7-Day Sri Lanka Highlights Tour with Kandy, Ella and Yala Safari

• Airport pickup from Colombo and drive to Kandy.
• Spend the day at the hotel in Kandy.

Overnight stay in Kandy.

• 5:30 - 6:00 am - Early departure from your hotel in Kandy.

• Travel to Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage to feed and bathe baby elephants in the river.

• Visit the Spice Gardens to collect and taste the rare local spices of Sri Lanka.

• Stroll through the Royal Botanical Gardens.

• Shop for handicrafts in a local market.

• Watch the sunset near the lake and take lots of photographs.

• Check out the Temple of the Tooth, a Buddhist temple located in the royal palace complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha.

• Enjoy a Kandyan traditional Sri Lankan dance performance.

Overnight stay in Kandy.

• 7:00 - 7:30 am - Depart from your Kandy hotel early in the morning and drive to Nuwara Eliya.

• Visit the Ramboda waterfalls.

• Check out a tea plantation and working tea factory, where you can pick tea.

• Sightsee other nature spots in Nuwara Eliya.

Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya.

• 9:30 am - Ride the famous train to Ella.

• Arrive in Ella and visit Little Adam's Peak.

• Click lots of photographs near the Nine Arches Bridge, also called the Bridge in the Sky, which is a viaduct bridge in Sri Lanka. It is one of the best examples of colonial-era railway construction in the country.

• Trek to Ravana Falls, which is currently ranked as one of the widest falls in the country.

• Drive back to your hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.

• Have an early morning breakfast and depart from Ella to Yala National Park.
• Go on a wildlife safari in Yala National Park and spot leopards, elephants, and crocodiles.
• Try bird-watching here.

Overnight stay in a hotel/lodge in Yala National Park.

• Depart from your hotel/lodge in Yala National Park and travel to Galle.

• Visit Galle Fort, a magnificent UNESCO World Heritage Site built in the 17th century by the Portuguese colonial rulers, which was then extensively fortified by the Dutch.

• Halt for lunch and then spend time on the beach.

• Check out the Hikkaduwa Coral Reef, one of the three marine parks in Sri Lanka. The national park contains a fringing coral reef with a high degree of biodiversity.

• Visit the Turtle Hatchery, a daycare for newborn turtles.

Overnight stay in Galle.

• Have an early morning breakfast, then depart for Colombo.
• Take a ride on the seaside train from Galle to Colombo.
• Arrive in Colombo and have lunch at a local restaurant.
• Go shopping in the street markets.
• Drop off at Colombo hotel or Colombo International Airport.