Day 1    Pinnawala - Habarana

After you exit the Bandaranaike International Airport, a Ceylon Travel Key representative will take you to a luxurious and comfortable vehicle and drive you to Pinnawala. In Pinnawala first visit the Millennium Elephant foundation and walk with the elephant, feed them, wash them and you can take an elephant ride. After that visit Pinnawala elephant orphanage. After all activities done in Pinnawala head back to Hotel in Habarna.

Day 2    Sigiriya - Minneriya

In the morning you will visit the ‘Lion’s Rock’ in Sigiriya – approximately 1200 steps to climb. This rock climbing activity is do-able and recommended for most tourists as you get to see some beautiful engraved frescoes of the ancient era and also the remnants of a fortress at the top of the rock, not forgetting the tremendous view from the summit.

After that we have scheduled a village tour and you can enjoy bullock cart ride, old catamaran ride, tuk tuk ride and traditional Sri Lankan Lunch in a village house with cooking demonstration.

In the afternoon, we have scheduled a jeep safari ride to visit the Minneriya National Park for an encounter with Sri Lanka’s wildlife. At the end of the day you will have a pure Sri Lankan Ayurvedic treatment for relaxation.

Day 3    Kandy

The next morning you will begin your journey to the hill capital of Kandy. En route you will visit the Cave Temple in Dambulla and Matale Hindu Temple. Also visit a Spice Garden at Matale and Batik Factory where the ancient process of making batik by using wax as the main component could be seen. Once there, you can see the Kandy Lake, stop at the Kandy viewpoint and also visit the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic In Kandy and enjoy an evening show of the cultural dance of Kandyans.

Day 4    Nuwaraeliya

In the morning you will visit the Royal Botanical Garden. This botanical garden was first built as a pleasure garden by a Sinhala King and was expanded by the British. It is 147 acres in extent and provides an amazing variety of trees, plants and flowers.

After that you will visit Gem Museum and wood carving factory you will head off to Nuwaraeliya. When you head towards the beautiful town of Nuwara Eliya where you will come across several water falls on the way. Ramboda Falls is one visit we have scheduled for you. Along the way you can also visit the Tea Factory and the luscious tea plantations of the country. You will also be given a tour of Nuwara Eliya, also known as “Little England”.

Day 5    Udawalawe

The next morning you will begin your journey to the Udawalawa National Park. We have scheduled a jeep safari ride to visit the Udawalawa National Park for an encounter with Sri Lanka’s wildlife. After end of safari you will visit Elephant Transit Home and see how baby elephants drink milk.

Day 6    Yala

Yala National Park gives the best opportunity to witness Sri Lanka’s broad variety of wildlife: colorful painted stork in troops are seen perched at the shores of lagoon where the crocodiles too have chosen to doze off; lovely fantailed peacocks in their resplendent blues and greens parade about amidst the woods where monkeys hang, leap and chatter; in the bush jungle are the Elephants; crossing the tracks and wandering off into the thorny scrub jungle is the star attraction of the park: the leopard.

Day 7    Colombo

The next morning you will begin your journey to the Colombo - the commercial capital of the island. En-route we will visit. Galle Dutch Fort, Turtle conservation Project, Madu river boat safari and the mask museum.

Day 8    Airport

In the morning you will visit Negombo Fish Market and the Beach. Depending on the time of the day in which you departure, you may have time to go on a boat ride in the Muthurajawela Marsh.

Negombo is the closest city to the Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka and this is where you wonderful luxurious tour will end with Travel Bird Lanka Tours. We hope you find this itinerary attractive and we look forward to hearing from you regarding further details of this tour.