Duration : 6 Nights / 7 Days
Destinations : Colombo - Bentota - Kithulgala - Nuwara Eliya - Divurumpola - Kandy - Sigiriya - Dambulla-Pinnawala - Colombo
Arrival Colombo Airport - Transfer Bentota
On arrival airport and a assist transfer to Bentota, en route visit turtle hatchery and do a madu river boat safari. Bentota – situated on the south west coast, at the confluence of the sea and the Bentota river, the sun drenched location and its golden, palm-fringed beaches which border the warm, sparkling waters of the Indian Ocean made it a natural choice for development as the first tourist resort. Today it is known in Sri Lanka’s global tourist markets as a highly attractive holiday resort with a wide and varied choice of distinctive hotels to suit every taste and purse. Bentota has a complete range of tourist facilities, great seafood and very popular water sports centres which provide boating, water skiing, jet skiing, snorkelling and wind suring. Dinner and Overnight stay at Bentota hotel.
Bentota - Kithulgala - Nuwara Eliya
Breakfast at the hotel, Proceed to Nuwara eliya, en route do a white water rafting at Kithulgala. Nuwara Eliya – Sri Lanka's premier hill resort with a fine bracing mountain climate, Nuwara Eliya is also the heart of Sri Lanka's tea country, producing some of the world’s best tea. The mountain slopes and valleys are a carpet of velvety green tea plantations, interspersed with gushing streams and tumbling waterfalls. Red or green roofed plantation bungalows, English country style homes and hotels with lovely flower gardens, a fine 18 hole golf course and a racecourse gives Nuwara Eliya a decidedly British character. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Nuwara Eliya - Divurumpola
Breakfast at the hotel, Proceed to visit Divurumpola, do a city tour in Nuwara eliya including sithamman temple, Gregory lake and local bazar. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Nuwara Eliya – Kandy
Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Kandy, en route visit Hanuman temple. Do a city tour in Kandy including temple of tooth relic, Royal botanical garden, kandy lake, gem shop and gem museum. Kandy Tea Plantation - visit a tea plantation and a tea factory where one the best teas in the world is produced. You will be told all about the process of manufacturing tea and also see how tea is graded. Taste a cup of pure Ceylon tea in the factory. Kandy – a lovely exotic city, the Hill Capital and last stronghold of the Sinhala Kings is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which retains an aura of grandeur, time has not affected. Encircled by hills, with a tranquil lake in its centre, it is the site of the renowned temple that enshrines the Tooth Relic of the Buddha and the Royal Botanical gardens – home to one of the world’s best collections of Orchids. A cultural sanctuary where many legends, traditions and folklore are still lovingly kept alive, Kandy and its satellite villages are the centre of the islands handicraft industry (items of wood, brass and silver) exquisite silver or gold jewellery and precious gems of many varieties including the world’s best blue and star sapphires. The highlight of the city’s calendar is the Esala Perahera, when a replica of the casket enclosing the Tooth is taken in procession for ten glittering nights in July/August by exotically costumed dancers, drummers and approximately 100 Elephants. Check in to hotel on arrival, dinner and overnight stay.
Kandy - Sigiriya - Dambulla
Breakfast at the hotel, proceed to Dambulla, en route visit Sigiriya fortress, Spice garden and a Museum. Sigiriya Rock Fortress - which is a world heritage site, built by king Kashyapa (473 – 491 A.D). The “lion rock” is a citadel of unusual beauty rising 200 meters from the scrub jungle. The rock was the innermost stronghold of the 70 hectare fortified town. The base of the rock is ringed by a moat, rampart, and extensive gardens including the renowned water gardens. The world-renowned frescoes of the “heavenly maidens’ of Sigiriya which are in a sheltered pocket of the rock approached by a spiral stairway is one of the main attractions. The frescoes are painted in earth pigments on plaster. On arrival Dambulla, check in to hotel. Enjoy dinner and a night stay.
Dambulla - Sigiriya - Pinnawala - Colombo
Morning breakfast at hotel and next proceed to visit Dambulla cave temple. Afterward transfer to Colombo, en route visit Pinnawala elephant orapahange. Evening do a city/shopping tour in Colombo Dinner at outside Indian restaurant and overnight stay at the hotel.
Departure Airport
Breakfast at the hotel, and drive way towards Airport as tour ends here.
City | Hotels | No. of Nights |
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Bentota | Hotel Haus Berlin/ Hotel Wunderbar/ Similar | 1 Night |
Nuwara Eliya | Hotel Fern Inn/ Royal Hills Nuwara Eliya/ Similar | 2 Nights |
Kandy | Hotel Devon/ Hotel Sevana City/ Similar | 1 Night |
Dambulla | Sigiriana resort by Thilanka/ Sundaras Resort and Spa/ Similar | 1 Night |
Colombo | Hotel Grand Oriental/ The Ocean Colombo/ Similar | 1 Night |
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