CEYLON CULTURAL TOUR - 4N/5D

Day 01 - Airport to Sigiriya

• Meet and Greet at the Airport
• Negombo City Tour
• Negombo Beach
• Proceed to Sigiriya
• Visit Pinnawala
• 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. Evening Minneriya Elephant Watching
• Reach Sigiriya
• Check in at Hotel
• Overnight at Hotel in Sigiriya

Day 02 - Sigiriya

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit Sigiriya Rock
• Sigiriya o is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. The name refers to a site of historical and archaeological significance that is dominated by a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres (660 ft) high According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle the Culavamsa, this site was selected by King Kasyapa (477 – 495 CE) for his new capital. He built his palace on the top of this rock and decorated its sides with colourful frescoes.
• Visit Dambulla Rock Temple
• Dambulla is the largest and best-preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka. The rock towers 160 m over the surrounding plains.There are more than 80 documented caves in the surrounding area. Major attractions are spread over five caves, which contain statues and paintings
• Overnight at the Hotel in Sigiriya

Day 03 - Sigiriya To Kandy

• Breakfast at Hotel
• Proceed Kandy
• Peradeniya Botanical Garden
• Peradeniya oyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It attracts 2 million visitors annually. It is near the Mahaweli River (the longest in Sri Lanka). Agriculture.
• Visit Temple of Tooth
• Temple of Tooth in Kandy. (Sri Dalada Maligawa) or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the royal palace complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha.
• Evening Kandy City Tour
• Overnight at the Hotel in Kandy

Day 04 - Kandy

• Breakfast at the Hotel
• Visit Kandy Cultural Area
• Galmaduwa Temple in Kandy
• A short turn off from the Kundasale Road just outside of Kandy and you will come upon a strange sight: the unfinished Galmaduwa Viharaya. Traditionally ascribed to King Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe, it is said that while this building was being completed the king heard of the discovery of a cave at Degaldoruwa and stopped the work on Galmaduwa shifting his attention to Degaldoruwa. Sadly, in its unfinished state, this building was never used as a temple., Arts in Ambakke. Embekka Devalaya was built by the King Vikramabahu of Gampola Era (AD 1357 - 1374) in Sri Lanka. The devalaya is dedicated to Kataragama deviyo. A local deity called Devatha Bandar is also worshiped at this site. The shrine consists of three sections, the "Sanctum of Garagha", the "Digger" or "Dancing Hall" and the "Hewisi Mandapaya" or the "Drummers' Hall". The Drummers' Hall has drawn the attention of visitors to the site, due to the splendid wood of its ornate pillars and its high pitched roof
• Overnight at the Hotel

Day 05 - Kandy To Colombo to Airport

• Breakfast at Hotel
• Proceed to Colombo
• City tour of Colombo commencing
• 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. Afterwards, 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 race course 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 airport with lingering memories of your trip to Sri Lanka