WONDERS OF SRILANKA
DEPARTURE DATE : TBA NO OF NIGHTS : 06 NIGHTS / 07 DAYS VISIT COLOMBO, KANDY, NUWARA ELIYA & KALUTARA
ROUTE MAP
TOUR ITINERARY
DAY 01|COLOMBO
DAY ACTIVITY: COLOMBO SIGHTSEEING
On Arrival Colombo airport (Sri Lanka), you will be welcome by our representative on Arrival and transfer to Colombo. Evening engage in city tour of Colombo, the commercial capital city of Sri Lanka, from the busy commercial hub to the tree-lined suburbs. Here, colonial architecture vies with glass skyscrapers and the past comes alive in buildings that have withstood great winds of change.
COLOMBO FORT GANGARAMAYA TEMPLE
BEIRA LAKE DUTCH HOSPITAL
The National Museum, The Dutch museum, Parliament complex, Arcade Independent Square, Bandaranayke Memorial International conference hall, Independence Square, Town Hall, Colombo fort, Pettah ,Floating market, Gangaramaya temple, Beira Lake, Colombo national Museum Old Dutch Hospital, Nelum pokuna Mahinda Rajapakshe theatre, Galle Face Green Colombo’s best - loved seafront hangout as some of the most interesting places you could visit.
MAHINDA RAJAPAKSHE THEATRE GALLE FACE GREEN
Also Colombo presents array of possibilities with many high end department stores, malls and elite shopping outlets offering everything from handmade batik silk sarees to the latest smart phones. Shoppers are for choice courtesy modern shopping such as ODEL, Crescat Boulevard, Liberty Arcade, Liberty Plaza and Majestic City, The Arcade Independence Square, Dutch Hospital shopping precinct and Exclusive gift shops such as Paradise Road, Barefoot, Cotton Collection and Galaria providing high quality products. For traditional gift shopping Lakphana and Lakmedura and worth peek. After sightseeing back to hotel and Overnight stay at Colombo.
DAY 02|COLOMBO - KANDY (B)
DAY ACTIVITY: PINNAWALA ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE
After breakfast transfer to Kandy, En route visit to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Providing a caring home for abandoned and wounded elephants, it is a much loved destination for tourists and locals alike. Here, adults and baby elephants from around Sri Lanka thrive, and a captive breeding program is also proving to be highly successful. The feeding and bathing times are generally the ideal times to visit when you can observe these gentle giants at their best. Later check in the hotel and rest of the day is leisure.
DAY 03| KANDY (B)
DAY ACTIVITY: KANDY CITY TOUR
After Breakfast enjoy a city tour of Kandy – the last kingdom of the Sinhalese, taking in the sights of Upper Lake Drive and the Market Square on the way to pay homage to one of the most sacred religious sites in Sri Lanka. The Temple of the Tooth or Dalada Maligawa is believed to house the ‘tooth relic’ of the Lord Buddha. A walk around the town will let you indulge in some souvenir hunting with intricate treasures in wood, copper, silver, brass, ebony, bronze, ceramics, lacquer work, handlooms, batiks, jewelry and reed-ware to choose from.
TOOTHRELIC TEMPLE
GEM MUSEUM
HANDICRAFTS BOTANICAL GARDEN
Visit to Royal Botanical Gardens, 147 acres of lushness with over 5000 species of trees and plants many of which are rare or endemic; a spice garden and an Orchid house are yours to explore.Also you will visit a Gem Museum, Sri Lanka Gem Industry has 70 Of the world’s 200 Various colored stones, The Ceylon Sapphire is a brilliant cornflower or cerulean blue and is considered to be of the highest quality, An 18-Carot blue sapphire was the center of Lady Diana’s and later Duchess of Cambridge’s engagement ring.
DAY 04| KANDY – NUWARA ELIYA (75KMS /APPROX.2 HOURS) (B)
DAY ACTIVITY: NUWARA ELIYA SIGHTSEEING
After breakfast head ‘up country’ and the city of Nuwara Eliya, visiting the Ramboda waterfalls and a tea factory along the way. Afternoon the old colonial outpost still referred to as ‘Little England’ Nuwara Eliya certainly lives up to its name. Perched 6200 feet above sea level, the climate too, adds to the illusion of one stepping into an old English town, where neat hedges, quaint cottages and beautiful old buildings stand as serene as they did well over a century ago – the magnificent Grand Hotel presiding over them all. There is, of course, an old golf course as well as horse racing events to complete the picture. RAMBODA WATERFALLS
Later in the Evening City tour with Victoria Park & Gregory Lake.
VICTORIA PARK
GREGORY LAKE
DAY 05| NUWARA ELIYA - KALUTARA (190 KMS APPROX... 05 HRS) (B)
DAY ACTIVITY: LEISURE
After Breakfast transfer to Kalutara via Kithulgala. En route Optional if you feel adventurous, the incredible experience of White Water Rafting awaits you at Kitulgala. You will be in good hands with safety gear, modern rafts, and a comprehensive safety briefing given by our white water rafting instructors beforehand. Those who prefer to keep their feet dry can take it easy, relax and admire the Beautiful Views. Later transferred to Hotel and Check in.
DAY 06 |KALUTARA – GALLE - KALUTARA (B)
DAY ACTIVITY: GALLE SIGHTSEEING
After Breakfast proceed to Galle. For centuries Galle has stood strong against invasions - from colonial powers and nature’s volatile outbursts. The famous Dutch Fort was first built by the Portuguese, fortified by the Dutch and preserved by the British. Battered daily for over 400 years by the ocean it even survived the onslaught of a tsunami and is enjoyed today by residents and visitors alike. The colonial architecture of the walled city too has resisted the advance of modernity and holds tightly to its past glory. En route visit Madu River Boat Ride with fish therapy-The bio- diversity of the Madu River is of monumental signification when considering the wide ranges of aquatic and avian life as well as wetland dwelling amphibians, reptiles, mammals that inhabit the environs of this natural treasure.
GALLE FORT
DAY 07 – DEPART BACK TO HOME (B)
After Breakfast checkout from the hotel and proceed to Colombo airport to catch the Flight back to home.
END OF SERVICES
PACKAGE INCLUSIONS
6 Nights’ accommodation in well-appointed rooms as mentioned below hotels or equivalent Assistance at the airport Meals – Breakfast (Except on the day of arrival) Services of English-speaking driver cum guide during sightseeing tours Sightseeing as per itinerary by private tourist vehicle
PACKAGE EXCLUSIONS
Air tickets and airport taxes Meals – Lunch & Dinner Items of personal nature like laundry, phone calls, tips to guides / drivers etc. Entry Fee at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriyaa and Dambulla Camera / Video camera fees applicable at monuments Any other expenses not mentioned above.
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