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wheels. This is a 3,500-hectare estate, found
off the beaten track in the eastern part of
Mauritius.
Or head south to the Saint Felix sugar
estate where clients are offered an unusual
way to experience impressive views of
banana plantations and waterfalls. Take part
in a trek with a twist – the trail includes
11 zip lines that let you shuttle from tree to
tree 30m up, only stopping midway
for a bracing freshwater swim.
Sample Price: The zip line experience costs
£88 for a full day, and the quad bike tour is
priced at £131 per person.
SRI LANKA.
Perhaps your clients will fancy a bit of White-water rafting in Sri Lanka and cycling the challenging Manali to Leh route in the Indian Himalayas
speleology in Sri Lanka? To the uninitiated,
this means cave exploration into 500 million White-water rafting holidays are also on larger grade five rapids of the Kelani gorges.
years of history, squeezing through dark the rise and Eco Team offers a white-knuckle Before the river run, a briefing is given on
nooks in complete darkness with only a adventure into the shooting rapids of the paddling techniques and “man overboard”
head torch to guide you. Kelani river in Kithulgala, west Sri Lanka. procedures.
Eco Team Sri Lanka offers pot-holing tours Also known as the wet-zone rainforest and Sample Price: A seven-day white-water rafting
in Waulpane Cave, where amateurs and one of the dampest places in the country, experience in Kithulgala costs £365 per person
experts can explore the “cave of bats”. this is a real test for hardy explorers. including half-board hotel/camping accommo-
This is home to thousands of the cave’s In between rapids, check out the location dation, and it is commissionable through Eco
namesakes and luminous fish lurking where much of Oscar-winning The Bridge on Team. Caving in Waulpane is also available
beneath an 80ft underground waterfall. the River Kwai was filmed, before braving the through Eco Team and costs £90 per day.
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