Sri Lanka Island Travel by Sri Lanka Travel Agent with Pinnawala, Sigiriya, Dambulla, Nuwara Eliya, Bentota

THE MAGICAL ISLAND
(07 Nights / 08 Days)
Colombo - Sigiriya - Kandy Nuwaraeliya Bentoota Extention To Yala National Park

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Day 01 : Colombo (By Flight)
Arrive at Bandaranaike International airport, meet, assist and garland on arrival transfer to Colombo hotel. afternoon at 1430 hrs. Commence a sightseeing tour of Colombo. Visit the fort and Pettah the hub of commercial activities, town hall, independence square, BICH (Bandaranaike International Convention Hall), national museum, drive through cinnamon gardens residential area, visit the Dehiwala zoological gardens and witness famous elephant circus which commences at 0515 hrs daily. Enroute to your hotel visit a Buddhist temple and a Hindu temple. Overnight stay at a hotel in Colombo.

Day 02 : Colombo / Pinnewala / Sigriya. (By Surface)
After breakfast leave for Sigiriya at 0800 hrs. Enroute visit Pinnawala elephant orphanage. Witness feeding of elephants including baby elephants who are being fed with milk bottles and then all elephants will be taken to the nearby river for their daily bath. Thereafter proceed to Sigiriya. Climb the Sigiriya rock fortress and view the famous frescoes painted in a rock pocket and also see the mirror wall. Overnight stay at a hotel in Sigiriya

Day 03 : Sigiriya / Dambulla / Kandy. (By Surface)
After breakfast leave for Kandy at 0830 hrs,Sri Lanka's hill capital. Enroute visit Dambulla rock cave temple. Like Sigiriya, Dambulla rock temple is a vast isolated rock mass and it was here that king Valagambahu took refuge in the 01st century B.C. He later turned the caves into a rock temple. Some of the frescoes found here are over 2,000 years old and there is a colossal figure of the recumbent Buddha carved out of the living rock some 14 metres long. Visit a spice garden at Matale and a wood carving factory and also visit a batik factory. Continue to Kandy at around 1430 hrs. Check in at your hotel in Kandy. In the late evening visit Dalada Maligawa where the temple of the sacred tooth relic of "The Buddha" is enshrined and thereafter view a cultural performance depicting the low and upcountry dancers and return to hotel. Overnight stay at a hotel in Kandy

Day 04 : Kandy
After breakfast at around 0900 hrs. commence a sightseeing tour of Kandy. Visit the Peradeniya Botanical gardens, where you can view a rare collection of tropical, exotic and indigenous flora; Kandy

and the famous orchid house. Drive around the upper lake drive and view the picturesque university campus buildings of traditional Sinhalese architecture, Visit the market place and the arts & crafts centre and return to hotel. Check out from hotel at 1300 hrs. Evening free time for shopping. Overnight stay at a hotel in Kandy.

Day 05 : Kandy / Nuwara Eliya (By Surface)
After breakfast leave for Nuwara Eliya at 0830 hrs. Enroute visit a tea factory and a tea estate. Check in at a hotel in Nuwara-Eliya. Afternoon at around 1430 hrs commence a sightseeing tour of Nuwara-Eliya visiting Hakgal Botanical gardens with exotic trees, shrubs & herbs known to thrive best in hilly country, which has an excellent rose garden one of the island's finest collections, rare fernery including the giant tree fern of Sri Lanka. Visit the famous golf course and the market place and return to hotel. Overnight stay at a hotel in Nuwara-Eliya

Day 06 : Nuwaraeliya / Bentota ( By Surface)
After breakfast leave for Bentota at 0830 hrs. Enroute visit the Galle harbour, the former Dutch city and the Dutch fort and view the architecture belonging to the Dutch era. Enroute stop for a ride in glass-bottom boat to view coral reef. Overnight stay at a hotel in Bentota

Day 07 : Bentota Beach stay (Day Free)
Overnight stay at a hotel in Bentota

Day 08 : Bentota / Colombo (By Surface) / Out (By Flight)
Morning at leisure. Around 1400 hrs transfer to airport for your departure flight.

The Magical Island - Extension To Yala National Park
(Programme 2)

This Extn Is Possible With Programme Magical Island. The Programme From Day 01 To Day 05 Remain Same And From Day 06 As Given Here In Under.

Day 06 : Nuwara Eliya / Yala National Park (By Surface)

After breakfast leave for Yala at 0830 hrs. At 1430 hrs enroute visit to Kataragama - this is a holy place for Buddhists, Hindus & Muslims. There is a tradition that king Dutugemunu built a shrine to the god Karatagama in the 2nd century B.C.; and the Buddhist Kirivehera Dagoba dates back to the 1st century B.C. The most important is the Maha Devala, supposedly containing the lance of the six-faced, 12-armed Hindu war god Skanda. Overnight stay at a hotel in Hambantota

Day 07 : Yala National Park
After breakfast at 0830 hrs embark on a safari on a private jeep to visit the national park, home of the elephants, deer, sambhur, wild buffalos, crocodiles, reptiles and many other animals. Return to hotel. Evening at leisure. Overnight stay at a hotel in Hambantota

Day 08 : Yala National Park/ Bentota (By Surface)
After breakfast leave by surface for Bentota to continue with the tour as per day 06 of main magical island programme.