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SRI LANKA |
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Sri Lanka with its history, culture, fine hospitality and varied landscape including golden sandy beaches, make this an ideal holiday destination or perfect to combine with Maldives |
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Pearl shaped, Sri Lanka is located off the southern tip of India surrounded by warm waters of the Indian Ocean and with Maldives just a short hop by air. This island is a beautiful and diverse country with palm fringed beaches and breathtaking coastline. A lush interior of outstanding scenery has an abundance of rivers, streams and cascading waterfalls; also renowned for its wildlife and cultural heritage including many sites of historical interest |
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Sri Lanka’s ancient civilization stretches back over 2,500 years and pre-dates Christianity. The cultural heritage is woven around deeds of ancient Sinhala Kings and historic ruins at Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya, Dambulla and Kandy which especially warrant a visit
Further highlights include national parks, bird sanctuaries, Dutch forts, lace making, way-side markets, museums and art galleries
International hotels offer first class accommodation, excellent cuisine and superb water sports. For outdoor enthusiasts there is a wonderful variety of pursuits… excellent golf courses in Colombo; and fishing, jungle trekking, rafting and wildlife safaris
TRAVEL GUIDE
Sri Lanka is warm and sunny year round with an average temperature of 27ºC in Colombo. The central hill country is cooler with temperatures dropping to 14ºC. The south west monsoon brings rain to the western, southern and central regions from May to July, while the north east monsoon brings rain to the north and east in December and January
A tourist visa, valid for 30 days, is granted on arrival at Colombo Airport. Visitors much have a valid passport for the duration of the visa
Vaccinations against hepatitis A, typhoid, polio are recommended and prophylaxis for malaria
The unit of currency is the Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) with an indicative exchange rate of GBP1 = LKR250
The languages of Sri Lanka are Sinhala, Tamil and English. English is widely spoken except in remote villages
GMT + 4 hours
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Flight Duration
Approximately 10 hours
Airlines
Sri Lankan Airlines – direct non stop
Emirates – via Dubai
Please enquire for flight connections from UK regional airports
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