Our fourteen day trips usually have fewer stops than our ten day trips, not more. This is the clearest example. Five bases, three nights minimum in each, and the driving spread thin enough that you never lose a day to it.
It suits honeymooners and anyone who has come back from a previous holiday feeling they needed a holiday.
Duration
14 days
Best months
Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr
Pace
Relaxed
Regions
4
A short transfer and an early night.
Dambulla late in the afternoon.
Early climb, afternoon free.
By bicycle, then back for a swim.
Nothing scheduled. This is deliberate.
The longest driving day, broken at Kandy for lunch and the temple.
Little Adam Peak before breakfast, tea estate after.
Free.
Out of the hills into dry heat. Afternoon safari.
The morning that matters.
Four nights and nothing in them.
Free.
Free.
Coastal road to the airport.
Jetwing Lagoon
Close to the airport.
Water Garden
Private villas with plunge pools.
98 Acres Resort
On a working tea estate.
Cinnamon Wild
Inside the buffer zone.
Amanwella
Suites in a coconut grove above a private beach.
Included
Not included
Payment schedule
Twenty per cent deposit to confirm. Balance due sixty days before arrival. Card or bank transfer, in GBP or USD.
Cancellation
Free up to sixty days out. Fifty per cent between sixty and thirty days. Non refundable inside thirty days, though we will move your dates once at no charge.
It is the point. Every stop you add costs you half a day in the car and an hour of packing. Most people who have done the nine stop version tell us afterwards they wish they had done this.
Yes, and many people do. Ninety minutes from Colombo. We plan the Sri Lankan half and hand you to a Maldives specialist for the rest.
From
Based on two people sharing, comfort tier. Excludes international flights.
Dinesha Perera
Senior travel specialist, 9 years
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