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| Day 01 |
AIRPORT / NEGOMBO (15 Nights/16 Days) |
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Arrival in Colombo. Welcome and assistance on arrival at the airport and transfer to the Hotel. |
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Dinner & overnight stay. |
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| Day 02 |
NEGOMBO |
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After breakfast visit Negombo city, Visit Fish market & a Fishing village. Visit the old Church nearby. |
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In the evening take a Boat Ride, and then return to hotel for Special Seafood Dinner & overnight stay. |
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| Day 03 |
NEGOMBO |
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At leisure/Optional – Visit to Dutch Village or Long boat ride. |
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Visit Muthurajawela Natural Reserve.Dinner & overnight stay. |
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| Day 40 |
NEGOMBO / PINNAWELA / ANURADHAPURA |
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After breakfast leave for Anuradhapura via Pinnawela. Visit the Pinnawela Elephant orphanage and take part in feeding the baby elephants. Proceed to Anuradhapura. |
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Proceed to Hotel.Dinner and overnight stay in Hotel. |
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| Day 05 |
ANURADHAPURA / SIGIRIYA |
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After breakfast leave for Sigiriya.Visit the ancient city of Anuradhapura. |
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Proceed to Sigiriya and check in to Hotel Sigiriya for Dinner & over night stay. |
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| Day 06 |
SIGIRIYA |
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At leisure/Optional – bike ride to the ancient city of Polonnaruwa. |
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Visit a National Park by jeep.Dinner and overnight at Hotel. |
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| Day 07 |
SIGIRIYA |
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Leave the hotel after breakfast for village tour around 07H45. Visit a village house in Kalapura. At the house the family will demonstrate typical household chores such as cooking methods, husking coconut, making rotti (Sri Lankan bread) etc… You will be offered a cup of tea or a coffee made by the family. Visit the village school by Jeep, Bicycles or three wheelers. |
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At leisure.Visit Sigiriya.
Dinner & overnight stay at Sigiriya Hotel.
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| Day 08 |
SIGIRIYA / DAMBULLA / MATALE / KANDY |
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After breakfast leave to visit the Rock (Cave) temple at Dambulla – famous for its 1st Century BC caves and temple complex, which is an archaeological treasure. The rock temple is a series of 05 caves that has a painted area of more than 20000-sq ft of Buddhist murals. A 47-ft sleeping Buddha carved out of the rock dominates the main cave.Proceed to Kandy, en route visit a spice garden at Matale. For centuries spices have been one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated exports. Spices are grown in home gardens as a home industry and used not only to flavor food but also as home remedies. Sample such scents and flavors as cinnamon, ginger, pepper, vanilla, cardamom etc. |
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Proceed to the Hotel. At leisure.
Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel.
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| Day 09 |
KANDY |
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Visit the city of Kandy. Kandy is a beautiful historical city in the citadel of the country.Return to the Hotel. |
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Visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic – the creation of the last king Sri Wickramarajasinghe. It is not only known for its great kings who independently ruled the city for almost 225 years until the British took over in 1815. It is also the place where the Sacred Tooth of Lord Buddha is housed in a magnificent Temple. Visit a gem museum and view a show on gems and gem mining, view a Kandyan cultural dance in the evening.Return to the Hotel, Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel. |
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| Day 10 |
KANDY / PERADENIYA / KANDY |
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After breakfast visit the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya which was established in 1821 and now covers 140 acres, snuggled in a loop in the Mahaweli River, the longest river in Sri Lanka. Its primary purpose was the testing and acclimatizing of plants for commercial use in Sri Lanka. Today the garden has one of the largest collections of flora from sub-tropical climates around the world.Kandy Lake Boat Tour & Chinese Lunch at Queens Hotel |
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At leisure.Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel. |
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| Day 11 |
KANDY / NUWARA-ELIYA |
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After breakfast leave for Nuwara-Eliya, en route visit a Tea Plantation and a Tea Factory – Labookelle & Blue field or Glen Loch. Ceylon tea is acclaimed as the best tea in the world. The influence of climatic conditions imparts variety of flavors and aromas, synonymous with quality. The cultivation and manufacture of tea is presently a highly skilled, scientific and technical process, with Sri Lanka producing some of the most fragrant teas in the world. |
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Proceed to the Hotel.At Leisure.
Dinner and overnight stay at Galway Forest Hotel.
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| Day 12 |
NUWARA ELIYA |
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At Leisure (on Half Board basis) |
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Dinner & overnight stay at Hotel |
| Day 13 |
NUWARA ELIYA / THISSAMAHARAMA |
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After breakfast leave for Thissamaharama, train ride from Nanuoya to Bandarawela. Stop at Ella Resthouse for Tea & continue to Thissamaharama. |
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Proceed to the Hotel.Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel. |
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| Day 14 |
THISSAMAHARAMA |
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Breakfast at the Hotel. Full day at leisure.Visit Yala National Park |
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Dinner and overnight stay at the Hotel. |
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| Day 15 |
THISSAMAHARAMA / KALUTHARA |
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After breakfast, visit Galle city. Galle was said to have been the city mentioned in the Bible as “Tarshish”. It was also a stronghold of the Dutch traders in early years as the sea port was very useful for exporting spices grown in the island to Europe. The city still retains much of its old world charms and is a showcase of Dutch culture and architecture. Visit to a Turtle Hatchery. |
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Check in to the hotel for Dinner & overnight stay. |
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| Day 16 |
KALUTHARA/AIRPORT |
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Transfer to Airport |
