Beautiful Scenes on the way riding,canoenig,hiking.
We are starting and finishing our tours at meeting place near the Unawatuna Railway Station. Directions to departure location is Galle and Matara road UnawatunaEramudugaha junction to Heenatigala road after pass the Unawatuna Railway Station 10 meters you can see Chameera Cycling signboard. Visit our website contact page to see Google Map. (300 meters from Eramudugha junction to Heenatigala road)
Welcome & tour information / Bike at your size / Local guide / Helmets/ Water & refreshments / No compulsory shopping guaranteed / all government taxes and service charges included,
Hiking & 35 km tour provide Leech socks / Local lunch/ Local guide
Canoe tours provide Life jackets/ Local guide
Fishing tours provide Bottled water/ Fruit/ Sandwiches/ One beer/ Life jackets/ all necessary equipment included/ Local guide.
We recommend you wear light, comfortable clothing with a hat to keep the sun off your head. For footwear, we recommend closed shoes or sports sandals for maximum protection and control during your tour. The liberal use of sunscreen is also highly encouraged. Don’t forget to bring your personal medicine and camera. Women should bring a cover-up (eg. sarong) for their shoulders and legs during temple visits on Lagoon & Village Tour. 35 Km Tour & Hiking Tour should bring swimsuit and towel.
No, we strongly recommend that you take out insurance for the duration of your trip to cover cancellation, injury, death, loss or damage to personal belongings and liability to third parties. All overseas visitors must have insurance to cover accident and repatriation.
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Local Breakfast, Lunchadvise at time of booking available to purchase. Transport can arrange our availability on your request please. , we request that our customers arrive at the departure point at least 15-30 minutes before tour departure time we do group tours so we can’t keep wait our client . Please give call if you late to arrive at time.
Yes, Lagoon & Village Cycling Tour is the best tour for your children’s. If your children’s are at least 10 years old, competent cyclists, and comfortable with some riding alongside traffic, you can do Galle Fort & City Cycling. Generally children younger than 10 would not be suitable on group tours, and management or the tour guide will make the final decision on if the child can ride with the group. Adults are responsible for children and their safety at all times. To be sure that your young child can do a Galle Fort & City bike tour, you should book a private tour for your family (all ages accepted on private tours and we have a range of bikes to suit).
Yes, children under the age of 12 years get half prices. Children 0-3 years old baby seat is free.
We will never cancel a tour due to rain! The weather in Galle is unpredictable and rain can occur at any time, especially during the rainy season of July-September. Rain is also a very localized phenomenon, happening in small pockets in places while being completely dry only a few kilometers away. In our vast experience doing the tours, we know that heavy rains rarely last more than 20 minutes and our guides know very well where to take our customers for cover during the deluge. In light rain, we provide ponchos to our customers and cycle on. Often times, the rain can offer a refreshing break from the tropical heat.
Yes, if you are on your way to the airport or train station after the tour, feel free to leave any bags with us in the office for safe keeping.
Yes, during non-peak periods (March-June, Sep.-Oct.) we are happy to provide private tours to interested customers. Please send your enquiries to chameeracycling@gmail.com. Additional charges may apply depending on the number of participants booked.
We have City bike, Mountain bike, Folding bike, Tandem bike, Bike with baby seat, Small bikes for children.
We think a bike tour wins by far. And we've been doing them for over 02 years. We're Galle's longest serving and most experienced local bike Tour Company. Get closer to the sights, explore the back streets, get some exercise, get to know your guide and meet other travellers.
If you're new to Galle, check out the Galle Fort & City Tour. If you want to see something less touristy, but rich in Village life, the Lagoon & Village Tour is the one for you. For a regular cyclist 35 Km Mountain Bike Day Ride. For a family day out, you can't go past the Lagoon & Village Tour.
We go at a leisurely pace, with plenty of time for photographs. If you can ride a bike, you won’t get left behind.
The breaks are a great part of the experience. We stop lots of places our every tour.
If you like, but make sure it's roadworthy, or you may get left behind! Our guide is only trained to fix OUR bikes. There is no discount for bringing your own bike.
Don't worry; our guides are trained to fix punctures and small mechanical problems if not we'll replace you bike.
All our guides are super friendly and are trained in Local knowledge, history, safety, leadership and customer service.
Yes, that's the whole idea. They will stop at major sights and tell you what you’re looking at and interesting stories about it, plus giving you info about the city and village life today.
It's the best way to guarantee your spot on the tour you want- we don't want you to be disappointed! In saying that, we often have walk up customers and can put them on a tour they are very happy to take! (All our tours are just great).
Definitely online- you can select your date and time see our full range of products.
We need 72 hours notice, or 24 hour notice for a change. Scheduled tours and online bookings. Booking may be cancelled 72 hours before the tour is due to depart. An administration charge will be applied to the refund by tour agent. Booking may be changed to another scheduled tour up to 24 hours before the tour is due to depart. No refund or alteration will be made to your booking after 24 hours before the tour is due to start.
No. We provide helmets free of charge and strongly recommend you wear one, but it is not the law in the SRI LANKA.
Yes. We also have a bike delivery service if you want to take a tour starting at your hotel for example. You will need to contact us for a quote.
You don’t need any canoeing experience, just come and try.
Yes, all safety equipment, paddles and canoe will be provided. You will however need to take appropriate clothing.
Recommend for age 6 up.
Sorry, no pets, no exceptions except for service dogs.
No, if rains we provide rain Jacket/coat
There are toilets within 5 minutes driving distance from all our tours which enable you to change your clothes and use the facilities if necessary.
We have four Canoes and two kayaks, one canoe can go three person, we take maximum 10 people, kayak one person.
A kayak is where the person is enclosed in a small space often with a spray skirt and a canoe is open enabling one or two participants to paddle, not enclosed.
90kgs / 17 stone / 240lbs
Two meters height.
No you cannot, pregnant participants are not allowed on our Tours no matter how early your
Our tours leave 18 Km away from our office, we do transport you tour leaving point
Our walking tours and hiking are run in small groups of around 2-8 people, occasionally as many as 10. For groups of any more than 6 or 7 people we normally have a second guide on the trip. This enables us to keep the walking groups small, offer flexibility in the walks we do and for us to be able to take care of everyone in the group.
No, we give you local lunch free, time of booking available to purchase our Cycling Cafe.
Bottom fishing tour minimum of 2 passenger’s per booking is required, Maximum 4 passenger’s per boat, Maximum group size 12 passenger’s / Trolling fishing tour A minimum of 2 passenger’s per booking is required, Maximum group size 02 passenger’s, Adult pricing applies to all travelers
Boats have limited storage. I have everything you will need as far as rods and tackle. If you have a specific rod you would like to bring, that is fine. I will like to look it once over to make sure it is rigged appropriately so you don’t end up with “the one that got away” story.
While fishing on my boat, you will not need a fishing license.
Initial refundable deposit of us $ 150 to be made by you. Deposit is required for bicycle rental - cash, passport, ChameeraCycling reserves the right to deduct from you initial refundable deposit, damages incurred to the Bike during usage.
We don’t mind, just as long as it doesn’t come back damaged. Please note that if you take your bike far away from us we may not be able to offer support if something goes wrong.
We provide locks free of charge with bike hire.
We recommend booking if you want something specific, or give a call and check our availability.
We don't, during the rental period the customer is responsible for thefts, loss or damages (also partial) to the goods provided for rent by the company. Passport and cash deposit are required at time of pick up to fill out the rental agreement and to guarantee goods provided for rent by the company.
Please check you're happy with your bike before you leave the hire centre. Occasionally problems do happen with bicycles while they are out on hire. Please bring it back to us. We will check the problem. If we find that it has been damaged by reckless use/ theft or the like, you may be charged for the repair, as per our hire contract conditions. This is a rare occurrence.
We are very sorry when this happens. It does occasionally happen and it's something out of our control. It may be caused by cycling through some glass for example. You have to walk the bike back to us or bring it on a taxi (Tuk tuk can take bikes). We repair the puncture free of charge/or exchange you for another bike. You must not ride on a flat tire- this damages the wheel. If you ride on a flat tire, you may have to pay for a wheel repair or a new wheel.
Though tips are not mandatory, they very much are appreciated. If you don’t have a good time, please don’t tip. It should be an enjoyable experience. Has a guide tried everything possible to make your tour happy then you can give tip you like.