Day 01
Airport - Negombo
Meet on
arrival from your flight or picked up from Colombo
hotel. Leave for Negombo a characteristic fishing town
north of Colombo. Traditional local fishing craft like
the outrigger canoe and the catamaran bring seer, skip
jack, herring and mullet & amber jack, while lobster &
prawn are caught in the lagoon.
Proceed to the Ranweli Resort for Overnight.
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Day 02
Pinnawala - Sigiriya
After an early
breakfast travel to Sri Lanka's cultural triangle via
Elephant Orphanage, an institution that has been looking
after orphaned or injured elephants. If you leave the
hotel early then you can watch the elephants bath in the
river after the youngest babies are milk fed. After
lunch you will leave for the cultural triangle and check
in at a hotel in Sigiriya. In the late afternoon we will
organize a one-hour elephant ride through dry land
jungle.
Dinner and overnight stay in Sigiriya.
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Day 03
Kandy
The next day,
after breakfast, you will have a city tour of Kandy,
visiting the temple of the tooth and some leisure time
for shopping. Evening you will be entertained with a
spectacular Sri Lankan cultural show.
Dinner and overnight stay in Kandy.
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Day 04
Nuwara Eiya - Ella
Proceed to Nuwara Eliya
en-route visit a tea factory. Evening visit the
Hakgala botanical gardens. "Hakgala is a small botanical
garden close to the famous hill resort of Nuwara Eliya.
A special attraction here is the variety of montane
orchids, many of them endemic to Sri Lanka.It was once
the pleasure garden of Ravana of the Ramayana epic and
according to many; it was one of the places where the
beautiful Sita was hidden by the demon king".
Dinner and overnight stay in Ella.
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Day 05
Yala -
Katharagama
Early morning
go for a game drive to Yala, one of the islands most
popular wildlife parks where you could see all most all
the animals which is found in Sri Lanka.
Dinner and overnight stay in Katharagama.
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Day 06,
07
Galle,
Unawatuna
After a
comfortable breakfast, Drive along the southern
coastline passing white sandy beaches to arrive at
Unawatuna or Galle.
Dinner and overnight stay in Kandy.
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Day 08
Bentota
After
breakfast you will check out from the hotel and drive up
Sri Lanka's west coast, perhaps stopping in Galle Fort
for a walk on the ramparts and a cup of coffee, on your
way back to Bentota. By late afternoon, check in one of
the most popular beach resorts and which is also
situated in the "Golden Stretch of Beaches" in Sri
Lanka. Here you will relax and enjoy your beach stay
which you richly deserve for the rest of the tour.
Dinner and overnight stay in Bentota.
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Day 09
Colombo
Pick up from
respective hotel located within Colombo City limits and
Mt. Lavinia, Gangarama Temple, Pettah and Fort area,
Galle Face Green, Old Parliament, New Parliament,
Independence Square, Barefoot, Gallery Cafe, House of
Fashion and Mount Lavinia Beach.
Dinner and overnight stay in Colombo.
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Day 10
Airport
Depart in good time for your
flight home.
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Includes
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Accommodation sharing twin on Bed and Breakfast Basis while on tour at mentioned hotels or similar.
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Air-conditioned private transport
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English speaking chauffeur-guide
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Government tax and service charge
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Excludes
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International airfare
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Lunch, Dinner & Beverages.
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Expenses of a
personal nature (telephone calls, laundry etc,.)
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Personal travel and medical insurance
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Departure airport tax
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Compulsory Cricket/Peak and any Seasonal supplements at selected hotels.( To be notified by the time of the booking)
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Entrance fees, Jeep hire costs, Trekker chargers etc at sites and locations as per itinerary.
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