Sri Lanka
| country: | Sri Lanka |
| departures: | This trip is no longer running |
| price: | From £1495 (12 days) including flights from the UK, transfers, and accommodation and meals where indicated. Prices shown are per person based on 2 people sharing. This trip can also be booked without flights |
the amazing things you'll be doing
Marco Polo described Sri Lanka as “undoubtedly the finest island of its size in the world” and we believe few modern-day visitors would disagree.
Not only does Sri Lanka have a rich cultural heritage and no less than 7 UNESCO designated World Heritage sites, but the geography too is a marvellous combination of coastal plain, long sandy beaches, dramatic hill country and mountains. This in turn supports an exciting range of plant life and animals, which are some of the most unusual and varied to be found anywhere.
We offer a complete tailor made service allowing you to decide when you go, where you stay and what to do. We can arrange holidays without flights, please note as a UK based company we are only able to help with flight arrangements from the UK.
This suggested tour includes the services of your own private driver/guide.
Not only does Sri Lanka have a rich cultural heritage and no less than 7 UNESCO designated World Heritage sites, but the geography too is a marvellous combination of coastal plain, long sandy beaches, dramatic hill country and mountains. This in turn supports an exciting range of plant life and animals, which are some of the most unusual and varied to be found anywhere.
We offer a complete tailor made service allowing you to decide when you go, where you stay and what to do. We can arrange holidays without flights, please note as a UK based company we are only able to help with flight arrangements from the UK.
This suggested tour includes the services of your own private driver/guide.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Fly overnight with Sri Lanka Airways. |
| Day 2: | Arrive Colombo and transfer to Kandalama. |
| Day 3: | Visit Anuradhupura and Mihintale. |
| Day 4: | Visit Polonnaruwa and Sigiriya Rock Fortress. |
| Day 5: | Transfer to Kandy via Dambulla and Elephant Orphanage. In the evening visit the Temple of the Tooth Kandy and see a cultural show of traditional Sri Lankan dancing. |
| Day 6: | Transfer to Nuwara Elliya visiting a tea plantation en route. You stay will be in a tea factory that has been converted into a hotel. |
| Day 7: | Visit Horton’s Plain and World’s End. |
| Day 8: | Drive to Bandarawela and stay at the delightful 4 bedroom Kirchyan Bungalow. |
| Day 9: | Transfer to Bentota and Taru Villas for the rest of your stay. |
| Day 10-11: | Bentota. |
| Day 12: | Transfer to airport and fly home. |
tailor made holiday
This trip can be tailormade to create a unique holiday for your individual requirements by travel experts with intimate knowledge of the destination. It is a more luxurious trip that will suit those who enjoy immersing themselves in new cultures and environments before relaxing in comfort in some of the best and most characterful local accommodation! Quality and value are the hallmark of these trips.how this holiday makes a difference
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During this trip you will spend 3 nights at the Kandalama Hotel, which demonstrates the virtues of optimal use of natural resources, waste reduction and recycling. The sewerage treatment plant demonstrates the aeration process in which all liquid effluent is aerated. The water after digestion is released for irrigation. Sediment sludge is sun dried and added to compost pits. The hotel has a complete energy conservation policy with power cut-off switches, low energy lighting (CFL’s), photoactive garden lights and solar power hot water systems.
The hotel is managed with a view to social and cultural development of the people in the area. It liaises with thirty-nine schools for awareness building on environment conservation. Financial and other forms of assistance for the improvement of physical and social infrastructure of the community are also facilitated. The hotel adopts a comprehensive water conservation policy where no surface water is utilized for hotel use. Water is obtained from 150-200 ft. deep tube wells and a maze of gutters collects rainwater. All purchases to the hotel comply with an environmentally sensitive purchasing policy, where suppliers are screened to obtain products with minimum environmental impact. |
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