Srilanka (4N/05)

Arrive in Sri Lanka. You will be met by representatives and transferred to Kandy. (Travel time approx: 03 & ½ hrs)

En-route visit *Pinnawela 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

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

Visit *Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden

Today morning you will be going to NuwaraEliya(Travel time approx: 02 & 1/2hrs)
En route visit Ramboda Hanumanji Temple (subject to temple timing), Tea Plantation & Ramboda Falls
Afternoon proceed to NuwaraEliya& enjoy the scenic beauty of hill country
*NuwaraEliya – The ‘Little England’ of Sri Lanka, is set against beautiful backdrops of Mountains, Valleys, Waterfalls and Tea Plantations. It is supposed to be one of the coolest places in the Island, but it is really just like an English spring day, although the temperature does drop at night. All around NuwaraEliya you will see evidence of the British influence, houses like country cottages or Queen Ann style mansions. The Victoria Park, in the middle of the town, is a lovely place for a stroll or a picnic and is also good for Birding as you get some rare birds in this Park. Seasons may be absent elsewhere in Sri Lanka, but here you can read them by the flowers, which bloom in the spring (March to May) and the fall (August and September). These are the “seasons” when low-country folk flock to NuwaraEliya to escape the sea level heat and humidity
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*Gregory Lake & Victoria Park & Boat Ride
*Seetha Amman Temple & Asoka Vatika

Overnight stay at a Hotel in NuwaraEliya

Breakfast at the Hotel

Proceed to Bentota(Travel time approx: 05hrs)

En-route *Witness St Clairs Falls & Devon Falls

Overnight stay at a Hotel in Bentota

Breakfast at the Hotel

Commence Bentota sightseeing & activities

• Maadu River Ride
• Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery
• Bentota Water Sports (Jet Ski, Banana Ride & Tube Ride)

Overnight stay at a Hotel in Bentota

Breakfast at the hotel

Proceed to Colombo(Travel time approx: 02hrs)

*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 Hindu Temple with elaborate stone carvings, and the Dutch Church of Wolfendhal dating back to 1749. Also visit the BMICH, see the replica of Avukana Buddha & the Independence Square.

Visit Gangaramaya floating Temple

*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.

Thereafter transfer to airport and connect departure flight.