08 Nights/ 09 days

9 Days

Discover Sri Lanka in 9 days — from Kandy’s heritage and Nuwara Eliya’s tea hills to Bentota’s beaches and vibrant Colombo.

08 Nights/ 09 days

Day 01 :
AIRPORT/SEEDUWA

Meet greet and assist on arrival transfer to Seeduwa.

Check in at Hotel.

Overnight stay at Airport Garden Hotel.

Day 02 :
SEEDUWA/PINNAWALA/KANDY

After breakfast at Airport Garden Hotel - Transfer from Seeduwa to Kandy Visiting the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage en route.

The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is one of Sri Lanka's most popular tourist attractions. The orphanage's population has now mushroomed to around 65, making it the world’s largest collection of captive elephants. The elephants here range in age from new-borns to elderly matriarchs, and include orphaned and abandoned elephants, as well as those injured in the wild.

Transfer from Pinnawala to Kandy.

Check in at Hotel.

Overnight stay at Amaya Hills.

Day 03 :
KANDY SIGHT SEEING

After breakfast at Amaya Hills Hotel proceed on the city tour of Kandy.

Enjoy a sightseeing tour of Kandy which is a UNESCO world heritage site. The historic city about 480m above sea level surrounded by mountains was known to Sri Lankan as Kanda Uda Rata, which means the hill country. Kandy was home to Sri Lanka's last independent Kingdom, which survived two centuries of colonial incursion before finally falling to the British at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Visit the Temple of the tooth, the royal Botanical Gardens, the Peradeniya University campus and catch a panoramic view of the picturesque town from Upper Lake Drive.

Early evening, you will visit a Kandyan Dance performance and be treated to a spectacular fire walking finale.

Kandy is also famous for its shopping, gems and jewellery, handicrafts, batiks, silks etc. And you will have the opportunity of browsing to your heart’s content.

On completion return to Hotel.

Overnight stay at Amaya Hills Hotel.

Day 04 :
KANDY/NUWARA ELIYA

After breakfast at Amaya Hills - Transfer from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya.

Check in at Hotel.

Overnight stay at Grand Hotel.

Day 05 :
NUWARA ELIYA SIGHT SEEING

After breakfast at Grand Hotel proceed on the city tour of Nuwara Eliya.

Nuwara Eliya meaning "the city of dawn" is the town at the highest elevation (about 2000m above sea level) in Sri Lanka and its tallest peak, Piduruthalagala (2555m) could be seen from here. The city established by the British in the nineteenth century, and known as "Little England" and is a popular holiday resort for Sri Lankans & tourists due to its cool climate and quaint colonial feel with its little bungalows surrounded by hedgerows. Nuwara Eliya is also the heart of the tea country and you can visit a plantation and a factory en route here and witness how the famous "Ceylon Tea" is brewed.

About 15km away is Seetha Amman Temple, said to be built at the spot where Ravana held Sitha captive, as related in the Ramayana. The small temple has a collection of statues, including a couple of Kali images.

On completion return to Hotel.

Overnight stay at Grand Hotel.

Day 06 :
NUWARA ELIYA/KITULGALA/BENTOTA

After breakfast at Grand Hotel - Transfer from Nuwara Eliya to Bentota visiting Kitulgala en route.

The village of Kitulgala is set about halfway along the spectacular road which descends from Hatton down to the lowlands to the Avissawella. The scenery is particularly dramatic hereabouts, with sheer-sided, forest-covered hills plunging down to the wild waters of the Kelani Ganga. The stretch of this river around Kitulgala provides the site for the best "white-water rafting" in Sri Lanka, with grade three rapids some 5km upriver from the village.

Kitulgala's other claim is to fame is that it provided the location for David Lean's classic 1957 film "Bridge on the river Kwai".

Transfer from Kitulgala to Bentota.

Check in at Hotel.

Overnight stay at Bentota Beach Hotel.

Day 07 :
DAY AT LEISURE

Breakfast at Bentota Beach Hotel.

Free time to spend on Sri Lanka’s beautiful coastline at Bentota, where there are fine beaches and many things to do. You can relax on the beach or try out some of the many water sports available here, or, if you fancy, go for a walk to some of the local fishing villages.

Overnight stay at Bentota Beach Hotel.

Day 08 :
BENTOTA/COLOMBO

After breakfast at Bentota Beach Hotel - Transfer from Bentota to Colombo.

Check in at Hotel.

Enjoy a city tour of Colombo which is the largest city and former administrative capital of Sri Lanka and is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life and remnants of a bygone colonial era. Due to its large harbour and its strategic position along the East-West sea trade routes, Colombo was known to ancient traders 2,000 years ago. However it was only made the Capital of the island when Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815. The main city is home to a majority of the Sri Lanka’s corporate offices, restaurants and entertainment venues. On this tour you will visit many of the historical, religious and commercial sites of Colombo including the historic and bustling Fort and Pettah, the elite residential Cinnamon Gardens, the Galle face Green, Viharamahadevi Park and much more.

On completion return to Hotel

Overnight stay at Cinnamon Lake Side.

Day 09 :
COLOMBO/AIRPORT

After breakfast at Cinnamon Lake Side - Transfer from Colombo to Airport for your departure

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08 Nights/ 09 days