Sri Lanka Tour No : 06 - 05 Days 04 Nights

TOUR NO 06 - 05 DAYS 04 NIGHTS

Colombo - Kandy - Nuwara Eliya - Beach Resort

DAY 01 - AIRPORT/ COLOMBO. Arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport, met by "Don Voyage" Representatives and transfer to a Hotel in Colombo.
p.m. City tour and Shopping.
	CITY TOUR & SHOPPING The City Tour will include places of Tourist interest such as Old parliament, Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Buddhist Hindu Temple and Town Hall. SHOPPING Shopping at Odel, House of Fashion, Bare foot and etc.
Over night Stay at Hotel in Colombo.
DAY 02 - COLOMBO / KANDY
Breakfast at Hotel. Leave for Kandy. En route Visit the Elephant Orphanage.
	ELEPHANT ORPHANGE Pinnawala, Visit the Elephant Orphanage, the foster – home of elephants of different age and size feeding, bathing, playing together and even mating. These have been found injured or left abandoned in the wilderness. There are even little baby calves born in captivity.
Next Visit the Spice Gardens.
SPICE GARDEN Visit a spice garden at mavanella which grows spices and herbs used for Sri Lankan cuisine and medication. Spices of Sri Lanka attracted the early sea faring merchants who made the long voyages to purchase this precious merchandise.
Next Visit the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens.
	BOTANICAL GARDEN En-route visit the Botanical Garden Peradeniya. Which was a pleasure garden of a Kandyan King of the 16th Century and later made in to a Botanical Garden during the British regime. This gardens, one of the best in Asia is a place of beauty and site for bird watchers.
p.m. visit art and craft centre and Gem Bureau where you will be shown a documentary film on how Sri Lankan Gem mining is traditionally done.
Sight seeing of kandy including Upper Lake Drive and visit to Art and Craft Centres.
CULTURAL DANCE enjoy a typical Sri Lankan Cultural Show of Drumming Dancing music and fire walking.
Over night Stay at Hotel in Kandy.
DAY 03 - KANDY / NUWARA ELIYA ( Train Journey )
Breakfast at Hotel. Leave for Visit Temple of the Tooth Relic if Lord Buddha.
	TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH RELIC. Next Visit the Temple of the sacred tooth relic of the Buddha. This temple, the most important one for The Sri Lankan Buddhists. It was built in the 16th Century A.D. solely for the purpose of housing the tooth relic.
Leave for Nuwara Eliya by train.
	You will met by the chauffer guide at "Nanu Oya" Station and transferred to the Hotel at Nuwara Eliya to continue with tour.
Nuwara Eliya, the misty city is located over 6000 feet above sea level. The drive will be through refreshing Tea Plantations covering the hills like carpets and cascading waterfalls to mesmerize you.
TEA FACTORY Visit a Tea Plantation and a Tea Factory en route. Sri Lanka being famous for its “Ceylon Tea” adding cheer to many the world over for more than a century. Arrive in Nuwara Eliya to be greeted by the fresh wintry atmosphere. Observe the well preserved colonial architecture of bungalows that were the homes of Lords, Governor’s and Planters who pioneered the “ Ceylon Tea” drive.( Nuwara Eliya is also known as “Little England”) Leave for Sight Seeing of Nuwara Eliya which includes visits to the 18 Hole Golf course, Race Course .
NUWARA ELIYA CITY TOUR Drive through the little town of Nuwara Eliya observing the well-maintained buildings of colonial Architecture. Visit the busy market where the tea plantation workers rush in and out with their days provisions. Visit the lake Gregory built for generating power during the British Colonial age but now a feature that adds beauty to the city.
Next
SITA AMMAN TEMPLE This Temple considered as one of the oldest is said to mark the spot where Ravana held the queen Sita captive, The streamlet that flows by the rock on which the Temple stands on is supposed to be where the queen Sita bathed. Although the story of Rama Sita and Ravana is a legendary epic poem, the evidence such as this sparks off another dimension to imagination. As a Temple much revered, many stop by and step into invoke blessings and favour from the gods.
Over night Stay at Hotel in Kandy.
DAY 04 - N' ELIYA / INDURUWA OR BENTOTA OR BERUWALA OR KALUTARA.
Breakfast and leave towards the South Coast Beach Resorts via kithulgala.
KITULGALA Kitulgala is little village on one of the routes between Colombo and Nuwara Eliya. The name Kitulgala derived from the word KITUL (fish tail palm) trees that grow in abundance in these parts. The Kelani River that flows through Kitulgala does not only beautifully the village but also attracts tourists for the white water rafting that has become so popular in it. The most important scene of blasting the bridge and train in the famous film “ The Bridge on the River Kwai” was also filmed at Kitulgala and the film site is also a site visited by many tourists. Bandara Kele a patch of nature reserve that has become very popular with bird watchers and Nature lovers.
Next view beautiful of two water falls... Devon Fall and St. Clairs Fall.
	DEVON AND ST. CLAIRS - WATERFALLS
En route visit Turtle Hactery.
	TURTLE HATCHERY Projects have been launched to conserve the population of turtles that are reaching extinction and such projects are found along the southern coast of Sri Lanka where turtles come as hop to lay their eggs. The turtle digs a hole on the Beach, Lais hers eggs and covers it with sand where it is suppose, incubate by the heat of the sun. What often happens is the eggs are dug out by fisherman and sold to people who consume them. But now the eggs are bought up by the conservation projects and hatched the Natural way in enclosed areas and the Birds don’t have a chance of
picking them up. This offers them a better chance of survival.
p.m. at leisure.
Overnight stay Hotel in Bentota.
DAY 05 - SOUTH COAST BEACH / AIRPORT ( 03 hours to Airport )
A.m. at leisure and afternoon Leave for Departure for Airport.
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