Airport / Colombo / Sigirya / Kandy / Dambulla / N’Eliya / Kithulgala / Colombo / Airport

DAY 01
Arrival and transfer to Colombo.

Dinner and overnight stay in Colombo
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DAY 02

Pickup from the hotel at 0630 hrs. and proceed to visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.

* Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage - Started in 1975 to house the abandoned and the wounded, the orphanage has grown to be a big family today. A unique experience never to be missed.

Thereafter proceed to Dambulla.

In the afternoon climb the Sigiriya Rock Fortress. Afterwards visit a Batik Factory where you can see the manufacture of beautiful Batik prints. The shop contains a wide variety of Batik items.

Sigiriya is home to the 5th Century ‘ Fortress in the Sky” which is perhaps the most fantastic single wonder of the Island.  It is also known as Lion Rock because of the huge lion that used

to stand at the entrance to the fortress.  Within it triple-moated defence the huge rock rises almost to a sheer height of 500ft. On its summit are the foundations of what was once a great and sumptuous palace and gardens complete with swimming pool.  On one of the stairways  the only known ancient work of Sinhala secular painting survived in the form of frescoes of life sized damsels in all the freshness and delicacy of their original color. Sigiriya was never conquered by any of the invading forces that had such an affect on the island of Sri Lanka It was however, ceded to the British during the colonial rule without force.

Thereafter commence an elephant back safari in Habarana.
Dinner and overnight stay in Dambulla.
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DAY 03

After breakfast proceed to Kandy. En route visit the Dambulla cave temple and a spice garden in Matale.

Dambulla -  Dambulla is famous for the five cave Temples on a rock.  The first 03 caves are better, older and larger than the other two.  Some caves dates to 1st C.B.C. All the 5 cave walls and ceilings are covered with Buddhist murals and there are more than 130 Buddha statues, statues of Gods and Kings are also found here.

In the afternoon commence a city tour of Kandy including visiting a gem laboratory and a silk factory.

* Kandy - the hill capital. Venue of the annual Perahera. The last stronghold of the Sinhala Kings was finally ceded to the British in 1815. Kandy is an example of the Buddhism’s influence in Sri Lanka today. Temple’s shrines and monasteries keeping alive Buddhist traditions are everywhere.

In the evening watch a cultural show featuring the exotic traditional dances of Sri Lanka.

Overnight stay in Kandy.
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