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Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

18000 ₹

One of the most famous places in Sri Lanka is the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage located in the Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka. With around 43 males and 68 females, it is the largest herd of captive elephants in the world! So, if you especially love elephants, you will absolutely enjoy the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Since the elephants are well taken care of (by mahouts) most of them are adjusted to human touch. This means that tourists can connect with these elephants closely and form a unique bond with them in their expedition.

Kandy is a large city in Sri Lanka, located near the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. It is famous for its beautiful temples, botanical gardens, Gadaladeniya Temple and so many other beautiful places. As Sri Lanka is largely a Buddhist country, you will notice many Buddhist shrines and unique architecture in the country.

Bahiravokanda Vihara Buddha statue is the largest statue of Buddha in Sri Lanka and is a marvellous sight to witness. One can notice it from a distance and is known to bring a sense of calm in and around the environment.

As we said earlier, Sri Lanka has many Botanical Gardens; the most popular of which is the Royal Botanical Garden which stretches to 147 acres. It receives around 2 million annual visitors but since the land is so well stretched, you will find the place spacious and filled with beautiful and colourful plants and flowers.

Sri Lanka is bursting with wildlife and another place to prove it is the Sea Turtle and Hatchery in Hikkaduwa. The handlers here are well trained and often teach us a lot about them. A tour to Sri Lanka will let us get in touch with our nurturing side and help us re-evaluate the bond we share with animals around us. We can learn a lot from these animals and what better way to do it than visit their pristine environment?

Our package is a 7 day long trip that covers some of the most iconic places in Sri Lanka. All the details of the trip is mentioned below

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PACKAGE DETAILS

Day 1 - Arrival At Airport - Pinnawala-Kandy

Arrive by (flt no) at (00hrs). Please clear immigration & visa formalities, collect your baggage and proceed to the arrival lounge through the green channel if you do not have goods to be declared to customs.

Our Representative will page you by your name. Thereafter you will be assisted to the Car park / Coach Park to begin you journey as per the booked itinerary.

Afterwards proceed to Kandy via Pinnawala elephant orphanage.

Pinnawala elephant orphanage

App. 55 miles from Colombo, off the Colombo – Kandy road is Pinnawela, where an orphanage was started in 1975 to house the abandoned and the wounded elephants. The number of elephants has increased to more than 65 now; including Baby Elephants brought from various parts, as well as some of the more than 25 babies born, as a result of the captive breeding programme. The best time to visit is the feeding time from 0930-1000 hrs and 1330-1400 hrs and the bathing time from 1000-1030 hrs and 1400-1430 hrs when all the elephants are taken to the river close by.

Enjoy a city tour of Kandy.

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.

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 Orissan 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 witness the Kandy Cultural Dance Performance

Overnight stay at a Kandy hotel.

DAY 2 : Kandy-Nuwara Eliya

Afterwards proceed to Nuwara Eliya

Royal Botanical Gardens

147 acres in extent: started in 1374 as a pleasure garden of the King’s of Kandy. There are more than 5000 species of tree and plants. Some and endemic as well as flora from the tropical world. Spice garden and Orchid House are popular with Tourists.

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.

Overnight stay at a Nuwara Eliya hotel.

Day 3 - Nuwara Eliya - Hikkaduwa

Breakfast at the hotel. Proceed to Hikkaduwa,

Evening enjoy the Glass Bottom Boat Ride

Overnight stay at a Hikkaduwa Hotel.

DAY 4 : Hikkaduwa

Spend the day at leisure

Overnight stay at a Hikkaduwa Hotel.

DAY 5 : Hikkaduwa - Colombo

After Breakfast at the Hotel, proceed to Colombo, visiting turtle hatchery and enjoying mangrove boat ride.

Turtle Hatchery

The "Sea Turtle Farm & Hatchery" is a non - profitable organization which is maintained for the survival of Sea Turtles for the next generation. From the past, due to the cruel activities of humans, there is a danger that turtles are facing extinction. These rare varieties of Sea Turtles are destroyed by man day by day. It is the duty of each and every one to take action to save these turtles from extinction for the sake of our future generation. Regarding this we started to save Sea Turtles in 1986 and up to now we have succeeded to attain the goal gradually.

Mangrove Boat ride in Madu River

Madu River or the Madu Ganga is one of the natures fascinating creations off South West coast in Balapitiya. Madu Ganga is a lagoon with hundreds of islands providing an idyllic setting for a well spent holiday and loads of authentic traditional settings. It may be one of the last remaining tracts of pristine mangrove forests in Sri Lanka.

Overnight stay at a Colombo Hotel.

DAY 6 : Colombo

Enjoy the City tour of Colombo

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.

Also visit the BMICH, see the replica of Avukana Buddha and Independence Square.

Overnight stay at a Colombo Hotel.