Sri Lanka Holidays

Holidays to Sri Lanka are perfect for those who like their beach-lazing with a side order of dazzling culture.  Hanging like a teardrop off the Southeast coast of India, this compact country packs in an incredible array of sights - not least its footprint-free sands, backed by slender palms and washed by bath-warm sapphire seas.  We can provide great value Sri Lanka hilday deals to a number of all inclusive resorts but beyond the beaches lie horizons rippling with ancient stupas and temples; lush landscapes home to elephants and leopards and misty hills cloaked in emerald tea plantations.

Sri Lanka is blessed with a 1,330km coastline comprised of beaches - arrow-straight or curved within rocky bays - charactarised by silvery-white sand and seaward leaning, shade-giving coconut palms. On the west Negombo, Mount Lavinia, Bentota, Beruwela and Hikkaduwa, on the south coast Unawatuna, voted one of the best beaches in the world, Weligama, Tangalle and Kogalla, on the north-west coast Nilaveli, Passekudah, Kalkudah and Arugum Bay, listed one of the top 10 surf spots in the world, are a dozen of the islands finest beach destinations.  A bonus is that the climate-wise Sri Lanka is a convenient year-round destination as it experiences two monsoons that occur in opposite halves of the island at different times.  The tranquil, sapphire-blue waters (non-monsoon period) of the Indian Ocean have a perfect average temperature of 27 degrees. Diving and snorkelling are popular as coral reefs encircle the island.

Sri Lanka contains an astonishing seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites within its compact shores.  The most intriguing and popular World Heritage site is Sigiriya dubbed "the eighth wonder of the world", a stupendous rock on which is a patricidal king built a magnificent place.  The rock face was covered with sensual frescoes of celestial maidens, described as the worlds largest picture gallers.  A World Heritage Site of a different era is the Dutch Fort of Galle, considered the best preserved fort in South Asia.  With 14 massive bastons, a grid system of streets and some original Dutch bungalows, the fort bustles with life as it did when Galle was the main passenger port.  It is one of the most unique attractions in Sri Lanka.