Escorted Tours 2022-23

11 Hundreds more escorted tours are available on our website www.mercuryholidays.co.uk Southern and Central Asia 4 6 5 4 Visit India’s spiritual capital Varanasi, India Life in Varanasi is lived along the Ganges River. See the sun rise as locals and pilgrims come together to wash away their sins with the stone ghats, palaces and ashrams rising behind them. This is India at its most spiritual, colourful, and lively. • See pages 24-25, 30-31 and 34 5 Roam the ruins of Ak-Saray Palace Uzbekistan In the ancient city of Shahrisabz sits the grandiose remains of Ak-Saray Palace. Constructed in the 14th century by legendary conqueror Timur this complex was a testimony to his abilities to build as well as destroy. • See pages 38-39 3 Search for the elephants of Udawalawe Sri Lanka One of the best places in the world to see wild elephants with over 600 wandering the park in herds of up to fifty, Udawalawe is also home to wild buffalo, mongoose, jackals, monitor lizards, crocodiles, sloth bear, and even the occasional shy leopard. • See pages 14-17 6 Explore the lush tea plantations of Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka Often referred to as little England, with colonial bungalows, Tudor hotels and red post boxes, Nuwara Eliya has much more to recommend it, most notably the long rolling tea fields that carpet the hills in vibrant greens. • See pages 12-17