7-Day Cultural Tour of Sri Lanka with Sigiriya and Galle Fort

• Arrive in Sri Lanka, where you will meet and receive assistance from your tour representative at the Colombo hotel.

• Transfer from the hotel to Dambulla.

• Visit Dambulla Cave Temple in transit with your Sri Lanka tour guide. This ancient temple is the second-largest cave temple in the world and a World Heritage Site. Here, you will see five caves adorned with attractive wall paintings and more than 150 enshrined Gautama Buddha statues.

• Take a ride in a bullock cart for a village tour while staying in Dambulla, offering a whole new experience of ancient Sri Lankan culture.

• Engage in a very refreshing traditional spa treatment. This one-and-a-half-hour oil and other conventional treatment methods, medically approved by doctors, will help you feel more relaxed.

• Have breakfast and head to Sigiriya Rock Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sigiriya, or Lion Rock, is an astonishing feat of engineering and construction. During your visit to Dambulla, you will have the chance to witness this breathtaking sight.

• Visit Minneriya National Park and enjoy a safari. Minneriya National Park is an ideal eco-tourism location in Sri Lanka. The park consists of mixed evergreen forest and scrub areas and is home to a variety of animal species, including a wide range of birds, deer, and elephants.

• Head back to the hotel in Sigiriya.

Overnight stay at Sigiriya.

• Have breakfast at the hotel and then head to Kandy.

• Visit the Spice Garden in Matale in transit.

• Engage in a Kandy city tour and shopping.

• Visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic. The relic has grown in repute and holiness in Sri Lanka and throughout the Buddhist world, and it is considered Sri Lanka's most prized possession.

• Visit the Kandyan Cultural Dance in the evening.

Overnight stay in Kandy.

• Have breakfast at the hotel and head to Nuwara Eliya.

• Visit the tea factory and tea estates, and enjoy incredible views around Ramboda Falls.

• Proceed to a tea factory or tea processing centre. There are hundreds of tea factories in the Central Highlands, the Uva region, and the southern parts of Sri Lanka. Some of these factories are situated in breathtakingly beautiful landscapes, surrounded by serene green tea gardens.

• Engage in the Nuwara Eliya city tour.

Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya.

• Have breakfast at the hotel, then travel to Galle.

• Marvel at Galle Fort. It is located in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka. It was first built in 1588 by the Portuguese and then extensively fortified by the Dutch during the 17th century. It is truly a historical architectural monument and an ideal place to visit.

Overnight stay at Galle.

• After breakfast at the hotel, journey to Colombo.

• Visit the moonstone mine at Hikkaduwa.

• Engage in a Madu River boat safari.

Stay the night in Colombo.

• Proceed to the airport for your drop-off.