Askham / Benson Trip
2 June – 16 June 2017
Met at airport by Upali taken to Goldi Sands Hotel
Goldi Sands Hotel
Nice room
Good Pool
Food was mediocre
Internet, a little patchy
Trip to market very enjoyable
Riverside Villas, Kandy
2 star at best
Room, large but had lots of mosquito guests!
Food, very basic. Internet, very good.
Staff, charming.
Wouldn’t want to stay there again.
Spice gardens v.good
Botanical gardens good
[Cultural] show interesting.
Tooth Palace interesting.
Train journey to Nanu Oya – very comfortable. Lots to see. A packed lunch would have been good.
Fern Cliff
5 star. Lovely.
Great Staff. Lovely room. Fantastic food. Attention to detail perfect. Internet OK. Packed breakfast good.
Hot water bottles in our bed, a nice touch.
Definitely, stay here again.
Horton Plains lovely walk beautiful surroundings.
Grand Udawalawe Safair Hotel
Nice Hotel room.
Good pool.
Patchy internet. Bland food.
Udawalawe Park
Lovely half a day. Saw lots of elephants.
Upali, very helpful in finding things. Wouldn’t have seen half as much without him.
Hibiscus Gardens
Nice looking hotel. Nice room.
No safe in room and A/C had only 1 setting, freezing!
Staff good but definitely a language barrier.
Food very good. & packed breakfast, very good.
Yala 2 days
1st day – amazing. Saw loads and a lovely lunch by the sea. V. long day, but great!
2nd day – sadly too hot so not much to see. Cut the day short at 2.30 as just too hot.
Mirissa
Lovely Hotel, nice room, good pool, bland food.
Tamarind
Nice room, good pool.
Restricted menu but lovely food.