Island Explorer Sri Lanka Tour (7 Days)

Sigiriya – Pinnawela – Dambulla – Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – Yala Safari – Mirissa – Colombo

 

Day 01 Sigiriya – Pinnawela

Arrive at Colombo International Airport. Here, you will be met by a designated chauffer guide from SHA Tours. After the formalities at the airport you will be escorted to your air-conditioned vehicle and proceed to Sigiriya. Visit the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (Per Person USD 5.00).

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage : About 90 KM from Colombo. Home to some 100 or more elephant orphans. A place you will really enjoy and never forget. Most orphans are accustomed to their curious human visitors and are harmless. The Orphanage is open from 8.30am to 5.45pm and visitors can interact a little with the elephants during the regulated bathing and feeding times. You can watch them feeding at 9.15 am, 1.15 and 5.00 pm. Bath times are from 10 am until 12 noon and from 2 until 4 pm.

Overnight stay at Hotel in Sigiriya

Day 02 Dambulla – Kandy
After breakfast clime Sigiriya rock  (Per Person USD 30) and visit Dambulla rock temple (LKR 1500 per person). Proceed to Kandy via spice gardens , Matale. Evening visit the Tooth Relic Temple (LKR 1500 per person) and enjoy cultural dance show (LKR 1000 per person)

Tooth Relic Temple – The sacred Tooth Relic, housed in the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy is an object of veneration to Buddhists and the most important sacred relic in the country. The temple is one of the most sacred places in the world for Buddhists.

Overnight stay at Kandy

Day 03 Kandy – Nuwara Eliya
After breakfast visit Kandy city and Botanical garden at Peradeniya. And leave for Nuwara Eliya via visiting tea plantation and tea factory. 

Peradeniya Botanical Garden (LKR 1100 per person)- This is a much visited and acclaimed botanical garden, which is also good for birds.

It is bounded on three sides by the Mahaveli River, which I snakes around the 60- hectare gardens. Before its use as Botanical gardens it had served as a royal pleasure garden. Peradeniya is the second largest botanical garden in Asia.

Overnight stay at Nuwara Eliya.

Day 04 Yala Safari
After breakfast proceed to Yala. In the evening Safari at Yala national Park.  (USD 88 for 2 persons)

Yala National Park – Yala Block 1 has one of the highest densities of Leopards in the world. Yala therefore offers one of the best chances in Asia to see leopards. Other large animals you may see include Elephants, Sloth Bear, Mugger Crocodile, Spotted dear, Sambhur, Barking Dear, Wild Boar, Wild Buffalo, Jackal, Greay Langur mokey and Mongoose. Birding highlights include Malabar Pied Hornbill, Painted Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Black Necked Stork and etc.

Overnight stay at Yala/Thissamaharama

Day 05 Mirissa Beach Stay
After breakfast proceed to Mirissa

Mirissa and its breathtaking sandy beach pretty much transform your dreams and visions of a tropical paradise into an everyday reality. Located close to the Southern tip of the Island of Sri Lanka and only about 200 km from the Equator, this secluded crescent shaped beach is the perfect place to sit back, relax and forget about all the hussle and bussle of your other life that’s a million miles away.

Overnight stay at Mirissa

Day 06 Colombo
After breakfast leave for Colombo via Dutch fort in Galle. Visit Galle city and Dutch fort.

Galle fort was built first by the Portuguese, and then modified by the Dutch during the 17th century. Even today, after 400 years of existence, it looks new and polished with reconstruction work done by Archaeological Department of Sri Lanka. Today Sri Lankan government and many Dutch people who still own some of the properties inside the fort are looking at making this one of the modern wonders of the world.

Overnight stay at Colombo

Day 07 Airport
Drop off at the airport for departure flight.

Includes –
Transportation by private AC car
English speaking chauffeur guide

Excludes –
Beverages
Entrance tickets
Safari jeeps

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Entrance fees for tourist sites in Sri Lanka