Sri Lanka

Colombo - Habarana - Trincomalee - Kandy

Highlights

Discover the Pearl of the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka.
Explore the place where nature’s beauty remains abundant and unspoiled.
Get the chance to witness the bathing and bottle feeding of elephants
Extend your trip to Maldives Island.
Optional tours during your free time.

General Info
- STARTING PRICE $720
- AIRPORT Colombo
- DURATION 7 nights
- DEPARTURE DATES
  From 1st May till 31th October 2017
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ITINERARY
- 8 days / 7 nights
Day 1: ColomboMeet & assist upon arrival by our agent’s representative. Thereafter transfer to Hotel.
Colombo - visit fort and Pettah areas and drive past the 100-year-old clock tower, the old parliament and several British built, colonial buildings. Other places of interest are a Hindu and a Buddhist temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Colombo museum, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. Also visit the ceramics corporation show room, the ODEL ‘Unlimited’ dress boutique and the majestic city shopping complex.
Overnight at hotel in Colombo.

Day 2: HabaranaAfter breakfast, transfer to Habarana. In route visit the Government run Elephant Orphanage, where babies abandoned or lost by the herd are cared for and trained. Clients could witness the bottle feeding and bathing of baby Elephants.
Evening spent at leisure.
Overnight at hotel in Habarana.

Day 3: HabaranaBreakfast at hotel – Free time at leisure or Optional tour
1. “Optional” excursion to the rock fortress of Sigiriya Rock Fortress of Sigiriya - This World Heritage site, a spectacular Rock Fortress is one of Sri Lanka’s major attractions. The most impressive facts of the unique complex are the Water Gardens, the Frescoes of beautiful maidens, the Mirror Wall with ancient graffiti, the Lion platform and the Summit of 1.6 hectares, which was completely covered by buildings during the period of Sigiriya’s glory.
2. Optional excursions : Evening Jeep safari of the Minneriya National park which is famous for its migrant heard of wild Elephants, Elephant back safari’s through the shrub jungles of Habarana.
  Overnight at Hotel in Habarana
Day 4: TricomaleeAfter breakfast, transfer to Trincomalee (Which is a port city on the east coast of Sri Lanka, about 110 Miles northeast of Kandy. The city is built on a peninsula, which Divide the inner and outer harbours. It is one of the main centers of Tamil speaking culture on the island. Historically referred to as Gokuna, it has been a sea port that has played a major role in
Maritime and internationally trading history of Sri Lanka. The beaches are used for Scuba diving, surfing, fishing and whale watching. The city also has the largest Dutch fort in Sri Lanka)
1. Optional: Visit to the Kanniya Natural Hot water Springs.
  Kanniya Hot Water- spring has the history from the King Rawana era. It says that King Ravana stuck the earth with his sward in several spots and several fountains were started on those places. The water was hot and that’s the beginning of this hot water springs.
2. Optional: Visit to the Koneswaram temple and Fort Frederick. There was in times, long past a magnificent temple dedicated to Konath or Konasir on the cliff. 400 feet above the sea, at the Southern extremity of the peninsula that separates the inner from the outer harbour. British and other European writers of the 18th and 19th centuries refer to this shrine as the “Temple of a Thousand Pillars.”
  Rest of the Day at Leisure. Overnight at hotel in Trincomalee.
Day 5: TrincomaleeBreakfast at Hotel. Free time at leisure or Optional tours
1. Optional: Proceed on an early morning whale/ dolphin watching excursion.
2. Optional: Excursion to Pigeon Island.
  Pigeon Island is located around 1 km away from the Nilaveli beach. This is consists of two islands, one is small and other one is larger in size. This is one of the best places to see corals. This island received its name because of the Rock Pigeons who live there. This was previously a Sanctuary. However, in year 2003 Pigeon Island was designated as a nation park in Sri Lanka. In the ancient era, this island was used by the British army as a place for shooting practice in early world war time.
3. Optional: Water Sports.
  Overnight at hotel in Trincomalee.
Day 6: KandyAfter breakfast, leave for Kandy
Kandy: This lovely city is the Hill Capital of Sri Lanka and was the last stronghold of the Sinhala Kings. It still retains an aura of grandeur which has been unaffected by time. Encircled by hills, with a tranquil lake in its center, it is the site of the renowned “Temple of the Tooth” and the Royal Botanical Gardens - home to one of Asia’s best Orchid collections. Kandy and its satellite villages are the center of the island’s handicraft industry and its traditional dances are the most lively and spectacular in the country.
Evening: visit the temple of the tooth, and thereafter witness a cultural dance performance.
Overnight at hotel in Kandy.

Day 7: KandyAfter Breakfast visit the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Botanical Gardens - The Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya near Kandy was laid out in 1821 by the British colonial rulers. Prior to that it was the Royal Pleasure Garden of the Kandyan Kings. It is located in a beautiful setting with the longest river of Sri Lanka, Mahaweli bordering on one side. This attractively laid out garden displays many varieties of floral and green plants. Special features are the Orchid House which displays a fine collection of Sri Lankan orchids, the fernery, spice garden, and the trees planted by distinguished visitors to the Island.
Evenings spent at leisure in the hotel or free to stroll around the local bazaar areas.
Overnight at hotel in Kandy.

Day 8: Colombo - BeirutTransfer to Colombo International Airport to fly back
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Terms & Conditions

8 days / 7 nights

Day 1: ColomboMeet & assist upon arrival by our agent’s representative. Thereafter transfer to Hotel.
Colombo - visit fort and Pettah areas and drive past the 100-year-old clock tower, the old parliament and several British built, colonial buildings. Other places of interest are a Hindu and a Buddhist temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Colombo museum, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. Also visit the ceramics corporation show room, the ODEL ‘Unlimited’ dress boutique and the majestic city shopping complex.
Overnight at hotel in Colombo.

Day 2: HabaranaAfter breakfast, transfer to Habarana. In route visit the Government run Elephant Orphanage, where babies abandoned or lost by the herd are cared for and trained. Clients could witness the bottle feeding and bathing of baby Elephants.
Evening spent at leisure.
Overnight at hotel in Habarana.

Day 3: HabaranaBreakfast at hotel – Free time at leisure or Optional tour

“Optional” excursion to the rock fortress of Sigiriya Rock Fortress of Sigiriya - This World Heritage site, a spectacular Rock Fortress is one of Sri Lanka’s major attractions. The most impressive facts of the unique complex are the Water Gardens, the Frescoes of beautiful maidens, the Mirror Wall with ancient graffiti, the Lion platform and the Summit of 1.6 hectares, which was completely covered by buildings during the period of Sigiriya’s glory.
Optional excursions : Evening Jeep safari of the Minneriya National park which is famous for its migrant heard of wild Elephants, Elephant back safari’s through the shrub jungles of Habarana.
Overnight at Hotel in Habarana

Day 4: TricomaleeAfter breakfast, transfer to Trincomalee (Which is a port city on the east coast of Sri Lanka, about 110 Miles northeast of Kandy. The city is built on a peninsula, which Divide the inner and outer harbours. It is one of the main centers of Tamil speaking culture on the island. Historically referred to as Gokuna, it has been a sea port that has played a major role in
Maritime and internationally trading history of Sri Lanka. The beaches are used for Scuba diving, surfing, fishing and whale watching. The city also has the largest Dutch fort in Sri Lanka)

Optional: Visit to the Kanniya Natural Hot water Springs.
Kanniya Hot Water- spring has the history from the King Rawana era. It says that King Ravana stuck the earth with his sward in several spots and several fountains were started on those places. The water was hot and that’s the beginning of this hot water springs.
Optional: Visit to the Koneswaram temple and Fort Frederick. There was in times, long past a magnificent temple dedicated to Konath or Konasir on the cliff. 400 feet above the sea, at the Southern extremity of the peninsula that separates the inner from the outer harbour. British and other European writers of the 18th and 19th centuries refer to this shrine as the “Temple of a Thousand Pillars.”
Rest of the Day at Leisure. Overnight at hotel in Trincomalee.

Day 5: TrincomaleeBreakfast at Hotel. Free time at leisure or Optional tours

Optional: Proceed on an early morning whale/ dolphin watching excursion.
Optional: Excursion to Pigeon Island.
Pigeon Island is located around 1 km away from the Nilaveli beach. This is consists of two islands, one is small and other one is larger in size. This is one of the best places to see corals. This island received its name because of the Rock Pigeons who live there. This was previously a Sanctuary. However, in year 2003 Pigeon Island was designated as a nation park in Sri Lanka. In the ancient era, this island was used by the British army as a place for shooting practice in early world war time.
Optional: Water Sports.
Overnight at hotel in Trincomalee.

Day 6: KandyAfter breakfast, leave for Kandy
Kandy: This lovely city is the Hill Capital of Sri Lanka and was the last stronghold of the Sinhala Kings. It still retains an aura of grandeur which has been unaffected by time. Encircled by hills, with a tranquil lake in its center, it is the site of the renowned “Temple of the Tooth” and the Royal Botanical Gardens - home to one of Asia’s best Orchid collections. Kandy and its satellite villages are the center of the island’s handicraft industry and its traditional dances are the most lively and spectacular in the country.
Evening: visit the temple of the tooth, and thereafter witness a cultural dance performance.
Overnight at hotel in Kandy.

Day 7: KandyAfter Breakfast visit the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Botanical Gardens - The Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya near Kandy was laid out in 1821 by the British colonial rulers. Prior to that it was the Royal Pleasure Garden of the Kandyan Kings. It is located in a beautiful setting with the longest river of Sri Lanka, Mahaweli bordering on one side. This attractively laid out garden displays many varieties of floral and green plants. Special features are the Orchid House which displays a fine collection of Sri Lankan orchids, the fernery, spice garden, and the trees planted by distinguished visitors to the Island.
Evenings spent at leisure in the hotel or free to stroll around the local bazaar areas.
Overnight at hotel in Kandy.

Day 8: Colombo - BeirutTransfer to Colombo International Airport to fly back