Cheap Holidays to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Holiday Review - Fab Time! Excellent Guide

Submitted by: Beverly
Date of travel: 17-August-2010

This holiday was the best two weeks ever, we decided it was one of the most enjoyable holidays we?d had. I had been given the name of a Tour Guide before we left for our holiday, I contacted him and he called me to make arrangements. His name is Rohan Fernando and was absolutely brilliant. It was my dad?s 70th birthday whilst we were there, Rohan organised a really special day for us riding an elephant, a safari and a lovely firework display in the evening at the hotel. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience and really enjoys giving you a holiday to remember, we spent 6 days travelling around and cannot praise Rohan enough, he treated us like VIP?s nothing was too much trouble for him. We made a saving of ?1,200!! Our holiday company were charging ?399 per person for a basic 4 day tour, with Rohan we had 6 days and 5 nights half board accommodation (which Rohan organised for us), all 4 of us, for the price of 1 person!! And I?m sure we saw a lot more! Rohan stops off en route to show you all aspects of Sri Lankan life, people at work, coconut factory, brick making factory and fruit tasting. If you would like him to contact you, please feel free to e-mail me beverlysayle@yahoo.co.uk, leaving a contact number and he will call you, it's cheaper that way. He made our holiday one of the best! Nuwara Eliya train ride through the mountains is a must, it?s beautiful, very cold at the top so take a jumper ? only spend 1 night there as there isn?t much to do after you have been to the Tea Plantation which you will do on the way up. The Botanical Gardens in Kandy are lovely and Pali Harpana made it for us ? he is so knowledgeable and funny! Riding the Elephants is great, especially if you have children ? it will be something they will never forget as with the Safari, elephants, birds, monkeys and water buffalo in abundance, this is all in the area of Sigirya Rock. Temple of the Tooth - Kandy Full body massage at a local Spa - wonderful! We had a day in Columbo, stopping on the way in Negumbo to have a look at the fisherman attending to their daily catch and selling (very smelly!) We did so much more, too much to mention ? we had a really great and memorable time. Sri Lanka is a beautiful island full of the most wonderful friendly people you could wish to meet.

Sri Lanka Holiday Review - Sri Lanka is a beautiful place

Submitted by: Kyle
Date of travel: 18-June-2007

Sri Lanka is a fab place. I've never been any where like this before, it was a recommendation so I thought I would check it out on the internet and see what it had to offer. The hotel we stayed at was called the Sunil’s paradise hotel, we paid 4000Rupees (£35) a night which we thought was reasonable. You had to pay for extras such as breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks etc but we enjoyed eating out so that wasn't much use to us. The beach was just 2 minutes away, and watching the sunset of an evening was romantic, me and my girlfriend would sit on the beach and relax with a few drinks. There is a few things to do there, and there is some great evening entertainment too, the food is different but its very tasty and the price varied on which bar or restaurant you dined in. It was just a wonderful place to be basically, it’s much better then the average holiday I always seem to go on. It was a great holiday and a lovely resort, something I’ve never discovered in my life before. I'm glad I took a chance and would travel back there again sometime.