CEYLON CLASSIC TOUR - 6N/7D

Day 01 - Airport to Kandy

• Meet and Greet at the Airport
• Proceed to Kandy
• visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
• Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, home to approx 60 elephants. Watch the baby elephants play and bathe in the river; watch them being fed, or feed them yourself (optional). Thereafter proceed to Kandy with a stop at a spice garden-route to witness how the traditional spices are grown (Mawanella).
• Reach Kandy
• Check-in at the Hotel
• Shopping in Kandy – (known for exotic arts and crafts and world-famous gemstones)
• Overnight at Hotel
• Day 02 - Kandy to Nuwara Eliya
• Breakfast at Hotel
• Visit Peradeniya Botanical Gardens
• Peradeniya Botanical Gardens is one of the finest in Asia, which dates back to the 14th century
• Visit waterfalls (Ramboda Falls)
• Visit a tea factory, where you will not only enjoy a cup of freshly brewed Ceylon tea but will also have the opportunity to witness the intricacies involved in its manufacturing process.
• Reach Nuwara Eliya
• Nuwara Eliya, is the “city above the clouds” at 1980m above sea level. A golf course, racecourse for horse racing, English country style cottages, and planters bungalows are all witnesses of its colonial past. Check-in at the hotel relax at leisure & Overnight at Hotel
• Day 03 - Nuwara Eliya
• Breakfast at the Hotel
• Leisure & enjoy the scenic beauty
• Visit to the Hakgala Botanical Garden
• Visit to Lake Gregory
• Overnight at Hotel
• Day 04 - Nuwara Eliya to Yala
• Breakfast at the Hotel
• Leave for Yala
• Yala is home to a National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary
• Visit Ravana Falls
• Evening Safari at Yala National Park
• Reach Yala by afternoon
• Overnight at Hotel
• Day 05 - Yala to Bentota/ Beruwala
• Breakfast at Hotel
• Early morning Safari at Yala National Park
• Experience close encounters with a variety of wildlife; elephants, leopards, wild buffalo, spotted deer, etc.
• Proceed to Bentota
• Sightseeing of Galle with old Dutch fort ramparts with lighthouse with a panoramic view natural harbor - one more world heritage site, basking on the southern coast of Sri Lanka in the bay of Galle, the Fort was first built by the Portuguese in 1588 before being extensively fortified by the Dutch in the mid-1600s. Recognized by UNESCO for its cultural heritage value, the Fort has declared a World Heritage Site in 1988 as a unique exposition of "an urban ensemble which illustrates the interaction of European architecture and South Asian traditions from the 16th to the 19th centuries."Visit moonstone mines while shopping.
• Check-in at the Hotel
• Relax and enjoy the evening on the beach
• Overnight at Hotel
• Day 06 - Bentota/ Beruwala
• Breakfast at the hotel
• Relax and enjoy on the beach
• Overnight at Hotel
• Day 07 - Bentota/ Beruwala to Airport via Colombo
• Breakfast at Hotel
• Proceed to Colombo
• Boat Ride At Madu River
• Madu Ganga River safari, A boat excursion is the best way to navigate and enjoy what's on offer at Madu Ganga, a stretch of the lake with almost placid water dotted with many islets.
• visit an island with a Buddhist monastery
• Proceed to Cokombo
• City tour of Colombo commencing with a visit to the Fort and the Pettah commercial hub with offices and shopping areas located amidst the oldest colonial hotel GOH. It has a fantastic view of the Colombo harbor, a lighthouse with a clock tower (older than Big Ben in London) close to the president’s house and old parliament. Afterward, proceed through the main street passing the old Dutch Museum, belfry, and old City Hall which houses puppets of earlier governors of Sri Lanka.  Stops will be made at the Old Dutch hospital with shops and restaurants facing Sri Lanka’s twin tower buildings. Continue to the old racecourse with a maze of buildings with colonial architecture, restaurants, and shopping arcade passing through Colombo City Hall (mini replica of the White House in Washington, DC), Shopping in Colombo.
• Proceed to the airport with lingering memories of your trip to Sri Lanka