Journey to Sri Lanka

Post breakfast check out from hotel and start your journey to  explore the beautiful  places of Sri Lanka.  While driving to Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, on the way  visit Kandy, now continue trip ahead & take another stop to visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.  It was  established to feed nurse and young elephants found abandoned by their mothers. This is the place where one can see Elephants very closely, it is an unforgettable experience. During drought period, often the young elephants fall into pits & ravines in their request for water, here you can see baby jumbos, how they are bottle fed and taken for bath by their foster fathers,  you can see them wondering around their orphanage.

Now proceed to next sightseeing point, it is Dambulla Cave Temple with about 200 steps to go up, dating back to the 1st century BC.  It is the most impressive cave temple of Asia.  There are images of the Lord Buddha, Bodhisattvas & various God, Goddesses.   It has five caves under a vast overhanging rock carved with a drip line to keep interiors dry.  In 1983 the architectures was embellished with arched colonnades & gabled entrance.  Inside the cave the ceiling are painted with intricate patterns of religious images following contours of the rock.

Overnight at hotel in Sigiriya.

Have a delicious breakfast at hotel.  Now proceed to Nuwaraeliya, on the way visit Kandy, which lies in the midst of Hills, it is the most scenic cities in Sri Lanka.  Kandy is very famous among tourist for three main reasons, one is the sacred tooth  relic of  the  Buddha,  second one is  Botanical Gardens, located in Peradeniya & it always has a special place when it comes to festivities such as the Esala Perahera.  Temple of The Tooth Relic was built within the Royal Palace complex which houses the one of the two surviving relic of the tooth of Buddha which is an object of veneration for Buddhists.

 Royal Botanical Gardens Peradeniya well known for its large number and variety of plants, decorative,ornamental,  useful  and medicinal.  Now visit the center of Hill capital named as Nuwaraeliya   when you are proceeding to Nuwaraeliya named as “Little England” via Gampola road so that you can witness the Ramboda falls and Labukelle tea factory. Blue Field Tea Factory – during the visit here you will get a rare opportunity of experiencing the art of plucking the world famous Ceylon Tea and then how these green tea leaves transform into black or brown particles and the process of grading tea into different categories. Now proceed further to check in at hotel.

Overnight at hotel in Nuwara Eliya.

Post breakfast check out from hotel & proceed to your next destination of Sri Lanka, it is Bentota.

Get the adventurous experience in Bentota.   Sri Baktha Hanuman Temple, Ramboda. The Ramboda area is believed to be an area where Rama’s forces  were  gathered  against  Ravana.  RamPadai  means  Rama’s  Force.  The  hills  of  Ramboda  also believed where Hanuman was searching for Sitadevi. The Chinmaya mission of Sri Lanka has built an Anjaneyar temple with  Hanuman  as the  presiding  deity.  This  temple is  called Sri Baktha Hanuman temple and the image of lord Hanuman here is 16 Feet tall.

Turtle Hatchery - In Kogoda, visit a Turtle Hatchery established to protect Sri Lanka's turtles from extinction. The hatchery pays fishermen for eggs that they collect at night along the sandy beach.Visitors can see huge tanks filled with new born turtle hatchlings. After being fed, the baby turtles aretaken to the sea and released when they are 2-4 days old, usually during the safer hours of darkness.Although October to April is the main laying season, some eggs can be found at Kosgoda throughout the year.Check-in to hotel and realx .. Enjoy the dinner .

Overnight at hotel in Bentota.

Post breakfast have the excursion in Bentota.  Madu River - Other Optional activities en-route – A boat Ride along Madhu River in Balapitiya.  Balapitiya is one of the last remaining tracts of pristine mangrove forests in Sri Lanka. A boat trip is a wonderful way of seeing some of the hundreds of species of plants and animals such as monkeys, water monitor lizards, cormorants, egrets & kingfishers just to name a few prey. There are around 64 islands in the river and lagoon & about 250 families there in are engaged in producing cinnamon fishing & and prawn fishing. Proceed to Bentota, arrive at the beach hotel & relax.

Fish Spa - If you are doing a boat ride at Madu ganga, fish spa is a unique experience which you should not miss. There are different cages with different type of doctor fish available. Once you select and put your leg in the pond hundreds of fish comes and gently nibble your dead skin. Colombo City Tour – Includes visits to historic, religious, commerce and trading places in the city. On the first day you can do visit Cinnamon Gardens area which is Colombo most fashionable residential area. Then you will be taken to visit the places with religious value. Start with wolfendhal Dutch Church which has been built in year 197, Hindu temple and Gangarama Temple situated on the Beira Lake and most famous Red mosque.

Colombo city tour – Colombo is the most vibrant city in Sri Lanka. During the city tour you will explore the historic, religious and commercial value of the city. This is a very small city and it is enriched with Colonial type of building and modern structured buildings. You will start your city tour from Fort area and Colombo National Museum. After that you will proceed towards Petta, the most happening bazaar area with mix of people in every nationality and religions. At the bazaar you can do some street shopping as well. There are many famous Buddhist temples, Hindu Kovils, Catholic Churches and Mosques. City tour will continue through Wolfe dhal Dutch church, Hulfts drop law courts and then to cinnamon gardens (high class living), Independent Square, Bandaranaike International Conference Hall. Then you can do high end shopping and leading shopping malls in the city (Majestic city, ODEL,House of Fashion)

Now that you are at the end of your journey with us, Chauffeur will be comfortable take you to the international airport in time for your departure flight. Proceeds to the Bandaranayke international airport, where you stack all your memories in your eyes & Mind, allowing this beautiful island Sri Lanka. This experience will leave you astounded. Pampered, enlightened. Moreover, animated. A country like no other! Visit Sri Lanka...Dependent on the flight departure time, you will be reassigned to the Airport.