Worldwide Holidays 2023-24 1st Edition

Cultural Highlights Tour 7 nights/8 days from £669 Day 1: UK to Colombo You will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. This afternoon enjoy a half day tour of the capital, Colombo. Day 2: Sigiriya After breakfast proceed to Sigiriya. In the afternoon visit Dambulla Rock Temple and its impressive painted caves. Day 3: Anuradhapura After breakfast visit Sri Lanka’s first capital, Anuradhapura, which is over 2200 years old. The afternoon is at leisure with optional bird watching/nature ramble (payable locally). Day 4: Sigiriya and Polonnaruwa Early morning exploration of the Sigiriya Rock Fortress, a UNESCO site dating back to the 5th century AD. In the afternoon visit the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, the capital of Sri Lanka in the 11th & 12th centuries AD. See the ruins of the Royal Palace and visit the Gal Vihare with its splendid carved Buddha statues. Day 5: Kandy After breakfast, proceed to Matale to visit a Spice Garden and marvel at the batik paintings. In the afternoon tour the city of Kandy. Day 6: Pinnawala In the morning, visit the Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, before continuing to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, to see elephants being fed and bathed. In the evening head back to Kandy to visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic. Day 7: Nuwara Eliya After breakfast proceed to Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka’s leading hill resort and centre of the country’s tea production. Day 8: Colombo to beach stay After breakfast proceed to Kitulgala, witnessing some waterfalls en route, then continue to Colombo before transferring to your beach hotel or your next flight. Sri Lanka Cultural Highlights Tour is to be taken before your beach stay. Compulsory Gala meals: 24/12 & 31/12 from £110pp. High season supplement: 20/07-20/08 £69pp daily (single sup. £138pp). Terms and conditions apply. Note: You may not always travel as part of a group. The tours may also be reversed but all sites mentioned and content will remain the same. Depending on flight times, an extra night may need to be taken in Colombo prior to the tour. The cost on Half Board is from £129pp, single supplement from £89 per night. Visit our website for full tour itineraries. Maldives Extension: Depending on flight times an extra night may need to be taken in Colombo prior to departing for the Maldives. The cost on Half Board is from £129pp. Single supplement from £65 per night. Full hotel details can be found on pages 99-103. Maldives add-on: extend your holiday for 4 nights or more from £589 Tour Highlights ✔ Explore the ancient city of Polonnaruwa ✔ Visit Anuradhapura, Sri Lankas first capital ✔ Visit Sigiriya Rock Fortress and Dambulla Rock Temple, both World Heritage Sites ✔ Experience a Sri Lankan Spice Garden ✔ Tour of Kandy, a World Heritage Site, plus stay and watch a cultural show ✔ Enjoy the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage ✔ Visit to a tea estate/factory Adaaran Hudhuran Fushi HHHH 4 nights Premium All-Inclusive ✔ Extra nights from £107 pp daily ✔ Single traveller supplement from £72 pp daily ✔ Speedboat transfers included 4 nights from £589 Adaaran Club Rannalhi HHHH 4 nights All-Inclusive ✔ Extra nights from £107 pp daily ✔ Single traveller supplement from £81 pp daily ✔ Speedboat transfers included 4 nights from £595 Adaaran Select Meedhupparu HHHH 4 nights Premium All-Inclusive ✔ Extra nights from £125 pp daily ✔ Single traveller supplement from £89 pp daily ✔ Domestic flight & speedboat transfers included 4 nights from £839 Sigiriya Rock Fortress Sri Lanka add-ons Hundreds of Worldwide Holidays are available on our website www.mercuryholidays.co.uk 137