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      • Sri Lanka, Jan 9 - 24, 2019 — FULL, WAITING LIST ONLY
      • Ardh (Half) Kumbh Mela, with pre-tour at Varanasi, Jan 27 - Feb 6, 2019 — FULL
      • Western Mongolia Winter Migration Recce Tour, Feb 15 - 27, 2019
      • Kashmir, March 4 - 15, 2019—FULL
      • Kolkata with Sikkim Tribes & Landscapes, March 19 - April 1, 2019—1 SPOT OPEN
      • Sicilia Sconosciuto (Undiscoverd), April 10 - 22, 2019 — 2 SPOTS OPEN
      • Puglia: Roadtrip around the Hidden Heel of Italy, May 7 - 21, 2019 — FULL
      • Puglia: Roadtrip around the Hidden Heel of Italy, May 23 - June 6, 2019 — FULL
      • The Kimberley: Australia's Last Frontier, July 16 - 30, 2019 — FULL >
        • Dampier Peninsula—Horizontal Falls & Cape Leveque, 30 Jul - 1 Aug, 2019 — FULL
        • Kakadu & the Top End, Aug 1 - 6, 2019 — FULL
      • Highlands of Iceland, Aug 18 - 28, 2019 — FULL
      • Tibet: Landscapes & Cultures, 5 - 18 Sept, 2019
      • Tasmanian Landscapes, Oct 12 - 26, 2019, 1 SPOT OPEN
      • Bangladesh Photo Expedition, 6 - 17 Nov, 2019—1 SPOT OPEN
      • Essential Morocco, Nov 27 - Dec 10, 2017 — FULL
    • 2020 >
      • Sri Lanka, Jan, 2020 — INTEREST LIST
      • Slow Safari: Tigers of Ranthambore, Jan 5 - 15, 2020
      • Dubai, Oman & Jordan, 16 - 27 Feb, 2020
      • Slow Safari: Tanzania, Feb 29 - Mar 13, 2020
      • Argentina: Vision & Vine, 3 - 13 Mar, 2020 >
        • Argentina: Iguazu, 14 - 17 Mar, 2020
      • Cyprus & Malta: An Exploratory Tour, 3 - 13 April, 2020 >
        • Malta, 13 - 20 April, 2020
      • Old World Poland – Photo Tour, May 14 - 25, 2020
      • Slow Safari: Namibia Wild & Land, June 17 - July 6, 2020
      • Essential Balkans: Serbia & Macedonia, 18 Aug - 2 Sept, 2020—8 SPOTS OPEN
      • The Silk Road: Xi'an - Kashgar, Sept 17 - 30, 2020 >
        • Pamir Highway, Takikistan, Sept 30 - Oct 11, 2020
      • Essential Bulgaria, October 13 - 27, 2020
      • Bald Eagles of the Chilkat Eagle Reserve, Haines, Alaska, Nov 11 - 18, 2020
      • Slow Safari: Botswana, Dec 1 - 12, 2020
    • 2021 >
      • Sri Lanka, Jan, 2021 — INTEREST LIST
    • 2022 >
      • Haridwar Maha Kumbh Mela, Feb 2022— INTEREST LIST
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      • Backroads of Rajasthan, Jan 11 - 24, 2018
      • Iceland Winter Tour, Feb 2 - 12, 2018
      • Ancient Persia: Modern Iran, 1 - 14 Mar, 2018
    • 2017 >
      • Eastern Cuba, Jan 2017
      • Holi, March 2017
      • Sicily—Hill Towns & Easter Pilgrims, April 2017
      • Stans, May 2017
      • Lake District, June 2017
      • Donegal & Beyond—North & North West Ireland, June 2017
      • Baltic States—Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania, July 2017
      • Introduction to Armenia—A pre-tour Journey, Aug 2017
      • Hidden Corners of Georgia, Aug 2017
      • Puglia—the Hidden Heel of Italy, Sept 2017
      • Romania, Oct 2017
      • Varanasi & Chhath Puja, Oct 2017
      • Kushti Wrestlers, Oct 2017
      • South India: Colour and Contrast, Oct - Nov, 2017
      • Essential Morocco, Nov 27 - Dec 10, 2017
    • 2016 >
      • Botswana, Dec 2016
      • Stans Scouting Tour, Nov 2016
      • Gujarat, Oct 2016
      • Western Mongolia & Golden Eagle Festival, Sept 2016
      • Ultimate Adriatic, Sept 2016
      • Georgia Inspection Trip, Aug 2016
      • Romania, June & July, 2016
      • Sardinia Scouting Trip, May 2016
      • Golden Triangle & White Towns of Andalucía, May 2016
      • Kumbh Mela Ujjain, April 2016
      • Holy Week, Antigua Guatemala, March 2016
      • Ancient Persia : Modern Iran, March 2016
      • Iceland Winter Tour: Northern Lights, Frozen Waterfalls & Winter Landscapes, February 2016
      • Backroads of Rajasthan, January 2016
    • 2015 >
      • Simien Mountains and Tribal Life of the Omo Valley, Oct/Nov, 2015
      • Burma Tribes, Oct 2015
      • Romania Scouting Tour, Sept 2015
      • Namibia Full Circle, Aug 2015
      • Kashmir & Ladakh, July 2015
      • Agra, June 2015
      • Vietnam & Cambodia, June 2015
      • Eastern Cuba, April 2015
      • Sicily, March 2015
      • Agra, Holi & Jaipur, Mar 2015
      • Bhutan, Feb 2015
      • Nepal, Feb 2015
      • Gujarat, Jan 2015
    • 2014 >
      • Cuba, Dec 2014
      • New Zealand, Nov 2014
      • Mongolia Eagle Festival, October 2014
      • Ethiopia, Sept 2014
      • Namaqualand, August 2014
      • Namibia Full Circle, August 2014
      • Iceland, July 2014
      • Kashmir, June 2014
      • Southern Spain, May 2014
      • Slovenia, May 2014
      • Morocco, April 2014
      • Cuba P2P Tour, March 2014
      • Southern India, February 2014
      • Socotra & Yemen, January 2014
    • 2013 >
      • Cuba, January 2013
      • Kumbh Mela, Feb 2013
      • Japan, February 2013
      • Cuba, April 2013
      • Namibia, May 2013
      • Namibia, June 2013
      • Zimbabwe, June 2013
      • Sicily, September 2013
      • Umbria, September 2013
      • Ethiopia, September 2013
      • India, October 2013
      • Cuba December 2013
    • 2012 >
      • Japan Feb 2012
      • Platte River, March 2012
      • San Miguel, March 2012
      • Sacred Sites, April 2012
      • Santa Clara Ranch, May 2012
      • Aguascalientes, May 2012
      • Ladakh, June 2012
      • Cartagena Colombia, Aug 2012
      • Croatia & Slovenia, Sept 2012
      • Sicily, September 2012
      • Guatemala Highlands, October 2012
      • Burma, December 2012
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Sri Lanka: lifestyle, Culture & Landscapes

with jeremy woodhousE 
Jan 2020 — 8 SPOTs OPEN
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Sri Lanka: Culture & Landscapes, Jan 2020 

With Jeremy Woodhouse
(16 days – 15 nights)
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Bringing in the Catch, Galle
Sri Lanka has seduced travellers for centuries. Marco Polo described it as the finest island of its size in the world, while successive waves of Indian, Arab and European traders and adventurers flocked to its palm-fringed shores, attracted by reports of rare spices, precious stones and magnificent elephants. Poised just above the Equator amid the balmy waters of the Indian Ocean, the island’s legendary reputation for natural beauty and plenty has inspired an almost magical regard even in those who have never visited the place. Romantically inclined geographers, poring over maps of the island, compared its outline to a teardrop falling from the tip of India or to the shape of a pearl (the less impressionable Dutch likened it to a leg of ham), while even the name given to the island by early Arab traders – Serendib – gave rise to the English word “serendipity”.

Marco Polo’s bold claim still holds true. Sri Lanka packs an extraordinary variety of places to visit within its modest physical dimensions, and few islands of comparable size can boast a natural environment of such beauty and diversity. Lapped by the Indian Ocean, the coast is fringed with idyllic – and often refreshingly undeveloped – beaches, while the interior boasts a compelling variety of landscapes ranging from wildlife-rich lowland jungles, home to extensive populations of elephants, leopards and rare endemic bird species, to the misty heights of the hill country, swathed in immaculately manicured tea plantations. Nor does the island lack in man-made attractions. Sri Lanka boasts more than two thousand years of recorded history, and the remarkable achievements of the early Sinhalese civilization can still be seen in the sequence of ruined cities and great religious monuments that litter the northern plains.

The glories of this early Buddhist civilization continue to provide a benchmark of national identity for the island’s Sinhalese population, while Sri Lanka’s historic role as the world’s oldest stronghold of Theravada Buddhism lends it a unique cultural identity that permeates life at every level. There’s more to Sri Lanka than just Buddhists, however. The island’s geographical position at one of the most important staging posts of Indian Ocean trade laid it open to a uniquely wide range of influences, as generations of Arab, Malay, Portuguese, Dutch and British settlers subtly transformed its culture, architecture and cuisine, while the long-established Tamil population in the north have established a vibrant Hindu culture that owes more to India than to the Sinhalese south.

It is, however, this very diversity that has long threatened to tear the country apart. For much of the past three decades the island was the site of one of Asia’s most pernicious civil wars, as the Sri Lankan Army and the LTTE, or Tamil Tigers, battled it out in the island’s north and east, until the final victory of government forces in early 2009. The island is now experiencing peace for the first time in a generation, and although the physical, political and human scars of war remain raw in many places, most Sri Lankans are now once again looking to the future with guarded optimism.
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Sigiriya Rock from the Summit of Pidurangala Rock at Sunset

Itinerary at a Glance
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Daily Itinerary
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Buddhist Monks Wrapping the Colours of the Buddhist Flag around Thuparama Dagoba during Full Moon Poya Day
Arrival & Departure 

​Arrival & Meeting Place 
Jetwing Blue Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Date: Day 1
  • Suggested arrival time: by 3:00 pm
  • Suggested Arrival Airport: Colombo (Bandaranaike) Airport (airport code CMB)
  • A complimentary transfer is provided from the Colombo (Bandaranaike) Airport to the Jetwing Sea Beach Resort. A Epic/Pixelchrome Phototours representative will meet you outside the customs area and will be holding a Epic/Pixelchrome Phototours sign with your name on it.
  • A Welcome Dinner and orientation meeting will take place in the evening of Day 1.
  • If you have booked extra services for early arrival, a voucher for your transfer and extra hotel nights will be sent with your final documents.​
Please Note: Many flights arrive in Colombo in the morning between 1:00 am to 6:00 am. Early check-in is available and your room will be ready for check-in no matter what time you arrive on Day 1.

Departure 
Hotel Fortaleza, Galle, Sri Lanka
  • Date: Day 16
  • Suggested departure time: anytime 
  • Suggested Airport for Departure: Colombo (Bandaranaike) Airport, Sri Lanka (airport code CMB) 
  • On Day 15 Epic/Pixelchrome Phototours will provide a complimentary departure transfer from the group hotel in Galle to the Colombo airport. This transfer can take three hours.

Weather 
Sri Lanka has a tropical climate with high humidity, tempered by sea breezes on the coast. The average temperature is about 81°F. In the highlands in places like Nuwara Eliya, it is in the 60s during the day and can get very cold at night, with lows in the 40s, so you’ll need a sweater.
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Sri Lanka has two monsoon seasons. The southwest part of the island gets a monsoon between May and July while the northeast monsoon is December and January. Humidity is high year round and you can expect some rain showers most days. ​​
Find more about Weather in Colombo, SB
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Trip Details
Tour dates: Jan 2020
Cost: $TBA
Tour Deposit: $1,000
Single Supplement: $TBA
Charter flight to Jaffna: Approx $390
Max Group Size: 8 
8 SPOTS OPEN
Photographer: Jeremy Woodhouse
Please fill in the registration form before sending your deposit
Pay the your deposit
Highlights
  • Highlights of the cultural triangle, Kandy, a Tea plantation, Galle, southern beach areas/fishing villages, markets, craft villages, iconic homes, and special photo shoots like the early AM fishing boats coming in with their catch, to name just a few
  • Fly to Jaffna which is experiencing a tourism boom after isolation during the 26 year civil war
  • Explore Anuradhapura, where Buddhist shrines date to the 3rd century BC, colonial Nuwara Eliya, and the Buddhist cave temples of Dambulla 
  • Driving is kept at a minimum, where ever possible
  • Ride on a train through breathtaking scenery
  • Hotels – a nice mix of smaller properties, and some larger hotels. Some of the smaller hotels offer a limited number of rooms, therefore, where we could not find one that would fit your needs, then we offer a larger hotel
  • Transport in a 33-seat air conditioned coach with room for luggage
  • Meals – Breakfasts and dinners are included (lunch will be on your own unless where shown on the itinerary)
  • Total of 15 days (15 nights)
Tour Fee Includes
  • Entrance fees of the scenic spots as listed in the itinerary
  • Activities as listed in the itinerary
  • Accommodations: Rooms based on twin or double sharing with double bed or a queen size bed
  • Accompanying English speaking guide 
  • Meeting and assistance by our representative on arrival/departure at Airport/hotel. *Please note that our representative in each city or area will not fly/drive with you from one city to another
  • Private Transfers between airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in each city or area by private air- conditioned vehicle with driver
  • A/C Vehicle
  • Drinking water: 2 bottles of mineral water per person per day in the car.

Tour Fee Does not Include
  • Travel insurance. Highly recommend to take your own insurance on or before paying us
  • Flight/Accommodation/Sightseeing not listed in the itinerary
  • Visa Fee—Sri Lanka visa: Visa is requested to be obtained before your arrival. Please make sure that you have got your valid passport and visa before your entry to Sri Lanka 
  • Tipping: tips to guides, drivers, bellboys, etc. You can pay more or less depending on their services. As appreciation to the guide and driver, we highly recommend $3-5USD per person per day to the driver and $6-10USD per person per day to the guide. Not necessary tip to our airport representatives but first arrival from your region, which are often wee hours, so we suggest $2USD for thanks
  • Personal expenses such as room service, internet charge, laundry, drink, fax, telephone call, camera fee in monuments, etc
  • Optional activities
  • Excess Baggage Charges. 
Paying by check
If you would like to pay your deposit  and/or balance with a check, please make the check payable to: Pixelchrome, Inc and mail it to:

Nicole Woodhouse
Pixelchrome, Inc, 
605 Rouen Drive, 
McKinney TX 75070

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    • Catalogue at a Glance
    • 2019 >
      • Sri Lanka, Jan 9 - 24, 2019 — FULL, WAITING LIST ONLY
      • Ardh (Half) Kumbh Mela, with pre-tour at Varanasi, Jan 27 - Feb 6, 2019 — FULL
      • Western Mongolia Winter Migration Recce Tour, Feb 15 - 27, 2019
      • Kashmir, March 4 - 15, 2019—FULL
      • Kolkata with Sikkim Tribes & Landscapes, March 19 - April 1, 2019—1 SPOT OPEN
      • Sicilia Sconosciuto (Undiscoverd), April 10 - 22, 2019 — 2 SPOTS OPEN
      • Puglia: Roadtrip around the Hidden Heel of Italy, May 7 - 21, 2019 — FULL
      • Puglia: Roadtrip around the Hidden Heel of Italy, May 23 - June 6, 2019 — FULL
      • The Kimberley: Australia's Last Frontier, July 16 - 30, 2019 — FULL >
        • Dampier Peninsula—Horizontal Falls & Cape Leveque, 30 Jul - 1 Aug, 2019 — FULL
        • Kakadu & the Top End, Aug 1 - 6, 2019 — FULL
      • Highlands of Iceland, Aug 18 - 28, 2019 — FULL
      • Tibet: Landscapes & Cultures, 5 - 18 Sept, 2019
      • Tasmanian Landscapes, Oct 12 - 26, 2019, 1 SPOT OPEN
      • Bangladesh Photo Expedition, 6 - 17 Nov, 2019—1 SPOT OPEN
      • Essential Morocco, Nov 27 - Dec 10, 2017 — FULL
    • 2020 >
      • Sri Lanka, Jan, 2020 — INTEREST LIST
      • Slow Safari: Tigers of Ranthambore, Jan 5 - 15, 2020
      • Dubai, Oman & Jordan, 16 - 27 Feb, 2020
      • Slow Safari: Tanzania, Feb 29 - Mar 13, 2020
      • Argentina: Vision & Vine, 3 - 13 Mar, 2020 >
        • Argentina: Iguazu, 14 - 17 Mar, 2020
      • Cyprus & Malta: An Exploratory Tour, 3 - 13 April, 2020 >
        • Malta, 13 - 20 April, 2020
      • Old World Poland – Photo Tour, May 14 - 25, 2020
      • Slow Safari: Namibia Wild & Land, June 17 - July 6, 2020
      • Essential Balkans: Serbia & Macedonia, 18 Aug - 2 Sept, 2020—8 SPOTS OPEN
      • The Silk Road: Xi'an - Kashgar, Sept 17 - 30, 2020 >
        • Pamir Highway, Takikistan, Sept 30 - Oct 11, 2020
      • Essential Bulgaria, October 13 - 27, 2020
      • Bald Eagles of the Chilkat Eagle Reserve, Haines, Alaska, Nov 11 - 18, 2020
      • Slow Safari: Botswana, Dec 1 - 12, 2020
    • 2021 >
      • Sri Lanka, Jan, 2021 — INTEREST LIST
    • 2022 >
      • Haridwar Maha Kumbh Mela, Feb 2022— INTEREST LIST
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    • 2018 >
      • Sri Lanka, Dec 28 - Jan 10, 2018
      • Backroads of Rajasthan, Jan 11 - 24, 2018
      • Iceland Winter Tour, Feb 2 - 12, 2018
      • Ancient Persia: Modern Iran, 1 - 14 Mar, 2018
    • 2017 >
      • Eastern Cuba, Jan 2017
      • Holi, March 2017
      • Sicily—Hill Towns & Easter Pilgrims, April 2017
      • Stans, May 2017
      • Lake District, June 2017
      • Donegal & Beyond—North & North West Ireland, June 2017
      • Baltic States—Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania, July 2017
      • Introduction to Armenia—A pre-tour Journey, Aug 2017
      • Hidden Corners of Georgia, Aug 2017
      • Puglia—the Hidden Heel of Italy, Sept 2017
      • Romania, Oct 2017
      • Varanasi & Chhath Puja, Oct 2017
      • Kushti Wrestlers, Oct 2017
      • South India: Colour and Contrast, Oct - Nov, 2017
      • Essential Morocco, Nov 27 - Dec 10, 2017
    • 2016 >
      • Botswana, Dec 2016
      • Stans Scouting Tour, Nov 2016
      • Gujarat, Oct 2016
      • Western Mongolia & Golden Eagle Festival, Sept 2016
      • Ultimate Adriatic, Sept 2016
      • Georgia Inspection Trip, Aug 2016
      • Romania, June & July, 2016
      • Sardinia Scouting Trip, May 2016
      • Golden Triangle & White Towns of Andalucía, May 2016
      • Kumbh Mela Ujjain, April 2016
      • Holy Week, Antigua Guatemala, March 2016
      • Ancient Persia : Modern Iran, March 2016
      • Iceland Winter Tour: Northern Lights, Frozen Waterfalls & Winter Landscapes, February 2016
      • Backroads of Rajasthan, January 2016
    • 2015 >
      • Simien Mountains and Tribal Life of the Omo Valley, Oct/Nov, 2015
      • Burma Tribes, Oct 2015
      • Romania Scouting Tour, Sept 2015
      • Namibia Full Circle, Aug 2015
      • Kashmir & Ladakh, July 2015
      • Agra, June 2015
      • Vietnam & Cambodia, June 2015
      • Eastern Cuba, April 2015
      • Sicily, March 2015
      • Agra, Holi & Jaipur, Mar 2015
      • Bhutan, Feb 2015
      • Nepal, Feb 2015
      • Gujarat, Jan 2015
    • 2014 >
      • Cuba, Dec 2014
      • New Zealand, Nov 2014
      • Mongolia Eagle Festival, October 2014
      • Ethiopia, Sept 2014
      • Namaqualand, August 2014
      • Namibia Full Circle, August 2014
      • Iceland, July 2014
      • Kashmir, June 2014
      • Southern Spain, May 2014
      • Slovenia, May 2014
      • Morocco, April 2014
      • Cuba P2P Tour, March 2014
      • Southern India, February 2014
      • Socotra & Yemen, January 2014
    • 2013 >
      • Cuba, January 2013
      • Kumbh Mela, Feb 2013
      • Japan, February 2013
      • Cuba, April 2013
      • Namibia, May 2013
      • Namibia, June 2013
      • Zimbabwe, June 2013
      • Sicily, September 2013
      • Umbria, September 2013
      • Ethiopia, September 2013
      • India, October 2013
      • Cuba December 2013
    • 2012 >
      • Japan Feb 2012
      • Platte River, March 2012
      • San Miguel, March 2012
      • Sacred Sites, April 2012
      • Santa Clara Ranch, May 2012
      • Aguascalientes, May 2012
      • Ladakh, June 2012
      • Cartagena Colombia, Aug 2012
      • Croatia & Slovenia, Sept 2012
      • Sicily, September 2012
      • Guatemala Highlands, October 2012
      • Burma, December 2012
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