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DAY
01 : ARRIVE - COLOMBO
Check-in
Hotel. Afternoon city-tour. The Fort, in the very centre of
the city, and Nearby Pettah is Colombo's busiest and most
traditional bazaar, Cinnamon Gardens is the most prestigious
residential area. Overnight at Hotel.
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DAY
02 : COLOMBO - KANDY
After
breakfast drive to Colombo and the coast and 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, On the way stop for a short
visit of a tea factory of high-quality Ceylon Tea. At noon reach,
the old royal city of Kandy, situated at 500 m, 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,
Check-in and lunch at the Hotel & in the late afternoon
short city-tour of Kandy with visit to a lapidary. In the
evening visit to the temple of the holy tooth. & attend a
dance performance of the famous Kandyan dances,and up-country
and devil dances. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel.
DAY
03 : KANDY - DAMBULLA - SIGIRIYA - GIRITALE
In
the morning after breakfast visit of the world-famous
Botanical Garden Peradeniya. In the garden a very large
variety of orchids, spice trees, palms, bushes, as well as
tropical plants and flowers of all type. Lunch en route. &
drive to Dambulla nad visit cave temples in Sri Lanka. After
visit, the drive to Giritale, Check in Hotel and overnight.
DAY
04 : GIRITALE - POLONNARUWA - GIRITALE
After
breakfast 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 the 13th Century.
Temples, dago- bas, the royal palace, the royal library. After
the visit return to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
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DAY
05 : GIRITALE - ANURADHAPURA - COLOMBO
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. After the visit of Anuradhapura
drive for Colombo with lunch en route,on the way you pass
paddy fields, coconut plantations and huge areas with rubber
trees and plantations. Reach Colombo in the evening. Check-in
and overnight at the hotel in Colombo.
DAY
06 : COLOMBO
Breakfast
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