Sri Lanka Tour Package

Tour overview

Day 01 : Arrive Colombo
Arrival & transfer to Hotel
Overnight at Hotel

Day 02 – Colombo/Habarana
After breakfast proceed to Habarana, En route visit the Pinnawala elephant orphanage. PM visit Sigiriya. Up on completion return to the hotel.
Overnight at Habarana

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
Situated off the main Colombo / Kandy road, 13 kms from Kegalle Town, Pinnawala is a home for young Elephants who have been displaced or lost from their natural habitat. The only such sanctuary in the world, visitors can watch the beasts gamboling in the water and being fed their quota of milk from handheld bottles

Sigiriya
A rock fortress situated 66 kms from Polonnaruwa, where king Kashyapa built his fortified palace atop and around a 183 m rocky outcrop in the 5th century. Sigiriya is best known today for the paintings of beautiful women found on a sheltered ledge on the side of the rock. These are considered as being part of the world’s art treasures. On the summit are the remains of the vast palace of Kashyapa, complete with bathing pool and platforms for dancing girls.

Day 03: Habarana/Kandy
After breakfast proceed to Kandy, Enrout visit Dambulla Cave Tempels evening do a City tour of Kandy including a visit to the temple of the Tooth relic.

Overnight at Kandy

Dambulla rock temple, which was built by king Walagambahu in the 1st century B.C. Dambulla is a world heritage site and is the most impressive of Sri Lanka’s cave temples. the complex of five caves with over 2000 sq. meters of painted walls and ceilings is the largest area of paintings found in the world. the caves contain over 150 images of the Buddha of which the largest is the colossal figure of the Buddha carved out of rock and spanning 14 meters.

Kandy
116 kms from Colombo, in the foothills of the hill country, Kandy was the last capital of the Sinhalese Kings. The sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha is preserved for veneration at the Dalada Maligawa. Kandy is the venue of the annual Esala Perehera, one of the most colourful pageants in all Asia, held in honour of the Buddha’s relic. The royal Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya have a wide and rare collection of tropical and temperate, exotic and indigenous flora, and an orchid house with the largest collection in Asia.

Day 04 – Kandy/Nuwara Eiya
After breakfast visit the Royal Botanical Gardens. Later proceed to Nuwara Eliya, en route visit a tea factory / plantation. Evening do a site walk at the town
Overnight at Nuwara Eliya

Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya is the heart of Sri Lankan hill country. It is the home of the famous Ceylon Tea and the rolling mountains are a carpet of velvety green tea plantations, interspersed with gushing streams and tumbling waterfalls. The salubrious climate, misty glens and the decidedly British character make Nuwara Eliya a must on any Sri Lanka tour itinerary.

Day 05 – Nuwara Eliya / Katharagama
After breakfast proceed to Katharagama, evening visit the Katharagama Kovil, Overnight in Katharagama

Day 06 – Katharagama/Hikkaduwa
After Breakfast proceed to Hikkaduwa Via Galle. Do a City tour of Galle, visit the turtle hatchery and a mask factory

Overnight at Hikkaduwa

Galle
116 kms south of Colombo, this is south Sri Lanka’s most important town, and though planted squarely on the beach circuit it derives its apotheosis from reasons other than golden stretches of sand. It is famous for its old Dutch fort and ramparts.

Day 07 – Hikkaduwa/Colombo
After Breakfast proceed to Colombo. On arrival , check in at the Hotel. Later a city tour of Colombo Overnight in Colombo

Colombo like many capital cities in developing countries is fast changing its face. almost overnight, skyscrapers arise from where old buildings once stood. yet in some parts, the old world charm is retained. for example, there is a 100-year-old clock tower and several british built, colonial buildings. other places of interest are, the pettah bazaar ? where one can shop for bargains, a hindu and a buddhist temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the colombo museum, the bandaranaike memorial international conference hall ? an outright gift to srilanka from the people’s republic of china, the new parliament in sri jayawardenapura and the folk art centre.

Day 08 -Depart Colombo
After breakfast proceed to the airport for Departure.