Inclusions
Hotel
Food
Private Transfer
Sightseeing
DAY 01 – COLOMBO AIRPORT – PINNAWELA – KANDY
- Pickup from Bandaranaike International Airport
- Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawela
- Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
- Kandy city Tour
- Traditional Sri Lankan cultural show
Our English fluent speaking chauffer guide will welcome you at the arrival of Bandaranaike International Airport. Then travel safely to Kandy the last kingdom of Ceylon. En route visit Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawela, Commence city tour of Kandy. Visit the world heritage, Temple of The Tooth Relic (Dalada Malaigawa) and witness a traditional Sri Lankan cultural show.
Dinner & overnight stay at Kandy.
Elephant Orphanage – Started in 1975 to house the abandoned and the wounded, the orphanage has grown to be a big family today. The number of elephants has increased to more than 80 now, including baby elephant brought from various parts, as well as 50 babies born as a result of the captive breeding program. The best time to visit is the feeding time and the bathing time when the elephant are taken to the river close by. A unique experience never to be missed.
Kandy is an ancient hill capital and the last stronghold of the Sinhala Kings before the island was finally ceded to the British in 1815. It bears strong influence of the influence of Buddhism in the country and is revered by Buddhists as a sacred city because of the ‘Dalada Maligawa” Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha. Kandy is the venue of the annual glittering pageant each August where the Buddha’s Tooth Relic in a golden casket is paraded on a majestic elephant accompanied by over 100 elephants, fire dancers, and ceremonial whip crackers, dancers and drummers.
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic – Commonly known as the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Glorious Tooth Temple), is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Ever since 4th Century A.D, when the Buddha’s Tooth was brought to Sri Lanka hidden from sacrilegious hands in an ‘Orissan princess’ hair, the Relic has grown in repute and holiness in Sri Lanka and throughout the Buddhist world. It is considered Sri Lanka’s most prized possession.
DAY 02 – KANDY – NUWARA ELIYA
- Royal Botanical Garden
- Gem Museum
- Ambuluwawa Tower
- Tea Plantation & Factory
- Ramboda waterfall
After breakfast visit Royal botanical garden where kept more beautiful sceneries & Gem Museum. En route visit Ambuluwawa Biodiversity Complex. Proceed to Nuwara Eliya On the way you can see Tea Plantation & Factory and Waterfalls. & also, you can feel Sri Lankan No.01 Tea cup from the Highland Tea Factory.
Dinner & overnight stay at Nuwara Eliya
Royal Botanical Garden in Peradeniya is 06 kms from Kandy, the magnificent river girdled 57 hectares laid out in 1832 are among the finest in the world. Its treasures of tropical flora include fine collections of orchids, aromatic spices, medicinal herbs, palms and rare endangered plant species. These gardens were the naturally camouflaged operations headquarters of SEAC Supreme Allied Commander, Lord Louis Mountbatten during the 2nd World War.
Gem Museum – Sri Lanka’s gem industry has a very long and colorful history. Sri Lanka was affectionately known as Ratna – Dweepa which means Gem Island. The name is a reflection of its natural wealth. Marco Polo wrote that the island had the best sapphires, topazes, amethysts, and other gems in the world. Ptolemy, the second century astronomer recorded that beryl and sapphire were the mainstay of Sri Lanka’s gem industry
Ambuluwawa Tower – Located 3,567 ft. above mean sea level, Ambuluwawa mountain hosts a hilltop tourist spot that houses a biodiversity complex celebrating environmentalism, culture, and religious diversity. A notable feature of this complex is a large winding tower resembling a Buddhist stupa, which is located on the mountain peak.
Tea Plantation & Factory – Proceed to a tea plantation and factory in the mountains where you will have the unusual opportunity of joining tea pluckers in picking the signature ‘two leaves and a bud’ which are later processed as tea for export around the world. This is a fine art and you will have the chance to learn it from the experts as they pluck these tender buds with precision and speed. Make your way to the factory where you will observe the process that transforms the raw green leaf in to the familiar brown particles of made tea. After experiencing tea production participate in a tea tasting session to sample some of the various grades of tea produced at the estate’s factory.
Ramboda falls (Puna Ella) double fall is unique in the ‘Y’ form where two waterfalls with two water sources merge in to one at the bottom. The water in the fall on the left is from the Puna Oya, A canal which comes through the forest reserve above. The fall on the right-hand side is made up from water from Pundalu Oya which flows through cultivated land above. Most of the year the fall flowing through the Pandalu Oya carry more volume but during periods of long drought the role is reversed. The water on flowing on the left fall remains more or less the same while the water on the other fall reduces significantly.
DAY 03 – NUWARA ELIYA – BENTOTA
- Nuwara Eliya city tour
- Seetha Amman kovil
- Devon waterfall
- Saint Clair waterfall
After breakfast city tour of Nuwara Eliya & visit Seetha Amman Kovil. Transfer to Bentota. En route stop at a tea plantation and waterfalls. Evening spend at leisure at hotel/beach
Dinner & overnight stay at Bentota
Nuwara Eliya – “The City of Light” was the favorite hill station of the British, a scenic town 2500 m above sea level surrounded by misty mountain ranges, pine forests and tea cultivations. Nuwara Eliya has a much cooler climate, which is in stark contrast to the tropical climate experienced in other parts of the island. This is probably why Nuwara Eliya is also known as ‘Little England’. The areas around Nuwara Eliya also provide the main output of tea in Sri Lanka. A trip to the highlands of Sri Lanka is never complete without witnessing the age-old traditional tea plucking and sipping a cup of “Ceylon Tea”. Nuwara Eliya has a fair assortment of British Country style houses and an 18 hole Golf Course, which is a real beauty with its scenic location considered to be one of the finest in Asia and a picturesque Race Course where horse races are held.
Seetha Amman kovil – Located just 1 km from the Hakgala is the Seetha Amman kovil. This is the only Seetha Amman kovil in the world and is built according to South Indian architecture. Legend has it that Seetha was held captive and hidden in this spot by king Rama to protect her from the demon king Ravana according to the Epic Ramayana. The stream that runs close to this spot is believed to be the place where Sita bathed and the rock beside it is supposed to be the place where she sat praying. On the rock face across the stream are circular depressions believed to be the foot prints of Rawana’s elephant.There is one spot in the stream where the water cannot be drunk and legend has it that Sita cursed this spot and hence the bad taste. Water is very clear and the Temple is known in many other names such as Sita Amman kovil, Sita Amman Temple, Hanuman Kovil, Hanuman Temple and Sri Bhaktha Hanuma Kovil which all refer to the same place.
Devon Falls known as the ‘Veil of the Valley’, is a waterfall in Sri Lanka, situated 6 km (3.7 mile) west of Talawakele, Nuwara Eliya District on the A7 highway. The falls is named after a pioneer English coffee planter called Devon, whose plantation was situated nearby the falls. The waterfall is 97 m (318 ft) high and is the 19th highest in the country. The falls are formed by a tributary of Kothmale Oya, which is a tributary of Mahaweli River. The elevation of Devon Falls is 1,140 m (3,740 ft) above sea level.
Saint Clair falls – St. Clair’s fall is one of the widest waterfalls in Sri Lanka and is commonly known as the “Little Niagara of Sri Lanka”. The falls are located along the Kotmale Oya, a tributary of the Mahaweli River, as it cascades over three rock outcrops into a large pool running through a tea estate, from which the falls derive their name from. The waterfalls consist of two falls called “Maha Ella” (Sinhalese “The Greater Fall”), which is 80 m (260 ft) high and 50 m (160 ft) wide and “Kuda Ella”, (Sinhalese “The Lesser Fall”), which is 50 m (160 ft) high and located immediately downstream of the main fall. St Clair’s falls are the 20th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka.
DAY 04 – BENTOTA – GALLE – BENTOTA
- Turtle Hatchery
- Madu River Jungle Boat Safari
- Galle Dutch Fortress.
After Breakfast Proceed to Galle. En route visit Turtle Hatchery & Madu River Jungle Boat Safari. After lunch visit the Galle Dutch Fortress.
Dinner & overnight stay at Bentota
Turtle Hatchery – At the north end of Induruwa is one of the turtle hatcheries set up to protect turtle eggs till they hatch. Turtle eggs, which would otherwise be eaten, are bought for a few rupees each from local fishermen & re-buried along the beach. Once hatched, the baby turtles are kept in holding tanks. Small tanks contain hundreds of one to three-day old turtles, as well as larger one, including an albino, kept for the collection. In the night, you can release a three-day-old turtle into the Indian Ocean to fend off itself.
Madu River Jungle Boat Safari – Take a magical boat ride down the beautiful Madu River, a wetland estuary spreading over 900 hectares of which 770 hectares is covered with water and inhabited with 64 islands. The boat ride is a wonderful way to take a closer look at this complex wetland ecosystem; a world heritage site protected by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands being one of the last wetlands in Sri Lanka to contain a pristine mangrove forest. Journey past massive mangrove forests, glide under the canopy of the forest tunnels as they curve playfully towards the watercourse. Take in the unique biodiversity of the Madu River and its surrounding islands that boasts of hundreds of birds, plants, fish and animals.
Galle Dutch Fort – Old Galle is a world heritage site; a unique example of a preserved 17th C colonial Fortress. The Galle Fort itself is still a living monument with a bustling community within the great ramparts, massive bastions, pepper pot towers, while narrow streets display its Dutch heritage with beckoning pillared verandas and fretwork facades.
DAY 05 – BENTOTA – COLOMBO
- Colombo City Tour
After lunch Proceed to Colombo. En route city tour in Colombo
Dinner & overnight stay at Colombo
Colombo derived from Sinhalese name Kola-amba-thota which means “mango harbour”, altered by the Portuguese to honor Christopher Columbus, population 737,396 Colombo, is the largest city and commercial center of Sri Lanka. Colombo was probably known to Roman, Arab, and Chinese traders more than 2,000 years ago. Muslims settled there in the 8th century and controlled much of the trade between Sinhalese kingdoms and the outside world. The Portuguese arrived in the 16th century and built a fort to protect their spice trade. The Dutch captured the city in the 17th century. The British made the city the capital of their crown colony of Ceylon in 1802.
DAY 06 – COLOMBO – AIRPORT
After breakfast proceed to Colombo airport to connect with the departure flight.
Price Includes
- Accommodation according to program sharing double or twin room.
- Meal Plan – HB (Breakfast & Dinner)
- Entrance fees as per the given program
- All sightseeing as described in the program.
- Transport by an air-conditioned vehicle.
- After round tour transfer to Colombo Airport.
- Service of Chauffer Guide
- Local government taxes.
Price Excludes
- Lunch
- Compulsory X mas & New Year Gala Dinner Supplement.
- Entry Visa fees
- Entrance fees to sites not specified above.
- Air Fare
- Cost of beverage throughout the tour.
- Expenses of a personal nature.
- Tips and Porterage.
- Any other services not specified above.
