Classic Sri Lanka

Classic Sri Lanka 9 Days | Starts/Ends: Colombo

PRIVATE TOUR: Exotic Sri Lanka, • 8 nights SUPERIOR hotels. STANDARD Day 2 : Sightseeing in ancient cities steeped in history, and DELUXE hotel options are also Colombo available upon request. Accommodation elephants, tea plantations, lush Today, your guide will take you on a driving rating – See Trip Notes for details countryside, bustling bazaars and tour around colourful Colombo, Sri Lanka's • Touring - Colombo, Dambulla, frenetic capital. Just off the north end of wildlife, Sri Lanka has all this and Polonnaruwa, Sigariya, Matale, Kandy, Galle Road, the main north-south artery of more. Enjoy a wonderful 9 day Nuwara Eliya and Udawalawe NP the city is the area known as the Fort, once • Jeep safari/game drive in Udawalawe holiday taking in the highlights of a colonial stronghold but now the site of National park this enchanting island. many government buildings and interesting • Escorted by a licensed English speaking shops. Just south of the Fort is Galle Face chauffeur guide HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS Green, a seaside expanse where informal • An airport arrival transfer day 1 and a cricket games are played out amongst city departure transfer day 9 Trip Highlights folk enjoying a pleasant stroll. At the south • All transfers and transportation in private end of the green is the Galle Face Hotel, a • Polonnaruwa - 11th century city air-conditioned tourism vehicles beautiful colonial-era hotel. Just east of the • Sigiriya - Spectacular 5th century fortress • Specialist local guides at some sites Fort is the Pettah, the traditional bazaar district ruins • Entrance fees to all included sites – a colourful retail experience. Just beyond • Dambulla - Marvel at the magnificent rock the centre is the affluent Cinnamon Gardens cave temple What's Not Included district of the city. You will drive through • Kandy - Temple of the Tooth, Royal • International flights and visa these districts on your tour of the city and Botanical Garden and Ceylon Tea • Tipping - An entirely personal gesture visit Gangarama Temple and Independence Museum Square. Overnight - Colombo (B) • Matale - Spice gardens COVID SAFE GUIDE • Udawalawe National Park - Home to the nation's largest herd of Asian Elephants ITINERARY • Nuwara Eliya - Tea plantation and Hakgala Gardens Day 1 : Colombo • Ratnapura - The gem capital Welcome to Sri Lanka and the start of your • Colombo - The Fort and Gamgarama holiday! You'll be met at Colombo Airport and Temple transferred to hotel. Tonight, enjoy a tasty What's Included welcome dinner at your hotel. Overnight - Colombo (D) • Breakfast daily and 1 dinner

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Day 3 : Dambulla and Day 5 : Kandy sightseeing Day 8 : Ratnapura Polonnaruwa

Today we take a leisurely walk through Embilipitiya - Ratnapura - Colombo. En route Colombo - Giritale (via Dambulla). We drive to Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, Sri Lanka's back to Colombo today, we stop off in Giritale today, stopping en route to visit the largest botanical garden once reserved for Ratnapura, Sri Lanka’s gem capital. Here, impressive Dambulla Rock Temple. Dambulla the sole use of the Kandyan elite. Back we learn about the islands precious stones, is a UNESCO World Heritage site and the most in the scenic lakeside town of Kandy, we visit gem mines, a museum and a lapidary. impressive of Sri Lanka’s cave temples. The embark upon a sightseeing tour, visiting the Overnight - Colombo (B) complex of five caves with 2000 sq. metres bazaar, the arts and crafts centre and a gem of painted walls and ceiling is the largest workshop. There will also be a visit to the Day 9 : Colombo area of paintings found in the world. These Ceylon Tea Museum, dedicated to all things Out tour ends after breakfast today. Included caves contain over 150 images of the Buddha tea-related and housed in an attractive old onward transfer to airport.(B) of which the largest is the colossal figure of building. Later, we enjoy a guided tour of the the Buddha carved out of rock spanning 14 Temple of the Tooth Relic and then a cultural meters. show, featuring traditional Sri Lankan dancing in the evening. Overnight - Kandy (B) This afternoon, after checking into our hotel in Day 6 : Nuwara Eliya tea Giritale, we visit UNESCO Listed Polonnaruwa plantations – an incredible 11th century city. Here, we Kandy - Nuwara Eliya. En route to Nuwara explore the ruins of the Royal Palace, temples Eliya, a scenic hillside town with a distinctly and Gal Vihara which boasts three enormous English flavour. Here we visit a tea plantation and revered Buddha figures. Overnight - and enjoy a tasty cup of pure Ceylon Giritale (B) tea in the factory. In Nuwara Eliya, Sri Day 4 : Sigiriya and Kandy Lanka’s most popular hill resort, we take Giritale - Sigiriya - Kandy. This morning, we an evening sightseeing tour, including the drive to Sigiriya and explore the UNESCO Hakgala Gardens. Overnight - Nuwara Eliya World Heritage Listed, 5th century Sigiriya (B) rock fortress, built by King Kashyapa (477-495 Day 7 : Udawalawe National AD). The ‘Lion Rock’ is a citadel of unusual beauty rising 200 meters from the scrub Park jungle. The rock was the innermost stronghold Nuwara Eliya - Embilipitiya. This morning, of the 70 hectare fortified town. A moat, we drive to and check into our hotel in rampart, and extensive gardens including Embilipitiya, before going wild on a jeep safari the renowned water gardens ring the base in Sri Lanka's most popular national park! of the rock. Discover the world-renowned Udawalawe National Park is home to large frescoes of the ‘Heavenly Maidens’ of Sigiriya, herds of elephants and deer species such which are in a sheltered pocket of the as spotted deer, sambhur, barking deer and rock approached by a spiral stairway. After langur, wild boar, water buffalo and jackal. exploring the sights of Sigiriya, stop is made at Overnight - Embilipitiya (B) the Spice Garden in Matale, en route to Kandy. Overnight - Kandy (B)