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I absolutely love Nicky!
Stacey organised the trip and it was exactly what we had asked for and hoped it would be. Absolutely fantastic
Our trip went as planned and Malcolm was very helpful with all queries leading up to our departure. Will definitely use again.
Jason is absolutley epic at looking after us
Fantastic service from Ashley. Our holiday was just perfect.
Only comment was that the outward bound terminal had changed from Terminal 3 to 2, or something like that. Created slight inconvenience, but caused by the airline rather than you
Just excellent as always. Danny is always so helpful and available
Many thanks to Philip and his amazing team for organising and answering all our questions and concerns for our trip from the beginning. This company made us feel reassured. Highly recommend
Annabelle and her team did a great job for us. Everything went smoothly, thank you. I can also highly recommend Dusit Thani, Maldives. Fantastic holiday
Big thanks to Nick. Nothing too much trouble
Just carry on providing excellent service
Everything organised brilliantly
William and his team are great. Always go above and beyond
Thanks again Josh.
Jim has been very helpful
Will keep coming back to you. Roy always helpful.
A special thanks to Claire for being so helpful throughout the whole booking process
Philip is a great communicator and helped us book four tickets to Mauritius at a very reasonable price and short notice. I would recommend him.
You found us a good deal and were flexible in trying circumstances due to covid. Roray is a star!
Excellent flexibility and support during covid.
DialAFlight and Jonathan in particular are always reliable - we’ve been their clients for 20+ years. And given the current climate of uncertainty it is most reassuring to have a travel manager to oversee things.
Jordan once again sorted an amazing trip for us - highly, highly recommend him and DialAFlight
Brilliant service. Many thanks!
Only issue was the second room that didn’t have 2 Queen beds as requested but 1 King instead which wasn’t great for the kids at night…
Another cracking holiday arranged by Lloyd!
Really good service and excellent communication.
Many thanks Simon for your help in booking our trip. It was a great holiday and all went very smoothly
Fantastic service from Vinnie who helped us navigate this incredible trip in spite of all the covid rules and regulations in Mauritius, France and the UK. A total star. And I happily recommend DialAFlight and Vinnie to anyone and everyone!
Another fantastic holiday arranged by DAF. It really was perfect. A special thanks to Jeff.
Jenson is awesome - we had a fabulous time in Mauritius and loved the hotel. Thank you so much for accommodating all our requirements and changes with Covid. Transfers were perfect too.
A BIT OF HISTORY
In his 1891 book Palms And Pearls: Or Scenes In Ceylon, Alan Walters highlights a 14th century Icelandic work which names Paradise as an island off India 'studded with flowers', which he believes to be Ceylon, renamed Sri Lanka in 1972.
And French author Hugo Victor is believed to be referring to Sri Lanka when he writes: 'Paradise is a spot in the Orient productive of all kinds of woods and pomiferous trees: it contains the Tree of Life; there is neither cold nor heat but perpetual equable temperature.'
Arrival in Sri Lanka, with the chaos of Colombo airport and the surrounding roads, seemed some way from that early notion of Paradise.
But once you reach the areas of natural beauty, you'll see why the Paradise description is so apt. There are 26 national parks in Sri Lanka, each one teeming with wildlife. I stayed at the Uga Escapes resort of Chena Huts, in Yala National Park.
Cape Weligama beach sunset
A PLACE TO RELAX
The hotel is intimate, with just 14 luxury suites, and they're spread out to ensure maximum privacy.
A sign on the path to the hotel declared that an elephant had last been sighted here just three days before.
One lunchtime, we were enjoying a watermelon martini at the bar when four monkeys sat down just yards away. And on another occasion, we wandered down to the sandbanks below the resort and heard a huge crash. Turning around slowly, we came face to face with an elephant. He was unfazed, but we were overcome with emotion. It was one of the best moments of my life.
You might think that the staff would
become blasé about living so close to wildlife, but they delighted in showing
us photos of leopards, crocodiles, wild boars and elephants which had all meandered
into the hotel grounds. The private suites at Chena Huts are similar to safari
lodges: vintage camping lamps, a freestanding bath, a huge bed, colonial style
rugs and - a safari essential - Nespresso machine.
Dinner overlooking the see at Cape Weligama's dining pavilion
There's a plunge pool in the garden of each suite, too - as well as an enormous, lagoon-like pool moments away.
Meals and alcohol are inclusive and you can turn up to eat at any time. And once you've tasted the Sri Lankan fish curry, you'll want to sign up for the cookery classes offered by the head chef.
At 6.30am every day you can set off on a safari tour of the park (or at 3.30pm, though morning gives you a better chance of leopard sightings). Driving through the park, you'll suddenly come to a clearing which looks as if you've been transported to Africa, with huge lakes covered with water hyacinths, and mountains looming in the background.
We saw toucans, elephants, leopards,
monkeys and water buffalo - a fabulous experience.
Try some delicious Sri Lankan village style food
Following our stay at Chena, we set off on a three-hour drive to Weligama, a popular surfing beach on the south coast. Here we stayed at Cape Weligama resort, perched on a clifftop.
The resort has an activities centre where you can take out surfboards, snorkels and paddleboards. There are also scuba-diving courses. I was happier sitting by the Moon Pool - an infinity pool fringed with palm trees where you can watch the surfers bobbing like buoys, waiting for the next big wave.
Rent a bike and start your day with some cycling at Cape Weligama
A VISIT TO GALLE
The nearby town of Galle is one of the most distinctive on the island. It features a 16th century fort built by the Portuguese. We had tea at the Galle Fort Hotel, the most chic destination on the coast.
Back in Colombo,Residence, another Uga Escapes hotel, is the
perfect sanctuary. It's a ten-minute walk from the Town Hall and near the
Gangaramaya Temple, so ideal for sightseeing. We sat by the hotel pool sipping
a gin and tonic and plotted how to return to Paradise as soon as
possible.
Amazingly, it is simple old-fashioned service that sets us apart from other travel firms. And yes, we really do answer the phone within 5 seconds!
Check out the reviews on Trustpilot and the word ‘service’ appears again and again. And you’ll find many reviews from customers saying they wasted hours trying to plan a holiday themselves before calling us - often on the advice of a friend - only to find we could offer numerous options not available online, which also saved them money.
Our team of 300 travel managers has been arranging tailor-made holidays for over 40 years and we believe no one does it better. Judge for yourself.
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