Think Sri Lanka, and think of wild elephants, jungles, tea plantations, spices and palm-fringed beaches. All of which makes for a wonderful family adventure, designed to not involve too much driving which can always be a downside to travelling with children in Sri Lanka. The itinerary can of course be tailored, but it focusing on adventures in the hill country before flying directly down to the south coast for a beach stay. You’ll have a driver/guide and a large vehicle so it can easily fit all the children and bags and we will offer a variety of experiences that will make the children smile (very few children find wandering around archeological sites that interesting for instance). They often love meeting elephants for the first time, walking through spice plantations, clambering through tea fields and seeing how tea is made, finding out how rubber is produced. For older children, we can jazz up the activity such as offering white-water rafting or cycling through the paddy-fields around Galle. Some even like to try their hand at learning Sri Lankan cookery, and we’ll take you all to the market to buy the produce first, honing those all important haggling skills that will come in handy in later life. We know that as much as the children will love the immersive experiences on offer, they also want a good swimming pool to jump into each afternoon, so it goes without saying we select hotels that keep them entertained. You’ll end on the south coast in a superb beach hotel, where you can all kick-back and put your feet up before flying home – a perfect blend of adventure and beach-time that makes for a wonderful family holiday to Sri Lanka.
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| Days | Location | Hotel |
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| Day 1 | Negombo | The Wallawwa The Wallawwa |
| Days 2-4 | Hill Country | Rosyth Estate House Rosyth Estate House |
| Day 5-6 | Kandy | Bougainvillea Retreat Bougainvillea Retreat |
| Day 7-12 | Galle | The Fortress The Fortress |
Arrive into Colombo, and after a long flight, the children certainly won’t be up for a long drive, so we suggest staying nearby at the Wallawwa, a lovely restored colonial mansion set within landscaped gardens and with a great pool.
Drive into the Hill Country to Rosyth, a colonial planter’s bungalow set within a 62 acre tea and rubber estate, and only three hours from Colombo.
Set off on a short walk around the estate. The children will pluck their own tea, and see how tea is then produced. They will also see how rubber is collected from rubber trees. Back to the pool for the afternoon.
Another day to take walks into the countryside, maybe head to the local temple or try your hand at Sri Lankan cookery.
Drive an hour to Kandy. On the way you’ll stop at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage where you’ll see them walk through the village followed by bathing in the river.
You’ll spend the morning beside the pool, before heading leisurely into Kandy to see the Temple of the Tooth, home to the Buddhas tooth. Continue through the bustling markets.
Fly down to Galle by seaplane, where you will then spend seven nights on the beach. We can arrange a fun walking tour through Galle that the children will love, and offer a short 12km cycle ride through the rural countryside outside of the town. Other options include whale-watching in Mirissa and watching turtles hatching.
We can tweak and change any element of this itinerary and you can depart on any day you want, add nights here and there, and we can fully customise your day-to-day experiences depending on your interests. Here are just a few ideas of many that we can look at and discuss when we come to plan your tailor-made itinerary.
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We arrange totally bespoke trips and design an itinerary that is designed around you. You may have seen a suggested itinerary that we can base your plans around, or we can start with a blank sheet and paper and design something from scratch. You can leave a phone number and suggest a time to call you back, and we can also arrange to do this during the evenings or at weekends if you are busy during the daytime. We can also meet up with you in you fancy a coffee and are based in and around London.