Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
5/5
Northern Sri Lanka: Wilpattu, Jaffna and Trincomalee
10 days from Negombo: two nights in Wilpattu leopard country, the sacred city of Anuradhapura, three nights in Tamil Jaffna with the islands, and Pigeon Island on the Trincomalee coast.
10 days · Negombo to Colombo · up to 12 guests
Buffalo grazing in a clearing in Wilpattu National Park Photo: Richard Mortel, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilpattu_National_Park,_Sri_Lanka.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 10 days, 9 nights
- Start and end
- Negombo to Colombo
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Moderate
Mostly easy: two jeep game drives of three to four hours on bumpy park tracks, 2 to 3 hours on foot at Anuradhapura plus a flat 8 to 10 km bicycle loop, short walks barefoot on hot temple floors, a short boat ride to Nainativu and snorkelling from a boat in shallow water at Pigeon Island. The optional Mihintale sunrise climb is about 1,800 granite steps. Two travel days run about five hours with stops. The bicycle ride can be sat out (a vehicle is planned to follow) and you can stay on the beach instead of snorkelling.
- Meals included
- 9 breakfasts, 8 lunches, 4 dinners
- Season
- May to September
Highlights
Why this trip
- Two jeep game drives in Wilpattu, Sri Lanka's largest national park, a leopard, sloth bear and elephant habitat around natural lakes (no sightings promised)
- The sacred city of Anuradhapura by bicycle, ending at the white dome of Ruwanwelisaya in the late-afternoon light
- An evening puja at Nallur Kandaswamy temple in Jaffna
- Jaffna Fort first thing in the morning, then a long Jaffna crab curry lunch
- Across the lagoon causeways to Nainativu island for its Hindu and Buddhist temples
- Snorkelling over the shallow reef at Pigeon Island from an early boat
- Koneswaram temple on Swami Rock above the sea at sunset
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Negombo
Bandaranaike International Airport to your hotel in Negombo
- Dinner
- Stay in Negombo
- Drive about 30 min
Fly into Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) at Katunayake, the main airport for Colombo, where a driver is planned to meet you in the arrivals hall.
Evening
Negombo is about 10 km and twenty minutes away, so tonight we stay by the sea here rather than fighting Colombo traffic, and we are already on the road north for tomorrow. Negombo is an old fishing town with a long lagoon, a canal built in the Dutch period and a busy fish market where outrigger boats land their catch in the morning. Spend the afternoon resting off the flight or walking the beach. In the early evening your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a short briefing on the days ahead: the heat in the north, what to wear in temples, how the game drives work and when the early mornings fall. Then we sit down together to a welcome dinner of seafood and rice and curry. The briefing is planned for the early evening, so a mid-afternoon landing works best; confirm flights only after your dates are agreed.
Included
- Pick-up at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB)
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner
Free time: Free until the evening briefing
Up the coast to Wilpattu
Negombo to Chilaw and Puttalam, then Wilpattu National Park, about 150 km
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Wilpattu
- Drive about 3.5 h
We plan to leave Negombo at about 8 am and drive north up the west coast, about 150 km and three and a half hours, through coconut plantations, past the fishing town of Chilaw and the salt pans and lagoon at Puttalam, with a coffee stop on the way.
Afternoon
By late morning we reach our lodge on the edge of Wilpattu National Park, home for two nights, in time for a sit-down lunch and a rest through the hottest hours. Wilpattu is Sri Lanka's largest national park, dry-zone forest scattered with natural sand-rimmed lakes called villus.
Evening
We plan to head into the park in the early afternoon in open jeeps with park drivers and stay out until the park's closing time, usually near sunset, when animals come down to the water. Leopard is what everyone hopes for, but sightings vary and none is promised; sloth bear, elephant, spotted deer, crocodile, buffalo and birds around the lakes are also possible. Dinner is at the lodge.
Included
- Drive up the west coast with your guide
- Sit-down lunch at the lodge
- Afternoon jeep game drive in Wilpattu National Park, with park fees
- Dinner at the lodge
Free time: Midday rest at the lodge
Activity: About three and a half hours in an open jeep on bumpy sand tracks. Bring a hat, sunscreen, binoculars and a light scarf for the dust.
Wilpattu at first light
A morning game drive in Wilpattu, then a free afternoon
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Wilpattu
An early start, because the first hours after the gate opens, usually at about 6 am but subject to the park's own times, are the coolest in the park and often a good time for wildlife.
Morning
We take tea and a snack at the lodge, then go back in by jeep with a packed breakfast, eaten at a rest point inside the park. Morning light on the villus is low and soft, the tracks are fresh, and a leopard is sometimes seen crossing a sand road or lying up on a branch before the heat sets in, though no drive can promise one. Your guide and the park drivers choose the route by what was seen the day before.
Afternoon
We are back at the lodge by late morning for a shower and a sit-down lunch. The afternoon is yours: swim if the lodge has a pool, sleep, or sit on the veranda with binoculars, as birds and monkeys come through the trees around the lodge.
Evening
In the late afternoon your guide may offer a short walk near the lodge if the lodge and guide judge it safe around wildlife, and dinner is at the lodge.
Included
- Morning jeep game drive in Wilpattu National Park from the gate opening, with park fees and a packed breakfast
- Sit-down lunch at the lodge
- Late-afternoon walk near the lodge with your guide, if judged safe
- Dinner at the lodge
Optional experiences
- Optional, not included: a second afternoon jeep game drive, paid locally; we quote the price before departure
Easier option: Skip the morning drive and sleep in; the afternoon walk near the lodge is short and flat.
More active option: Go back into the park for a second afternoon game drive instead of the free afternoon (optional, paid locally, price quoted before departure).
Free time: Afternoon free at the lodge
Activity: Wake-up at about 5:15 am for the park's morning opening, usually about 6 am.
Anuradhapura, the first capital
Wilpattu to Anuradhapura, about 50 km
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Anuradhapura
- Drive about 1.5 h
Morning
After a relaxed breakfast we drive about an hour and a quarter east on red-earth roads through dry-zone forest and past village tanks to Anuradhapura, the first great capital of Sri Lanka and listed by UNESCO (not re-checked), where Buddhist kings ruled for over a thousand years. We start at the Sri Maha Bodhi, the sacred fig that Buddhists trace to a sapling of the Bodh Gaya tree, planted here in the third century BC, where monks and pilgrims in white still bring flowers every day.
Afternoon
Then the rock temple at Isurumuniya with its carved lovers, and a sit-down lunch in town. After a rest at the hotel through the midday heat, we set out by bicycle at about 3:30 pm along flat, shaded roads between the great brick stupas of Jetavanaramaya and Abhayagiri, the moonstones and the twin ponds of Kuttam Pokuna. We finish at Ruwanwelisaya in the late-afternoon light, when pilgrims in white bring flowers and the dome glows. Ticketed areas of the sacred city close in the late afternoon according to the Central Cultural Fund listing, so exact access and timing are confirmed with the site on the day.
Included
- Anuradhapura sacred city with your guide and a licensed site guide, with the ticket
- Sri Maha Bodhi and Isurumuniya rock temple
- Sit-down lunch in Anuradhapura
- Bicycle ride to Jetavanaramaya, Abhayagiri and Kuttam Pokuna
- Ruwanwelisaya in the late afternoon
Easier option: Ride in the vehicle instead of on a bicycle; it follows the group and stops at every site.
Free time: Midday rest at the hotel; evening free
Activity: About 2 to 3 hours on foot, barefoot on hot stone at the shrines (bring socks), and an 8 to 10 km bicycle loop on flat roads.
North on the A9 to Jaffna
Anuradhapura to Vavuniya, Kilinochchi and Elephant Pass, then Jaffna, about 200 km
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Jaffna
- Drive about 4 h
This is the road that takes you into the Tamil north, about 200 km and four hours on the A9 highway, the main road between the south and Jaffna.
Morning
We leave at about 8:30 am, after breakfast, and the land changes as we go: rice fields and reservoirs around Vavuniya, then the flat palmyra country of the Vanni, where the tall fan palms are a sign of the north.
Afternoon
We stop for a sit-down lunch on the way and again at Elephant Pass, the narrow causeway that joins the Jaffna peninsula to the mainland, where your guide tells the story of the war years that marked this region until 2009, plainly and without politics. We reach Jaffna, home for three nights, in mid-afternoon.
Evening
In the late afternoon we walk into Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil, a major Hindu temple in Jaffna, golden and crowded with families, for the evening puja, with drums, bells and lamps carried around the shrines.
Included
- Drive north on the A9 with your guide, with a stop at Elephant Pass
- Sit-down lunch on the way
- Evening puja at Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil
More active option: Before breakfast, climb Mihintale at sunrise, about 12 km east of Anuradhapura, where Buddhism is said to have come to Sri Lanka: about 1,800 granite steps to the summit stupa and the rock of Aradhana Gala.
Free time: Evening free after the puja
Activity: At Nallur, men are usually asked to remove their shirts before entering and everyone goes barefoot; the temple's own rules on the day apply. Puja times are confirmed locally.
Jaffna town and a crab curry lunch
Jaffna Fort, the Public Library and the market
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Jaffna
We start early at Jaffna Fort, before the sun is high on its walls. The Portuguese built the first fort here in the early 1600s and the Dutch rebuilt it later that century as a five-bastion fort of coral stone and granite, with a moat on the edge of the lagoon. Walk the ramparts with your guide for the view across the water and the story of a building that changed hands in every war, then on to the Jaffna Public Library, burned in 1981 and rebuilt, a symbol of the north's long love of learning. Then into the covered market for mangoes, palmyra sweets and a stack of the red chillies that make Jaffna cooking hotter than the south's.
Afternoon
Lunch is a long, sit-down Jaffna crab curry, the dish the town is known for, cooked with roasted spices and eaten with your hands if you like. The afternoon is free: rest, wander the old streets around the clock tower, or ride a tuk-tuk to the Nilavarai well.
Included
- Jaffna Fort with your guide, subject to the site's access
- Jaffna Public Library (outside, and inside when open to visitors)
- Jaffna market
- Sit-down Jaffna crab curry lunch
Free time: Afternoon and evening free
Activity: About 2 hours on foot in the morning, on uneven fort ramparts and in the market.
The Jaffna islands by causeway and boat
Jaffna across the causeways to Kayts and Punkudutivu, then by boat to Nainativu
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Jaffna
- Drive about 3 h
Jaffna sits among shallow lagoons and low islands, and long causeways now link several of them to the mainland.
Morning
We drive out across the water after breakfast, past fishing stakes, salt flats and palmyra groves, through Velanai and Punkudutivu to the jetty at Kurikadduwan, about an hour and a quarter from town. From there a small public boat, running to the boat operators' own timetable, crosses in about twenty minutes to Nainativu, a holy island for two faiths. Nagapooshani Amman Kovil, a Hindu temple to the goddess with a tall painted gopuram, stands a short walk from Nagadeepa Purana Vihara, a Buddhist shrine linked to one of the Buddha's visits to the island; pilgrims of both faiths share the boat.
Afternoon
We take the boat back to the mainland, have a sit-down lunch on the way, and take the separate causeway out to Casuarina beach on Karainagar, about three hours of driving in all, before returning to Jaffna in the late afternoon. Canada's travel advice warns of riptides and mostly unsupervised beaches, so we swim only where the guide confirms the water and the spot are safe that day; otherwise this is a paddle-and-photo stop.
Included
- Drive across the island causeways with your guide
- Boat from Kurikadduwan to Nainativu and back
- Nagapooshani Amman Kovil and Nagadeepa Purana Vihara
- Sit-down lunch
- Casuarina beach stop on Karainagar; swimming only if the guide judges conditions safe
Easier option: Stay in Jaffna for a free day; the islands need an estimated 30 minutes of walking and a step down into a small boat.
Free time: Evening free in Jaffna
Activity: The Nainativu boat is a simple public boat; ask the guide about safety gear before boarding; times are confirmed on the day. Same temple dress rules as Nallur, as the temples set them.
Down the coast to Trincomalee
Jaffna to Elephant Pass, Mullaitivu and the coast road, then Trincomalee, about 250 km
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Trincomalee
- Drive about 5 h
Today is one of the two long drives, about 250 km and, we expect, about five hours of driving by the coast road, over our four-hour cap; we confirm the time against current road conditions before each departure.
Evening
We have found no practical train or scheduled flight between Jaffna and Trincomalee, and splitting the drive with another night would cost a night in Jaffna or on the coast, so we plan to leave at about 8 am and break the day into three parts. First back over Elephant Pass and east to Mullaitivu, a quiet fishing town on the lagoon, where we stop for a sit-down lunch and, if the guide confirms it is safe to leave the road, a short look at the sea. Then south on the coast road through Kokkilai and Pulmoddai, past lagoons, cashew trees and long empty beaches, with a coffee stop on the way. We reach our hotel on the beach north of Trincomalee, home for two nights, in the middle of the afternoon. The rest of the day is free: the east coast sea is usually calmer in these months, so you may swim before dinner only if the hotel and your guide judge conditions safe; Canada's advice warns of riptides on mostly unsupervised beaches.
Included
- Drive down the coast with your guide, with stops at Elephant Pass and Mullaitivu
- Sit-down lunch in Mullaitivu
Free time: Late afternoon and evening free
Activity: One of the two long drives, about five hours of driving (confirmed against road conditions before departure), broken by lunch and a coffee stop.
Pigeon Island and Koneswaram
Nilaveli to Pigeon Island by boat, then Trincomalee and Swami Rock
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Trincomalee
- Drive about 1 h
An early start for the sea. We plan to be on the beach at Nilaveli for an early boat, at about 7 am, for the crossing of an estimated fifteen minutes to Pigeon Island National Park, two small rocky islands fringed by a shallow coral reef.
Afternoon
Snorkelling here is in shallow water over the reef, and an early start usually means fewer boats and calmer water before the afternoon wind picks up, though visibility and sea conditions vary and the boat may not run in rough weather. Reef fish may be seen, and turtles and small blacktip reef sharks sometimes are. Snorkel gear and life jackets are planned from the boat operator, and your guide stays with anyone who prefers to wade or sit on the island's beach. We expect to be back at the hotel by late morning, and the middle of the day is free.
Evening
In the late afternoon we drive into Trincomalee to Fort Frederick and up to Koneswaram, the Hindu temple to Shiva on Swami Rock, high above the sea, timed for late afternoon and subject to temple and fort access on the day, then a farewell dinner together.
Included
- Licensed boat to Pigeon Island National Park, with park fee, snorkel gear and life jackets planned
- Fort Frederick and Koneswaram temple on Swami Rock, timed for late afternoon, subject to temple and fort access on the day
- Farewell dinner
Optional experiences
- A whale or dolphin-watching boat trip from Trincomalee on the free afternoon, only if a local operator offers it and quotes it, paid locally, when sea conditions allow
Easier option: Stay on the beach at Pigeon Island or on the boat instead of snorkelling.
More active option: Snorkel a second site on the far side of the island, if the boatman and sea conditions allow.
Free time: Middle of the day free
Activity: Snorkelling from the beach and from the boat in shallow water; you need to be comfortable in the sea. Boats and snorkelling depend on sea conditions and operator availability on the day. No touching coral, and reef-safe sunscreen only.
Across the island to Colombo
Trincomalee to Habarana, Dambulla and Kurunegala, then Bandaranaike International Airport or Colombo, about 250 km
- Breakfast and lunch
- Drive about 5.5 h
The last day is the second long drive, about 250 km and five and a half hours of driving to the airport, over our four-hour cap. There is no train from Trincomalee that fits a flight, so we break the day with stops.
Morning
We plan to leave after an early breakfast, at about 7:30 am, and cross the dry zone through Kantale and Habarana, where elephants may sometimes be seen near the road, to Dambulla for coffee.
Afternoon
A sit-down rice and curry lunch follows near Kurunegala, beneath its great black rock, then the expressway towards Colombo. We estimate reaching Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) by about 3 pm, traffic and road conditions permitting. A flight leaving after about 7 pm should fit on that estimate, but do not book flights until your dates and the itinerary are confirmed. If you are staying on, we take you to a Colombo hotel instead, up to an hour further depending on traffic. Your guide sees you to the terminal or the hotel door.
Included
- Drive to Colombo with your guide, with a coffee stop in Dambulla
- Sit-down lunch near Kurunegala
- Drop-off at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) or a Colombo hotel
Activity: Estimated airport arrival about 3 pm; leave a margin and do not book flights until dates are confirmed.
- Negombo1 night
- Wilpattu2 nights
- Anuradhapura1 night
- Jaffna3 nights
- Trincomalee2 nights
- Colomboend
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: May to September is generally the drier season in the north and on the east coast, the opposite of the south-west monsoon that wets the south-west and hill country in those months, when the sea at Pigeon Island is usually calmer, though boat trips and snorkelling always depend on conditions on the day. Animals may gather at Wilpattu's lakes as the park dries out. Wilpattu may close for a short break around September; we check park dates for your dates before accepting a booking. From about October to January the northeast monsoon brings heavy rain to Jaffna and Trincomalee, so the trip does not run then.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Repeat visitors who have seen Sigiriya, Kandy and the hill country
- Wildlife lovers who want two planned game drives in a national park
- Travellers curious about Tamil Jaffna, its temples, food and recent history
- A swim and snorkel at Pigeon Island near the end of the trip, if the sea allows
- Solo travellers who want a small group and a single-room price shown up front
Not for you if you want
- A first trip to Sri Lanka that must include Sigiriya, Kandy or the hill train (see our other Sri Lanka trips)
- Step-free access: temples, ramparts and boats mean uneven ground and steps
- Travellers who find heat in the 30s C hard going
- Anyone who wants a short drive every day: two days run about five hours
- A guaranteed leopard sighting, which no safari can promise
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9 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Negombo1 night
- Wilpattu2 nights
- Anuradhapura1 night
- Jaffna3 nights
- Trincomalee2 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 9 nights: 1 in Negombo, 2 at a lodge near Wilpattu National Park, 1 in Anuradhapura, 3 in Jaffna and 2 on the beach north of Trincomalee
- Target standard: central or well-placed hotels of 3-star-plus level, with private bathrooms and air-conditioning. Hotels are not yet chosen or confirmed; we name each one in your quote
- We will ask for lift or ground-floor rooms when hotels are confirmed; availability is not assured
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) on day 1, and drop-off there or at a Colombo hotel on day 10
- An air-conditioned vehicle and driver for the group (to be confirmed)
- Open jeeps with park drivers for two Wilpattu game drives
- Boat from Kurikadduwan to Nainativu and back
- Boat to Pigeon Island
- Bicycles in Anuradhapura
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide planned with the group from arrival to departure
- A licensed local site guide in Anuradhapura
- Park drivers in Wilpattu National Park
Activities
- Two jeep game drives in Wilpattu National Park, with park fees
- Anuradhapura sacred city, with the ticket: Sri Maha Bodhi, Isurumuniya, Jetavanaramaya, Abhayagiri, Kuttam Pokuna and Ruwanwelisaya
- Elephant Pass
- Evening puja at Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil in Jaffna
- Jaffna Fort, the Jaffna Public Library and the Jaffna market
- Nainativu island: Nagapooshani Amman Kovil and Nagadeepa Purana Vihara
- Casuarina beach on Karainagar
- Mullaitivu
- Pigeon Island National Park snorkelling, with park fee and gear
- Fort Frederick and Koneswaram temple in Trincomalee
- All entrance fees for included sights
Meals
- 9 breakfasts
- 8 sit-down lunches, on days 2 to 8 and day 10, including a Jaffna crab curry lunch
- 4 dinners: welcome dinner in Negombo, two dinners at the Wilpattu lodge and a farewell dinner in Trincomalee
Not included
- International flights to and from Colombo
- Sri Lanka ETA or visa
- Travel insurance
- Lunch on days 1 and 9, and dinners on days 4 to 8
- Drinks
- Tips for your guide, driver, park drivers and boat crews
- Camera fees where a site charges them
- Optional activities such as a second Wilpattu game drive or dolphin watching
- Personal expenses and temple offerings
Extras
- Room of your own
- Price on request
When you can go
Dates and prices
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Questions
What does the price include?
The proposed price is built on nine nights in hotels and a Wilpattu lodge, breakfast daily, eight sit-down lunches and four dinners, two Wilpattu game drives with park fees, the Pigeon Island boat and snorkel gear, the boat to Nainativu, entries on the day plan, airport transfers both ways, a vehicle and driver, and a See Sight Tours guide. It is indicative until we send a quote.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests, in one vehicle, with a small number of guests planned in each jeep for the Wilpattu game drives; jeep numbers are confirmed with the park operators.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide is planned to travel with the group from the airport pick-up to the last drop-off. A licensed site guide is planned in Anuradhapura, and park drivers handle the jeeps in Wilpattu. No guide is named yet; we tell you who it is once your dates are confirmed.
How fit do I need to be?
Moderately. Days involve 2 to 3 hours on foot, often barefoot on hot temple stone, a flat bicycle loop in Anuradhapura, bumpy jeep tracks and snorkelling in shallow water. A vehicle is planned to follow the bicycles, and you can stay on the beach instead of snorkelling. Mihintale's 1,800 steps are optional.
I am travelling solo. What will I pay?
The twin-share price plus a single supplement, confirmed in your written quote, gives you a room of your own every night. Room availability and the final supplement are confirmed in your written quote before you accept, together with any other charges that apply. You join the same small group, guide and meals as everyone else.
When is the best time to go?
May to September is generally the drier season in the north and on the east coast, when the sea at Pigeon Island is usually calmer, though boats depend on conditions on the day. Wilpattu may close for a break around September, so we check park dates for your dates. From about October to January the northeast monsoon brings heavy rain to Jaffna and Trincomalee, so the trip does not run then.
How long are the drives?
Most are estimated at three to four hours, shown on each day. Two are longer: Jaffna to Trincomalee by the coast road, which we expect at about five hours and will check against road conditions, and Trincomalee to the airport, about five and a half. We have found no practical train or flight on either, so we plan lunch and a stop on both.
Will we see a leopard in Wilpattu?
Possibly, but no safari can promise it. Leopards live in Wilpattu and are sometimes seen, and two game drives, one at the gate opening and one in the late afternoon, give you two chances. Other wildlife such as sloth bear, elephant, deer, crocodile and birds is possible too, but sightings vary by day and season.
What should I know about safety in Jaffna and the north?
Canada's advice, checked on 8 November 2026, calls for a high degree of caution in Sri Lanka. It warns of landmines in parts of the Jaffna Peninsula and eastern Sri Lanka, checkpoints and sudden road closures. Stay on paved main roads in affected areas, avoiding fields, shoulders, ditches and unmarked trails. The proposed route still needs local checks; this page does not establish that any road, beach or activity is safe. Read your own government's current advice before requesting a quote and again before travel.
Do I need a visa?
Most visitors need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) or visa before they fly to Sri Lanka. Rules and fees change, so check the official Sri Lankan government site for your passport when you book; we remind you with your final itinerary.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Besides the small group, we can propose a private trip for your party only, on dates agreed with us, from a price confirmed in your written quote, subject to availability and supplier confirmation. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section and we will tell you what we can quote.
How does booking work?
Choose a start date and send a request to book. The request itself takes no payment and is not a confirmed booking. We reply with a written quote that includes the proposed itinerary, hotels, the operator details and the booking terms. Nothing is confirmed until you have reviewed that quote and accepted it, and even then supplier confirmation is subject to availability and is confirmed in writing. The price and taxes are set in the written quote.
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