates don’t work for you and you are minimum of 4 people together, we can organize this trip on dates of your choice for 6 nights 7 days minimum in April, May or August only.

Learn Scuba diving / Freediving With Whales In Sri Lanka

This special annual experience is only meant for a handful of people every year……

This trip requires special permits from the government, the coastguard and the Wildlife Department since being underwater with Whales is a heavily regulated activity unlike commercial Whale Watching Tours where you just watch the whales from a boa

We are happy that regulations are in place and Regulations mandate no more than 5 people in one group to avoid scaring the whales with our presence!

• Day 1

Reach Colombo Airport and get transferred to Trincomalee on the East Coast of Sri Lanka, about 5 hours away by Car. The rest of the day is free to soak in the amazing view and beautiful beach. In the evening you do a briefing with your your Scuba diving Instructor depending on the package option/ course option you have chosen.

• Day 2 – 4

After breakfast, from morning to early afternoon everyday for the next 3 days, you will be busy doing the Scuba diving Course or the Freediving Course basis whichever course package you have chosen.

In the PADI Open Water Scuba diving License Course for Beginners, you will learn how to use Scuba equipment to breathe underwater starting from shallow waters during practise and moving to deeper waters as the course progresses whereas the people who have chosen to do the Freediving Course for Beginners will learn how to use just their lungs to dive deep into the ocean without any equipment ( except for a snorkelling mask and fins of course) from a top Russian Athlete we fly down from Moscow every year specially for this expedition.

If you are a certified  Scuba Diver already, you will spend the first half of the next 4 days doing 2 fun dives each day from morning to noon at the various amazing dive sites around Trincomalee with an experienced Dive Guide.

The rest of day will be free for everyone to hang out at the beautiful beaches, eat awesome food at the several restaurants and bars all around and explore the area. You can even go on some fun optional half day excursions to nearby National Parks which are pretty amazing amongst other things.

• Day 5 – 6

On up to 2 day during the trip, we will go searching for Whales on a fast speedboat which we have chartered specifically to get an opportunity to snorkel with the giants with the help of our Whale Guide and Naturalist who has 10 years of experience with the whales in the area.

Please note that it is a maximum of 2 days because if we end up being underwater with the whales on the first try itself, then we wont necessarily be going searching for whales again.

The second half of the day, even on these 2 Whale search days will also be free to do whatever else you want to just like during the course days. The beach we are on itself is so beautiful that you would probably just want to relax and get some sun and sand and be lazy after all the hectic activity in the first half of the day 🙂

•  Day 7 

We get transferred back to Colombo Airport and are good to take a flight back anytime post noon.

Option1 : (For Beginners)

3 Day PADI Open Water License Course + Up to 2 Days Snorkelling With Whales Expeditions (5 hour expeditions) on this 6 Night 7 Days Trip

Option2 : ( For Certified Open Water Scuba Divers)

2 Days PADI Advanced Open Water Course + 2 Extra Dives on Day 3 + Up to 2 Days of Snorkelling With Whales Expeditions ( 5 hour expeditions) on this 6 Night 7 Days Trip

Option3 : ( For Certified Advanced Scuba Divers)

6 fun dives over 3 Days + Up to 2 Days Snorkelling With Whales Expeditions ( 5 hour expeditions) on this 6 Night 7 Days Trip

Option 4 (Shorter Trip) : No Scuba diving, Only Snorkelling With Whales 

If for some reason you don’t want to learn / do scuba diving  and just want to come for the snorkelling with whales part of this trip, then this shorter version of the trip is available for you

4 Nights – 5 Days Trip  (11th August to 15th August)

Will include a minimum 2 and maximum 3 Days of Snorkelling With Whales Expeditions ( 5 hours each) to maximize you chances of interactions with the whales.

• For Beginners – 3 Day PADI Open Water Scuba diving License Course

 OR

• For Certified Scuba divers – 3 Day Advanced Open Water License Course

OR

• For Advanced Divers – 8 Fun Dives over 3 to 4 days including all equipment and gear

•  Accommodation on twin share basis for 6 nights in a premium hotel / villa close to the beach
• But if you choose the “No Scuba diving / Only Snorkelling With Whales shorter trip Package Option” then accommodation will be for 4 Nights instead of 6 nights

• Breakfast
• To and Fro Group Transfers from Colombo Airport in a private Cab ( 5 hours each way)
•  Up to 2 Days dedicated to Snorkelling With Whales Expeditions, each expedition is about 5 hours
• But if you choose the “No Scuba diving / Only Snorkelling With Whales shorter trip Package Option” then you will do a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 Whales Expeditions to maximize your time with the whales in the water.
• Special permits from the Government, The Coast Guard and The Wild life Department to go Snorkelling with Whales
• A dedicated Whale Guide and Naturalist with more than 10 years of experience with Whales in the area
• A dedicated fast speedboat at our disposal during the trip for the Snorkelling With Whales Expedition Days

• International Airfare to Srilanka
• Sri Lanka Visa ( Its on arrival at the Airport and quite hassle free & cheap)
• Lunch and Dinner ( there are lots of awesome places to eat and drink around, and we don’t want to put you on a fixed meal and restrict you)
• A  100 % guarantee that we will get to be underwater with the whales, no one in the world can guarantee that since we are not going to a zoo. But if you ask what our chances are?

EXCELLENT! 🙂

Here is the video of our underwater encounters with whales from our previous trip

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