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Tailor Made Sri Lanka Hiking Mr & Mrs Bell 6-13 Feb 2024

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What you'll do

An immersive week hiking in the mountains of Sri Lanka with a local guide starting Negombo and ending in Tangalle.

 

Day 1 Start Point: Negombo , End Point: Kandy  Accommodation: The Radh BB(L)

Transfer to Kandy via Kitulgala (3hrs + 3hrs). White water rafting. Overnight in Kandy town at leisure.

Day 2 Start Point Kandy , End Point: Knuckles Accommodation: Wild Glamping HB(L)

Transfer to Knuckles (1.5hrs). Knuckles Hike – Corbett’s Gap – (18kms)

Day 3 Start Point Knuckles, End Point Knuckles Accommodation Wild Glamping HB(L)

Knuckles Hike – High Knuckles (23kms)

Day4 Start Point Knuckles, End point Hatton, Accommodation: The Argyle HB(L)

Knuckles Hike – Waterfalls (15kms). Transfer to Hatton (4hrs)

Day 5 Start Point Hatton, End Point Nuwara Eliya, Accommodation Plains Green HB(L)

Transfer to Adam’s Peak Start (1.5hrs). Climb Adam’s Peak. Transfer to Nuwara Eliya (2.5hrs). Explore Gregory Lake and Victoria Park.

Day 6 Start Point Nuwara Eliya, End Point Ella, Accommodation EKHO Ella BB(L)

Transfer to Horton Plains (1hr). Worlds End Hike (8km). Kirgalpotha Hike (8kms). Transfer to Pattipola (35mins). 2:30PM Train from Pattipola to Ella (3hrs).

Day 7 Start Point: Ella End Point: Ella Accommodation EKHO Ella HB(L)

Transfer to Hali Ella (30mins) and hike to Ella via Demodara bridge (20kms). Afternoon Zip lining.

Day 8 Start Point: Ella, End Point: Tangalle, Meals Breakfast and Lunch – Accommodation not included.

Sunrise at Lipton Seat. MTB bike trail down to Wellawaya. Transfer to Yala (1hr). Yala Safari. Transfer to Tangalle Tangalle (2hrs).

What's included

Included

  • 7 Nights accommodation in a DBL room
  • Daily packed lunch or lunch at local restaurant
  • All transfers in an AC vehicle with an English-speaking driver starting in Negombo and ending in Tangalle
  • Lead hiking guide
  • White water rafting
  • 3 hikes in the Knuckles with entrance fees
  • Adam’s Peak
  • Horton Plains entrance
  • Train to Ella
  • Ella Hike
  • Lipton Seat
  • MTB bike ride
  • Zip lining
  • Yala National Park entrance + safari jeep
Your local host

Prateeque

Hi! My name is Prateeque, your host. I grew up in India, in Bangalore and after completing an engineering degree, I decided to not actually follow this path and chose to follow my passion of travel. I quickly got a job as an actual tour guide in the wonderful southern region of Kerala, India, for a few months and ended up staying for 2 years.

An opportunity opened up to go to Sri Lanka to become manager for the country, so when I was offered it, I jumped at the chance. During my time working in travel, I’ve travelled the majority of both India and Sri Lanka and discovered almost place you could possibly explore in these crazy, yet amazing countries.

I’ve always enjoyed the outdoors and exploring, even as a kid. ... Read All

Hi! My name is Prateeque, your host. I grew up in India, in Bangalore and after completing an engineering degree, I decided to not actually follow this path and chose to follow my passion of travel. I quickly got a job as an actual tour guide in the wonderful southern region of Kerala, India, for a few months and ended up staying for 2 years.

An opportunity opened up to go to Sri Lanka to become manager for the country, so when I was offered it, I jumped at the chance. During my time working in travel, I’ve travelled the majority of both India and Sri Lanka and discovered almost place you could possibly explore in these crazy, yet amazing countries.

I’ve always enjoyed the outdoors and exploring, even as a kid. I would go out on my bike and get lost and then try to find my way back. I grew up in an urban setting, so any chance I could get I was out exploring. The feeling of release you get from the outdoors, is completely different to anything you can feel.

The one thing that inspired me to work in travel and pursue it as a long term career, is the feeling of pure amazement when discovering something new or seeing something spectacular for the first time. It’s an indescribable feeling, but you’re just totally immersed in this place and you just forget about everything else for a while.

And seeing this look on people’s faces and being with them when they’re doing this, is something I found out very quickly when I was tour guide I absolutely loved and just had to pursue this further.

Another thing is, you always learn in travel, there’s always something new that comes up, whether it be an experience, untapped location, or new people, you’re always learning and this pushes me to find new things to do.

It’s fair to say that Sri Lanka is oversaturated, there are plenty of companies here offering the same tours to the same places. We however, like to go off the beaten track. It’s unbelievable how much there is to see in this wonderful country away from the main sights. For example, the busy national parks e.g. Udawalawe National Park can have up to 600 jeeps a day on it’s roads. But if you go just 2 hours away at Gal Oya national park, it’s much less busy and you can get much closer to the wildlife.

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