11-Day Sri Lanka Highlights Tour with Safari and Whale Watching

• You are picked up from the airport and then drive to Negombo.

• See the highest fish market and relax on the beach.

Stay overnight in Negombo.

• Go to Polonnaruwa, the capital of Sri Lanka for about 200 years. Finally, the kingdom was transferred to Dambadeniya and Polonnaruwa was concored by Indian king Kalinga Magha.

• Visit the archaeological museum, royal palace, audience hall, swimming pool, sacred quadrangle, shiva devale, Pabalu Vehera, Rankot vihara, Kiri Vihara, buddha statue at lankatilaka, buddha figures at gal vihara etc.

Stay overnight in Polonnaruwa.

• Drive to Sigiriya. 

• Take a village tour to experience ancient village life with their day-to-day activities including oxen cart rides, catamaran rides, walk towards paddy fields, cookery demonstration on traditional Sri Lankan foods and enjoy a traditional meal.

• Dedicate a whole evening to visit the eight world wonder of Sigiriya royal palace.

• Witness the marvellous landscapes, irrigation technology and aesthetic abilities of ancient Sinhalese culture.

Stay overnight.

• Drive to Kandy and visit the largest royal botanical garden covered by colourful flower plants, herbal plants, endemic and epidemic plant species and palm family trees. More than 4000 varieties can be seen here.

• Head to the viewpoint of Kandy. Enjoy the Kandyan dancing event in the evening.

• Visit the temple of the tooth relic. The lord buddha's most sacred molar tooth is placed in seven golden caskets, under a golden ceiling.

Spend the night in Kandy.

• Drive to Adams Peak. Another world heritage and multi-religious place in Sri Lanka. It is an isolated mountain peak of 7359 feet above the sea level. Adams peak is another most sacred, higher value and the most attractive place among local and foreign tourists. The season begins from the full moon poya day. It isn't easy to climb the rock during the weekend because it is too crowded with local pilgrims.

• You can start the journey in the evening or at midnight to avoid the heat of the sun. Make sure to pack warm clothes and equipment according to your needs.

Stay overnight at the top of the mountain.

• Come back to the hotel.

• Drive to Ella and stay overnight.

• Drive to Tissamaharama. You can see wonderful Rawana Ella waterfall soon after passing Ella. Rawana Ella is the widest fall in Sri Lanka as well as it is more attractive.

• By 2.00 p.m., you can join Yala safari. It is an interesting and most popular event among tourists as Yala is the second largest wildlife reservoir in Sri Lanka. It contains a higher density of leopards population a national park in the world. If you are lucky, you can catch leopards into your eyes.

Stay overnight in Tissamaharama.

• Drive to Mirissa.

• On your way, you can see Hummanaya blowhole and turtle hatchery. Hummanaya blow hole which pumps seawater up to 40 feet from a natural hole between two closest rocks and splints water into the sky.

Stay the night in Mirissa.

• Dolphins and whales watching tour begins at 6.00 a.m.

• Drive to world heritage “Galle Fort” built by Portuguese and was reconstructed during the Dutch period.

You can stay the night at Hikkaduwa.

• See the coral reefs and enjoy scuba diving and snorkelling under the safety supervision of well-experienced professionals. Hikkaduwa coastal area is most suitable for surfing during November to April months.

• In the evening, enjoy Madhu riverboat safari and get natural fish therapy for self-relaxing.

Stay the night at Bentota.

There are no itinerary plans; be dropped back to the airport according to your flight departure time.