Great experience Me and my wife came to quickly organised 8 day holiday to Sri Lanka. This was our first time in Sri Lanka and divided in two: 3 days trip to see sights plus 4 days of leisure.
Having found out that car+guide would be far better option than car, we asked for offers from four tour operators found in the Internet and selected Sri Lanka Economy tours even though they had very few reviews in Tripadvisor.
We wanted a three day trip (too short) to see some sites: Dambulla, Sigiriya and Kandy
Reasons for selecting Economy tours?
Based on our vague hopes they offered the best tour plan with optional sites offered/listed in the plan and all the relevant prices.
They were the only one to point out that we need to leave our hotel early (07.30 instead of 10.00 that we suggested) to see both Minniriya and Dambulla during the same day without hurry. Also their overall price was competetive.
Our guide Chamara came as agreed to pick us up. Car was in good condition (newish Honda hybrid) and clean.
Evidently he has been doing tours for six years and the company is a new one having started operating in November (that's why only a few reviews).
During the three days Chamara turned to be good driver, trustworthy, very helpful and easy guy to talk about different aspects of Sri Lankan life (education, healthcare, sports, nature, curry etc.) and compare notes with Finnish equivalents as well as the history of the sites visited. He listened our hopes and unerringly took us where needed and offered advice when that was needed.
All in all very enjoyable three days. Especially Sigiriya was magnificient. Sadly three days is too short time offering only a glimpse to Sri Lankan history.
We can't compare the service with other operators but we can highly recommend Chamara/Economy tours and based on this experience we will be returning to Sri Lanka!
One extra note: thanks to the lunch places suggested by Chamara my wife now likes curry!
