DAY 1: Arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport. Welcome by a Sunway Holidays representative and transfer to your hotel in Dambulla. Relax at the hotel & in the evening visitDambulla rock temple built by King Walagambahu, in the 1 st Century B.C. Dinner and overnight at Palvehera Village Hotel in Dambulla.
DAY 2: After breakfast proceed climb 5 th century Sigiriya Rock Fortress which is a world heritage site, built by King Kashyapa (477-495 AD). Drive to Habarana to make an optionalsafari on an elephant into the jungle. If you are a safari lover, enjoy a jeep safari at Minneriya NationalPark. Later in the day return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
DAY 3: After breakfast leave for Kandy. En route stop at Matale to see a Hindu temple, visit to a batik factory to and a spice garden to see different spices, and how some of these spices are grown and processed. Later in the evening visit to the temple of tooth, afterwards experience a show of cultural Performers. Dinner and overnight at Senani Hotel in Kandy.
DAY 4: Breakfast at hotel & proceed to Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawela. See the elephants in nature, being fed, working & bathing in the near by river. Ride on an elephant. Visit Royal botanical Gardens in Peradeniya. Afternoon make a city tour of Kandy. Visits to Gem Museum, Upper Lake, Arts & Crafts Centre and explore the city of Kandy. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel in Kandy.
DAY 5: After breakfast leave for Nuwara eliya , known as “Little England”. See the mountains covered with tea bushes and cascading waterfalls. En route visit a tea factory and a plantation to see the tea manufacturing process. Enjoy a freshly brewed cup of tea. Evening make the city tour of Nuwara eliya. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Silver Falls in Nuwara eliya.
DAY 6: After breakfast leave for Hikkadwa. Travel through a beautiful landscape & see the widest waterfall of Sri Lanka, “St. Clair”. Enjoy the rich nature. Make a brief stop at the Tea Kiosk passing the “Devon” waterfall. Drive through Kithulgala where the Oscar winning movie “Bridge on the River Kwai” was filmed. Make a visit to a rubber plantation. See the rubber manufacturing process. For those who love adventure, (optional) white water rafting could be arranged at Kitulgala, down river Kelani, Sri Lanka’s second largest. Dinner and overnight stay at Sunils Beach Hotel in Hikkaduwa.
DAY 7 to DAY 9 : Breakfast at hotel. Free days to do diving or lie down in the beach. Dinner and overnight stay at Sunils Beach Hotel.
DAY 10: After breakfast drive to Negombo. En route make a sight seeing tour of Colombo. Visit the independence square, the Galle Face green, the old Parliment building, Fort & Pettah areas. Dinner and overnight stay at Sunset Beach Hotel in Negombo.
DAY 11 : Breakfast and transfer to the international airport for onward flight.
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