Places covered: Colombo, Kandy
Duration: 3Nights/ 4Days
Category: Beach Holidays
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Arrive in Sri Lanka. You will be met by representatives and transferred to Kandy. (Travel time approx: 03 & ½ hrs)
En-route visit *Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage – App. 55 miles from Colombo, off the Colombo – Kandy road is Pinnawela, where an orphanage was started in 1975 to house the abandoned and the wounded elephants. The number of elephants has increased to more than 65 now; including Baby Elephants brought from various parts, as well as the 23 babies born, as a result of the captive breeding programme. The best time to visit is the feeding time from 0930-1000 hrs and 1330-1400 hrs and the bathing time from 1000-1030 hrs and 1400-1430 hrs when all the elephants are taken to the river close by.
**Spice Garden Visit
Proceed to *Kandy
Overnight stay at a Hotel in Kandy
Breakfast at the Hotel
Visit *Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden
Visit *Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic – ever since 4th Century A.D, when the Buddha’s Tooth was brought to Sri Lanka hidden from sacrilegious hands in an Orissan princess’ hair, the Relic has grown in repute and holiness in Sri Lanka and throughout the Buddhist world. It is considered Sri Lanka’s most prized possession.
*Gem Gallery visit
Evening witness the colorful Kandy Cultural Show
Overnight stay at a Hotel in Kandy
Breakfast at the Hotel
Today morning you will be going to Colombo (Travel time approx: 03 & 1/2hrs)
*Colombo – a drive through the city taking you to the busy commercial areas as well as the tree-lined residential, Cinnamon Gardens. Visit Fort, the former British administrative center and military garrison, Sea Street – the Goldsmith’s quarters in the heart of Pettah, the Bazaar area, where is also a HinduTemple with elaborate stone carvings, and the DutchChurch of Wolfendhal dating back to 1749. Also visit the BMICH, see the replica of Avukana Buddha & the Independence Square.
*Shopping in Colombo…….visit *ODEL Unlimited provides ample opportunity indulge, not only in shopping for designer wear apparel for the whole family, but also take taste buds on a voyage of discovery.
Overnight stay at a Hotel in Colombo
After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport for your departure flight back to India.
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