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Youth and Sports activities Minister Namal Rajapaksa with Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga riding an ATV throughout the ATV Journey Centre launch yesterday at Port City Colombo – Pic by Ruwan Walpola





By Madushka Balasuriya



Colombo’s first-at any time sand dune ATV adventure centre ‘Colombo Dunes’ was inaugurated yesterday at the Colombo Port Metropolis, with the general public able to make bookings starting up right now. Managed by Crate Adventures Ltd., Colombo Dunes seeks to fill the journey tourism-sized hole in the current market.
“At ‘Colombo Dunes’ by Crate Adventure in Port City Colombo, 1 can unleash their adventurous self on the numerous tracks positioned in the coronary heart of Colombo,” states a media release.
“Drive the ATVs by way of sand dunes and practical experience a 1-of-a-variety seashore experience on Sri Lanka’s only synthetic seaside. The specific goal-created trailer will deliver a after-in-a-life span chance for people and senior citizens to investigate Sri Lanka’s to start with gentleman-produced beach front although the youth delight in the adrenaline-dashing practical experience of driving through the dunes.”
On offer at the second are three separate journey tracks – starter, intermediate and pro level. Obtaining experimented with the very first two, Daily FT can ensure that there is a distinct distinction in problem between the two, with the second, in specific, replete with numerous sharp turns and the odd sharp fall. It is also, crucially, a whole lot of fun.
Driving the ATVs by themselves involve no prior encounter nor a driving licence all that is demanded is a signing of a waiver and a transient tutorial on the acceleration and brake mechanisms.
As highlighted in the media launch, Crate Adventure has joined arms with “the world’s major ATV maker, a North American business, Can-Am by BRP,” to attribute “top-in-the-course, significant-conclusion ATVs that exceed client expectations”.
Crate Journey is not new to the Sri Lankan market place even though, possessing been shaped in late 2017, ahead of staying officially launched on 4 January 2018. The first centre, which is nonetheless energetic, was primarily based in Gampaha.
“Known as ‘Colombo Mountain’, this is an journey seeker’s hotspot nestled in a rocky mountain terrain,” pointed out the launch.
“At the time of start, this was South Asia’s Very first ATV Experience Park. This ATV observe situated in a organic forest terrain is residence to a great offer of fauna and flora, rock caves and panoramic 360-diploma lookout factors, from where one could even see the Colombo skyline.”
The official web page and scheduling facility ended up launched yesterday, with the community ready to lock down their ATV excursions by browsing crateadventure.com. Premiums array upwards from Rs. 6,900 for each person, which incorporates a few rides.
Talking at the celebration, Main Visitor Athletics and Youth Minister Namal Rajapaksa spoke of how ventures this sort of as that brought forth by Crate Experience suit into Sri Lanka’s all round plans for make a billion-dollar sporting financial system in the coming a long time.
“In our background, we have often been based on the Governing administration and we have not concentrated on the sporting economic climate. It has normally been supported or sponsored by the Governing administration, but now what we’re hunting at is producing a billion-dollar marketplace,” mentioned Rajapaksa.
“At the identical time, we’re hunting for more sporting routines to get place in our nation, in particular in relation to drinking water athletics, climbing, tracking and now experience sports. We imagine this is a fantastic expense for us as a ministry, to boost far more adventure sporting activities and bring in folks who are intrigued in journey sports activities to Sri Lanka for holiday seasons.”