Travel to Sri Lanka’s cultural triangle via the Elephant Orphanage, an institution that has been looking after orphaned or injured elephants, and watch the elephants bath in the river. Explore the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, once the capital of an advanced and prosperous medieval kingdom. Visit the Sigiriya rock fortress, one of Sri Lanka’s most fascinating UNESCO world heritage sites and witness the spectacular views at the summit. Travel to Kandy and visit a spice garden in Matale. Travel deeper into the tea-growing hills and have the option to wind through the mountains with magnificent views. Go for a game drive to Yala, one of the island’s most popular wildlife parks. Drive up Sri Lanka’s west coast, visit the Galle fort and learn about conservation at a turtle hatchery.
Detail Itinerary
Day 1 Airport – Negambo
Arrive in Sri Lanka, to be met at the airport and transfer by air-conditioned Vehicle to a Hotel in Negombo. Rest of the day at your leisure. Overnight stay in Negombo.
Day 2 Pinnawala – Sigiriya
After an early breakfast travel to Sri Lanka’s cultural triangle via Elephant Orphanage, a institution that has been looking after orphaned or injured elephants that would otherwise have surely died. If you leave the hotel early then you can watch the elephants bath in the river after the youngest babies are milk fed. After lunch you will leave for the cultural triangle and check in at a hotel in Sigiriya. Overnight stay in Sigiriya.
Day 3 Polonnaruwa
The next day explore the ancient city of Polonnaruwa, once the capital of an advanced and prosperous medieval kingdom. Afterwards return to the hotel. Overnight stay in Sigiriya.
Day 4 Sigiriya – Habarana
The following day you can enjoy a relaxing morning at the hotel poolside or explore surrounding by walking or having a relaxing massage from an ayurvedic center. In evening visit a forest Buddhist monastery. Overnight stay in Sigiriya.
Day 5 Matale – Kandy
After breakfast checkout from the hotel and leave to visit Sigiriya rock fortress, one of Sri Lanka’s most fascinating UNESCO world heritage sites. No matter how often you climb to the summit of this one-time hilltop fortress of the maverick Sinhalese king, Kassapa, the pleasure barely diminishes because of the abandon spectacular views at the summit.Afterwards travel to Kandy another fascinating city of Sri Lanka. En-route visit a spice garden in Matale. Overnight stay in Kandy.
Day 6 Kandy
After breakfast, you will have a city tour of Kandy, visiting the temple of the tooth and some leisure time for shopping. Evening you will be entertained with a spectacular Sri Lankan cultural show. Overnight stay in Kandy.
Day 7 Nuwara Eliya
After breakfast you will travel deeper into the tea-growing hills and have the option to wind through the mountains with magnificent views. En-route to Nuwara Eliya you will visit a factory of the popular Sri Lankan Tea.Rest of the day at your leisure. Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya.
Day 8 Nuwara Eliya
After breakfast you will explore “Little England” a city tour with option to walk around the streets. We will also visit the Haggala botanical gardens. Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya.
Day 9 Ella – Yala
After breakfast you will travel to Yala. En-route visit Ella gap and Rawana waterfall. Overnight stay in Yala.
Day 10 Yala national park
Early morning go for a game drive to Yala, one of the island’s most popular wildlife parks where you could see all most all the animals which is found in Sri Lanka. Overnight stay in Yala.
Day 11 Galle – Southern Beach
After breakfast you will check out from the hotel and drive up Sri Lanka’s west coast, en-route visit Galle fort and a turtle hatchery. By late afternoon, check in one of the most popular beach resorts and which is also situated in the “Golden Stretch of Beaches” in Sri Lanka. Here you will relax and enjoy your beach stay which you richly deserve for the rest of the tour. Overnight stay at a beach resort.
Day 12, 13 & 14 Beach stay
Leisure at your beach resort.
Day 15 Airport
Leave to Colombo or to the airport.
