Glipsum of Sri Lanka

Day 1: Arrive Colombo

Our representative will meet and greet you at the airport and transfer you to Sigiriya. En route visit Pinnawala elephant orphanage & Dambulla cave Temple. Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage was established in 1975 by the Department of Wildlife Conservation. Orphaned, abandoned and wounded elephants from all parts of the island are brought here. They are fed and well looked after here. It an experience that will remain etched in your memory for a long time.

Dambulla, for 22 centuries The Golden Temple of Danbulla has been a sacred pilgrimage site. This cave monastery is the largest and best preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka. The monastery contains many impostant Buddhist mural paintings and has some 157 statues. On your arrival in Sigiriya, check in to hotel. Spend overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: Sigiriya to Kandy

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast sightseeing of Sigiriya. Sigiriya is famous for its 5th Century “Fortress in the Sky” built by King Kasyapa. He built a massive gatehouse in the form of a lion to guard the entrance and hence it is also known as Lion Rock.

The King transformed this sinister-looking black rock and made it appear like a huge dazzling white cloud and painted the rock with with beautiful frescoes of semi-naked nymphs.
After the sightseeing leave for Kandy. En route visit a spice garden and batik factory in Matale. On your arrival in Kandy, check in to hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 3: Kandy

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast we take your for a city tour of Kandy visiting Upper Lake Drive, Market Square and the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.

Kandy, served as capital of Sinhalese Kings and ceded to the British in 1815. Kandy has a Buddhism’s influence in with many Buddhist temples and monasteries. It is a world heritage site as declared by UNESCO. The Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya are spread in 67 hectares, is a botanical treasure containing more than 4000 species of plants.

The Golden roofed Temple of Sacred Tooth houses Sri Lanks’s most important Buddhist relic – the tooth of Buddha. Afternoon free at leisure. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 4: Kandy to Colombo

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast drive to Colombo. On arrival check in at hotel. In the afternoon we take you for city tour of Colombo including shopping. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 5: Leave Colombo

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast transfer to the airport for your flight to onwards destination.