Originally Posted by
ridefar
Also, and others may disagree with me, but if you are used to high end Africa safaris, India isnt that. I suspect that Sri Lanka is really really not that. Even Aman, Oberoi, etc are not quite up to high end South Africa, Tanzania, Botswanna standards.
Sure, I'll disagree with you.

We were delighted with our Aman-i-Khas safari experience after having been to Singita and some of the best that Botswana has to offer. It's different than Africa, but that doesn't necessarily mean worse.
As for weather.....can you move the trip up a bit?