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Sri Lanka Tour 1 - Duration: 7 nights / 8 days
Cultural Attractions: The Lion Rock Citadel, Sigiriya (479 - 496 AD),
Polonnaruwa (846 AD - 1302 AD),
Golden Dambulla Rock Temple (76 BC - 1778
AD), Kandy the Royal City (1469 - 1815 AD) (All are World Heritage sites).
Colonial Heritage: Nuwara Eliya in the
Central Highlands
Beaches: Bentota Bay Beach Resort
Itinerary
Day 1: Colombo
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Arrive at Colombo International Airport, Katunayake. Meet, assist & transfer to hotel in Colombo. |
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Afternoon sightseeing tour of Colombo. |
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Dinner & Overnight at a hotel in Colombo. |
Day 2: Colombo / Sigiriya / Habarana
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Having taken the breakfast at hotel we leave for The Lion Rock
Citadel, Sigiriya (479- 496 AD) (WHS). Located in the world's most ancient surviving
landscape garden with sophisticated hydrology is the rock citadel of Sigiriya towering 200 m above the surrounding irrigated plains. In a
natural pocket of the rock are renowned Sigiriya frescoes and world's
most ancient graffiti to the boot. |
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Having
climbed to the top of the rock we would find ruins of an
ancient palace & two intact swimming pools. |
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We travel to Habarana & stay overnight there. |
Day 3: Habarana / Polonnaruwa / Habarana
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After breakfast at the hotel, we leave on a sightseeing tour
of Polonnaruwa (846 AD - 1302
AD) (WHS), the great Sinhalese Kingdom.
Highlights: ruins of ancient palaces & temples, renovated ancient
temples & stupas. Among the still intact colossal rainwater reservoirs
is the inland sea like Parakrama Samudra (The Sea of Parakrama) of 2100
hectares (5600 acres) |
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Evening: elephant back safari in Habarana. |
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Overnight is at a hotel in Habarana, located perfectly equidistant between Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapura & Dambulla. |
Day 4: Habarana / Dambulla / Kandy
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Having taken breakfast at the hotel we leave for
Golden Dambulla Rock Temple (76 BC -1778 AD) (WHS), home to hundreds of beautiful statues & fine murals. |
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Thereafter leave for Kandy the Royal City (1469-1815 AD) (WHS) of
Mediterranean climate at an altitude of 500m, the last Sinhalese kingdom of Sri Lanka, the gateway to the central highlands. |
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Enroute visit a Spice Garden. Check in at hotel in Kandy. |
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We will be visiting Peradeniya Royal
Botanical Gardens set in a loop of the largest & longest river of Sri Lanka. The gardens cover an area of 150 acres
with around 10,000 trees. |
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The Holy Temple of Tooth is arguably the holiest shrine of
the Buddhist world. |
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Overnight is at a hotel in Kandy. |
Day 5: Kandy / Pinnawela / Nuwara Eliya
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Right after breakfast we visit the
Pinnawela
Elephant Orphanage, home to the world's largest troupe
of captive, tamed & trained elephants. Leave for
Nuwara Eliya (Little
England), colonial retreat of the British Civil servants &
planters. Enroute visit a tea factory and a tea estate |
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Arrive in Nuwara-Eliya and check in at hotel. Afternoon
commence on a sightseeing tour of Nuwara Eliya. Busy market,
Lake Gregory, golf course, race course, vegetable
cultivation. |
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Overnight is at a hotel in Nuwara-Eliya. |
Day 6: Nuwara Eliya / Bentota
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Immediately after breakfast we are on the way to
Bentota Bay Beach Resort, the Paradise Island, a narrow spit of land beautifully sandwiched between Indian Ocean & Bentota lagoon. |
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Overnight is at a hotel in Bentota. |
Day 7: Bentota
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Day at leisure. |
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Overnight is at a hotel in Bentota, Sri Lanka's prime beach resort. |
Day 8: Bentota / Colombo Airport
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After breakfast, we leave to Colombo Airport for departure. |
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