Sri Lanka food tour, tailor made
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Our local team support wildlife projects. One example is the Elephant Transit Home in Udawalawe managed by the government Department on Wildlife conservation where orphaned/injured elephant calves are trained to obtain the skills of surviving in the wild before being released to the national park later when they are fit and ready enough. Travellers can visit this worthwhile project and see its work.
Clients are asked when travelling on tour to use their own water bottles which are refilled safely rather than using small single use plastic bottles which have blighted the landscapes and beaches all over the world.
Our local team in Sri Lanka are extremely pro active on sustainability issues and are at the forefront of improving awareness of environmental issues in tourism all across Asia and have been instrumental in diverting tourists away from establishments that use captive animals to attract tourists which has been a problem in countries like Sri Lanka.
The Impacts of this Trip
We keep our tours to very small groups or private tours minimising our footprint on the local communities to which we visit. We never do large bus or coach tours. We also use local train travel for part of this tour.
Our local team source gifts for clients only from workshops which supports to empower marginalised local communities. One is called "Thimble" where all the handicrafts are produced by women from the fishing villages around Negombo which helps them to support their families.
Another such workshop is Rice & Carry which produces bags, pouches, laptop covers etc from recycled material such as rice sacks. Here also it's the ladies from poor villages in the East Coast that produces these items providing a valuable source of income.
For village tours tours in Sri Lanka we involve local people from the village itself instead of just having our guide. This way travellers can get an authentic and unique perspective on village life and again this provides villagers with a valuable source of income. One such example is the day where a retired tea plantation worker educates the travellers on his experiences working in the tea industry.
One of the main attractions of this tour is to sample the wonderful food and produce of Sri Lanka. Our local team forge relationships with local people so that travellers can learn of the authenticity and magical flavours of Sri Lankan food in a local non touristic setting and once again in low volume numbers.


Our local team support wildlife projects. One example is the Elephant Transit Home in Udawalawe managed by the government Department on Wildlife conservation where orphaned/injured elephant calves are trained to obtain the skills of surviving in the wild before being released to the national park later when they are fit and ready enough. Travellers can visit this worthwhile project and see its work.
Clients are asked when travelling on tour to use their own water bottles which are refilled safely rather than using small single use plastic bottles which have blighted the landscapes and beaches all over the world.
Our local team in Sri Lanka are extremely pro active on sustainability issues and are at the forefront of improving awareness of environmental issues in tourism all across Asia and have been instrumental in diverting tourists away from establishments that use captive animals to attract tourists which has been a problem in countries like Sri Lanka.

The Impacts of this Trip
We keep our tours to very small groups or private tours minimising our footprint on the local communities to which we visit. We never do large bus or coach tours. We also use local train travel for part of this tour.
Our local team source gifts for clients only from workshops which supports to empower marginalised local communities. One is called "Thimble" where all the handicrafts are produced by women from the fishing villages around Negombo which helps them to support their families.
Another such workshop is Rice & Carry which produces bags, pouches, laptop covers etc from recycled material such as rice sacks. Here also it's the ladies from poor villages in the East Coast that produces these items providing a valuable source of income.
For village tours tours in Sri Lanka we involve local people from the village itself instead of just having our guide. This way travellers can get an authentic and unique perspective on village life and again this provides villagers with a valuable source of income. One such example is the day where a retired tea plantation worker educates the travellers on his experiences working in the tea industry.
One of the main attractions of this tour is to sample the wonderful food and produce of Sri Lanka. Our local team forge relationships with local people so that travellers can learn of the authenticity and magical flavours of Sri Lankan food in a local non touristic setting and once again in low volume numbers.

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