Travelpack

Highlights: Kandy - Nuwara Eliya - Bentota - Colombo

Hotel Featured:
Rivendell Hotel
Ashford Hotel
Rockside beach
The Ocean Hotel

Itinerary:
Day 01 Airport / Kandy
Assist for the arrival at airport transfer to Kandy. En-route visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
Overnight stay at the hotel – Kandy

Kandy: Lying 115 km from Colombo, Kandy is Sri Lanka’s second biggest city and the capital of the central province. The busy town is situated in a valley at an elevation of 600m, inside a wide loop of the Mahaweli River and is surrounded by hills covered with tropical vegetation. Home to the Sri Dalada Maligawa – the beautiful temple that houses the tooth relic of Lord Buddha – Kandy is also a popular stop during July/August when the annual Esala Perehera (holy festival) takes to the streets of the city. The cool climate of the hills is a relief after the cloying heat of the lowlands, and the lovely Kandy Lake and the drives around it are set amidst great scenic beauty.

Pinnawela Eephant Orphanage: Pinnawala is the most popular and accessible place to see large numbers of these lovable animals in a natural habitat. It is the most popular elephant ‘attraction’ with tourists because nowhere else, except at the splendid ‘pereheras’ will you see so many elephants at such close quarters. The government opened it in 1975 since many more baby elephants than usual had become separated from their herds that year. The persistent drought had dried up many village wells into which the young elephants had fallen while attempting to get a drink. Even today elephants fall into quarry or gem-mining pits, and poachers or angry farmers who shoot the adults for destroying their crops, orphan some youngsters.

Day 02 Kandy
Breakfast at the hotel
Proceed to do a city tour including the Temple of the Tooth Relic & Peradeniya botanical garden In the evening participate to the traditional Cultural Show
Overnight stay at the hotel – Kandy

Temple Of The Tooth Relic - commonly known as the Glorious Tooth Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the royal palace complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics because it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country. The relic was historically held by Sinhalese kings. The temple of the tooth is a World Heritage Site mainly due to the temple and the relic.

Day 03 Kandy/Nuwara Eliya
After breakfast at the hotel proceed to Nuwara Eliya En route Visit Tea Plantation and Tea Factory
Overnight stay at the hotel - Nuwara Eliya

Nuwara Eliya – Sri Lanka's premier hill resort with a fine bracing mountain climate, Nuwara Eliya is also the heart of Sri Lanka's tea country, producing some of the world’s best tea. The mountain slopes and valleys are a carpet of velvety green tea plantations, interspersed with gushing streams and tumbling waterfalls. Red or green roofed plantation bungalows, English country-style homes and hotels with lovely flower gardens, a fine 18-hole golf course, and a racecourse gives Nuwara Eliya a decidedly British character.

Day 04 Nuwara Eliya/Bentota
Have breakfast at the hotel and proceed to Bentota In the evening Leisure at hotel
Overnight stay at the hotel – Bentota

Bentota: situated on the southwest coast, at the confluence of the sea and the Bentota River, the sun-drenched location and its golden, palm-fringed beaches which border the warm, sparkling waters of the Indian Ocean made it a natural choice for development as the first tourist resort. Today it is known in Sri Lanka’s global tourist markets as a highly attractive holiday resort with a wide and varied choice of distinctive hotels to suit every taste and purse. Bentota has a complete range of tourist facilities, great seafood and very popular water sports centres which provide boating, water skiing, jet skiing, snorkeling and wind surfing which provide boating, water skiing, jet skiing, snorkeling, and windsurfing.

Day 05 Bentota
Breakfast at the hotel
In the late afternoon do Madhu River Boat Ride and visit Turtle Hatchery. Optional: Water sports in morning
Overnight stay at the hotel – Bentota

Madhu River: Which flows across Balapitiya (approx 80kms down south from Colombo) is one of the rarely visited and unspoiled attractions any nature lover can find in Sri Lanka. She boasts of having a cluster of 64 small islands scattered along her path and the most of which are uninhabited and covered with mangroves. The smallest islet of the lot is called "Satha Paha Doowa" where there is a tiny shrine with a statue built in respect of the gods of Kataragama (Katharagama). According to folklore this islet had been purchased for five cents but some say the name has derived due to its shape of the five cent coin. Madu is certainly a placid and memorable place of interest to any nature lover who longs to witness mesmerizing landscape of the nature. But over thrilled visitors are forewarned! - Madu River is also a known den for crocodiles.

Day 06 Bentota / Colombo
After Breakfast proceeds to Colombo En - route and do a Colombo city tour and shopping tour.
Overnight stay at the hotel – Colombo

Colombo – the trade and commercial capital has long been the traditional gateway to the Orient. Sri Lanka’s largest city, it is located on the west coast and draws together all the cultures, religions and influences of foreign lands into a pot-pourri of sounds, smells and a kaleidoscope of colour. The original traders and settlers - the Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch and the British have left in their wake churches and monuments, names and religions, costumes and food and smatterings of their languages which have been absorbed into the speech of the Sri Lankan. Today, Colombo is a fascinating city - a happy blend of east & west, past & present, with a charm of its own. A less-known but amazingly true fact is that Colombo has a superb range of high quality restaurants serving food from all over the world and some of the best shopping opportunities in Asia. The main seaport of Sri Lanka is in Colombo & adjoining it, is Pettah, a local bazaar & trading area. Other places of interest are the beautiful Buddhist temples, Hindu temples, mosques, the historic Wolfendhal church, (1749) residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Ceramic Corporation famous for its well-known brand “Noritake” and ODEL the renowned shopping centre.

Day 07 Colombo
Breakfast at the hotel
Leisure at hotel
Overnight stay at the hotel – Colombo

Day 08 Colombo /Airport/Departure
After breakfast proceeds to the airport for the departure.

Excludes:
● Tips to Guides / Chauffeurs
● Entrance Fee to any sites.
● Any fluctuations in the dollar component will affect the cost.
● Lunch or any extra meal not mentioned on the above program during the tour.
● Early check-in or late checkout charges.
● Camera or Video permits.
● Expenses of a personal nature.
● Any service not specifically mentioned in the inclusion.
● Any increase in cost due to political disturbance/bandh or increase in tax or fuel cost, leading to an increase in surface transportation and land arrangements, which may come into effect prior to departure or while touring
● Airfare
● Visa Fee

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