Kuoni Soft Adventure Tour...what to wear!? Advice please

Hi

Me and my husband have booked the Soft Adventure tour in Sri Lanka for 7 nights with Kuoni. We leave on the 18th jan. My dilemna is what sort of clothes will i need to pack? We are doing some trekking, white water rafting and elephant back safari as well as having some peaceful time and normal site seeing. I will pack trainers, but what sort of clothes...i don%26#39;t really have much out doory type stuff! And has anybody been on this tour or one similar? of so please let me know what it was like?

Flo

Kuoni Soft Adventure Tour...what to wear!? Advice please

Hi there,

The basic route is Cultural Triangle - Kandy - Ratnapura - Haputale - Kitulgala - Colombo.

Haputale is the most %26#39;extreme%26#39; as daytime temperatures there can be as low as 10%26#39;. So a jumper or the like is helpful. However all of your overnight acco places will have a minimum NIGHTtime temperature of 15%26#39; and usually daytime upto 25-30%26#39;.

So the base clothing will be %26#39;tropical dress%26#39;: mainly cotton and linen (as this handles the high humidity much better) and also often slippers - though for e.g. the rafting indeed trainers are better.

From the tour description it doesn%26#39;t look like rough outdoor, so no special jungle-resistant clothing seems needed. Just light, see above. And take lots of mosquito precautions also, e.g. DEET-containing cream.

All the best,

%26lt;Erik%26gt; %26amp; [Sandya]

Kuoni Soft Adventure Tour...what to wear!? Advice please

Thanks for such a quick and helpful response! Just another few questions:

By slippers do you mean flip flops? I have the kind with a hard sole base so would they be good?

What factor sun cream should I take? I have quite olive skin so i tan quite easily but am very aware of the fact that I have winter/pale skin when i go...would factor 30 be ok in that heat?

Many Thanks

Pughy

Hi again Pughy,

Yep flipflops are okay and sandals too. I was not clear enough, I always use sandals myself because they give better grip for the toes but flipflops should be similar.

Yes, suncream factor 25-30 is around the minmum for a place like Lanka. Close to the equator...

Have a nice one,

%26lt;Erik%26gt; %26amp; [Sandya]

Thanks Erik and Sanya. We will have a good time I am sure! can%26#39;t wait!

Pughy

Hi Pughy

My fiance and I are thinking of booking this tour as part of a multi-centre with kuoni (going to maldives afterwards) for our honeymoon in december 2009. Would love to know what the soft adventure tour was like - did you enjoy it? any problems? how was the white water rafting?

hope to hear from you soon!

S

HI Londongirl

We had a fantastic time on this tour. The white water rafting is so much fun...it%26#39;s medium rapids so they%26#39;re not too scarey but enough to give you a buzz. The elephant back safari is unforgettable...we found our driver to be very polite and insightful. We also went to the maldives afterwards and found that it was a great combo! Enjoy, and please contact mke if you need any furthur info about this trip.

Lizzie

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