THE 5 MUST-SEE-LEARNING DESTINATIONS
January 26th, 2012 | 
Author: People also talk about “THE 5 THINGS YOU MUST DO BEFORE YOU DIE”, but as a scholar, that’s the last thing on your mind. So what then? Well, do a school tour with Travel and Sport found out more about the “5 must-see-learning destinations” while having fun at the same time.
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Art in France
Visit the following sights in Paris: Louvre Museum, Eiffel Tower, Musee d’Orsay, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, Champs Elysees, Sacre Coeur and for fun, visit Euro Disney.
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History in Rome
Visit the Colosseum, jump the Spanish Steps, stand in awe at the Roman Forum and also visit the Trevi Fountain, Vatican museums, St. Peter’s Cathedral and the Pantheon.
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History in Prague
Visit the Charles Bridge, Prague Castle, the Astronomical Clock, Old Town Square and the St. Vitus Cathedral. Tip: take a few Rand extra to buy your mom Swarovski crystals at an affordable price.
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Drama and Culture in London
You will never get enough of this busy city, but the following sight is a good way to start: British Museum, Harrods, the Tower of London, Madame Tussauds, Hampton Court Palace, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre play and workshop, full day London theatre workshop, West End shows.
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History in Moscow
All the time in the world is not enough for Moscow, but see the following highlights in 3 days: Red Square, St Basil’s Cathedral, Lenin’s Mausoleum, History tour museum, Kazan Cathedral, Monument to Peter the Great, Observatory Platform of the University, Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery, the Hill of Glory with the Museum of Great Patriotic War, the Kremlin with Armory Chamber, Palace of Congress, Cathedral Square with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower, the Faberge Eggs, Tsar Bell, Alexander Gardens with the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Kilometer 0, KGB Museum and the Arbat shopping square.
Adri
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School tours 2012
The team at Travel & Sport is very excited about all the wonderful academic and sport tours taking place during 2012! We also look forward to seeing all our valued clients in the next couple of weeks as we move into the first term of the academic year!
Alex
Bloemhof Girls High
Another fantastic tour to Europe awaits you in 2 months time (Netherlands, Spain and Portugal) – Enjoy your last bit of preparation before leaving, I know you’ll have a great tour with your great teachers.
Leon
Oakhill High School, George
They’ll tour with Travel and Sport this March to Spain on an Art & Hockey tour. You guys are so lucky to have brilliant, caring teachers and parents. This will be an awesome experience. Be ready for it, March is just around the corner!
Leon
Matriekuitslae
‘n Baie baie groot geluk aan al ons Wes-, Suid- en Noordkaap skole wat so uitstekend gevaar het met die matriek resultate!! Julle is voorwaar briljant en verdien om bo aan die lys te wees. Baie geluk aan al die skoolhoofde en hul personeel, wie se harde werk nou beloon is, sonder julle sou dit nie dieselfde kon wees nie.
Nogmaals baie geluk en sterkte vir 2012!
Aan almal wat geskryf het – well done guys, julle is super cool! Die nuwe verantwoordelikhede van klaar wees met skool gaan sommer maklik wees – onthou net wat jy geleer het en hou jou voete op die grond en jou oe in die lug!
Leon
Barra Lodge Mozambique
The Travel and Sport team had a fabulous breakaway just before Christmas 2011. The whole team, including a few partners, flew to Inhambane in Mozambique. Inhambane is just over 1000km from Johannesburg and 680 km from Nelspruit – which is near the Kruger National Park.
Mozambique was traditionally a Portuguese colony and was affected by war between 1977 and 1992. Today this country is known by holiday makers and specifically divers.
Barra Lodge is one of many lodges on the Mozambique coast and was the destination of Travel and Sport’s incentive for 2011. It is indeed a supreme reward for organising professional school sport and school cultural tours.
The LM Air aircraft flew about 2 hours from Johannesburg to Inhambane International Airport. Definitely not on the standard of international airports we are used to but we enjoyed a quick and easy arrival.
The Barra Lodge staff loaded our luggage and about 40 minutes later we arrived at the lodge. Rooms are basic but spacious and clean with fans and mosquito nets over double beds. There is the option to upgrade to more luxurious rooms overlooking the ocean and which boasts air conditioning.
The lodge has a bar with free wi-fi, dinner/breakfast hall which overlooks the pool and a beach bar with stunning views over the ocean. The waters of the Mozambique coast are warm and relatively calm. There are however no life guards and no shark nets!
Various activities are available including SCUBA diving and the sea safari. There is a dive centre about 500m from the beach bar where you can hire all SCUBA gear. The sea safari, which is basically a high speed game drive, can be booked from here. The price of the safari includes masks, flippers and wet suites.
The Travel and Sport staff enjoyed a sea safari and both groups saw whale sharks and dolphins. Sting rays are also not uncommon but we were not s lucky. A whale shark can become over 30m long!
Image from: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/whale-shark/
Thanks for a great week guys! Good luck for 2012!
Reddam House school tour to China
Reddam House Bedfordview’s tour to China & Vietnam2012 is underway! Reddam House has chosen a wonderful itinerary for their international school tour comprising 11 nights/14 days. They will be visiting Beijing, Shanghai, Hanoi, Halong bay, Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong Delta! The tour is packed with exciting excursions!
Thanks
Alex Teichmann
New Egypt Project
Over the last few years the Egypt Project has been Travel and Sports best seller, it was a brilliant tour that took schools from Cairo, Aswan and Luxor. Almost all the meals were included and Egypt has some of the best attractions to over, The Giza Pyramids, The Sphinx and many more. Now Travel and Sport has added two nights to this tour to make it even more incredible, we are now going to spend time at the Red Sea, so those who have Scuba qualifications be ready for a thrilling experience. Make sure you check out our website for comments and itinerary of the old Egypt Project also keep an eye out for the new improved version.
HOËRSKOOL PIETERSBURG AFRIKAANS TOUR TO GERMANY, BELGIUM, AMSTERDAM
MARCH / APRIL 2012
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DAY 1 : 30 MARCH 2012 |
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Johannesburg to Munich (South Africa to Germany) |
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Evening |
The day has finally arrived!
One of our friendly Travel & Sport members will meet and assist you at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg from where you will be departing to Munich, Germany.
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DAY 2: 31 MARCH 2012 |
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Munich (Germany) |
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Breakfast / Morning |
Welcome to Munich!
Once you have arrived in Munich, your coach driver, will wait for you at the arrival gate with a “Pietersburg” sign and a warm welcome.
After meeting your coach driver, transfer to the hotel to check-in. Check in at the Comfort Hotel München Ost. |
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Afternoon |
Depart to the starting point of your bicycle sightseeing of Munich, which will include the famous Beer Gardens. The coach will drop you off at Herrnstraße / Thomas-Wimmer-Ring where you will be met by your guide from “Mike’s Bike Tour”. From here start your sightseeing tour of Munich.
After your tour walk 5 minutes to Hofbrauhuas for dinner. |
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Evening/ Dinner |
Evening at leisure and dinner at Hofbrauhuas “Festsaal”.
Enjoy the traditional Bavarian music while having a delicious meal. |
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Overnight |
3* Comfort Hotel München Ost |
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DAY 3: 1 APRIL2012 |
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Munich to Strasbourg (Germany to Switzerland) |
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Breakfast/Morning |
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel.
You will travel via Oberammergau (only stop here if time allows) Arrival at Hohenschwangau at the visitor centre near the bus parking. 30 to 40 min walk to Castle (road only suitable for horse carts) Meet your guide at the entrance of the castle for your guided tour of the Neuschwanstein Castle.
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Afternoon |
Meet the coach and transfer to Strasbourg |
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Evening/Dinner |
Evening at leisure and dinner at the Strasbourg Youth Hostel. |
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Overnight |
Strasbourg Youth Hostel. |
Time at gift shops, restaurants for lunch and walk back to coach parking.
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DAY 4: 2 APRIL 2012 |
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Strasbourg – Europa Theme Park (Switzerland to France) |
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Breakfast / Morning |
Departure to Europa Theme Park. Straße 2, 77977 Rust, Germany. (Approximately 1 hour drive).
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Afternoon |
Lunch at the park (own expense). |
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Evening/Dinner |
Evening at leisure and dinner at the Strasbourg Youth Hostel |
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Overnight |
Strasbourg Youth Hostel |
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DAY 5: 3 APRIL 2012 |
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Strasbourg – Brussels (France to Belgium) |
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Breakfast / Morning |
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel.
Check out and take a 20 minute drive to Place de l’Étoile Meet you local guide at the Office de Tourisme for your visit to the Strasbourg Cathedral (entrance included).
Depart for 2 hour drive to Heidelberg.
Group to be dropped off at Neckarmünzplatz (Am Hackteufel) where you will meet your guide.
The group will take the train up to the Castle for a tour. There after they will take the train down again, take a short walk to the city centre with the guide to the University Refectory where they will have lunch at own expense (30 minutes). |
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Lunch |
After lunch transfer to Brussels (approx. 7.5hours drive with rest times). |
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Evening/Dinner |
Check in at the Brussels Youth Hostel |
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Overnight |
Brussels Youth Hostel |
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DAY 6: 4 APRIL 2012 |
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Brussels (Belgium) |
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After breakfast, you will go on a city tour of Brussels accompanied by a local guide. Visit the Lace and Tapestry Factories and shops at De Grote Markt 38 and Boter Straat 46.
Visit the inside of the Atomium. |
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Afternoon |
Lunch at the Atomium (not included).
Depart on city tour of Brussels on foot and coach with your local guide.
This tour also includes a visit to the Chocolaterie Zaabär (tasting included).
End tour at the Pieter Breughel Youth Hostel
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Evening/Dinner |
Evening and dinner at leisure at Brussels Youth Hostel |
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Overnight |
Brussels Youth Hostel |
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DAY 7: 5 APRIL 2012 |
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Brussels-Brugge (Belgium) |
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Breakfast / Morning |
Enjoy breakfast at leisure. Depart to Ypres for a visit to the World War Battlefields Cemetery.
This includes seeing the following sites:
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Afternoon |
Transfer to Brugge for a visit. Transfer to Gent where you will be staying for one night. Arrival in Gent |
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Evening/Dinner |
Dinner at leisure at Gent Youth Hostel |
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Overnight |
Gent Youth Hostel |
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Meet coach at hostel. Drive to the Atomium, Square de l’Atomium – 1020 Bruxelles.
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DAY 8: 6 APRIL 2012 |
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Gent-Amsterdam (Belgium to Netherlands) |
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After breakfast, check out of your accommodation and head towards Amsterdam via Antwerp, Delft and Den Haag. (5 to 6 hours driving time).
Outside visit of International Court of Justice in Den Haag (if time allows). Lunch and sightseeing in Den Haag. |
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Afternoon |
Depart for a visit to a traditional Cheese and Clog making factory in Amstelveen. Transfer back to the hostel for the evening
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Evening/Dinner |
Evening at leisure and dinner at the Amsterdam Youth Hostel |
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Overnight |
Amsterdam Youth Hostel, Zeeburg |
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DAY 9: 7 APRIL 20112 |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
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Breakfast / Morning |
After breakfast this morning the group will depart for a Canal cruise. |
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Lunch / Afternoon |
Guided walking tour of Amsterdam with a local guide. Highlights include:
Visit to the Anne Frank House, Prinsengracht 263-267. |
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Evening / Dinner |
Dinner at Amsterdam Youth Hostel Zeeburg. After dinner you are free to explore this beautiful town at night! |
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Overnight |
Amsterdam Youth Hostel, Zeeburg |
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DAY 10: 8 APRIL 2011 |
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Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
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Breakfast / Morning |
Breakfast at leisure.
Tour of the Rijksmuseum, Jan Luijkenstraat 1, 1071 CJ Amsterdam. |
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Lunch / Afternoon |
Enjoy a traditional bicycle ride around the Amsterdam dikes. |
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Evening / Dinner |
Dinner at Amsterdam Youth Hostel Zeeburg Highlights include:
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Overnight |
Amsterdam Youth Hostel, Zeeburg |
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DAY 11: 9 APRIL 2012 |
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Amsterdam –Johannesburg (Netherlands to South Africa) |
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Breakfast and then transfer to the airport for your return flight to Johannesburg. |
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Evening |
Arrive in at O.R Tambo this evening. |
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The old church
Wihan
Monument Hoërskool toer na Sri Lanka
Monument Hoërskool in Krugersdorp se onder 16 en 18 krekietspan is oppad na Sri Lanka om krieket te gaan speel. Ons hou duim vas en glo dat hulle Suid-Afrika se naam gaan hoog hou!
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DAY 1: Saturday, 3 December 2011 |
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Johannesburg – Doha |
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Evening |
The day has finally arrived!
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DAY 2: Sunday, 4 December 2011 |
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Doha – Colombo – Kandy |
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Welcome to Sri Lanka!
After arriving in Colombo, you will be met by your local tour assistant.
Transfer to Kandy, Sri Lanka’s beautiful Hill Capital, the last Kingdom Capital of the Sri Lanka’s royalty. |
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Evening/Dinner |
Dinner and evening at leisure. Optional visit to a Gem Lapidary & Slick shop in the evening (coach transfer included). Thereafter proceed to dinner at a local restaurant or back to the hotel for dinner at the hotel’s restaurant. |
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Overnight |
Suisse Hotel, 3* |
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DAY 3: Monday, 5 December 2011 |
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Kandy |
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After breakfast, leave for the Asgiriya Cricket Stadium for your 1st cricket match. |
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Packed lunch and limited refreshments at match. After the match transfer back to the hotel. |
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Dinner and evening at leisure. |
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Suisse Hotel, 3* |
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DAY 4: Tuesday, 6 December 2011 |
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Kandy – Sigiriya – Kandy |
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Breakfast.
After breakfast, leave for Sigiriya, situated in the cultural triangle of Sri Lanka.
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Lunch.
En route, visit a Spice Garden in Matale which grows spices and herbs used for Sri Lankan cuisine and medication. |
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See a typical Sri Lankal Cultural Show of drumming, dancing, music and fire walking followed by a visit to the most sacred place of the Buddhist world, the Dalada Maligawa – Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relics of the lord Buddha.
Dinner and evening at leisure. |
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Overnight |
Suisse Hotel, 3* |
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DAY 5: Wednesday, 7 December 2011 |
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Kandy – Pinnawala – Colombo |
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Breakfast.
After breakfast, leave for Pinnawala for a visit to the Elephant Orphanage.
Visit the Elephant Orphanage and see the daily routine and up keeping of baby elephants and other abandoned elephants. Bottle feeding of the baby elephants is definitely the highlight of this visit. |
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After lunch, leave for Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. |
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Check in at the Ramada Hotel in Colombo for the next 5 nights. |
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Ramada Hotel, 4* |
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DAY 6: Thursday, 8 December 2011 |
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Colombo |
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Breakfast
After breakfast leave for your 2nd match against local teams. |
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Pack lunch and limited refreshments at match (included).
After matches, transfer back to the hotel. |
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Dinner at the Cricket Club Cafe and evening at leisure. Coach will be available for transfers. |
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Overnight |
Ramada Hotel, 4* |
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DAY 7: Friday, 9 December 2011 |
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Colombo |
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Morning |
After breakfast, leave for Kithulgala where the group will participate in White Water Rafting on the Kelani River (included)
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Lunch at the Ceylon Adventure Sport restaurant I Kithulgala (included). |
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Dinner and evening at leisure. |
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Overnight |
Ramada Hotel, 4* |
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DAY 8: Saturday, 10 December 2011 |
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Colombo |
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Breakfast
After breakfast, leave for Campbell Park cricket grounds in Colombo for your 3rd match against local teams. |
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Pack lunch and limited refreshments at match (included). After the match, transfer back to the hotel. |
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Dinner (own expense) at the Raja Bojun Restaurant (300m from the hotel). Evening at leisure. |
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Overnight |
Ramada Hotel, 4* |
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DAY 9: Sunday, 11 December 2011 |
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Colombo |
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Morning |
Breakfast
After breakfast leave for your final match against local teams. |
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Afternoon |
Pack lunch and limited refreshments at match (included).
After the matches, transfer back to the hotel. |
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Evening/Dinner |
Dinner at Crescat Boulervard (500m from the hotel). Evening at leisure. |
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Ramada Hotel, 4* |
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One of our friendly Travel & Sport staff will meet and assist you at the OR Tambo International Airport from where you will be departing to Sri Lanka via Doha with Qatar Airways.
Climb the Sigiriya Rock which rises 200m above lush green jungles and is declared an UNESCO World Heritage site. On your climb up you could view the Mirror Wall, which still produces a glass-like reflection 1500 years after it was first created.
Breakfast
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DAY 10: Monday, 12 December 2011 |
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Colombo – Doha – Johannesburg |
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Morning |
Breakfast
After breakfast, you have the rest of the day at leisure to do some last minute shopping.
Leave for the airport to catch your flight back to South Africa with Qatar Airways.
Arrive at OR Tambo International Airport on the 13th of December with great memories from your tour! |
Adri Dreyer
