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20 October - 29 October 2022 | On Sale | |
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Duration | 10 days |
For a limited time only, we're introducing £1 registration fees for all Dream Challenges in 2022 and 2023 and up to 15% off your tour costs for early 2023 challenges!*
Trek the serene island of Sri Lanka for the children’s charity of your choice, climb the ancient Sigiriya rock, visit a local school and end at the amazing Elephant Transit Home.
Together, we’ll wander through rolling rice fields and tropical farms, climb the ancient Sigiriya rock, meditate with a monk and finish at the very special Elephant Transit Home, initiated by the Born Free Foundation. Passing through small towns and visiting a local school, we’ll gain awesome insight into the Sri Lankan culture and even spend a night sleeping in a monastery.
It may sound peaceful, but your legs won’t be sleeping by day! We’ll trek for five days straight, from Dambulla in the heart of the vegetable farming region in the dryer side of the country to the Bandarawela Buddhist temple, nestled in the misty South. Climbing the eighth modern wonder of the world, the Sigiriya Rock, is a challenge in itself and that’s only a fraction of our trek!
We spend the last day of our adventure relaxing at one of southern Sri Lanka’s paradise beaches in the exquisite, small town of Hikkaduwa.
The best part of our Let's Trek for Children challenge is that every step of the way, you'll be raising funds for the children's charity or hospice of your choice.
Places are likely to fill up incredibly quickly, so please register early to avoid disappointment.
* Terms & Conditions apply. View here.
Pay your registration fee and your challenge costs yourself.
$2,625
Pay the balance
Pay your registration fee and raise the minimum target for your chosen charity.
$5,250
Minimum sponsorship target
Let's Trek for Children Sri Lanka 2022 is not designed for Olympic athletes – it is designed for people looking for an amazing goal to train and get fit for. A number of the people who will take part in this trek will have a low level of fitness when they sign up.
This challenge is the perfect motivation to get fit, while exploring one of the world's most beautiful places and making a big impact for a vital cause.
We do strongly recommend you train for the trek and we'll send you a fantastic training plan once you sign up. This training plan builds up as time goes on, so you'll be ready and raring to go by the time we jet to Sri Lanka!
Please don't be! The majority of people will sign up on their own and our Dream Challenges are renowned for the amazing camaraderie and life long friendships made as our groups take on these incredible feats together.
Once you've signed up for the challenge, we'll send you a link to a private Facebook group for everyone registered for the Let's Trek for Children Sri Lanka 2022.
Please feel free to use this space to swap questions, advice and updates with your fellow trekkers on your training and fundraising. You may also want to reach out to the fellow participants in this group to see if there's anyone in your local area you can meet up to train and fundraise with.
Absolutely not! One of the amazing things about the challenge is that people of all ages will come together to do something very special. Everyone who is at least 18 years old by the challenge date is more than welcome to join this awesome Let's Trek for Children challenge.
You will of course need a pair of walking boots. We will supply you with a comprehensive list of everything you will need to take on the event well before your departure date.
We stay in comfortable, three-star class hotels throughout this challenge, except for one night spent in a wonderful Buddhist temple.
The temple we sleep in is comfortable, but modest – so please note that the facilities are absolutely suffice for our group of challengers, but they are limited with shared showers and a handful of private showers.
Yes of course! If you wish to extend your stay in Sri Lanka, simply get in touch and we can find flight options for you.
Please let us know if you decide to do this at least 14 weeks before our departure date by emailing us at events@dream-challenges.com.
Your registration fee of £349 per person is used to administer the challenge and secure your seats with the airline.
Your challenge costs of £1,750 (ie. 50% of the fundraising target if you choose the sponsorship option) cover:
In addition to paying your registration fee (£349) and either paying your challenge costs (£1,750) or raising the minimum sponsorship target, you'll need to budget for your:
Whilst we encourage people to fundraise for a children's charity or hospice on this challenge, we are happy for you to support a different type of charity.
You will need to take out your own personal travel insurance covering health, accident, loss and repatriation.
Dream Challenges has found a policy that provides appropriate cover for this type of activity and also covers you for cancellation due to medically-diagnosed COVID-19. You can see an example of the policy here.
You can, however, take out your own insurance, providing it covers you for a charity trek in Sri Lanka.
Please ask the insurer about the nature of the cover. It is your responsibility to ensure you have adequate cover for your challenge.
You will be required to obtain a tourist visa for entry into Sri Lanka, we will send you all the relevant information and forms to do this before the challenge.
The Dream Challenges team are here to help you achieve your challenge and will support you all the way. We are on hand from the minute you sign up to answer any questions that you may have about your training or the challenge itself. Once you have registered, we will send you a realistic training programme to help you get fit for the challenge. The programme builds up gradually as the event gets closer.
During the trek, we'll have at least one UK doctor with expedition medicine training accompanying the group from the get go and at all times throughout the challenge, along with a team of experienced challenge guides and porters.
We’ll have a group of outdoor-remote-first-aid trained challenge guides and at least one UK doctor with expedition medicine training, who will be with you the whole time.
As we're not medically trained, we're afraid we can't offer you advice on this. We recommend you contact your GP or your local travel clinic, who will have the latest travel health advice.
We also recommend you visit the NHS Fit for Travel website here, to keep up to date with current travel health news and advice on staying healthy abroad.
NHS Fit for Travel website: https://www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk/home
We anticipate the group size to be around 30 people.
As we hope you know, the health and safety of our participants is always - and has always been - our highest priority.
Our team of experts here at Dream Challenges has created a brilliant 14-step initiative, to minimise the risk of coronavirus and maximise your safety. Please click here to see our ground-breaking plan and rest assured that you're safe booking with us.
A challenge must meet the following criteria to go ahead:
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