Soothing Sri Lanka

• Arrival at Colombo Airport. Met and greet by your chauffeur/guide.
• Proceed to Kandy
• Check into your hotel in Kandy
• Visit Temple of the Tooth Relic

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 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 UNESCO world heritage site partly due to the temple.

• Overnight stay at hotel

• Breakfast at hotel
• Checkout and enjoy a city tour ok Kandy

Drive around the Kandy lake built by the last Sinhala king, Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe in 1798. Visit the Kandy town, the bazaar, an arts & crafts center and a gem museum lapidary.

• Proceed to Nuwara Eliya
• En-route visit a Tea Plantation for a Tea Experience

Participate in a ‘Tea Experience’ of plucking, processing, producing, tasting, grading and packaging of tea and enjoy a cup of world-famous Ceylon Tea

• Visit Ramboda Falls & Hanuman Temple
• Continue your journey to Nuwara Eliya
• Check into your hotel in Nuwara Eliya
• Evening enjoy a city tour of Nuwara Eliya with Lake Gregory
• Overnight stay at hotel

• Breakfast at hotel
• Checkout and transfer to Bentota
• En-route visit Seetha Amman Kovil
• Check into your hotel in Bentota
• Rest of the day at leisure for own activities
• Overnight stay at hotel

 

• Breakfast at hotel
• Proceed to Galle to enjoy a city tour

Galle was once the chief port of Ceylon and is a town rich in history.It was the center of the Dutch regime in the 17 th century and the majestic Galle Fort(spanning 90 acres) bears testimony to this fact. The city of Galle is one of the well preserved colonial-era cities in Southeast Asia and has been declared a 'World HeritageSite'.The Dutch museum & the Dutch church are two famous tourist attractions in Galle. The city is also known for its delicate handmade lace and ebony carvings.

• Return to your hotel in Bentota
• En-route enjoy a boat ride in Balapitiya on the Madu river

Take a magical speed-boat ride down the beautiful Madu River, a wetland estuary spreading over 900 hectares of which 770 hectares is covered with water and inhabited with 64 islands. The boat ride is a wonderful way to take a closer look at this complex wetland ecosystem; a world heritage site protected by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands being one of the last wetlands in Sri Lanka to contain a pristine mangrove forest. Journey past massive mangrove forests, glide under the canopy of the forest tunnels as they curve playfully towards the watercourse. Take in the unique biodiversity of the Madu River and its surrounding islands that boasts of hundreds of birds, plants, fish and animals. There’s plenty more to do; quench your thirst with a refreshing drink of King Coconut Water and then proceed towards the Buddhist Monastery, see how Kraal fishing is carried out, how Ceylon Cinnamon is peeled and then enjoy ‘fish therapy’ as they playfully nibble your feet at the ‘fish spa’.

• Overnight stay at hotel

• Breakfast at hotel
• Checkout and proceed to Colombo to enjoy a City tour of Colombo with shopping

Colombo like many capital cities in developing countries is fast changing its face. Almost overnight, skyscrapers arise from where old buildings once stood. Yet in some arts, the old world charm is retained. For example, there is a 100-year-old clock tower and several British built colonial buildings. Other places of interest are the Pettah bazaar - where one can shop for bargain, a Hindu and a Buddhist temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH)- an outright gift to Sri Lanka from the People's Republic of China. Visit Sri Lanka’s popular Departmental Stores for Shopping

• Transfer to the airport for the departure flight