SRILANKAN Tour package

Arrival from Katunayake Airport and Transfer to Kandy.

DAY 1

En route visit Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage. This orphanage is the home for about 60 elephants, out of which some are baby elephants found abandoned or orphaned in the wild. They are being cared, fed and trained by the wild life authorities. The best time to visit is during the feeding times, when one will have the opportunity of seeing the baby elephants being bottle-fed. Also could accompany the elephants to a river close-by and see them having their daily bath.

Check in at the Hotel.

P.M. proceed on a city tour of Kandy, the last capital of the Sri Lankan kings which is a World Heritage Site. The name "Kandy" conjures visions of splendour and magnificence.

Many of the legends, traditions and folklore are still lovingly kept alive. Drive around the Kandy Lake built by the last Sinhala king, Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe in 1798. Visit the Kandy town and Bazaar, the arts and crafts centre, a gem museum and a lapidary.Also visit the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. This botanical garden was first built as a pleasure garden by a Sinhala king and was expanded by the British. It is 147 acres in extent and provides an amazing variety of trees, plants and flowers.

In the evening visit Dalada Maligawa-The Temple of the Tooth Relic in time for the 'Pooja'. Thereafter witness a typical Sri Lankan Cultural show featuring traditional Sri Lankan dancing.

Dinner & Overnight Stay at Hilltop (3*), Kandy

After Breakfast leave to Nuwara Eliya

Day 2

En-route visits the tea plantation and a tea factory, where the best tea in the world is produced. You will be told all about the process of manufacturing tea. You can also see how tea is graded. Taste a cup of pure Ceylon tea in the factory.

Check in at the Hotel

P.M. Proceed on a city tour, because of its invigorating mountain climate and scenery is Sri Lanka s most popular hill resort. Sri Lanka s highest mountain Pidurutalagala (8282 feet) is located here. Nuwara-Eliya also has one of the finest 18hole Golf courses in South Asia. The hill station of Nuwara Eliya is celebrated for its fresh climate, the wonderful scenery all around, and its "Englishness" Wonderful mountain panoramas surround the wide valley, into which fall many lovely but icy waterfalls

Overnight Stay at Galway Forest (3*), Nuwara Eliya

After Breakfast Leave to Bentota.

DAY 3 Check in at the hotel.

P.M. proceed on a Bentota sightseeing, which is a paradise of unlimited sun, sea and sand. The rest of the Day is at leisure to indulge in various water sports activities to take a picturesque boat trip on the 'Madhu Ganga' river. The primitive life style of the inhabitant of the island of the Madu River is only a boat ride away. The boat ride takes us through the thick mangroves and abundant the bird life, to reveal the primitive style of fishing and prawn trapping still practiced by the inhabitants of the islands.

Also visit the Turtle hatchery in Kosgoda which is being operated by the Wild Life Protection Society of Sri Lanka. Several species of turtles, especially the endangered hawksbill are protected here. Most vulnerable of all are their eggs, which are left uncovered on beaches all around the coast. The goodwill of Kosgoda area fishermen who bring these eggs gratis to the hatchery has led to the hatching and have released around 100,000 young turtles in only two.

Dinner & Overnight Stay at Club Bentota (3*), Bentota DAY 4

After Breakfast leave for airport in time for the departure flight En-route Colombo City/Shopping tour

COST BASED ON 02 PAX:

PER PERSON SHARING DOUBLE - US$ 331.00