Young Cricketer’s Tour
Introduction
The Young Cricketer’s Tour is for 12 to 13 year-old school boy cricketers embarking on perhaps their first cricket tour. This Sri Lankan experience will live long in the memory at the players have the opportunity to play on a selection of the island’s top flight Test Match grounds years before their time. The tour also offers an educational insight into island conservation methods, with outings to the elephant orphanage and monkey camp.
Holiday Highlights
Cricket at some of Colombo’s finest first-class venues
A visit to the Pinnewela Elephant orphanage
Site-seeing in the spectacular cultural triangle
A visit to the Polonnuwara Monkey Camp
A match at Dambulla’s Rangiri Stadium
SriLanka Location Map
 
Sri Lanka Tours Day 1, 2, 3 & 4Arrive in Colombo, where you are met by a Red Dot representative and transferred to Pegasus Reef to the north of the city. This will be your base for 3 nights, with a tennis court, swimming pool and beach volleyball court for entertainment. After a full night’s rest and an easy morning, head to the Tamil Union P. Sara International Stadium for afternoon training. Red Dot can organise a session with a local first-class coach if desired. Take a tour around Sri Lanka’s capital city, before training again in the afternoon at Moors CC. On Day 4, play MATCH 1 v. St Peter’s College. Time for your first match against your Sri Lankan school peers - to be played on at the Moors CC.
Sri Lanka Accomodation Pegasus Reef Hotel
Pegasus Reef is a coastal hotel of traditional design situated in Colombo’s northern suburb of Wattala. This comfortable mid-range hotel offers an ocean aspect away from the clamour of the city and is highly convenient for the international airport. ...(More)
Sri Lanka Tours Day 5, 6 & 7Transfer to Kandy in the morning. Visit famous Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage upon arrival. Check-in to Topaz Hotel, set up back from Kandy and enjoy mountain seclusion. Day 6 and MATCH 2 sees you take on a local school at Trinity College’s Asigiriya International Stadium. Test your squad’s strength with the second of back-to-back matches. Take on another local school on at the Air Force Ground for MATCH 3 .
Sri Lanka Accomodation Hotel Topaz
Topaz Hotel has an enviable position high above Kandy, conveniently placed barely five minutes by tuk-tuk from the town centre (ten minutes going uphill!), but with captivating hillside views, which can be enjoyed from the picture windows of a bright bar area, and from the restaurant on the floor above. Mountain seclusion at a sharp price. ...(More)
Sri Lanka Tours Day 8 & 9Transfer hotels and head a short distance north for sight-seeing in the spectacular cultural triangle. Visit the Polonnuwara Monkey Camp before checking-in to Chaaya Village for a taste rural village lifestyle in comfort. MATCH 4 takes you to another fantastic 30,000 seater Test venue – the Dambulla International Stadium. Get your team’s names painted up on the magnificent scoreboard.
Sri Lanka Accomodation Chaaya Village
Chaaya Village set on an acre of garden blends seamlessly into its natural surroundings amidst tall trees and tropical foliage and a vast serene lake that brings nature right to the doorstep. Numerous species of birds and butterflies, monitor lizards, monkeys and rock squirrels have all shared this natural habitat with the surrounding villagers for centuries. Chaay Village is a treat for those wanting to experience Sri Lanka’s unhurried and wholesome rural village lifestyle, the rich cultural heritage, and the tropical wilderness – with the added comforts of luxurious living, good food, and courteous service. ...(More)
Sri Lanka Tours Day 10Play MATCH 5 - a final Twenty20 match at Kuranegula en route to Negombo. Enjoy a final dinner and overnight at Sea Shells.
Sri Lanka Accomodation Jetwing Sea
Jetwing Sea is a bright and airy, contemporary 4-star beach resort at the sought-after northern end of Negombo. Jetwing’s three properties – The Beach, Jetwing Sea and Jetwing Blue – are spearheading Negombo’s confident move towards more upmarket accommodation. This cosy 81-room resort, only 20 minutes from the airport, is bound to attract a loyal clientele. ...(More)
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