6-Day Sri Lanka Cultural and Wildlife Tour with Sigiriya Balloon

• You are picked up from the airport and then driven to Negombo. See the largest fish market and relax on the beach.

Stay overnight in Negombo.

• On the way back to Kandy, visit the Royal Botanical Garden, which is covered with colourful flowering plants, herbal plants, endemic and epidemic plant species, and palm family trees. Altogether, more than 4,000 varieties can be seen here.

• Enjoy a Kandyan dancing event in the evening between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

• Visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic. The most sacred molar tooth of Lord Buddha is placed in seven golden caskets under a golden ceiling.

Spend the night in Kandy.

• You are picked up at 8:00 a.m. from the hotel in Kandy and drive straight to Ambuluwawa, a green hilly area rich in biodiversity. There is a human-made viewpoint tower at the top of the mountain, approximately 48 metres high, which provides a 360-degree viewing gallery.

• You can witness scenic landscapes and waterfalls while travelling to Nuwara Eliya. Upland tea estates are highly remarkable in Nuwara Eliya, and massive land areas are dedicated to high-grown upland tea plantations.

• The next stop is Macwoods Tea Factory, where the entire tea process and the tea varieties according to taste and quality are explained. You can also purchase fresh tea products from the factory outlet.

Spend the night in Kandy.

• You are taken to Polonnaruwa, which was the capital of Sri Lanka for about 200 years. Finally, the kingdom was transferred to Dambadeniya, and Polonnaruwa was conquered by the Indian king Kalinga Magha.

• You can visit the archaeological museum, royal palace, audience hall, swimming pool, Sacred Quadrangle, Shiva Devale, Pabalu Vehera, Rankot Vihara, Kiri Vihara, the Buddha statue at Lankatilaka, and the Buddha figures at Gal Vihara.

Spend the night in Polonnaruwa.

• Drive to Sigiriya.

• Visit the eighth wonder of the world, which contains huge walls, water canals, security guard rooms, natural stone arches, mirror stone, and the world-famous Sigiri paintings. It is an isolated rock kingdom more than 200 metres in height. You have to spend more than two and a half hours here.

• The following tourist activities are remarkable in Sigiriya, including a village tour to experience ancient village life and day-to-day activities such as oxen cart rides, catamaran rides, a walk through paddy fields, a cookery demonstration of traditional Sri Lankan foods, and a traditional meal.

• The final destination will be one of the wildlife reservoir national parks among Minneriya, Kaudulla, or Eco Park to see the giants of the jungle, wild elephants.

Stay overnight in Sigiriya.

• Take a hot air balloon ride that begins at sunrise and floats over the jungle, geographical beauties, lakes, wildlife habitats, and ancient villages. Dambulla is an iconic place that offers safe and enjoyable hot air balloon rides under the supervision of an internationally recognized institution with well-qualified and skilful staff. The pilot will guide you for a safe and enjoyable ride throughout the flying hour.

• You are dropped back at the airport according to your flight departure time.