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SRI LANKA - North
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DAY
01 : ARRIVE COLOMBO
Arrive
and overnight in Colombo. Afternoon city-tour of
The Fort, in the very centre of the city, is where most of the
colonial remnants and Nearby Pettah is Colombo's busiest
and most traditional bazaar, Cinnamon Gardens is the most
prestigious residential area.
DAY
02 : COLOMBO - DAMBULLA - SIGIRIYA - GIRITALE - POLONNARUWA -
GIRITALE
After
early breakfast you check-out of your hotel and you drive
along a busy highway into the interior of the island, past
paddy fields, palm-groves and coconut plantations. In
Pinnewela you visit the elephant-orphanage, After this
journey through Kurunegala. Later in Dambulla you will ascend
for a visit of the most impressive of all the many cave
temples in Sri Lanka. Buddhist sanctuary, A short drive to the
Sigiriya rock. This impressive monolith which rises 200 m .
After this continue to the Giritale Hotel, Giritale, for
check-in and late lunch. In the later afternoon you leave your
hotel and drive to Polonnaruwa for the visit of the well
preserved remains of the city which has been the capital of
the Singhalese kings from the 11th to 13th Century. After this
visit you return to your hotel for overnight.
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DAY
03 : GIRITALE - ANURADHAPURA-
MIHINTALE - GIRITALE
After
breakfast drive to Anuradhapura in order to visit a selection
of the most remarkable sights. You will see some of the most
famous as well as the tallest dagoba of Sri Lanka, remains
from palaces, temples, monasteries, ceremonial baths and the
temple of the holy Bo-tree. This tree was grown from a sapling
of the very tree under which more than 2500 years ago the
Buddha found enlightenment. Lunch en route. In the afternoon
you will pay a visit to Mihintale. This is the place where in
the year 247 BC Buddhism originated in Sri Lanka. In the late
afternoon return to the Giritale Hotel for dinner and
overnight.
DAY
04 : GIRITALE -
KANDY
After
breakfast drive to Kandy on the way along the road you will
see paddy fields, coconut groves, rubber and spice gardens and
plantations.in the afternoon Arrive Kandy Check-in and lunch.
Kandy, situated at 500 m, is beautifully nestled between green
hills. At its very centre lies a small artificial lake and the
palace of the last Singhalese king which has become a temple
and the holiest shrine in Sri Lanka, Visit temple in the
afternoon during a short city-tour of Kandy. In the evening
see the famous Kandyan dances, as well as up-country and devil
dances. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel .
DAY
05 : KANDY - NUWARA
ELIYA
In
the morning after breakfast visit of the world-famous
Botanical Garden Peradeniya. You will find in the garden a
very large variety of orchids, spice trees, palms, bushes, as
well as tropical plants and flowers of all type.From
Peradeniya the road starts steadily to ascend and at noon,
shortly before reaching Nuwara Eliya, you will have climbed
1'500 m. You are now in the tea-country; famous for tea
plantations, the rich full green of thousands and thousands of
tea bushes. Visit some of the Tea factories
Check-in at the Hotel. Nuwara Eliya.and overnigth stay at
Hotel
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DAY
06 : NUWARA ELIYA
– HAMBANTOTA
After
breakfast at the hotel drive to Nuwara Eliya to the south,
passing tea and vegetable plantations, occa- sionally a
waterfall, forests and many small villages and hamlets. View
the beautiful view to the mountains and into the
valleys. Reach Hambantota for Lunch. In the late afternoon do
a photo safari into the Bundala game park. Dinner and
overnight at the Hotel.
DAY
07 : HAMBANTOTA -
GALLE - COLOMBO
After
breakfast in the morning check-out and leave for Hambantota.
At Dondora you will reach the most southern point of the
island and continue in westerly direction along large,
beautiful, white, palm-fringed beaches. You will pass Matara
and later visit to the old city of Galle Lunch en route.
On the way to Colombo you will be passing through well-known
resorts as Bentota, Beruwala, Kalutara. Reach Colombo in the
evening. Check-in at Colombo Hotel.
DAY
08 : COLOMBO
Breakfast
at your hotel and end of tour |
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