15-Day Sri Lanka Cultural and Wildlife Tour with Bentota Beach Stay

• Meet the tour guide upon arrival in Sri Lanka and transfer by air-conditioned vehicle to a hotel in Negombo.
• Spend the rest of the day at your leisure.

Overnight stay in Negombo.

Approximately: 20 minutes / 17 Km

• Have an early breakfast and travel to Sri Lanka's cultural triangle via the Elephant Orphanage, an institution that has been looking after orphaned or injured elephants that would otherwise have surely died. If you leave the hotel early, you can watch the elephants bathe in the river after the youngest babies are milk-fed.
• After lunch, leave for the cultural triangle and check in at a hotel in Sigiriya.

Overnight stay in Sigiriya.

Approximately: 3 hours & 20 minutes / 146 Km

• Have breakfast at the hotel, travel to Polonnaruwa, and visit the Polonnaruwa cultural sites. Polonnaruwa was the capital of Sri Lanka from the 11th to the 13th century AD. This ancient city is today one of the most beautiful centres of the island's cultural heritage. In its prime, the city housed hundreds of thousands of people inside its 3/ Miles strong encircling walls.
• Visit a forest Buddhist monastery in the evening.
• Take a jeep safari through Minneriya National Park, looking for elephants, deer, peacocks, boars, and many kinds of birds.

Overnight stay at a hotel in Sigiriya.

• Enjoy a relaxing morning by the hotel poolside, explore the surroundings on foot, or have a relaxing massage at an Ayurveda centre.

Overnight stay in Sigiriya.

Approximately: 3 hours & 10 minutes / 168 Km

• Have breakfast, check out from the hotel, and leave to visit Sigiriya Rock Fortress, one of Sri Lanka's most fascinating UNESCO World Heritage Sites. No matter how often you climb to the summit of this one-time hilltop fortress of the maverick Sinhalese king, Kassapa, the pleasure barely diminishes because of the spectacular views from the summit.
• Afterwards, travel to Kandy, another fascinating city in Sri Lanka. En route, visit a spice garden in Matale.

Overnight stay at a hotel in Kandy.

Approximately: 2 hours & 30 minutes / 90 Km

• Enjoy your breakfast, then go on a city tour of Kandy and visit the Temple of the Tooth. Spend some leisure time shopping.
• Get entertained with a spectacular Sri Lankan cultural show in the evening.

Overnight stay in Kandy.

Approximately: 1 hour & 14 minutes / 39 Km

• Have breakfast, and today you will explore "Little England" with the option to walk around the streets.
• Visit the Hakgala Botanical Gardens.

Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya.

Approximately: 2 hours & 30 minutes / 76 Km

• Have a tasty breakfast. Today, you will travel deeper into the tea-growing hills and have the option to wind through the mountains with magnificent views.
• En route to Nuwara Eliya, visit a factory producing popular Sri Lankan tea. Spend the rest of the day at your leisure.

Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya.

Approximately: 30 minutes / 25 Km

• Have breakfast and travel to Yala. En route, visit Ella Gap and Ravana Waterfall.

Overnight stay in Yala.

Approximately: 4 hours & 40 minutes / 156 Km

• Go for an early morning game drive in Yala, one of the island's most popular wildlife parks, where you could see almost all the animals found in Sri Lanka.

Overnight stay in Yala.

Approximately: 5 hours & 50 minutes / 90 Km

• Have breakfast and leave for Bentota. En route, visit the Galle Dutch Fortress. Galle is an ancient city that is now a modern and buzzing town. It was the most important seaport in history, where seafaring merchants arrived to trade and barter. This is also where the Portuguese first set foot in the year 1505 and built a fortress, which was later captured and fortified by the Dutch. The fortress is one of the best preserved on the island. A visit to the fortress and watching the sunset from the rampart is an unforgettable experience. The oldest Protestant church in the country, called the 'Groote Kirk', built by the Dutch, is located inside the Fort. It is situated close to New Oriental Hotel, also built by them as the Governor's Residence in 1684.
• Go for a boat ride on the Madu River.

Overnight stay in Bentota.

Approximately: 3 hours & 10 minutes / 209 Km

• Have a beach day. You will have many choices for spending your time. You may leisurely stroll on the golden beaches, be enthralled by the magical atmosphere, or laze on a sundeck reading a book of your choice and sipping a cool, fresh tropical fruit drink of pineapple, mango, or banana.
• Go for water sports such as water skiing, windsurfing, snorkelling, or cutting through the choppy water on a jet scooter, and much more.

Overnight stay in Bentota.

• Have another full day of beach fun!

• Spend your last day in Sri Lanka trying adventurous water sports, or spend the day as you wish.

• Travel to Colombo and go on a city tour. Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka, as well as its largest city and main port. It is also the commercial and financial centre of Sri Lanka. A bustling metropolis, the city is an attractive blend of old and new. It has the lazy charm of a bygone era combined with the verve and vivaciousness of a modern city.
• Visit important places in the capital city of Colombo, such as the Parliament, Gangarama Temple, Independence Square, Galle Face Green, the museum, and the World Trade Center.
• Transfer to the airport in time for your flight.