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General Information
This tour is a wonderful opportunity for those
who like adventure and want to experience real tea culture in its native
environment. Many of the places and people with whom we visit are not
tourist sights and we have the unique privilege of accessing these usually restricted
areas. Flexibility for change is a valuable quality, as travel can
occasionally be
unpredictable. Hiking up hills, traveling a bumpy road and getting a toe wet
walking through tea gardens are
ordinary events.
Participants should also be able to handle cultural differences with grace and
respect and conduct themselves as visiting guests. Tour members should be
in appropriate physical condition.
Cost for the base tour is US$4,200. Cost for the
optional Vietnam post-tour extension is US$1,595. Price is per person based on double occupancy and ten or more
tour members. For single room supplement for the base tour add US$950. Single
supplement for the post-tour is US$450. Individuals will be paired up on a first
come first served basis. If a roommate is not available, you will be charged the single
rate. Assistance with international flight ticketing is available. Schedule,
locations, conditions and prices are subject to change without notice.
Tour cost includes all hotels, all travel within
Sri Lanka, all meals and banquets
(unless otherwise specified), entrance and enrollment fees, guides
for scheduled activities,
domestic airport taxes, group airport transfer and
Tea-Shirt. Tour extension cost include all hotels, all meals (unless
otherwise specified), guides for
scheduled activities, entrance
fees, and transportation
to/from scheduled locations and group airport transfer.
Tour cost does not include
international airfare, including airfare to Vietnam, passport and visa fees, guide and driver gratuities, overweight baggage fees,
international airport taxes, charges due to cancellation or reticketing, or personal expenses.
Deposit of $1000 per person is required to reserve your
space on the tour. To optimize the unique opportunities, group size is limited
at the organizers discretion to 10 people.
Deposits are refundable, less a $250 per person cancellation fee, until 75 days prior to
departure. After that date, refunds can only be made if the trip is full and your place
can be resold. Final payment is due no later than 60 days before departure.
World Tea Tours,
or any of its agents or associates can assume
no liability for illness, injury, damage, loss or expense. Tour members are
advised to obtain their own travel insurance. All
participants must sign the release on the
RESERVATION
FORM before departure. The right is reserved to cancel the tour prior to departure, in
which case the entire payment will be refunded with no further obligation. Additionally,
the right is reserved to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of the tour.
This agreement is made in the state of Illinois and shall be adjudicated solely
under the laws of that state. No refund will be made for any unused portion of the tour.
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