24 Jan 2023
A friend put us in touch with Nilan from Awesome Lanka Travels before our journey so that we could organise some transfers. After some great communication and recomendations it made sense and was better value to book Nilan as our driver and tour guide for the entire trip rather than for just individual transfers and day trips, so that's what we did!
Nilan's friendly personality combined with his vast experience and knowledge of Sri Lanka 'made' our holiday. He provided a comfortable vehicle for our group of four, nothing was ever too much trouble, he would make recommendations and then always be happy to work with our timings and choices.
We explored Bentota for 3 days which was more of a relaxed experience before completing a safari in Yala National Park where Nilan was our personal guide also and then heading to Galle for 6 days where Nilan had amazing local knowledge and showed us the best of Galle Fort and the surrounding areas. We finally headed to Columbo for a final day in Sri Lanka which rounded off our trip perfectly.
I would definitely return to Sri Lanka and consult Nilan from the very beginning of any hotel or flight bookings so that he could advise accordingly on the best places to stay and when depending on which sites you would like to visit, for example Sigiriya Rock which isn't the most accessible from the South.
Thank you again of making our trip so memorable!