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Has anyone been to Sri Lanka - Organised everything themselves?
I would like to go for ten nights, spend a few days doing the sights - Sigriya/Yala national park/Uda Walawe Park and others and then spend 4 or 5 nights at Bentota or Galle.
Has anyone done this themselves? What s the best way to go about booking all this or is it easier through an agent?
Any suggestions on itinerary?
And is late April a good time to go? It seems it may be the start of monsoon season on the South Coast.
I would like to go for ten nights, spend a few days doing the sights - Sigriya/Yala national park/Uda Walawe Park and others and then spend 4 or 5 nights at Bentota or Galle.
Has anyone done this themselves? What s the best way to go about booking all this or is it easier through an agent?
Any suggestions on itinerary?
And is late April a good time to go? It seems it may be the start of monsoon season on the South Coast.
We went for 2 weeks, about 10 years ago as a package holiday: Had a week touring round the Southern half of the island - Colombo, Mount Lavinia, Yala NP, Nuwara Aliya (sp?), Kandy - by organised tour which was a minibus shared with about 6 others and I would recommend this as a good way to get about and see the place.
The second week, we enjoyed a very relaxing time at The Lighthouse in Galle which was excellent.
I have driven in quite a few parts of the world but SL is one where I would prefer not to as their driving appeared to require the use of a different skill-set to what we were used to.
At that time at least, everything was very cheaply priced and the costs of having a driver / tour guide, staying in the nicer hotels at each destination, eating well and having your clothes laundered for you were so reasonable, you just might as well enjoy them.
Can't recall the best times of the year to go but there are many websites which advise such things.
Overall, a fascinating place and completely different to anywhere else I'd been to. Poverty is an issue and begging endemic but lovely people and beautiful island.
Oh, and take something for "the runs".
The second week, we enjoyed a very relaxing time at The Lighthouse in Galle which was excellent.
I have driven in quite a few parts of the world but SL is one where I would prefer not to as their driving appeared to require the use of a different skill-set to what we were used to.
At that time at least, everything was very cheaply priced and the costs of having a driver / tour guide, staying in the nicer hotels at each destination, eating well and having your clothes laundered for you were so reasonable, you just might as well enjoy them.
Can't recall the best times of the year to go but there are many websites which advise such things.
Overall, a fascinating place and completely different to anywhere else I'd been to. Poverty is an issue and begging endemic but lovely people and beautiful island.
Oh, and take something for "the runs".
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