The Central Highlands is the latest of eight Unesco World Heritage Sites
WESTERN AND ORIENTAL – 020 7666 1230;
www.wandotravel.com Included in the Worldwide Families brochure is the 14-night Sri Lanka Culture, Wildlife & Beach itinerary. This offers two nights at Jetwing Beach Hotel, Negombo, two nights at Cinnamon Lodge Habarana (with visits to the elephant orphanage, Sigirya rock fortress and Minneriya National Park for a safari), a train ride into tea country, with two nights at Lavender House, before driving on to Walawe National Park for an overnight at safari camp. The tour ends with two nights at Chaaya Wild Yala, for more safari drives, and the final three nights at
Jetwing Lighthouse Hotel. It is priced from £9,995 per family.
TRAVEL 2 – 0800 0224 182
www.travel2.com Seven nights at the Blue Water Wadduwa, in a deluxe room on a B&B basis, starts from £799pp, based on flights from London with Jet Airways, for travel departing between May and June 30 2012.
EXPLORE – 0844 499 0901
www.explore.co.uk New for 2012 is the 15-day Sri Lankan Wildlife tour to remote villages and reserves. Guests stay in mud-houses and eco-retreats and search for dolphins and turtles off the coast of Kalpitiya, track game in Wasgamuwa National Park and take nature walks. From £1,999pp, it includes flights, four nights’ lodge, three nights’ hotel, four nights’ camping and two nights’ traditional hut accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis, 16 other meals, tour leader, driver and some local guides. •
UP CLOSE & PERSONAL BY STEVE HARTRIDGE
In a scene reminiscent of something I had witnessed years earlier in Acapulco, Mexico, men young and old flung themselves from the ramparts of Galle Fort, briefly assuming the position of a swallow in flight before splashing into the swirling Indian Ocean below. After what seemed just a split second
or so later, the cliff divers were back at the top of the fort hoping their flights of fancy had impressed tourists enough for them to part with a few rupees. Galle is a town where the sights, sounds and colours come thick and fast. As we walked around its narrow streets,
resisting the tempting aromas coming from dozens of street vendors, grey parakeets flew overhead while across distant terracotta rooftops a dozen or so playful monkeys skipped and jumped. And that's Sri Lanka: a destination that
fully engages your senses, challenges your perceptions and delivers on your expectations – and then some.
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