Sri Lanka v England 2012
The 'Lion Rock' Tour
Galle and Colombo Tests with sightseeing in between
16/17-night tour with 15 nights with 4* & 5* accommodation
Tour package includes:
 15 nights accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis at the 5* Eden Resort, Beruwala and the 5* Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo, plus your choice of EITHER the 5* Mahaweli Reach Hotel, Kandy and the 4* Amaya Lake Hotel, Dambulla, OR the 4* Chaaya Citadel, Kandy and the 4* Sigiriya Village, Sigiriya.
Return, international, economy flights from London Heathrow, Birmingham or Manchester. (Business Class upgrades may be available - please contact us to enquire.)
Air-conditioned coach transfers - between airports and hotels and between hotels and match venues.
Full services of Howzat Travel tour leaders.
Complimentary tour polo shirt.
Tour farewell dinner.
Entry to sights.
Additional Costs
Guaranteed match tickets - .
International Flights*
* Please contact us for an up-to-date quote, as flight prices may now have increased.
London Heathrow Option - with Etihad
 Outbound: Flights EY012 & EY266
Depart Heathrow: Fri 23rd March 0915
Arrives Abu Dhabi: Fri 23rd March 2015
Departs Abu Dhabi: Fri 23rd March 2140
Arrives Colombo: Sat 24th March 0330
Inbound: Flights EY267 & EY019
Departs Colombo: Mon 9th April 0425
Arrives Abu Dhabi: Mon 9th April 0730
Departs Abu Dhabi: Mon 9th April 0830
Arrives Heathrow: Mon 9th April 1315
Birmingham Option - with Emirates
 Outbound: Flights EK040 & EK650
Departs Birmingham: Fri 23rd March 1325
Arrives Dubai: Sat 24th March 0015
Departs Dubai: Sat 24th March 0245
Arrives Colombo: Sat 24th March 0830
Inbound: Flights EK651 & EK037
Departs Colombo: Sun 8th April 0950
Arrives Dubai: Sun 8th April 1255
Departs Dubai: Sun 8th April 1455
Arrives Birmingham: Sun 8th April 1940
Manchester Option - with Etihad
Outbound: Flights EY016 & EY266
Departs Manchester: Fri 23rd March 0900
Arrives Abu Dhabi: Fri 23rd March 2005
Departs Abu Dhabi: Fri 23rd March 2140
Arrives Colombo: Sat 24th March 0330
Inbound: Flights EY267 & EY021
Departs Colombo: Mon 9th April 0425
Arrives Abu Dhabi: Mon 9th April 0730
Departs Abu Dhabi: Mon 9th April 1010
Arrives Manchester: Mon 9th April 1505
Hotels
5* Eden Resort & Spa, Beruwala: 24th - 31st March
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5* Mahaweli Reach Hotel, Kandy 31st March - lst April
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4* Amaya Lake Hotel, Dambulla: 1st - 2nd April
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4* Chaaya Citadel, Kandy:
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4* Sigiriya Village Sigiriya: 1st - 2nd April
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5* Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo: 2nd - 8th April
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Tour Itinerary
Saturday 24th March
You will be met on arrival at Colombo International Airport and will transfer to Beruwala by luxury air-conditioned coach. On arrival at the Eden Resort, check in and the rest of the day is at leisure. We will request early check-in for our guests, but it will not be guaranteed by the hotel. If you wish to pay for your room for the night of 23rd March to guarantee it is ready for you on your arrival, please let us know at time of booking.
Sunday 25th March
Day at leisure - to relax on the beach, by the pool or however you wish. Additional sightseeing and water-based excursions will be available directly through your tour leader or hotel.
You are invited to join your tour leader and the rest of your tour group for welcome drinks in the evening. This will be an ideal chance for you to get to know your fellow Howzat Travellers ahead of the first day of the first Test the next morning.
Monday 26th - Friday 30th March 
Each day after breakfast at the hotel, we will transfer to Galle International Cricket Stadium to witness the first Test match between Sri Lanka and England. After each day's play, we will return back to the hotel.
Saturday 31st March
(Beruwala - Kandy)
After breakfast, we leave Bentota on our luxury air-conditioned coach for Kandy. On arrival in Kandy, we check in to the Mahaweli Reach Hotel / Chaaya Citadel. The afternoon commences with a visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya. This botanical garden was first built as a pleasure garden by a Sinhala King and was expanded by the British. It covers 147 acres and features an amazing variety of trees, plants and flowers. We then go on to do a city tour of Kandy; the last capital of the Sri Lankan kings, and now a World Heritage Site where many of the legends, traditions and folklore are still lovingly kept alive. We will drive around the Kandy Lake built by the last Sinhala king Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe in 1798, visit the Kandy town and Bazaar, the arts & crafts centre, a gem museum and a lapidary. We will then return back to the hotel. In the evening, we will visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic and thereafter witness a cultural show featuring traditional Sri Lankan dancing. We then return back to the hotel for our overnight stay.
Sunday 1st April (Kandy - Sigiriya)
After breakfast, we leave Kandy for Sigiriya, visiting a spice garden in Matale en-route - to see the different spices that Sri Lanka is famous for. You will be introduced to different spices and shown how some of these spices are grown and processed. You will then arrive at - and check in to - the Amaya Lake Hotel / Sigiriya Village. After this, in the afternoon we will head to Sigiriya where we will climb the 5th century Sigiriya rock fortress - a world heritage site, built by King Kashyapa (477-495 AD). The ‘Lion Rock’ is a citadel of unusual beauty rising 200 metres from the scrub jungle and the innermost stronghold of the 70 hectare fortified town. A moat, rampart, and extensive gardens, including the renowned water gardens, ring the base of the rock. We will also see the world-renowned frescoes of the ‘Heavenly Maidens’ of Sigiriya, which are painted in earth pigments on plaster in a sheltered pocket of the rock approached by a spiral stairway. We then return back to the hotel for our overnight stay.
Monday 2nd April (Sigiriya - Dambulla - Pinnawela - Colombo)
After breakfast, we leave for Colombo visiting the Dambulla Rock Temple en-route. Here you will walk up to the temple, which was donated to Buddhist monks by King Walagambahu in the 1st century BC. Dambulla is a World Heritage Site and is the most impressive of Sri Lanka’s cave temples. The complex of five caves with over 2000 square metres of painted walls and the ceiling is the largest area of paintings found in the world. These caves contain over 150 images of the Buddha, of which the largest is the colossal figure of the Buddha carved out of rock spanning 14 metres. We will then travel to the Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawela, which is the home to approximately 90 elephants, some of which are baby elephants found abandoned or orphaned in the wild. The elephants are being cared for, fed and trained by the wildlife authorities. We should catch them during the feeding time, when we will have the opportunity to see the baby elephants being bottle-fed. We will also accompany the elephants to a river close-by and see them having their daily bath. We then make our way to Colombo, and on arrival, check in to the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel.
Tuesday 3rd April - Saturday 7th April
Each day after breakfast at the hotel, we will transfer to the P. Saravanamuttu Oval to witness the second Test match between Sri Lanka and England. After each day's play, we will return back to the hotel.
On the evening of Saturday 7th April - after the last day of the Test - join your tour leader and the rest of your group for a tour Farewell Meal.
Sunday 8th April
After breakfast / day at leisure, transfer to the
Colombo International Airport for your flight home, OR...
See below for more information.
You may wish to finish off your trip to Sri Lanka with a few days in the Maldives - the perfect 'sun, sand & sea' holiday destination. You can add a four-night Maldives extension to any of the two-test tours above, so that instead of returning home on the day after the last day of the second Test, you will head off to paradise for a relaxing end to your tour, returning home on 12th April.
Tour Price & Details*
* Please contact us for an up-to-date quote, as flight prices may now have increased.
Just £3,049 per person, based on two people sharing.
Single supplement available for £870.
Additional Costs
Guaranteed match tickets - provided at cost.
Howzat Travel acquires official match tickets through our established contacts in Sri Lanka. We try and pick the best seats possible for our clients to enhance your experience.
Tickets are sold to you at the same price for which we purchase them. Howzat Travel does not make a profit on ticket sales to this event.
If you decide to obtain your match tickets through Howzat Travel, you will be invoiced separately for them. It is not compulsory to buy your tickets through Howzat Travel, however we strongly recommend you do to guarantee entry to the event and save you trying to obtain tickets when out in Sri Lanka.
Not included:
Any meals except those specified in the itinerary.
Expenses of a personal nature, such as telephone calls, laundry, table drinks, tips and gratuities.
Use of rooms before/after normal check in/out times.
Individual’s travel insurance (we recommend EssentialTravel.co.uk for all your travel-related arrangements).
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