NEGOMBO & PINNAWALA

Negombo Fish Market

Visit the Negombo fish market 6.00 – 7.00 am the 2nd largest in the country before leaving to Pinnawala.

Millennium Elephant Foundation

Visit Millennium Elephant Foundation and get an opportunity to ride on an elephant ride, give elephant a bath, and get an elephant to give you a shower while riding it. After visiting the foundation you will have lunch at a restaurant of your choice.

Elephant Bath

Taking Pictures with Elephants

Elephant in the foundation

Elephant Orphanage

Next visit will be to the Elephant Orphanage at Pinnawala. Pinnawalla is notable for having the largest herd of captive elephants in the world. In 2011, there were 88 elephants, including 37 males and 51 females from 3 generations, living in Pinnawala.

Bathing Elephant

Feeding Elephants

Herd of Elephants at the Orphanage

Dinner

Proceed to Sigiriya and have Dinner at a restaurant of your choice

SIGIRIYA & HABARANA

Sigiriya Rock Fortress

Good Morning and the first stop will be to visit Sigiriya the Rock Fortress. The ruins of the capital built by the parricidal King Kassapa I (477–95) lie on the steep slopes and at the summit of a granite peak standing some 180m high (the 'Lion's Rock', which dominates the jungle from all sides). A series of galleries and staircases emerging from the mouth of a gigantic lion constructed of bricks and plaster provide access to the site.Sigiriya today is a UNESCO listed World Heritage Site. It is one of the best preserved examples of ancient urban planning and is the most visited historic site in Sri Lanka.

Rock Fortress

Frescoes

Royal Stone Throne

Sigiriya View from Above

First Boulder

Sigiriya Water Garden

Habarana Village Tour

Next stop will be at Habarana for a village tour. You will be taken around the village on a Bullock cart. And after seeing how a typical village functions you get to have a complimentary lunch at the village.

Bullock Cart

Bullock Cart Village Tour

Bullock Cart Village Tour

Minneriya Wildlife Safari

Visit Minneriya National Park which gives the opportunity to sight herds of Elephants throughout the year. Gathering is the largest known meeting place of Asian Elephants in the world. Huge herd of elephants, sometimes numbering up to 300. This Elephant Gathering is a thrilling spectacle that would be remembered for rest of the life of all those who were fortunate to witness it.

A chance to spot a Leopard

Wildlife Safari

Elephant Gathering

Elephants

Sri Lankan axis deer

Large Elephant Gathering

Dinner

Drive back to your hotel and have dinner at your hotel or at a restaurant of your choice.

KANDY

Temple of The Tooth

After arriving in Kandy you will check-in to your hotel in Kandy and then visit ​Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic which is a Buddhist temple in the city of 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 Buddha.

Temple of the Tooth from an Aerial View

Inside the Temple

Temple of the Tooth

Inside the Temple of the Tooth

Audience hall seen partially

Lunch

Have an early lunch your at a restaurant of your choice. And after lunch go shopping around in Kandy City.

Kandy Royal Botanical Gardens

Next stop is the Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya in the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka and attracts 2 million visitors annually. It is renowned for its collection of a variety of orchids. It includes more than 4000 species of plants, including of orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees.

Ayurvedic Spa

After all the sightseeing for the day, you will get to relax by spending some quality time at a Ayurvedic spa in Kandy.

Dinner

Have dinner at a restaurant of your choice.

Strolling around Kandy Lake

After Dinner take a cool walk around the Kandy Lake and later return to your hotel

Kandy Lake & Temple of the Tooth on the other side

Kandy Lake in the evening

Kandy Lake

KANDY - ELLA

Ramboda Falls Hotel

First visit will be to Ramboda Falls Hotel, and get to View Ramboda Falls, Swim in a natural pool and have lunch at Ramboda Falls hotel. Ramboda Falls is 109m high and 11th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka and 729th highest waterfall in the world.

Ramboda Falls

View of Ramboda Falls

Ramboda Falls Hotel

Blue Field Tea Factory

Visit the Blue Field Tea Factory and get to see up close how tea is processed and refresh yourself with a cup of tea. Also get to enjoy the scenic Tea estate stretching across the Tea Factory.

Blue Field Tea Factory

Inside Blue Field Tea Factory

Tea Leaves

Blue Field Tea Fields

Blue Field Tea Factory

Machinery

Nuwara Eliya

Get to see the hillside city of Nuwara Eliya and Lake Gregory with a picturesque landscape and temperate climate. Take pictures, enjoy a walk around the lake and join in with a few activities around Nuwara Eliya and enjoy and take in the breathtaking environment all around you before leaving back to Kandy.

The Golf Club

Grand Hotel Nuwara Eliya

Colonial style houses

Air Taxi

Lake Gregory

View from top

Nanu-Oya to Ella Train Ride

Proceed to Nanu-Oya Railway station for the train ride to Ella Railway Station, where you will be picked up. While in the train enjoy the view of the hill country while traveling in the observation cart.

Check-in Hotel & Dinner

Check-in to your hotel and have dinner at a restaurant of your choice.

Check-in and rest and relax

Dinner

Dinner

ELLA - YALA

Check-in Hotel & Lunch

Check-in to your hotel in Yala and have lunch at a restaurant of your choice. After lunch swim, rest, and relax by your hotel pool.

Yala National Park Wildlife Safari

Visit Yala National Park which is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka. Yala hosts a variety of ecosystems ranging from moist monsoon forests to freshwater and marine wetlands. It is one of the 70 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Sri Lanka. Yala harbours 215 bird species including six endemic species of Sri Lanka. The number of mammals that has been recorded from the park is 44, and it has one of the highest leopard densities in the world, so do not forget to bring your cameras if you love taking wildlife photography. Safari Jeep will pick you up at your from your hotel at 2:00 pm.

Dinner

Return to your hotel and have dinner at your hotel or a restaurant of your choice.

YALA, BUNDALA & MIRISSA

Bundala National Park/ Birds Sanctuary

Get your breakfast packed from your hotel for early morning departure to Bundala National Park/ Birds Sanctuary. Bundala National Park which is an internationally important wintering ground for migratory water birds in Sri Lanka. Bundala harbors 197 species of Birds, the highlight being the Greater Flamingo, which migrate in large flocks. In 2005 the national park was designated as a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, the fourth biosphere reserve in Sri Lanka.

Lunch & Check-out of hotel

After visiting the Bundala National Park you will be driven back to your hotel in Yala and have an early lunch and check-out of the hotel to leave to Mirissa.

Swim, Rest and Relax in Mirissa Beach

Spend the rest of the afternoon on the beach swimming and relaxing. Enjoy and also watch the sunset and take pictures and see why it's called one of the most beautiful beaches in Sri Lanka.

Dinner

Have Dinner at a restaurant of your choice - Recommended ‘Dewmini Roti Shop’ Ranked no. 01 in Mirissa.

MIRISSA

Whale Watching

Watch the Giant Whales and dolphins in action - Leave your hotel at 5.45 am. Complimentary cup of tea will be given before departing to the harbor for the boat ride, and complimentary breakfast will be given on the boat. In the event that you do not sight a whale/s on the first day, a free of charge Whale Watching tour will be provided on the following day.

Lunch

Have Lunch after returning from whale watching at a restaurant of your choice.

Cookery class and Dinner

Learn how to make delicious Sri Lankan dishes and later you may eat the food that you tried for dinner free of charge.

MIRISSA

Swim, Rest and Relax in Mirissa Beach

Spend the entire day on the beach or at your hotel swimming and relaxing or walk around the town if you were successful in seeing whales in the previous day. Enjoy and also watch the sunset and take pictures and see why it's called one of the most beautiful beaches in Sri Lanka.

MIRISSA - HIKKADUWA

Galle Dutch Fort

Leave Mirissa to Galle to visit the Dutch fort in the afternoon and see the fort which was built by the Dutch and have lunch at the fort or at a restaurant of your choice.

Hikkaduwa

After arriving in Hikkaduwa, rest and relax by doing various activities in Hikkaduwa Beach and town. Get to enjoy swimming, board-surfing, and many other interesting activities or have a romantic dinner outside your hotel by the waters.

Dinner

Have Dinner at a restaurant of your choice.

HIKKADUWA - COLOMBO

Moonstone Mines at Meetiyagoda

Visit the Moonstone mines at Meetiyagoda and Watch moonstone mining 18th century style.

Masks and Puppets at Ambalangoda

Visit and see masks and puppets at Ambalangoda the town that is famous for masks & puppets. The traditional masks are carved from light Balsa like Kaduru wood (Nux vomica). Kaduru trees grow in the marshy lands bordering paddy fields. The wood is smoke dried for a week in preparation. The hand carved & hand painted masks in traditional dance dramas are vibrant & colorful.

Turtle Hatchery Farm Kosgoda

Visit the turtle hatchery farm in Kosgoda and get to see and hold new born turtle hatchlings.

Colombo City Tour

Gangaramaya Temple

First visit will be Gangaramaya Temple, Gangaramaya Temple is one of the most important temples in Colombo, Sri Lanka, being a mix of modern architecture and cultural essence.

Colombo National Museum & Viharamahadevi Children's Park

Next stop will at Colombo National Museum, it is the largest museum in Sri Lanka. The museum holds contains a collections of much importance to Sri Lanka such as the regalia of the country, including the throne and crown of the Kandyan monarchs as well as many other exhibits telling the story of ancient Sri Lanka. And after visiting the national museum you will visit Vhiaramadevi Children's Park.

Pettah Market

Visit The Pettah Market which is an open market in the suburb of Pettah in the city of Colombo, The most recognizable building in the Pettah market is the candy-striped Jami-ul Alfar Mosque (also known as The Red Mosque) which was built in 1909.

Galle Face Green

Visit Galle Face Green, it is a promenade which stretches for a half kilometer along the coast in the heart of the financial and business district of Colombo. This is a popular destination for children, vendors, teenagers, lovers, kite flyers, merrymakers and all those who want to indulge in their favorite pastimes next to the sea under the open sky.

Dinner

Have Dinner at a restaurant of your choice and after dinner you will be driven back to your hotel.

COLOMBO - BANDARANAYAKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Proceed to Airport

As the tour has come to an end we will drive you back to the Airport for the departure. Every goodbye makes the next hello closer, so until next time have a safe flight back home.

Bon Voyage