DAY 01
Arrive in Sri Lanka. You will be met
by a representative and transferred to Kandy.
En route visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
* Pinnawela
Elephant Orphanage - Started in 1975
to house the abandoned and the wounded, the orphanage has grown to be a big
family today. A
unique experience never to be missed.
Checked in to hotel.
Overnight stay at Kandy.
Day 02
After
breakfast commence city tour of Kandy, including Upper Lake Drive, Market
Square and the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.
* Kandy - the hill capital. Venue
of the annual Perahera. The
last stronghold of the Sinhala Kings was finally ceded to the British in 1815.
Kandy is an example of the Buddhism’s influence in Sri Lanka today. Temple’s
shrines and monasteries keeping alive Buddhist traditions are everywhere.
* Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Sixty Seven hectares of exquisite beauty and botanical
treasurers containing more than 4000 species, this is haven not only for
Scientists but to every nature lover as well.
* Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic - ever since 4th Century A.D,
when the Buddha’s Tooth was brought to Sri Lanka hidden from sacrilegious hands
in an Orison princess’ hair, the Relic has grown in repute and holiness in Sri
Lanka and throughout the Buddhist world. It is considered Sri Lanka’s most
prized possession.
Evening view a cultural show featuring various dance types
of Sri Lanka.
Overnight stay at Kandy
DAY 03
After
breakfast leave for Nuwara
Eliya and enroot visit tea plantation.
* Tea Plantation - Tea was first
planted in Sri Lanka in 1824 at the Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya, when a few plants were brought from
China. More were introduced from Assam in 1839. In 1867 a Scottish Planter
named James Taylor planted tea seedlings on an 8 hectares of forestland, in the Loolcondura Estate.
* Nuwara Eliya - The ‘Little England’ of Sri Lanka, is set against
beautiful backdrops of Mountains, Valleys, Waterfalls and Tea Plantations. It is supposed to be one of the coldest
places on the island, but is really just like an England spring day although
the temperature does drop at night.
All
around Nuwara Eliya you will see evidence of the British influence. Houses are like country cottages or Queen Ann
style mansions.
* Seethaeliya – the
little Kovil
dedicated to Seetha with
statue of Rama, Lakshmana and
Hanuman.
Overnight
stay at Nuwara
Eliya.
Day 04
After
breakfast leave for Bentota.
Checked in to the hotel.
Evening visit Bentota city tour.
Overnight
stay at Beruwala .
Day 05
After
breakfast transfer to Colombo and commence city tour of Colombo including
shopping.
* Colombo a drive through the city taking
you to the busy commercial areas as well as the tree-lined residential,
Cinnamon Gardens. Visit Fort, the former British administrative center and
military garrison, Sea Street - the Goldsmith’s quarters in the heart of Pettah, the Bazaar area, where is also a Hindu Temple with
elaborate stone carvings, and the Dutch Church of Wolfendhal
dating back to 1749. The historic Dawatagaha Mosque and the former Eye Hospital are two buildings in
Cinnamon Gardens worth looking at. Also visit the BMICH, see the replica of Avukana Buddha and the Independence Square.
Overnight stay at Colombo.
DAY
06
After
breakfast transfer to the airport for departure OR transfer to the preferred beach resort.
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