Overview
There is a super luxury ac bus which leaves Colombo at 8pm and arrives at Akkaraipattu (50km north of Arugam Bay) at 5.30am. From there it is possible to take a local bus to Pottuvil or a tuk tuk to Arugam Bay for around 2500LKR. The return bus leaves Akkaraipattu at 7.30pm and arrives in Colombo at 5am.
Reservations
The bus can be reserved at busbooking.lk (opens in a new window). The price of a ticket as of April 2017 was 1100LKR.
Comfort Levels
Although it has air-conditioning and adjustable seats do not expect to sleep well as it is normal to play music or movies at high volume throughout the journey, even at night! The bus has storage available for luggage and surfboards if required.
Quick Links
- Bandaranaike Airport to Colombo
- Colombo to Arugam Bay by Bus
- Colombo to Arugam Bay by Train and Bus via Ella or Badulla
- Colombo to Arugam Bay by Train and Bus via Batticaloa
- Colombo to Arugam Bay by Luxury Bus via Akkaraipattu
- South Coast to Arugam Bay by Bus
- Independent Taxi Share
- Request Taxi Quote
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4 Comments on "Colombo-Akkaraipattu-Arugam Bay by Luxury Bus"
Hi
Everybody
The luxury bus Will operate from arugambay why going to take the bus next city. For more information please visit the face book page .
Arugam bay taxi owner society
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Taxiowner2015@gmail.com
Hi Maisan, thanks for the info on the new bus. However, there is no info on what time the bus departs from Colombo to Pottuvil and how to reserve it? Your company are only taking reservations from Pottuvil to Colombo correct?
Yes
But if request reservation from colombo to arugambay we can do that
Hi all
The ticket price is very reasonable 820/=
Ticket reservation contact number 0777401054.
This is a goverment authorised ticket reservation centre.