Tour Itinerary
Departs from Bandaranaike International airport
Day 1. Bandaranaike Airport/Kandy...
Arrival at the Bandaranaike International airport.. Welcome and assistance upon arrival and transfer to the Hotel in Kandy. On the way, visit the Elephant Orphanage at Pinnawela. It is an orphanage for baby elephants set up by the department of National Zoological Gardens. The Orphanage was established to feed, nurse and house young elephants found abandoned by their mothers. Other inmates are those found displaced from their natural environs by development projects or those found wounded. In the evening arrive in Kandy and check in at the Hotel.
Day 2. Kandy
After breakfast, visit the Royal Botanical Gardens of Peradeniya. The Royal Botanical Garden at Peradeniya were established in 1821 and now cover 140 acres enclosed in a loop in the Mahaweli river, the longest river in Sri Lanka. Its primary aim was the testing and acclimatizing of plants for Commercial use in Sri Lanka. Today the Gardens have one largest collections of flora from sub tropical climates around the world. And a beautiful and rare collection of Orchids And visit an ancient cave Temple in Hindagela or visit Triangle Temple, Gadaladeniya Embekke and Lankatilaka ( those Temple are built in AD1300).
In the evening visit the temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha, Kandyan cultural dance, and visiting a Sri Lanka Gem Museum. Over night stay at Kandy.
Day 3 Kandy, Dambulla / Sigiriya / ( OR )Polonnaruwa, Kandy
After breakfast, proceed to Dambulla, visit the Rock caved golden temple of Dambulla, which has a history since 3rd century BC and belonged to Malwatta Chapter, is recorded to have given shelter and protection to KING WALAGAMBA, who was defeated by the CHOLAS during war. This location, formerly know as JAMBUKOLA PATTANA, was found by King Walagamba, under the guidance of a farmer. He had been given a small cave by the Buddhist priests, and had taken refuge at the temple for twelve years as a priest. After gaining much war strength within these twelve years, King Walagamba marched strongly through the enemy forces to Anuradhapura with his army and regained complete control over the city from the Chola rule. As means of appreciation of the refuge given to him, King Walagamba ordered the construction of the temple, in a grand scale, of the five main caves, three caves by the names of DEVARAJA LENA, MAHARAJA LENA & RAJA LENA respectively, have been given prominence. Proceed to Matale, and visit a spice garden
Sigiriya, An awe inspiring rock fortress rising 183 meters above the surrounding green scrub jungle, just declared a world heritage site, is perhaps the most memorable place for visitors to Sri Lanka. The site was built under the orders of the paranoid King Kasyapa. The well-planned complex included caved temples, bathing pools, lovely ponds and Asia's oldest surviving landscaped gardens. Today Sigiriya is famous for its frescoes painted in the pocket of the rock, The "Lion Stairway", the 'Mirror Wall' and the Water Gardens are its other highlights. Climb to the summit of the rock to view the ruins of the monastic complex.
Polonnaruwa, The medieval capital of ancient ceylon. The city of Polonnaruwa was the 2nd capital of ceylon, with its comparatively brief history with over a dozen of rulers. visit the sites where once seven story castles and temples were situated , archeological museum , famous for its three of the buddha statues, and the 2500 hector man made reservoir ( 1153 - 1183 AD ) with capacity of 134 million cubic meters of water. over night stay at Kandy.
Day 4 Kandy / Nuwara Eliya / Kandy
After breakfast proceed to Nuwara Eliya, en route visiting a tea plantation and tea factory, beautiful view of mountains and greenery, water falls and a historical Hindu temple, the period of king Rawana. Over night stay at Kandy.
Day 5 Kandy / Negombo Beach
Stay over night in Negombo Beach
Day 6 Negombo Beach
After breakfast Proceed to the airport in time for departure.
