7 Days/6 Nights in Srilanka

Package Description

02 January 2024: Airport – Colombo (40kms/ 45minuts Drive)
On arrival to Bandaranayake International Airport, Guests will be welcomed by our representative,
then transfer to Colombo.
Dinner and overnight stay in Colombo

03 January 2024: Colombo – Pinnawala - Kandy (130kms/ 02 Hours 45minuts Drive)
After Breakfast /Drive to Kandy via Pinnawala
• Visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage was established in 1975. And it is an orphanage, nursery and captive
breeding ground for wild Asian elephants located at Pinnawala village, 13 km (8.1 mi) northwest of
Kegalle town in Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka.
Pinnawala 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. The
orphanage was originally founded to afford care and protection too many of the orphaned
unweaned wild elephants found wandering in and near the forests of Sri Lanka.

• Visit Temple of the tooth relic
Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic 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 the Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important
role in local politics because it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the
country. Kandy was the last capital of the Sri Lankan kings and is a World Heritage Site mainly due to
the temple.

• Evening witnesses a traditional dance show in Kandy where you can see different dance
types of Sri Lanka.

04 January 2024: Kandy
After Breakfast
• Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden – Optional 10.00 USD PP
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the Central
Province of Sri Lanka. It attracts 2 million visitors annually. It is near the Mahaweli River (the longest
in Sri Lanka). It is renowned for its collection of orchids. The garden includes more than 4000 species
of plants, including orchids, spices, medicinal plants, and palm trees. Attached to it is the National
Herbarium of Sri Lanka. The total area of the botanical garden is 147 acres (0.59 km), at 460 meters
above sea level, and with a 200-day annual rainfall. It is managed by the Division of National Botanic
Gardens of the Department of Agriculture.

• Do Kandy City Tour
Kandy is one of the most beautiful cities of Sri Lanka that is known for its scenic beauty and rich
cultural value, the last royal capital of Sri Lanka, spread over an area of around 1940 square
kilometers; it is counted amongst the world heritage sites of UNESCO. Kandy is a large city in central
Sri Lanka. It's set on a plateau surrounded by mountains, which are home to tea plantations and
biodiversity rainforest. The city's heart is scenic Kandy Lake (Bogambara Lake), which is popular for
strolling. Kandy is famed for sacred Buddhist sites.
Dinner & Overnight stay at Hotel Kandy.

05 January 2023: Kandy / Nuwaraeliya (76 Km, 2 Hours 30 Minutes’ Drive)
After Breakfast / Drive to Nuwaraeliya
• On your way Visit a Sri Lankan Tea Factory and inspect the process of tea producing in Sri
Lanka
Tea is one of the three major natural products in Sri Lanka. Tea is exported along with rubber and
spices. Sri Lanka is popular in western and European countries because of our very pure tea leaves
that are hand-plucked from the exuberant hills in the central region.
Get your shoes on to avoid the creepy crawlies; a hat to keep your ears out of the cold. Take the
opportunity to stroll around a tea plantation and watch “Ceylon Tea” as it makes its way to that
warm cup you can enjoy with the backdrop of glorious Sri Lankan hills with the tour of the factory,
you’ll be able to see how the leaves are withered, sorted, graded, and packed into packs.

• Visit the Ramboda Falls Waterfall
Ramboda Falls is 109 m (358 ft) highand 11th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka and 729th highest
waterfall in the world. It is situated in Puss/ellawa area, on the A5 highway at Ramboda Pass. It
formed by Panna Oya which is a tributary of Kothmale Oya. Altitude of the falls is 945 m (3,100 ft)
above sea level.

• Visit Sri Baktha Hanuman Temple
The Sri Lankan branch of the Chinmaya mission, committed to promoting the Ramayana philosophy
as well as Ramayana Trail pilgrimages, has built a temple with Hanuman as a presiding deity in
Ramboda between Kandy and Nuwaraeliya main road. There is a 5 meters tall granite statue of
Rama's devotes supporter Hanuman. He is believed to have started his search for Sita in the Baroda
hills. Hanuman traditionally was not as popular among Sri Lankan Tamil devotees as he indeed in
India, because he devastated parts of the island with his burning tail. But in recent times Hindu
missionaries and local Tamil spiritual leaders began building shrines for worshipping Hanuman in Sri
Lanka, too. The Tamil word for Ramboda, Rampadai, means "Rama's force", this is why Ramboda is
believed to be the area where Rama collected his troops.
Check in to Hotel in Nuwaraeliya
Dinner & Overnight stay at Hotel Nuwaraeliya

06 January 2024: Nuwaraeliya - Bentota (208 Km, 3 Hours, 45 Min Drive)
After Breakfast
• Visit Sita Amman Temple
The Sita Amman Temple, located halfway between the highland village of Sita-eliya and the Hakgala
Botanical Gardens, has become the most venerated of all Ramayana Trail sites in Sri Lanka, because
it is believed to be the place where Sita lived most of the time of her captivity on the island of Lanka.
After she refused to stay in Ravana's magnificent palace, she was transferred to Ashok Vatika or
Ashokavanam where she lived under Ashoka trees. It was here that Ravana's wife Mandodari visited
her and that Hanuman met her for the first time, identifying himself with the ring (finger) of Rama.
Sita is said to have bathed in the nearby stream. There are remarkable holes in the rocks at the river
bank believed to be footprints of Lord Hanuman.

• Drive to Bentota
• Visit Turtle Farm at Kosgoda
Kosgoda is famous for its turtle hatchery- operated by the Wildlife Protection Society of Sri Lanka.
Can see huge tanks filled with newborn turtle hatchlings. After being fed, the baby turtles are taken
to the sea and released when they are 2-4 days old, usually during the safer hours of darkness.
Although October to April is the main laying season, some eggs can be found at Kosgoda throughout
the year.
Check in to Hotel Bentota
Dinner & Overnight stay at Hotel Bentota

07 January 2024: Bentota
After Breakfast
• Banana Boat Ride
Bentota has always been renowned as the water sport capital of Sri Lanka with the hoteliers in the
area actively promoting water sports from adrenaline filled speed boat and jet ski riding, wind
surfing, boogie boarding, water skiing, kite surfing, to a leisurely ride on a banana boat for the family
& kids.

• Madu River Boat Ride
Maduganga is situated in Balapitiya, along the country’s southern coast, within the Galle District of
the southern Province of Sri Lanka. It opens to the Indian Ocean Madu lagoon is a very wide and a
beautiful lagoon in Sri Lanka. It is in the wet zone of Sri Lanka with a high biodiversity. Boats will ride
under short tunnel, which is made from mangrove. You can see many birds and animals that are
living in this aquatic environment. Madu River has been proclaimed a Ramsar wetland in the world in
2004.

08 January 2024: Bentota - Colombo – Negombo (123kms/ 02 Hrs 15 minutes’ Drive)
After breakfast,
Drive to Colombo
• Do Colombo City Tour and Shopping or Free activity.
Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka, with a population of 4,575,000 metropolitan areas, and
555,031 in the city limits. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri
JayawardenepuraKotte (which is the official capital of Sri Lanka) suburb or the parliament capital of
Sri Lanka. Colombo is a busy and vibrant place with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings
and ruins. It was the political capital of Sri Lanka before Sri JayawardenepuraKotte. Popular tourist
sightseeing places will be covered are: Pettah bazaar, Galle face green, OLD parliament. Town hall,
independent square, Beira Lake Ride
Transfer Negombo Amagi Aria Hotel for Refreshment and get Dinner.
Transfer Airport for the Departure.