“Ayubowan” & ‘’Vanakkam’’ Welcome to a tropical paradise. You will be welcomed & greeted by your guide or our representative on arrival at the Waiting Area at Colombo International Airport. You will travel to Bentota.
Rest of the day you can relax & enjoy.
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You wake up in the morning with the sound of paradise beach in the world. This is your amazing day…
Bentota is a rural, beach and resort town located in the southern part of Sri Lanka, around 62 km from the capital city, Colombo. Bentota is famously known for Bentota Beach, which is loved by tourists and locals alike. The town is known for its pristine waters and lush green landscapes, with the dominance of tall palm trees.
After breakfast, you will join a boat safari in the Bentota river & so many water sports on the Bentota river and Bentota beach. After that, you will take lunch world's famous seafood restaurants on Bentota beach.
In the evening you will rent a bicycle in Bentota and cycle through the gorgeous city as you come across paddy fields, stunning ancient mural paintings in ‘Mullegoda temple’, and visit the Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery. You stop by to chit-chat with the friendly locals and enjoy the delicious local food. It is an amazing Sri Lanka itinerary if it includes the enchanting gardens resting in the heart of Bentota. But when we say Sri Lanka itinerary, no matter where it is: a little adventure awaits. So you jump back into the turquoise waters eagerly for water sports. You sit on the golden beach with your loved ones and think of your Sri Lanka holiday and itinerary while enjoying the beautiful sunset. A real vacation it is!
Late evening you will have a romantic dinner at the hotel premises.
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Arguably one of the most famous seashores of Sri Lanka, Bentota Beach has long been a favorite of travelers from around the world. Notable for its long stretch of white sand and safe place for wading in the ocean. The popular coast is also famed for its availability of water sports, ranging from wind-surfing to jet-skiing, and even waterboarding from the waters of the Bentara River. Rest of the day you can relax & enjoy.
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Arguably one of the most famous seashores of Sri Lanka, Bentota Beach has long been a favorite of travelers from around the world. Notable for its long stretch of white sand and safe place for wading in the ocean. The popular coast is also famed for its availability of water sports, ranging from wind-surfing to jet-skiing, and even waterboarding from the waters of the Bentara River. Rest of the day you can relax & enjoy.
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In the morning you will travel to Galle and you will see the Dutch Fort. There are many boutique shops along the narrow streets of the Fort as well as antiques, art, and craft shops. Galle is situated in southern Sri Lanka. It is the best example of a fortified city built by Europeans in South and Southeast Asia, showing the interaction between European architectural styles and South Asian traditions. The Galle Fort is a UNESCO world heritage site and the largest remaining fortress in Asia built by European occupiers. Other prominent landmarks in Galle include the natural harbor, the National Maritime Museum, and St. Mary's Cathedral founded by Jesuit priests, and one of the main Shiva temples on the island. Galle offers a unique opportunity to create a visible demonstration of the conservation of its inheritance.
Lunch - Sri Lanka culinary experience with a local family to learn about Sri Lankan food.
Enjoy Sri Lankan traditional culinary experience for Lunch (included). You can also learn to cook a few Sri Lankan dishes if you like. You will visit a local family about 10 minutes away from Galle. When you arrive you will be welcome. Here you will learn how to prepare and cook Sri Lankan dishes such as. You will also discover how coconut milk is made, learn to crack open and scrape out your own coconut, and taste samples of each dish as you go along. The end product is a feast of 7 unique dishes served in a lotus leaf which you can eat local style with your fingers if you are up for the challenge. (If you like to spend the day buying ingredients with the host in Galle markets you are welcome to join in the Morning).
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After breakfast, you will travel to Udawalawe.
You will visit the Udawalawe National Park safari and visit Elephant Transit Home en-route to Ella. Elephant Transit Home (ETH), where the orphan wild elephants are treated, raised, and released back into the wild, also is located at Udawalawe. Visitors to this place can observe how the elephants are taken care of, twice a day. The total number of orphaned elephants exceeds 40, of which most of them are calves and juveniles. The animals become mature enough to live on their own and are released back into the wild. Park authorities keep constant vigilance on the newly released animals until they get used to the new life in the wild. Click the link for BBC Natural World Documentary (Elephant Island) 2013)
Afterward, you will travel to Ella.
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After breakfast, you will visit the Lipton Seat. Lipton Seat is located on the top of the Poonagala hill; this is quite literally the point from which the Scottish tea baron Thomas Lipton would often proudly survey his tea plantations. On a clear day, it offers a spectacular view of mountain ranges, lakes, and valleys all the way to the southern coast. You will hike to the point through lush tea plantations or you can opt to drive up in the comfort with your guide.
The rest of the day at Leisure, Evening enjoy a Romantic Dinner.
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After breakfast at 09.20hrs, you will experience the most scenic train journeys for 2:20 hours. You will travel from Ella to Nanuoya through tea plantations and rolling hills on a Scenic train known as Podi Manike (the little precious wife) with a scenic view. These train journeys are recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as one of the world's best scenic train journeys. Your guide will pick you up at the Nanuoya.
Afterward, you will travel to Kandy. Travel time is approximately 2 hours. As the road winds through the hills, you will pass picturesque waterfalls, tumbling down hillsides, and vantage points, which afford views over a panorama of rugged hills stretching far into the distance. There are many viewpoints to stop by along the way to Kandy.
Kandy is a beautiful historical city in the citadel of the country. It is not only known for its great kings who ruled the city for almost 225 years independently until the British took over in 1815, but it is also the place where the Sacred Tooth of Lord Buddha is laid in a magnificent temple. Strategically nestled amidst three mountain ranges, Kandy was initially built in this location as a natural fortress against attack. Kandy was not an easy target for foreign invaders who could gain control of coastal areas of the island without too much loss. Kandy’s main architectural monuments date mainly from the 19th Century when King Sri Vikrama Rajasinghe, the last King of Kandy, constructed many new buildings. At the time of the eventual surrender of Kandy to British Rule in 1815, King Rajasinghe was captured, imprisoned, and finally deported to India where he died in 1832.
In the evening you will see Traditional Kandyan Dance – Kandy, Sri Lanka’s second-largest city is home to a Sinhalese cultural tradition of which Sri Lankans are justifiably proud. Rich in color and agile in their movements, the Kandyan Dancers evoke images of pageantry and traditions past. Lively and exuberant, spellbinding, and hypnotic, this Cultural Show is a spectacle to remember with its nimble dancers, energetic drummers, and fireproof firewalkers.
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After early breakfast, you will travel to the Knuckles range. Travel time is approximately an hour. You will explore the Knuckles Mountain Range by hiking/trekking with the local guide, this is one of the least explored areas by tourists in Sri Lanka. You will be rewarded with spectacular scenery and villages that have not changed at all by modernity. The Knuckles Mountain Range found towards the North East of the City of Kandy which derives its name from the shape of a clenched fist, offers one of the most breathtaking climbs in the Sri Lankan hill country. A paradise for those who love to hike, the range offers numerous mountainous trails that journey across clear rivers, through dense forests, past flowing waterfalls, lush tea plantations, paddy fields, and traditional small mountain villages.
The Knuckles range is characterized by its striking landscapes often robed in thick layers of cloud. The area comprises 34 clearly identified ranges within 62 square miles and 3000-6500 feet in height. In addition to its aesthetic value, the range is of great scientific interest. It is a climatic capsule of the rest of Sri Lanka. The conditions of all the climatic zones in the country are exhibited here. Its forested peaks harbor a variety of flora and fauna, some of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Although the range constitutes approximately 0.03% of the island’s total area it is home to a significantly higher proportion of the country’s biodiversity. The Knuckles range has been declared a 'National Heritage and Wilderness Area'.
Afterward, you will travel to Sigiriya.
ou will visit the Dambulla cave Temple en route to Sigiriya. Dambulla Golden Rock Cave Temple is a vast isolated rock mass 500ft high and 1.6 km around the base. Here is found the impressive Rock Temple dating to the First Century BC. The caves of Dambulla sheltered King Walagamba during his 14 years of exile from Anuradhapura. When he regained the throne he built the most magnificent of Rock Temples to be found on the Island. The complex consists of five caves with over 2000 sq. meters of painted walls and ceilings. It is the largest area of paintings found in the world. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site. In the first Cave is a recumbent image of the Buddha 14 meters long cut out of the Rock. There are images of deities associated with Buddhism all around. The frescoes on the ceiling date back to the 15th - 18th Centuries. In the Second Cave, the finest and the largest of all, there are 150 life-size statues of Gods from the Buddhist religion along with numerous images of the Buddha himself.
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Early Morning you will discover Sigiriya Rock Fortress. Sigiriya is a UNESCO World Heritage site that is proposed to be the 8th wonder of the World. Sigiriya, a massive rock in the green scrub jungle, is perhaps the most memorable place for visitors to Sri Lanka. The site was known from ancient times as a hermitage for Buddhist monks. A well-planned monastic complex included caved temples, bathing pools, lovely ponds, and Asia's oldest surviving landscaped gardens. The "Lion stairway", the "mirror wall" and the "water gardens" are its other highlights. The ruins of the capital built by the parricidal King Kashyapa I (477–95) lie on the steep slopes and at the summit of a granite peak standing some 370 m high (the 'Lion's Rock', which dominates the jungle from all sides).
Afternoon enjoys Ayurveda massage for one hour each per person to rejuvenate your body. Ayurveda is the ancient health care system in South Asia that has been passed down from father to son and is based on herbs and diet. It is one of the world’s oldest forms of healing and treatment. You will find some of the best Ayurveda practitioners in Sri Lanka. Ayurveda is a well-known treatment for stress, diabetes, migraine, asthma, arthritis, immune system, and high blood pressure. Ayurveda is derived from Sanskrit for life (Ayuh) and knowledge (Veda), which means ‘the science of life. Therefore, Ayurveda is one of the oldest medical sciences in the world and its origins date back as far as 5,000 years in South Asia.
After lunch around 2 pm: Enjoy a Jeep Safari at Minneriya National Park (Duration – 2 hours). It’s on the banks of the Minneriya reservoir, which was built in the 4th century A.C. Minneriya is a hide-out for many elephants, where you could see herds of elephants approximately 50 to 60 elephants in a herd. Here from July to September one of the World's top ten wildlife spectacles takes place known as ‘The Gathering’, more than 250 elephants gather around the Minneriya water tank in search of water and food. Apart from elephants, it is a habitat for migrant and resident bird species like Grey herons, Open built storks, Painted storks …etc. And also you could see 3 different species of monkeys Silica make, Pink faced leaf monkey and Grey Langer.
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After breakfast, you will travel to Polonnaruwa.
Polonnaruwa was the medieval capital of Sri Lanka, and today it is one of the most beautiful centers of Sri Lanka’s cultural heritage and a UNESCO Heritage site. With its comparatively brief history and a dozen rules, it is far more completely preserved ruin than Anuradhapura. Visit the ancient ruins and Gal Vihara complex, where 3 gigantic Buddha statues are carved out of a single rock. You also will be able to see the toque macaque monkeys found only in Sri Lanka.
Afterward, you will travel to Pasikudah. Rest of the day at Leisure
Full day at Leisure in Pasikuda. And You can enjoy a Romantic Dinner.
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Full day at Leisure in Pasikuda.
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After breakfast, you will travel to Negombo.
Shopping in Negombo city and traveling to the airport.
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