Itinerary

1. Day 1: Katunayake to Kandy via Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. (120 Km, 3.5 Hours)

   • Arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport and be welcomed by your designated guide, who will take you to Kandy via Pinnawala. Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is an orphanage, nursery and captive breeding ground for wild Asian elephants. The main attraction at Pinnawala is watching the elephants walk down to the river twice daily to bathe. Feeding time for baby elephants is also prevalent at the orphanage.
   • Have lunch and walk along a small trail in the spice garden to touch and smell Sri Lankan spices and herbs used in tasty curries.
   • Witness the Kandyan cultural show from 5.15 P.M. It is an electrifying cultural show that showcases traditional music and dance performances. The skills of the traditional musicians of Kandy, their drums and dance, are very entertaining.

   Dinner and overnight stay at Oakray Regency Hotel in Kandy

2. Day 2: Kandy to Nuwara Eliya via Ramboda. (76 Km, 2.5 Hours)

   • After breakfast, you will visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Temple of the Tooth Relic (Dalada Maligawa), where the upper left canine tooth of Gautama Buddha is enshrined.
   • Leave for Nuwara Eliya, a picturesque colonial town set amongst the island’s central highlands and renowned as a centre for the production of Sri Lankan tea. En route, stop at the Ramboda falls and visit a tea plantation and non-working tea factory with the opportunity for a tasting session. Nuwara Eliya, also known as 'Little' England', was the favourite hill station of the British who tried to create Nuwara Eliya into a typical English Village. The old brick Post office, country house-like hill club, with its hunting pictures, mounted hunting trophies and fish, and its strict formal dinner attire, the 18-hole golf course, race course etc., all remind you of 'England'.

   Dinner and overnight stay at The Grand Camellia Hotel in Nuwara Eliya

3. Day 3: Nuwara Eliya

   • In the early morning, leave for Horton Plains, the coldest and windiest location in Sri Lanka consists of ecosystems such as Montane evergreen forests, grasslands, marshy lands and aquatic ecosystems. At an altitude of 2,100 metres above sea level, Horton Plains spreads across over 3,169 hectares of the highest tableland of the island. The escarpment with a depth of 900 metres called World’s End and Baker’s Falls are the highlights of the Horton Plains.
   • The afternoon is free to explore Nuwara Eliya.

   Dinner and overnight stay at The Grand Camellia Hotel in Nuwara Eliya

4. Day 4: Nuwara Eliya to Bentota via Kitulgala. (240 Km, 5 Hours)

   • After breakfast, leave for Bentota. En route, stop at Devon falls‚ St. Clair's Falls and visit Kitulgala‚ the site used for filming the famous film 'Bridge over the River Kwai' and is the base for white-water rafting in Sri Lanka.

   Dinner and overnight stay at The Palms Hotel in Bentota

5. Day 5: Bentota/Galle/Bentota

   • After breakfast, leave for Galle via Hikkaduwa. Enroute stop at Turtle Hatchery. You can see big water tanks filled with newborn sea turtles. The baby turtles are cared for and fed until they are five days old. Then they are released to the sea in the safe time of darkness.
   • Madu river boat ride. It takes more than two hours and gives visitors a chance to explore the biodiversity of the Madu River. It may be one of the last remaining tracts of pristine Mangrove forests in Sri Lanka.
   • Visit the Galle Fort in the afternoon. It was founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese. It is the best example of a fortified city built by Europeans in South East Asia and South, showing the interaction between South Asian traditions and European architectural styles.
   • Return to the hotel.

   Dinner and overnight stay at The Palms Hotel in Bentota

6. Day 6: Bentota to Colombo (65 km, 2 hours)

   • After breakfast, leave for Colombo for an afternoon sightseeing tour through the capital of Sri Lanka. See the old parliament, Buddhist and Hindu temples, the market quarter of Pettah and the municipality.

   Dinner and overnight stay at The Pegasus Reef Hotel in Colombo

7. Day 7: Colombo to Katunayake (35 km, 1.5 hours)

   • After breakfast at the Pegasus Reef Hotel, transfer to Bandaranaike International Airport for the departure flight.