We are a family from the Netherlands consisting of five people in total. Our taxi driver was waiting for us at the airport after arrival. Although he was not able to drive us around Sri Lanka on other days he would arrange a different driver for us. This is how we got to meet Winodan Dias. Winodan was waiting for us at our first hotel, which was in Colombo, perfect on time. Throughout the week it turned out that we could not have been in better hands. First Winodan knows very much about the country, everything we wanted to see on forehand he also suggested and we were able to see everything. Winodan wisely advised us that the train to Galle would not be a very comfortable option. Towards Galle we passed a town called Barracuda where Winodan saw his family at a fruit store. We stopped here for a few minutes where Winodan gave us some fruits to try and introduced us to his family. In Unawatuna we got the chance to visit Winodan his own hotel, where we were very kindly received. Second Winodan is a very good driver, which we once again experienced at our hotel in Matara. At the smallest one-way road, Winodan managed to drop us off and make a U-turn with a bus containing twelve seats. When we arrived at Yala Winodan stayed in the same hotel, we all had a very nice and cosy evening. Third Winodan is ready to arrange everything for you. In Yala Winodan joined us around 05.00 in the morning on safari to for example help out our driver of the day and give some more explanation in English if something was unclear. Fourth, Wino is very fast in identifying the needs and wants of the people he is accompanying. One of our booked hotels in Ella got cancelled one day in advance, but Winodan arranged a beautiful new large villa in Nuwara Eliya for us which we, of course, loved a lot more than the hotel that bailed on us. Fifth, you can trust Winodan with anything. While we took the train to Nuwara Eliya, a route that took over 2.5 hours, Winodan arranged that our stuff got to the right place. When we arrived in Kandy a Chinese woman locked herself in our room, but Winodan stayed with us all night while he also could get to another hotel himself to ensure we safely got to a different hotel. (And even had to stay in bed with me for a night) Winodan than took us to Dambulla, Sigirya, Anuradhapura and Negombo.

Winodan knows very much about the country, the culture and possible outings in Sri Lanka. There was nothing either of us five could think of that Winodan could have arranged better for us. We understand that we were very lucky that Winodan was our driver for nine days. My advice to anyone going on holiday to Sri Lanka is to not wait hopeful for the assurance of a safe and trustworthy driver, and rather book with Tour Your Dreams and especially Winodan. Winodan was a substantial part of our holiday to Sri Lanka!