CRICKET TOURS

Overview
Places to See
Itinerary
Selection of Hotels
Notes

Ayubowan!

Welcome to Sri Lanka!

CRICKET TOUR OF SRI LANKA - 19 Nights / 21 Days

Sri Lanka is a lush, tropical island paradise, known to Arab traders as Serendib - hence the word "serendipity", meaning discovery by happy accident. It was famously described by Marco Polo as "undoubtedly the finest island of its size in the world".

This is a culturally rich and environmentally diverse country, with nine World Heritage Sites (the oldest dating back to the 3rd Century BC); 86 species of mammals (including elephant and leopard) and more than 400 bird species (including 26 endemics); a colorful array of flowering plants and trees, and a Hill Country famous for tea; 14 National Parks out of 100 areas protected by the government; and an Indian Ocean coastline boasting palm-fringed and sandy tropical beaches.

Sri Lanka, once known as Serendib Taprobane is now also known as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. This paradise isle, which is indeed shaped like a pearl, offers pristine beaches, lush tea estates, and more waterfalls perhaps than any other country- a staggering 350 that cascade dramatically down rolling, Hillsides and mist-shrouded mountains, and a culture that reaches back over 2,500 years. Famous for its spices and spice plantations, Sri Lanka was described by a renowned botanist, as simply one big botanical garden.

Cities where you are staying

  • 03 nights in Colombo
  • 03 nights in Kandy
  • 08 nights in Colombo
  • 05 nights in Bentota

What you will do during the tour

  • Visit to Kandy Tooth Temple
  • Visit to Peradeniya Botanical Garden

6 Mathces

  • 1 MATCH IN COLOMBO
  • 1 MATCH IN KANDY
  • 4 MATCHES IN COLOMBO
Day1 – Depart from UK
Day 2 – COLOMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT / MOUNT LAVINIA

(Approx. distance – 45 km / transfer time: 1 Hrs)

On arrival at Colombo International Airport, you will be met by a professional English speaking Guide from Travel Ease Tours. After the completion of formalities at the airport, you will be escorted to your air conditioned Coach. Thereafter, you will be transferred to your Hotel, in Mount Lavinia.

Dinner & Overnight Stay at Mount Lavinia – Colonial Room.

https://www.mountlaviniahotel.com/
Day 3 – MOUNT LAVINIA

Breakfast at the hotel.

Day at Leisure.

Practice session at net (Own arrangements)

Dinner & Overnight Stay at Mount Lavinia – Colonial Room.

https://www.mountlaviniahotel.com/
Day 4 – MOUNT LAVINIA

Breakfast at the hotel.

Match 1 Vs S. Thomas’ Old Boys at S. Thomas’ College Grounds

Dinner & Overnight Stay at Mount Lavinia – Colonial Room

https://www.mountlaviniahotel.com/
Day 5 – MOUNT LAVINIA – KANDY

After breakfast proceed to Kandy, tucked away amidst lush evergreen forests at an elevation of 1640 ft and the gateway to the highlands.

(Approx. Distance – 131 km / transfer time: 3 ½ hours)

Upon arrival, check into the hotel.

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Citadel , Kandy – Superior room

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/cinnamoncitadelkandy/stay
Day 6 – KANDY

Breakfast at the hotel.

Match 2 Vs Trinity Old Boys at Asgiriya Grounds

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Citadel , Kandy – Superior room

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/cinnamoncitadelkandy/stay
Day 7 – KANDY

After breakfast visit the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens.

(Approx. Distance – 6km / transfer time: 20 mins)

This was originally the King’s own royal pleasure garden that was later converted in to a botanic garden and opened to the public. At the Royal Botanical Gardens at ‘Peradeniya’ you could treat your eyes to an amazing, wide and rare collection of tropical and temperate, exotic and indigenous flora, and an orchid house with the largest collection in Asia. The gardens host the most extensive collection of orchids in Asia and are home to over 4000 indigenous and foreign specimens, including ornamental and medicinal.

Afternoon explore the city of Kandy and visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic which is located in the royal palace complex which houses the Relic of the tooth of Buddha. The entire complex is part of another UNESCO world heritage site.

On completion of the temple visit witness a cultural dance show.

The Royal City of Kandy is a World Heritage Site, as is the Temple of the Tooth, an important shrine to Buddhists the world over, since it contains a relic of the Lord Buddha’s Tooth. Kandy has a scintillating blend of ancient Sinhala architecture and contemporary architecture. The myriad colors, the pulsating atmosphere of the town center, sprinkled with amazing scenery and enveloped by a salubrious climate helps in making Kandy a must-visit destination in Sri Lanka.

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Citadel , Kandy – Superior room

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/cinnamoncitadelkandy/stay
Day 8 – KANDY - COLOMBO

After breakfast drive to Colombo

Upon arrival, check into the hotel.

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo – Superior room.

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/
Day 9 – COLOMBO

Breakfast at the hotel.

Match 3 Vs Old Royalists at Royal College Grounds

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo – Superior room.

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/
Day 10 – COLOMBO

Breakfast at the hotel.

Rest of the day at leisure

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo – Superior room.

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/
Day 11 – COLOMBO

Breakfast at the hotel.

Match 4 Vs Colombo Cricket Club at C.C.C. Grounds

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo – Superior room.

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/
Day 12 – COLOMBO

Breakfast at the hotel.

Rest of the day at leisure

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo – Superior room.

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/
Day 13 – COLOMBO

Breakfast at the hotel.

Match 5 Vs Nondescript Cricket Club at N.C.C. Grounds

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo – Superior room.

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/
Day 14 – COLOMBO

Breakfast at the hotel.

Rest of the day at leisure

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo – Superior room.

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/
Day 15 – COLOMBO

Breakfast at the hotel.

Match 6 Vs Ananda College Old Boys at S.S.C. Grounds, Test Venue

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo – Superior room.

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/
Day 16 – COLOMBO

Breakfast at the hotel.

Drive to Bentota Beach Hotel

Upon arrival, check into the hotel

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Bentota Beach , Bentota – Premium room

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/cinnamonbentotabeach
Day 17, 18, 19 & 20 – BENTOTA

Breakfast at the hotel.

Rest of Day at Leisure or Join an optional Sightseeing tour (Cost to be advised)

Upon arrival, check into the hotel

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Bentota Beach , Bentota – Premium room

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/cinnamonbentotabeach
Optional Tour 1 – GALLE CITY TOUR

Commence a city tour of the Galle Fort and then proceed to your selected beach resort or proceed to the airport for your return journey.

The Galle Fort, sometimes known as the Dutch Fort, was in fact first commissioned by the Portuguese, who were the first Europeans to colonise the island. It is a city within a city, surrounded by ramparts, a quaint lighthouse, banks, churches, mosques, restaurants and hotels. Cobblestoned roads crisscross within the fort, and it has the feel of a medieval European fortification. The Dutch made extensive modifications and beautified the fort, in so much that it is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka. It is an important archeological, historic and architectural monument, and one of the best preserved forts in all of Asia. A profound indication of the strength of this fort lies in the fact that it suffered minimal to unobserved damage during the 2004 Asian tsunami, while the relatively modern city of Galle was largely devastated.

Some important monuments located within the Galle Fort:
  • The Dutch Reformed Church (Groote Kerk). Built in 1640, it is one of the oldest and most beautiful churches on the island. The caretaker is a friendly person, and is always prepared to take you on a journey back to the colonial era.
  • The Old Dutch Government House.
  • The Old Dutch Hospital.
  • All Saints Anglican Church. Built by the British in 1871.
  • The Clock Tower, built in 1882.
  • Galle Light house, built initially in 1848 by the British, and the oldest. However, it was destroyed by a fire in 1934, and the current one was built in 1939.
Optional Tour 2 – BOAT TRIP TO HIKKADUWA

Boat trip in Hikkaduwa

Take a glass bottom boat ride, to see the beauty of the depths and the living corals

Optional Tour 3 – BENTOTA & MADHU RIVER DAY TRIP

Bentota is a sun-blessed golden sand coastal area which located around 70 km away from Colombo. This breathtaking destination provides a unique experience for the travellers who seek adventure along with nature and also Romance.

Bentota can be considered as a hub of tourist who visits Sri Lanka as Bentota Beach ideal for snorkelling, diving, sailing, wind surfing, water-skiing and deep-sea fishing on a traditional outrigger canoe. Furthermore, The Bentota River Safari in Bentota river which is the border between southern and western Province in Sri Lanka provides chance to engage with nature exploring Multitude of waterside trees and plants crowding the river’s edge including the mangroves, sailing through the canopy of lush green foliage.

Optional Tour 4 – WHALE WATCHING Trip to Mirissa (Tour start at 5 am in the morning)

We have carefully designed this whale watching tour to Sri Lanka to maximize our chances of seeing blue whales. From November until April krill congregate off the south coast and it is this mass of krill that attracts blue whales and other cetaceans to these waters. The other reason that makes whale watching particularly good off Sri Lanka's southern coast is that the continental shelf is very narrow here and drops extremely rapidly. This means that boat trips setting out from here can reach deep waters easily and quickly, and it is in these deep waters that the cetaceans are found.

During our time in Sri Lanka, we hope to have fantastic sightings of blue whales and other enthralling marine wildlife. In order to maximize our opportunities, we will have seven morning whale watching excursions on an exclusively chartered boat from Mirissa, each lasting between three and four hours (depending on sightings). In between we will have a day on land for some birding and terrestrial wildlife watching at the Hiyare Reservoir Rainforest Reserve, as Sri Lanka's flora and fauna on land is just as vibrant as the life in the Ocean.

Dinner & Overnight stay at Cinnamon Bentota Beach , Bentota – Premium room

https://www.cinnamonhotels.com/cinnamonbentotabeach
Day 21 – BENTOTA - COLOMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

(Approx. distance – 110 km / transfer time: 1 ½ Hrs)

After breakfast, I was transferred to the Katunayaka Bandaranayake International Airport for the flight to the United Kingdom.

SELECTION OF HOTELS

Deluxe Hotel:

LOCATION HOTEL ROOM TYPE MEAL PLAN NO. OF NIGHTS
COLOMBO MOUNT LAVINIA COLONIAL HALF BOARD 03 NIGHTS
KANDY CINNAMON CITADEL SUPERIOR HALF BOARD 03 NIGHTS
COLOMBO MOUNT LAVINIA COLONIAL HALF BOARD 08 NIGHTS
BENTOTA CINNAMON BENTOTA BEACH PREMIUM HALF BOARD 05 NIGHT

Notes

  • Please note that standard check-in time is 1400hrs and standard check-out time is 1200hrs.
  • This is only an offer without any obligation on the hotel rooms, until such time the tour is confirmed and availability is checked.
  • When making payment, kindly ensure that the entire amount given in our offer (finally in our invoice) is made without any deductions to us. All bank charges to be borne by remitter. As such total amount in our final invoice to be credited to our account without any deduction please. In the event of any deductions, such differences are to be collected in cash on arrival of the guests.
  • If payment is to be made via credit card, then a 2.75% to be added on top of the quote we made in our offer and represented in our final invoice for payment.

Good to know:

  • On Arrival at the Airport, you will first reach Immigration, then to collect your ‘checked-in’ baggage. Once you clear customs, our representative will page you and meet you just outside the arrival hall.
  • Sri Lanka being a tropical county, is hot and humid. Ideal clothing would be cotton and comfortable clothing, casual footwear or slippers and a wide brim hat. Please use suntan lotion, because the UV index is always high. Shorts and t-shirts are allowed in most settings, except when visiting temples and other religious establishments. Ladies are required to cover the shoulders as well, when visiting places of worship.
  • Temperatures throughout the year in lowland areas (sea level to 1500 feet amsl) range from an average of 25 degrees Celsius at night to 32 degrees Celsius during the day (the real feel temperature is almost always higher). In the hill country (above 1500 feet amsl) the average temperatures range from an average of 15 degrees Celsius at night to 22 degrees Celsius during the day. Please note that if you are travelling during winter, to the hill country, it is advisable to wear a light to medium jersey, as temperatures do on occasion dip to single figures.
  • Liquor will NOT be served on Poya days (Full moon day) and on any other Religious holidays.
  • All major credit cards are widely accepted in all reputable outlets (restaurants / shops etc.)
  • Tipping is customary, but not obligatory. But if you are keen to know what is acceptable in local terms, it ranges between US$5/- per day up to US$25/- per day depending on the level of satisfaction of your driver when it comes to individual / family travel. For group travel other than the guide, the coach crew is to be tipped too. The amount for a day can vary depending on group size, but the recommended amount is US$15/- to US$40/- per day.