Jungle Beach initiates cleaning up Eastern coast beaches
View(s):Though Sri Lanka is rimmed by some of the world’s best beaches, few compare with the wide, white, miles-long stretch of sand that runs north of Trincomalee past Pigeon Island and Nilaveli to the lagoon mouth at Kuchchaveli.
Development has brought growing prosperity (and more visitors) to the area since 2009, but Kuchchaveli Beach has remained remarkably unspoilt and uncrowded. The few hotels dotted along its length are, on the whole, environmentally conscious and tastefully inconspicuous. At Kuchchaveli, getting away from it all is still a genuine option.
Keeping it that way is an important priority at Jungle Beach, Uga Escapes’ luxury boutique hotel at Kuchchaveli.
Located where three ecologies – lagoon and mangrove forest, tropical seashore and Dry Zone forest – intersect, the hotel’s main attraction is the stunning biodiversity that surrounds it, and into which it blends so perfectly.
The owners and management of Jungle Beach have good reasons to preserve Kuchchaveli Beach – as well as the surrounding area – in pristine natural condition.
Recently, Uga Escapes got together with one of its major business partners, Kuoni Travels of Switzerland, to undertake a major clean-up of Kuchchaveli Beach.
Thirty Jungle Beach staff also took part in the government’s Clean Beach 2015 programme on September 22, cleaning up almost 2½km of coastal area adjoining and removing 20 bags of plastic debris.
Working together under the direction of Jungle Beach General Manager V.A. Sivapriyan, two teams comprising hotel staff and visiting Kuoni travel agents from the UK began the Big Beach Clean.
Several Jungle Beach guests happily joined the effort on their own initiative. Within 3 hours, a 2km stretch of beach fronting the hotel was clear and spotless.
Jungle Beach is a resort owned and managed by Uga Escapes. Uga Escapes is a fully owned subsidiary of the Finco Group. Incorporated in 1963, the group comprises several companies recording success in diverse fields.
In addition to Jungle Beach the company owns boutique properties offering unique experiences across the island that include- the 20 luxury villa Ulagalla Walawwa in Anuradhapura, UGA Bay, Passekudah, Residence by Uga Escapes in the heart of Colombo and the latest addition Chena Huts in Yala.