Few places have as many Unesco World Heritage Sites (eight) packed into such a small area. Sri Lanka’s 2000-plus years of culture can be discovered at ancient sites where legendary temples boast beautiful details.
Schedule Details
DAY 1: Arrive Colombo. On To Kandy
Land at Colombo airport. Complete airport formalities and claim baggage
Transfer straight to Kandy
En-route visit the Elephant Orphanage at Pinnawela - a home to 60+ Elephants found abandoned or orphaned in the wild. Also, accompany the elephants to a river close by to see them having their daily baths
Arrive at Kandy and check-in at hotel
Evening: Visit Temple of the Tooth Relic followed by a cultural show
Overnight stay at hotel
DAY 2: Kandy
Breakfast at hotel
Visit the Gem lapidary and the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya
Overnight stay at hotel
DAY 3: Kandy - Nuwara Eliya
Breakfast at hotel and check-out
Proceed to Nuwara Eliya. Enroute visit Tea plantations and factory
Arrive at Nuwara Eliya and check-in at hotel
Nuwara Eliya – Sri Lanka's premier hill resort with a fine bracing mountain climate, Nuwara Eliya is also the heart of Sri Lanka's tea country, producing some of the world’s best tea. The mountain slopes and valleys are a carpet of velvety green tea plantations, interspersed with gushing streams and tumbling waterfalls. Red or green roofed plantation bungalows, English country style homes and hotels with lovely flower gardens, a fine 18 hole golf course and a racecourse gives Nuwara Eliya a decidedly British character
Overnight stay at hotel
DAY 4: Nuwara Eliya - Bentota
Breakfast at hotel and check-out
See in and around Nuwara Eliya including Ashok Vatika and Sita Eliya
Thereafter, transfer to Bentota
Arrive at Bentota and check-in at hotel
Bentota – situated on the south west coast, at the confluence of the sea and the Bentota river, the sun drenched location and its golden, palm-fringed beaches which border the warm, sparkling waters of the Indian Ocean made it a natural choice for development as the first tourist resort. Today it is known in Sri Lanka’s global tourist markets as a highly attractive holiday resort with a wide and varied choice of distinctive hotels to suit every taste and purse. Bentota has a complete range of tourist facilities, great seafood and very popular water sports centres which provide boating, water skiing, jet skiing, snorkelling and wind surfing
Overnight stay at hotel
DAY 5: Bentota
Breakfast at hotel
Day at leisure to explore Bentota beach and do water sports
Overnight stay at hotel
DAY 6: Bentota - Colombo
Breakfast at hotel and check-out
Transfer to Colombo
Arrive at Colombo and check-in at hotel
Proceed for Colombo city tour including old parliament, the residential areas and the BMICH (Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall), the fort, the Ceramics Corporation Showroom, Majestic City Shopping complex and ODEL unlimited dress bout
Overnight stay at hotel
DAY 7: Colombo - Nepal
Breakfast at hotel
1100 hrs: Check-out of hotel
On time transfer (4 hours before flight departure time) from hotel to airport
