The travel section of the Guardian last Saturday published an excellent article by travel journalist Ben Tarring about his family visit to Sri Lanka. I thought it was an excellent piece and we were proud to have been involved in suggesting and planning the trip. Have a read: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/aug/26/sri-lanka-family-knuckles-mountains.
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Posts Tagged ‘Sam Clark’
Experience Travel Organise Guardian Trip to Sri Lanka
31 August 2011 by Sam Clark
Why you need to book a holiday in Sri Lanka with your family!
17 August 2011 by Sam Clark
This is an ad for a competitor – not quite sure who they are or what they do, but they certainly can put an advert together!
I could not have put it better myself (or indeed anywhere near as well) – this is exactly what you can get from booking a holiday through us in Sri Lanka! The villas and hill country ‘bungalows’, fully staffed and fully luxurious, for me, make the best possible base for a family holiday. Add to that some activitiy and adventure in a safari camp such as Kulu Safaris or an eco lodge such as The Mudhouse and you have a real holiday of lifetime for the whole family… Contact us for a holiday with family and/or friends in Sri Lanka.
However, many thanks to Inspirato Epipheo for a brilliant video – whoever you are!
Vietnam Airlines to fly direct to Hanoi and Saigon
13 July 2011 by Sam Clark
Yes: it’s true. Finally there will be a direct flight from UK to Vietnam – Gatwick to be precise from the 8th December this year. There will be 2 direct flights a week to Hanoi and 2 to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh). It is old news now – but the fares are not quite available to book, but get in there ahead and talk to us now about your holiday in Vietnam.
England Cricket Tour of Sri Lanka 2012
6 July 2011 by Sam Clark
The dates are in and the England Cricket Team are playing Test Matches: England v Sri Lanka in Galle between 26th and 30th March and in Colombo 2nd and 6th April.
We can pretty much guarantee now that there will not be a room free within an hour of Galle during those dates. There are just not enough rooms to accommodate all the people who will want to watch cricket in one of the world’s most exotic Test match venues. It’s going to be good – but please get in touch with us NOW if you want to get one of our tours booked. (more…)
Experience Travel’s top 5 hotels in Vietnam:
16 June 2011 by Sam Clark
Experience Travel’s top 5 hotels in Vietnam:
Vietnam is a funny place for hotels. There is nothing like the variety of Thailand or even Cambodia and the vestiges of state ownership still affect the feel and design of many hotels. A sort of undynamic fustiness still pervades some of Vietnam’s more venerable institutions!
Like everything in Vietnam though, the quality of hotels is changing fast and there are some very dynamic and really great hotels around now. There are more on the way too. Here are 5 of the best that I saw on my recent (very busy) fact finding mission!
In no particular order, these 5 deserve a mention!
Two new restaurant options in Danang
4 October 2010 by Sam Clark
Word reaches of two interesting sounding restaurant openings in Hoi An/Danang – already something of a foodie mecca.
First is the Waterfront Restaurant in Danang – from the owners of the FANTASTIC Red Bridge Restaurant and Cooking School in Hoi An. We can easily incorporate lunch here into one of trips to My Son, the Marble Mountains or a the trip to the’wonderful Cham Museum in Danang. (more…)
New luxury hotel to open in Luang Prabang
22 September 2010 by Sam Clark
The Alila Hotel and Resorts Group are opening a new hotel in Luang Prabang: the Alila Luang Prabang.
With the tight building restrictions operating within the boundaries of the old town, new builds are impossible and so new central hotels have to be cunning. Amantaka was built by converting the old Luang Prabang hospital and Alila have gone one better by converting by the prison. I haven’t seen it yet, but judging by the pictures it seems the old watch tower has been turned into an interesting feature… Moreover, I hear the views of the river and the surrounding countryside will be lovely from the whole hotel – not just the watchtower…
Alila already’own one resort in town, Les 3 Nagas, which is very popular among our younger clientel and those on the look out for the unusual and the quirky in a hotel.
For now though, Amantaka is still the leader of the pack in Luang Prabang and Experience Travel have ultra competitive rates so ask us to include it in your Laos Holiday.
The Horton Plains Slender Loris
19 July 2010 by Sam Clark
Listening to the Today Programme on the BBC this morning I heard an interesting snippet on Sri Lanka – namely that the Horton Plains Slender Loris, presumed extinct, has been found and caught on camera.
Apparently she has been missing in action since 1937 when the last confirmed sighting was made – though someone (presumably now feeling fairly smug) said they saw one in 2002. (more…)
We salute Murali
15 July 2010 by Sam Clark
The legend that is Muttiah ‘Murali’ Muralitharan plays his last test this weekend – at Galle against India.’ We at Experience Travel salute one of the greatest players that has ever played the game.
There is a great article here from Steve James in The Telegraph if you ever wondered what it felt like facing him..
England V Sri Lanka 2012 Cricket Tours Sri Lanka.
Villas in Sri Lanka
28 November 2009 by Sam Clark
The villa concept in Sri Lanka is much misunderstood and so it’s a theme I come back to – in the (probably) vain hope that someone might read this blog and help get the following messages out.
1: Villas are a wonderful option for staying in Sri Lanka, both for couples looking for luxury and privacy at a reasonable cost and for families looking for comfort and value.
2: Villas in Sri Lanka are generally not cheap and they are not basic self catering units as you get in the west.
3: Villas in Sri Lanka are great value.
I’ll deal with point 2 first. We at Experience Sri Lanka spend much of our time explaining that villas in Sri Lanka are not like cheap European/Australian/US villas/self catering units, that you cannot get them without staff and that you will pay a fairly decent rate, even for the most basic.
There are several reasons why the villas are not cheap:
