Stunning views of a leopard & up close-and-personal with at least one blue whale

Mike, Jill, John and Helen at Trincomalee
Mike, Jill, John and Helen at Trincomalee

5 – 9 February 2014.
Lewis / Franklin
Tour Party # 2

Dear Jith & Manjou,

Thank you very much for such an enjoyable trip. We have been delighted to return for the 2nd time and add yet more animals & birds to our lists of the fantastic fauna of Sri Lanka!.

Although this wasn’t solely a birding holiday we still managed to see 190+ species; 20 mammals inc stunning views of a leopard & up close-and-personal with at least one blue whale. A pod of 60 spinning dolphins was a bonus.

We thoroughly enjoyed our cultural tours in Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa & Trinco. Jith has proved once again his knowledge of all things historical and Sinhalese.

The best food was at the Nilaveli Beachat Trincomalee (where we also had a very exiting boat trip into the lagoon!). The best hotel garden for birds was the Sigiriya Village Resort. At the Grand Hotel, Nuwara Eliya we felt like colonials playing snooker after supper ( Franklin’s 2 Lewis’ 0) + another excellent beef wellington. Helen’s best sunset was sitting by the sea at the Unawatuna Beach Resort.

A big thank you to Manjou fo driving us safely round for 2 weeks. How he negotiates such unpredictable traffic we will never know. And finally an enormous “THANK YOU” to Jith for all his excellent arrangements. It all goes so smoothly.

Name of Guest: 
Mike
Jill
John
Helen
Tour review date: 
5 Feb 2014

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