Mary Stella New Zealand Dhanushka from Go Holiday Tours was recommended by a friend. Dhana did an in-depth itinerary which suited to our needs and timings. The cost for... read more the tour was very reasonable. Dhana picked the best accommodations for our needs. We were extremely...More

  -it was very easy and convenient to liaise with Dhana on the trip, quote, plans and so on, despite only reading about them online. - Reliable service and very helpful... read more - Our driver for the week, Sheehan, was always punctual and in fact he was...More

  We planned to come to Sri Lanka for our very first time and Dhana from Go Holiday Tour was warmly recommended by a good friend of us. Dhana sent us... read more an itinerary for 10 days in advance and we were very happy about what he recommended to visit and to do in Sri Lanka.

When we arrived at the airport Dhana was already waiting for us and from that on we had one of the best round trips ever.

First we went to Habarana to stay for 4 nights (at Cinnamon Lodge Habarana - highly recommended, best food all over the island!!)
From Habarana we startet tours to Sigiriya (Lion´s Rock), Pidurangala (opposite to Sigiriya), Anuradhapura (the cultural hot spot - there we had a very kind German speaking (we are from Austria) guide. Thank you Ranga for delivering all the insights about Buddhism) and Kaudulla/Minneriya National Park, where we could watch hundreds of elephants - one of our most impressing moments...

After these first great experiences and a wonderful Ayurveda treatment we went to Kandy. It was quite a long ride but Dhana always provided us with food (amazing streetfood and fruits) and good conversation (with many laughs). By the way Dhana always came on the dot when he picked us up in the morning (which is very important for Austrians like us ;-).

On the way we stopped at the very impressing Dambulla Cave Temple.
Kandy was also a great experince. (Temple of the tooth, botanical garden, Lake Kandy) and after that we startet our ride through the Sri Lankan highlands with their refreshing climate, the great views and tea plantations (if you love tea, you will get the best tea quality at the factories).

Dhana provided us with tickets for the famous vintage style highland trains, and we went from Nanu Oya to Haputale, having fun with locals and other travellers on the train. Dhana picked us up again and drove us to our next hotel in Tissamaharama, nearby the famous Yala National Park.

Dhana asked his old friend and longtime safari guide to take us altogether on a Yala safari. We had so much fun watching the amazing wildlife all around. Our guide´s wife provided us with excellent rice and different currys for lunch - thank you for all the hospitality we received.

The next day Dhana drove us to our last hotel to Tangalle where we spend the rest of our journey). We also booked Dhana to give us a lift to the airport on our last day. Because we had a very late flight in the evening, Dhana recommended to visit the famous town of Galle on our way to the airport and after that he invited us to have a late lunch.

He is such a great guy, always in a good mood, getting alway the best out of everything. He loves his job and is giving all the insights about Sri Lanka to his guests. We appreciated it a lot and we even became emotional when we left, but we will definitely return to this amazing country and its amazing people, taking another ride with Dhana.

We came as tourists and were leaving as friends.