SIMPLY SRI LANKA – A GOLFING ADVENTURE AWAITS
14 DAYS | 6 ROUNDS OF GOLF | 6 EXPERIENCES | WELCOME & FAREWELL DINNERS
Sri Lanka Tours will take you to places and experiences which are utterly unique. experience Sri Lanka’s stunning wildlife, and discover the country’s rich history in Colonial Galle and the capital, Colombo. Sri Lanka provides a fantastic mix of culture, history, people, food, wildlife, and beaches. Sri Lanka holidays take on a slower pace.
This is an island where time takes on a different meaning; it may take a little longer to get from A to B, but that only adds to its charm. It gives you more time to take in your surroundings and discover the country from a local’s perspective as your guide proudly regales you with tales of their homeland.
A golf holiday in Sri Lanka is an adventure on a paradise Indian Ocean island with a history dating back to the birth of time. It is a place where the original soul of Buddhism still flourishes and where nature’s beauty remains abundant and unspoiled.
Few places in the world can offer golfing holidays with such a remarkable combination of stunning landscapes, pristine beaches, captivating cultural heritage, and unique experiences within such a compact location, with 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 800 miles of coastline – much of it the pristine beach, 15 national parks showcasing an abundance of wildlife, lush tea estates, botanical gardens, 350 waterfalls, and a culture that extends back to over 2,500 years.
Golf in Sri Lanka dates back a lot earlier than most people would imagine, the first course was opened in 1880!
Tour Highlights
- Best Golf Courses – Experience the best golf courses Sri Lanka has to offer including playing the second oldest ‘royal’ golf course in the world outside of the UK.
- Colombo – Colombo is the gateway to Sri Lanka, a diverse and interesting city. Take a train ride along the coast to Mount Lavinia, a popular beach, or explore the Talangama Wetlands
- Kandy – Stroll amidst the stunning Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya and marvel at exquisite orchids
- Yala National Park –Yala is the busiest and most popular park in Sri Lanka, and with good reason. It boasts the highest density of leopards in Asia as well as sloth bears, crocodiles, deer, and a plethora of birdlife.
Itinerary
DAY ONE – International outbound flight
Today your adventure begins, by boarding your international outbound flight to Sri Lanka.
DAY TWO – Arrive in Sri Lanka
Arrive in the airport and meet your personal chauffeur-guide. then take you to your hotel in Colombo (approx: 01 hr drive) Check into the hotel and relax before your welcome dinner at Gallery café Colombo.
Overnight stay at your hotel in Colombo.
✅ Breakfast ✅ Transfers✅ Welcome Dinner
DAY THREE – Golf at Royal Colombo Golf club & evening tour
After breakfast, Proceed to Royal Colombo Golf Club and Play a round of golf, in the evening, Enjoy Colombo city tour by tuk-tuks. Hop on the eccentric three-wheeled taxis and get the rawest experience of the life, history, beauty, and heritage of the chaotic city Colombo. Sit back as these mini-sized taxis maneuver through tangled Colombo streets to its biggest attractions, friendliest shops, and the best-kept secrets guided by our English-speaking, friendly driver.
✅ Breakfast ✅ Golf ✅ Tour ✅ Transfers
DAY FOUR – Transfer to Kandy (Digana)
After breakfast, drive to Kandy. (approx.: 04 hrs drive) Check-in to the hotel and relax. Overnight stay in Kandy/ Digana
✅ Breakfast ✅ Transfers
DAY FIVE – Golf at the Victoria Golf course
After breakfast, play a round of Golf inside Victoria Golf Course. In the afternoon, Explore Kandy city, including Commonwealth Cemetery, Temple of the tooth, and a walk in the buzzing markets of Kandy city. Visit the Temple of the Tooth which is located in the royal palace complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics because it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country. In the evening leisure at the hotel.
✅ Breakfast ✅ Golf ✅ Transfers
DAY SIX – Golf at the Terravista Golf course
After breakfast, play a round of Golf at the Victoria Golf Course.
upon completion visit the Royal Botanical Gardens, Proceed to the Royal Botanical Garden of Peradeniya for a relaxing walk down its path with an interesting hosted journey by Bandara Palipanne who is one of the foremost botanists in the field.
✅ Breakfast ✅ Golf ✅ Transfers
DAY SEVEN – Transfer to Nuwara Eliya
After Breakfast drive to Nuwara Eliya. (approx.: 04 hrs drive) Check-in to the hotel and relax, tonight enjoy a special dinner at the hotel. Kandy, home to ancient treasures, lush flora and fauna, and people who envelop you with their warmth and culture. Nuwara Eliya, ‘Little England’, exuding peace and tranquillity with rolling hills covered in tea.
✅ Breakfast ✅ Transfers
DAY EIGHT – Golf at the Nuwara Eliya Golf Course.
After Breakfast get ready to play the Nuwara Eliya Golf Course.
The Nuwara Eliya Golf Club, founded in 1889, is one of the oldest golf clubs in Asia and probably the world. It is an institution, rich in tradition, history and carries an ambiance unparalleled in this country. Founded, primarily for their rest and recreation, by the British planters who cultivated the land for tea in the Nuwara Eliya district, to this day it caters to some of the customs and traditions of the country’s colonial past. This quaint admixture of old-world charm and modern trappings invests it with a special aura and is the essence of its attractiveness.
✅ Breakfast ✅ Golf ✅ Transfers
DAY NINE – Transfer to Hambantota
After breakfast, drive to Hambantota (approx.: 05 hrs drive)
Check-in to the hotel and relax. Overnight stay at hotel in Hambantota
✅ Breakfast ✅Transfers
DAY TEN – Golf at Shangri-La Golf Course & Yala National Park
After breakfast, play a round of Golf inside Shangri-La Golf Course.
In the evening proceed to Yala National Park and enjoy a safari game drive. Yala National Park is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka. Yala was designated as a wildlife sanctuary in 1900, and, along with Wilpattu was one of the first two national parks in Sri Lanka, having been designated in 1938. The park is best known for its variety of wild animals. It is important for the conservation of Sri Lankan Elephants, Sri Lankan leopards and aquatic birds.
✅ Breakfast ✅ Golf ✅ Tour ✅ Transfers
DAY ELEVEN – Golf at Shangri-La Golf Course
After breakfast, play a round of Golf at the Shangri-La Golf Course. Sri Lanka’s first and only golf resort is set amid a vast coconut palm plantation, offering spectacular views and unique challenges for both casual and seasoned players. The abundance of nature and wildlife, framed by lakes and the beautiful Indian Ocean, sets the scene for an incredible golfing experience later, Enjoy a cookery demonstration at the hotel.
✅ Breakfast ✅ Golf ✅ Transfers
DAY TWELVE – Transfer to Galle & evening fort walk
After breakfast, drive to Galle. 02 hrs drive from Hambantota Check into the hotel and relax.
In the evening, enjoy a Galle dutch fort walk with our resident host.
✅ Breakfast ✅ Transfers
DAY THIRTEEN – Evening cooking class & farewell dinner
Free morning and afternoon to relax. In the evening, Enjoy “How to make Rotti & Hoppers” culinary session at Amangalla for dinner, including local musicians.
✅ Breakfast ✅ Dinner ✅ Transfers
DAY FOURTEEN – International inbound flight
After Breakfast Check-out and proceed and private transfer to the airport in time to connect with your departure flight. Arrival back in the UK.
✅ Breakfast ✅ International Flight ✅ Transfers
Departure Dates and Prices
Sat 15 JAN 2022 | London (Heathrow) | £4,579.00pp | Available |
Sat 03 DEC 2022 | London (Heathrow) | £4,579.00pp | Available |
Sat 11 FEB 2023 | London (Heathrow) | £4,999.00pp | Available |
Golf Courses On This tour
Royal Colombo Golf Club
Royal Colombo opened in 1879 and is the second oldest ‘royal’ golf course in the world outside of the UK. It is a well-maintained 18-hole golf course that is generally flat and with large trees lining the fairways the course has old well-established feel.
At 6,560 yards, this par 71 course is not long but is pretty tricky. Royal Colombo is situated slap bang in the middle of the city and is a golf haven deluxe.
As you arrive you know you are in for something special as you are courted by its history which clings to the old walls of the clubhouse. As you walk out onto the veranda (and in my case sit for a cup of Ceylon tea with toasted bread and jam) you can’t help but feel part of history.
Victoria Golf Course.
The award-winning Donald Steel designed masterpiece sprawled amongst the hills and bordering the Victoria reservoir offers the most picturesque scenery and breathtaking views of nature.
The 73 Par, 6933-yard championship 18-hole golf course is maintained to international U.S.P.G.Standards. Majestically crafted with magnificent fairways lined with trees, flowering shrubs, and light rough add to the beauty of the course, whilst making it a challenging spectacle.
Shangri-La Golf Course.
Sri Lanka’s premier 18-hole golf course is set amid a vast coconut palm plantation within the resort, offering spectacular views and distinctive challenges for both casual and seasoned players.
The beautifully landscaped par-70 course takes you on a memorable golf experience through three landscaped zones, each with its own unique character: The Coconut Plantation, offering lush fairways and challenging bunkers, The Dune Area, with its subtle elevation changes gives you breathtaking views of the Indian Ocean & The Sapphire Mine, showcasing generous greens with an abundance of water features
Nuwara Eliya Golf Course.
The Nuwara Eliya Golf Club, founded in 1889, is one of the oldest golf clubs in Asia and probably the world. It is an institution, rich in tradition, history and carries an ambiance unparalleled in this country.
Founded, primarily for their rest and recreation, by the British planters who cultivated the land for tea in the Nuwara Eliya district, to this day it caters to some of the customs and traditions of the country’s colonial past.
This quaint admixture of old-world charm and modern trappings invests it with a special aura and is the essence of its attractiveness. It is located in Nuwara Eliya, known the world over for the premier quality of the tea produced in the plantations that surround the club. Despite being situated just a stone’s throw from the town, the club still maintains an air of exclusivity, a desirable apartness, so that when one enters its gates, one is transported to a world that has been left behind by the march of history.
Accommodation *
Shangri-La Colombo- Lake view deluxe room
Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo presents a new level of luxury in the city. Located in the heart of the business and entertainment district, the hotel offers a various collection of guestrooms with stunning views of the Indian Ocean, Beira Lake or cityscape. The property has 4 innovative restaurants and bars, and it is Colombo’s largest and stylish event space.
Set to be the city’s dining destination, Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo’s restaurants and bars include Capital Bar & Grill, presenting tasty steaks and seafood grills with a wide selection of whisky. Kaema Sutra is a new-age Sri Lankan bar and restaurant. Sapphyr Lounge is a place to meet with friends and family over simple indulgences. There is a Pool Bar overlooking the Indian Ocean and it is perfect for light refreshments. The hotel also offers direct access to the most extensive international shopping mall in Sri Lanka, Shangri-La’s own One Galle Face Mall.
Chi, The Spa is a place of personal peace and enchantment offering holistic therapies for the body, mind, and soul. The Health Club features state-of-the-art fitness equipment and personal trainers to ensure you stay true to your fitness regime when away from home.
Daily buffet breakfast and dinner are served at either Capital Bar & Grill or Kaema Sutra.
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Bougainvillea Retreat – Standard room
In the beautiful valley of Kandy, within the 500-acre Victoria Golf and Country Resort, Bougainvillea Retreat offers well-decorated guestrooms with free Wi-Fi. Overlooking Knuckles Mountain Range and Victoria Lake, the retreat also has an outdoor pool, an outdoor spa, and a small cinema.
All rooms feature a private terrace with views, as well as air conditioning. Enjoy a good night’s rest with comfortable Scandinavian bed linens. The en suite bathroom has hot water showers.
Surrounded by tamarind and palm trees, Bougainvillea Retreat is a 45-minute drive from east Kandy. Bandaranaike International Airport is a 4-hour drive away.
For wellness and relaxation, the retreat offers yoga sessions, massage treatments, and a hot tub at its spa, as well as leisurely horse riding. Guests can also go trekking, play golf or enjoy bird watching.
St.Andrews Hotel- Superior Room
High above the coastal plains of Sri Lanka, mountain clouds rest upon a blanket of tea plantations. It was in these very highlands where the colonial British retreated for cooler climes, and built empires from hill stations that became their adopted home. A timeless favourite has always been the city of Nuwara Eliya – a city so nostalgic, that it has since earned the nickname of ‘Little England’.
Set apart from Nuwara Eliya hotels, our hill country home of hospitality lives up to the city’s historical moniker in all forms. As a restored Georgian style country mansion, we invite you to step back in time and indulge in all the pleasures of upcountry luxury – as did the English of yore, but now, with a contemporary Sri Lankan touch.
Shangri-La Hambantota- Deluxe Room
Overlooking the pristine southern coast of Sri Lanka, Shangri-La’s Hambantota Golf Resort and Spa is located along the ancient Spice Route in a city steeped in rich history. The resort is home to an 18-hole golf course, an expansive spa and a village that celebrates local Artisans. It also features state of the art fitness facilities, a 30 yards lap pool plus an additional freeform pool, and retail facilities.
Shangri-La’s signature CHI, The Spa, is a place of personal peace and well-being that features exceptional Chinese and ayurvedic treatments. A 24 hour front desk for all guest inquiries is available for the discerning traveler.
Rich and tasteful furnishings have been carefully curated to complement the surrounding natural beauty and local culture. Flat screen TV’s with cable channels, complimentary broadband internet and wifi access is offered in all rooms. A glass-enclosed shower, deep soaking tub, designer bath amenities, plush linens and extra-large towel for your comfort is also provided.
The resort offers guests a variety of exquisite dishes. A Sri Lankan restaurant, Bojun Hala; and Sera, which is inspired by the famous hawker stalls of Southeast Asia. Gimanhala and Ulpatha, provide a fine selection of refreshments throughout the day.
Fort Printers hotel- Church suite
Designed for both business and leisure travel, The Fort Printers Hotel is ideally situated in Galle Fort; one of the city’s most popular locales. The excitement of the city center is only 3 km away. With its convenient location, the hotel offers easy access to the city’s must-see destinations.
The Fort Printers Hotel also offers many facilities to enrich your stay in Galle. Guests of the hotel can enjoy on-site features like 24-hour room service, free Wi-Fi in all rooms, 24-hour front desk, express check-in/check-out, luggage storage.
All guest accommodations feature thoughtful amenities to ensure an unparalleled sense of comfort. The hotel’s outdoor pool, massage are ideal places to relax and unwind after a busy day. Superb facilities and an excellent location make the The Fort Printers Hotel the perfect base from which to enjoy your stay in Galle.
Accommodations are subject to change depending on availability; if advertised hotel is not available, a similar hotel will be confirmed.
