Travel Checklist

- Passport (incl. relevant visas)
- Flight tickets
- Cash
- ATM cards (ensure that they can be used in Sri Lanka by contacting your bank)
- Credit cards (Visa and MasterCard are best)
- Travellers' cheques (AmEx and Thomas Cook are best in GB£, US$ or Euro€ - incl. purchase receipts and cheque numbers, held separately from the T/Cs themselves in case of theft)
- Wallet or money belt
- Travel insurance certificate (Travel insurance, including comprehensive cover for medical expenses and personal liability, is essential for your trip abroad and proof of sufficient cover is a prerequisite for any holiday booked with Tikalanka Tours. If you do not currently have travel insurance, we are happy to recommend Endsleigh as suppliers for your holiday insurance. Endsleigh offers two different levels of cover, either Essential or Comprehensive. Essential allows you to travel with all the vital cover needed for emergencies at an economical price, whilst Comprehensive will give you peace of mind for virtually every eventuality you are likely to encounter on your travels.)

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- International Driving Licence (AA approved)
- National Driving Licence
- Photocopies of essential documents (passport identification and visa pages, held separately from the passport itself in case of theft)
- Spare passport photos
- Student (ISIC) card
- Health passport (International Certificates of Vaccinations)

Essential Clothing and Toiletries

- Hat
- Lightweight long sleeve cotton tops and long trousers in pale colours
- Pullover or cardigan
- Sandals or thongs
- Smart clothes
- Swimwear
- Toiletries
- Trainers/walking boots

Health Kit

- Personal medication (e.g. inhalers, anti-hypertensives, insulin) and copy of prescription
- Anti-diarrhoea tablets
- Anti-histamine tablets
- Anti-malaria tablets
- Bug Wars™ spray (S-Bioallethrin & Permethrin) or similar
- Condoms/contraceptives
- First aid kit and disposable needles
- Medicated talcum powder
- Mosi-guard™ natural insect repellent (Citridiol™) or similar
- Pain killers (aspirin, paracetamol, ibuprofen)
- Savlon™ dry antiseptic spray (Povidone iodine) or similar
- Sunscreen cream (SPF 15 or higher)
- Tampons/sanitary towels
- Thermometer (digital)
- Travel sickness pills
- Water sterilising tablets (and potable iodine)

Other Useful Items

- Camcorder (incl. spare camera batteries and video cassettes/memory cards)
- Camera and lenses (incl. spare camera batteries, filters and lens hood)
- Camera film (although standard ASA film is available throughout Sri Lanka)
- Diary/Personal Organiser/Palm Pilot/Blackberry etc
- Digital camera (incl. spare camera batteries and memory cards/sticks)
- Guide books
- International plug adaptor (although adaptors for UK plugs are cheap and easy to find in Sri Lanka)
- Mobile phone and battery charger (ensure international roaming for Sri Lanka by contacting your service provider)
- Reading books
- Sunglasses
- Swiss Army knife or similar
- Torch
- Walkman/iPod