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AIRPORT / KANDY
(Approx. 120 km)
Ayubowan! May you be blessed with long life! With this beautiful traditional greeting you are welcomed to the island of Sri Lanka! Meet our representative in the arrival area of the Airport after you clear all immigration and customs formalities.
After arrival at the Katunayake International Airport, you will be transferred to Kandy en-route visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Check in at hotel and in the evening visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic and witness a traditional Kandyan Dance Cultural Show. Overnight stay at hotel. -
KANDY / NUWARA ELIYA
(Approx. 80 km)
After breakfast visit Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, Kandy City Tour and Gem Museum also see the famous Kandy markets. Transfer to Nuwara Eliya en-route visit Tea Estate & Tea Factory to observe the production process of world famous Ceylon Tea and Tea tasting also view the Ramboda waterfalls. In the evening a city tour and walk around Lake Gregory. Overnight stay at hotel.
Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, Located 5.5 km to the west from the Kandy, altitude is 460 meters above sea level. The garden covers 147 acres. The history goes back to 1371 and was formally established in 1843 by British after they took over the control in Kandy. More than 4000 species of plants found here including many varieties of orchids, Medicinal plants, palm trees and many rare species of trees. -
NUWARA ELIYA / BENTOTA
(Approx. 210 km)
After breakfast transfer to Bentota en-route sightseeing. Check in at hotel. Late afternoon, enjoy a boat ride through mangrove forests to a cinnamon plantation down Madu River and visit the Turtle Hatchery in Kosgoda where turtle eggs are collected, hatched, baby turtles nurtured, numbered and released to the sea. Overnight stay in Bentota.
Madu River Boat Safari, 02 hours boat ride. A boat trip is a wonderful way of seeing some of the hundreds of species of plants and animals monkeys eating fruit in the trees, a water monitor lizard glides slowly through the water, and cormorants, egrets and kingfishers wait patiently on the banks, eyeing the water for prey. The main occupations of the local inhabitants are producing cinnamon and prawn fishing, if you take the trip in the evening you will see the fishermen in their canoes lighting lanterns to attract the shellfish into their traps. -
BENTOTA / COLOMBO / AIRPORT
(Approx. 110 km)
After breakfast transfer to Colombo en-route sightseeing. Colombo 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. The historic Dawatagaha Mosque and the former Eye Hospital are two buildings in Cinnamon Gardens worth looking at. Also visit the BMICH, see the replica of Avukana Buddha and the Independence Square. Colombo city tour and shopping. In the evening maybe a visit to Galle Face Green and walk around the street food market.
Finally proceed to Airport in time for your flight with wonderful memories of an unforgettable vacation.
