Dhanushka Wijeyekoon

Dhanushka and the Koon Holiday team created a great personalised experience for our holiday in Sri Lanka.

The initial consultation on what we wanted identified the type of experience we were after. Nothing was too much to ask.

Our local guide and driver, Kapıla Kaluarachichi was a great travel companion, in addition to being a great local guide, and provided great cultural and historical background for all of the sites visited.

Special mention goes to Mr Goonie in Polonnaruwa for his second to none knowledge of the local archeological sites and to Mr Jimmy Heyn, the manager at Sambar Hills resort in Nuwara Eliya for his attention to detail and his personalised service.

We would definitely use KimKim again.

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Enjoy a Refreshing Snack at a Roadside Food Stall

Sri Lanka

A nice introduction to the roadside stalls, which are the heartbeat of the local economy..

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Explore the Dambulla Cave Temple Complex

Sri Lanka

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Discover Ancient Polonnaruwa

Sri Lanka

The guide selected by Koon Holidays and KimKim was a retired archeologist from the area whose knowledge was first rate.

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Being an archaeologist

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Elephant Safari in Minneriya National Park

Sri Lanka

Seeing these great beasts in the wild was amazing.

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Ancient Sites of Anuradhapura

Sri Lanka

The history behind what are some of the most sacred sites in Sri Lanka was very illuminating.

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Visit Sigiriya Rock Fortress

Sri Lanka

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Visit ancient Trincomalee fort (Fort Fredrick)

Trincomalee

Go to the fort at about 4:00 pm in the afternoon. This will allow you plenty of time to wander through the fort and arrive at the Hindu temple for the afternoon ceremony.

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Temples & Beaches in Trincomalee

Trincomalee

A great area to relax or go scuba diving

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Discover Kandy: Temple of the Sacred Tooth visit

Kandy

One the best and most important temples in Sri Lanka and definitely a must do.

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Discover Three temples loop in Kandy

Kandy

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Need to go via private car. Some place a bus cannot get to.

Visit Spice gardens, wood carving centers & gem museums in Kandy

Kandy

A really amazing guide at the spice gardens, Gem centre and Batik crafts. These people are passionate about what they do.

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Explore Nuwara Eliya

Sri Lanka

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Galle Dutch Fort Visit

Sri Lanka

A great place to simply have a wander and marvel at the historical architecture.

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Explore Lively Colombo

Sri Lanka

Some great sites combining the original culture and modern day architecture.

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The museums, temples , Lotus Tower the food and markets.

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My 3-weeks trip in Sri Lanka was very well designed by Dhanushka. It was highly comprehensive, full nature excursions and cultural activities that gave me a strong understanding of Sri Lanka’s rich history and appreciation for its diverse natural resources. Some of my favorite activities included the elephant safaris, Sigyria, village tours in Dambulla, tea plantation visits in Nuwara Eliya and hikes and waterfalls in Ella. My driver and guide Malinda was also extremely helpful with coming up with optional activities that met my interests and needs. Having a private driver and guide gave me a lot of flexibility and personalized attention and care as a single traveler. Every day of my trip was filled with wonderful surprises of new things to learn and enjoy about Sri Lanka. I loved my trip so much that I hope to come back again and explore parts I haven’t seen with Koon Holidays / Kim Kim.

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Explore Nuwara Eliya

Sri Lanka

This region is less mentioned by other tourists from itineraries I have seen online so I am really glad Dhanushka included in my itinerary. The natural beauty of this place is breathtaking with rolling hills of lush tea plantations, majestic mountains and lakes, and peaceful village life. I loved my tea plantation visits, learning the tea picking and making process, sampling a variety of tea and having high tea at Grand Hotel. Gregory Park area is absolutely gorgeous and the Horton Plains hike was amazing!

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Well designed itinerary with special consideration of my interests and needs.

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Wonderful driver and guide that provided knowledgeable information about places visited and offered optional activities based on my interests.

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Always on time, professionalism and flexibility.

When choosing someone you don’t know personally there is always a danger. Will they do the planning correctly will the person be there to pick us up will the hotels and trips be booked. We changed our minds many times and Dhanuska was also very accommodating and fast to respond to our requests.

As promised our driver Malinda was waiting for us at 11:30pm to pick us up and drive us for 3 hours to our first hotel.

Everything that we had been promised was delivered. The food was amazing the hotels great and our driver Malinda just a joy. He drove us with care and professionalism and knew his country so well.

Would I recommend Dhanushka to anyone else. In a heart beat. During the tour we had messages from him as well as phone calls. He exuded professionalism.

We had such a wonderful time that we are already planning when we might go to Sri Lanka again and we will definitely use Dhanushka to plan our itinerary and request Malinda as our driver.

A big thank you to kimkim site for bringing together professional travel agents. I will certainly use the site again when travelling to any country in the world.

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Visit Sigiriya Rock Fortress

Sri Lanka

We enjoyed the experience make sure you take a guide and a guided assistant it will be very helpful. This climb is not for the faint here but it gives the most amazing views during the climb and when you reach the top. Make sure you include a trip to the elephant national park

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Helped us climb and were very knowledgeable about the site.

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We booked our own driver who was amazing

Explore Nuwara Eliya

Sri Lanka

Unfortunately the weather conspired against us on the day but it was still a wonderful hike even though the last 1km was really hard work.

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Tour a Sri Lankan Tea Plantation

Sri Lanka

We were taken to a small plantation and factory. It was fascinating and we got to try about 15 different types of tea. We also purchased a lot of great quality tea.

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We made many changes to our planning but Danushka accommodated and was flexible with our planning and gave us good advise on whether what we were wanted was a good idea or not. He coordinated our trip. Malinda was our driver and guide during our whole trip in Sri Langka. He gave us good information about the places we were visiting. He is a good driver and very flexible with our plans. Thank you Malinda for making our trip very memorable. He made sure we were safe and always taken care of.

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Tour a Sri Lankan Tea Plantation

Sri Lanka

Our driver took us to a smaller tea factory. They gave us a private tour of the factory and the machines were incredible. There was so much history to the factory. They let us try the whole range of teas. We bought a whole lot of teas to for ourselves and as gifts for friends. Loved the experience!

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Our driver was safe and drove very well.

Explore Nuwara Eliya

Sri Lanka

The scenery is beautiful. The weather really cool! Horton Plains are only for the people who are fit. It is a long hike and one part needs quite a lot of stamina.

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Help for the older folks to walk up the stairs.

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Visit Sigiriya Rock Fortress

Sri Lanka

A very historic and beautiful site. However, you need to climb loads of steps. There are guides to help you and it is always advisable to have a guide. Take the help. Pay a little tip to the helpers who are working there and they can help you climb the steps. Especially for older folks. Worth the climb but hard work.

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Fabulous trip to Sri Lanka!

Dhanushka worked with us to design an ideal trip and listened carefully to our preferences regarding hotels, meals, and specific sites we wished to visit. Kapila, our driver, was very careful and attentive and was a great source of information about the country and the sites. The country offers so much to see and exceeds our expectations. Thanks to all the people of Sri Lanka who were so friendly and welcoming!

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Visit Kalaniya ancient Royal Buddhist temple

Colombo

Morning visit was very beautiful!

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Explore the Dambulla Cave Temple Complex

Sri Lanka

The cave temples were stunning!

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Ancient Sites of Anuradhapura

Sri Lanka

The complex at Anuradhapura is so interesting and the whole part is very well maintained.

Dhanushka helped us plan the perfect trip and was there for us every step of the way. Our local guide Nishada (Koon Holidays) was absolutely amazing as well. I will 100% use both again when I return!

Sri Lanka is a fantastic holiday destination…. E we saw so much wildlife (elephants, leopard, blue whale, sea turtle, sloth bear, etc), the food was delicious and the people so nice. I recommend this trip to anyone!

We had an absolutely incredible time in Sri Lanka! The hotels that Dhanushka suggested were really lovely, and we had some super memorable experiences including whale watching, staying in a tree house accomodation, staying in a beehive-like accomodation and picking our own tea! Dhanushka was always extremely quick to respond and answered all of our questions. Our guide and driver Mahendra was really helpful and accommodating—considering how much time you spend with the guide it’s really important to get someone great and we definitely did! Would definitely recommend booking this trip. There is so much incredible nature to see in Sri Lanka, with so much diversity! Coming from the United States, it was a bit of an adjustment that planning and time are viewed a bit differently (ie very common for trains to be late, certain smaller aspects of the trip are planned on the go rather than in advance) so for a western traveler it’s important to have a bit of a flexible mindset..but the experiences you will get in return are all very worth it!

I want to thank Dhanushka from KimKim for putting together a very memorable trip to Sri Lanka. My brother and I were looking for an opportunity to experience the culture, history, cuisine and people of Sri Lanka. The itinerary gave us the great opportunities to explore historical cultural sites, experience some exciting local activities and interact with local Sri Lankans. In addition, we explored the natural biotas of their mountains, National parks and ocean beaches. They gave us a very personalized itinerary and with our personal driver, Athula, extended that to accommodate my personal desires to bike Sri Lanka. He continuously gave us surprise interactions of little things that were truly Sri Lanka. I highly recommend their services. John (1/2024).

Dhanushka has been a really great support and help to plan our perfect trip in Sri Lanka. He listened to our request and always made changes according to our new wishes. Communication with him was simple and he always replied really fast.
Our local guide in Sri Lanka, Mahee, was amazing! Always smiling, giving us good explanations and listening to our questions and queries. We loved our trip and we definelty recommend working with KimKim. We'll for sure use their services again in the future.