"Sri Lanka Tour 1 - Duration: 7 nights / 8 days"
Day 1: Colombo
+ Arrive at Colombo International Airport, Katunayake. Meet, assist & transfer to hotel in Colombo.
+ Afternoon sightseeing tour of Colombo.
+ Dinner & Overnight at a hotel in Colombo.
Day 2: Colombo / Sigiriya / Habarana
+ Having taken the breakfast at hotel we leave for The Lion Rock Citadel, Sigiriya (479- 496 AD) (WHS). Located in the world's most ancient surviving landscape garden with sophisticated hydrology is the rock citadel of Sigiriya towering 200 m above the surrounding irrigated plains. In a natural pocket of the rock are renowned Sigiriya frescoes and world's most ancient graffiti to the boot.
+ Having climbed to the top of the rock we would find ruins of an ancient palace & two intact swimming pools.
+ We travel to Habarana & stay overnight there.
Day 3: Habarana / Polonnaruwa / Habarana
+ After breakfast at the hotel, we leave on a sightseeing tour of Polonnaruwa (846 AD - 1302 AD) (WHS), the great Sinhalese Kingdom.
Highlights: ruins of ancient palaces & temples, renovated ancient temples & stupas. Among the still intact colossal rainwater reservoirs is the inland sea like Parakrama Samudra (The Sea of Parakrama) of 2100 hectares (5600 acres)
+ Evening: elephant back safari in Habarana.
+ Overnight is at a hotel in Habarana, located perfectly equidistant between Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapura & Dambulla.
Day 4: Habarana / Dambulla / Kandy
+ Having taken breakfast at the hotel we leave for Golden Dambulla Rock Temple (76 BC -1778 AD) (WHS), home to hundreds of beautiful statues & fine murals.
+ Thereafter leave for Kandy the Royal City (1469-1815 AD) (WHS) of Mediterranean climate at an altitude of 500m, the last Sinhalese kingdom of Sri Lanka, the gateway to the central highlands.
+ Enroute visit a Spice Garden. Check in at hotel in Kandy.
+ We will be visiting Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens set in a loop of the largest & longest river of Sri Lanka. The gardens cover an area of 150 acres with around 10,000 trees.
+ The Holy Temple of Tooth is arguably the holiest shrine of the Buddhist world.
+ Overnight is at a hotel in Kandy.
Day 5: Kandy / Pinnawela / Nuwara Eliya
+ Right after breakfast we visit the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, home to the world's largest troupe of captive, tamed & trained elephants. Leave for Nuwara Eliya (Little England), colonial retreat of the British Civil servants & planters. Enroute visit a tea factory and a tea estate
+ Arrive in Nuwara-Eliya and check in at hotel. Afternoon commence on a sightseeing tour of Nuwara Eliya. Busy market, Lake Gregory, golf course, race course, vegetable cultivation.
+ Overnight is at a hotel in Nuwara-Eliya.
Day 6: Nuwara Eliya / Bentota
+ Immediately after breakfast we are on the way to Bentota Bay Beach Resort, the Paradise Island, a narrow spit of land beautifully sandwiched between Indian Ocean & Bentota lagoon.
+ Overnight is at a hotel in Bentota.
Day 7: Bentota
+ Day at leisure.
+ Overnight is at a hotel in Bentota, Sri Lanka's prime beach resort.
Day 8: Bentota / Colombo Airport
+ After breakfast, we leave to Colombo Airport for departure.
To contact this tour operator please use the contact form next to the map on the right.
Price/Person: 1000 DOL
Number of participants 2
Duration: 8 Days
Area: Colombo
Accomodation is included in this tour: 3-5 Star Accomdation is provided.
The Guide is able to understand this language also
german
english
french
Special Hints: Cultural Attractions: The Lion Rock Citadel, Sigiriya (479 - 496 AD), Polonnaruwa (846 AD - 1302 AD), Golden Dambulla Rock Temple (76 BC - 1778 AD), Kandy the Royal City (1469 - 1815 AD) (All are World Heritage sites). Colonial Heritage: Nuwara Eliya in the Central Highlands Beaches: Bentota Bay Beach Resort
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Guide details
Web: To contact this tour operator please use the contact form above.
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Vita
We provide a Total Holiday Experience, that offers joy & fun, nature & adventure, light &
enlightenment in an ancient island, the Pearl of the Orient, tropical island of Sri Lanka.
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