AIRPORT – COLOMBO/NEGOMBO – CULTURAL TRIANGLE – EAST COAST – KANDY – COLOMBO/NEGOMBO – AIRPORT
Arrival and welcome at the airport. Transfer to hotel and check-in.
Rest of the day at leisure.
Dinner & overnight stay at hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to cultural triangle. If time permits visit the cave temple in Dambulla dating back to 1st century B.C. Dambulla Rock Temple houses some of the most unique drawings in magnificently constructed 5 cave temples flanking the golden temple of Dambulla. Observe how exquisitely cave paintings are done along walls that shelter 150 statues of Lord Buddha. As you enter the retreat, look straight up to the gigantic Buddha statue glittering in gold over a land, which today houses an important junction in the country’s economic and cultural uplifting.
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Sigiriya and climb the rock fortress. Thereafter proceed to Pasikuda to enjoy the beach. Sigiriya, the 5th century rock citadel of King Kasyapa and World Heritage Site Sigiriya doesn’t only boasts of ancient Sri Lankan engineering & urban planning supremacy but also acclaims to be one of the finest monuments of art & culture. Surrounded by ramparts & moats the Lion Rock resembling the mythological ‘City of Gods’ is coated by frescoes that relate to Gupta style paintings found in Ajanta caves of India. Dinner & overnight stay at hotel.
Breakfast at the Hotel.
Full fay at leisure/free for own activities. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Thereafter proceed to Kandy via Mahiyangana. Enroute visit the Vedda community, The Vedda are a minority indigenous group of people in Sri Lanka whom are accorded indigenous status. The Vedda minority in Sri Lanka may become completely assimilated. Late afternoon sightseeing Kandy, including a visit to the temple of the tooth relic. If time permits view a cultural show
Breakfast at the Hotel. Transfer to Colombo via Peradeniya. Enroute visit the Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawela home to many orphaned elephants who roam freely. But why does a visit to Pinnawela create so much excitement? This is the one place you would get to see these gentle giants up close when they stroll to the nearby river at 10.00am and 2.00pm daily. It’s an opportunity to take lots of pictures of them taking a bath, enjoying the water, playing, and socializing with the rest of the elephants. Late afternoon do a brief city tour of Colombo (for customers accommodated in Colombo) and Negombo (for customers accommodated on Negombo). Colombo, the throbbing metropolis, located in the west is not only the country’s commercial capital, but also the turbine that impels above 50% of the national GDP flanking Colombo’s fancy urban development effort. Drive along the clean streets edging the crystal white Waters. Racecourse horse racing hub in 1893 & World War II airstrip furnished today with lavish clothing, food & tea boutiques. Negombo, the cinnamon hub of the Colonization of Dutch offers some of the most exiting diving stretches in the country. With quite a pleasant beach and lagoon. Watch how Negombo dishes out some of the best lobsters, prawns and crabs found in the country. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the airport to connect your departure flight
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