Sri Lanka 5 Nights with Aryan Dream Holidays

SLK – 5A : Magical Lanka

 Colombo ( 1 Nights ) / Kandy ( 2 nights ) /Nuwara Eliya ( 1 N ) / Bentota ( 1 N )

05 Nights package with hill country and beach...

Detailed Itinerary

DAY 1 : : AIRPORT / COLOMBO (35km)

Arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport, met by "triptosrilanka" Representatives and transfer to Hotel in Colombo.

• City Tour and Shopping

CITY TOUR

The City Tour will include places of Tourist interest such as

• Old parliament
• Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall
• Buddhist Hindu Temple
• Town

SHOPPING

Shopping at

• Odel
• House of Fashion
• Paradise Road
• Bare foot

Dinner and Overnight stay at hotel in Colombo

DAY 2 : : COLOMBO / PINNAWALA / KANDY (140km)

After Breakfast, leave for Kandy.

En route visits Elephant Orphanage Pinnawala.

ELEPHANT ORPHANGE

The foster – home of elephants of different age and size feeding, bathing, playing together and even mating. These have been found injured or left abandoned in the wilderness. There are even little baby calves born in captivity.

Next visits Spice Gardens at Mavanella.

SPICE GARDEN

Visit a spice garden at mavanella which grows spices and herbs used for Sri Lankan cuisine and medication. Spices of Sri Lanka attracted the early sea faring merchants who made the long voyages to purchase this precious merchandise.

On Arrival in Kandy Proceed to your Hotel .

DAY 3 : KANDY ( LOCAL )

After Breakfast begin a City tour of Kandy, including Upper Lake Drive (Also possible is a boat ride in Kandy Lake), Market Square, Arts & Crafts Centre, Gem Lapidary and Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.

TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH OF RELIC OF BUDDHA

Visit the Temple of the sacred tooth relic of the Buddha. This temple, the most important one for The Sri Lankan Buddhists was built in the 16th Century A.D. solely for the purpose of housing the tooth relic. Observe the magnificent Architecture of that period and experience the tranquility of the atmosphere

P.m. Visit art and craft centre and Gem Bureau where you will be shown a documentary film on how Sri Lankan Gem mining is traditionally done .

GEM MUSEUM

You visit the Gem Museum in Kandy.

Throughout history, Sri Lanka has been known as a land of gems. King Solomon was said to have procured a great ruby for the Queen of Sheba from Ceylon. Marco Polo wrote of wonderful Ceylon gems. The Blue Sapphire is king of Sri Lankan gems. The 400 carat Blue Sapphire called “Blue Belle”, which adorns the British Crown, is from Sri Lanka. The beautiful star sapphire misnamed the “Star of India” is displayed at New York’s Museum of Natural History. Besides rubies and sapphire, the illama soil also bears cat’s eyes, alexandrite, aquamarines, tourmalines, spiels, topaz, garnets, amethyst, zircons and variety of other stones.

CULTURAL SHOW

Enjoy a typical Sri Lankan Cultural Show of Drumming Dancing music and fire walking.

Dinner and overnight stay at -Kandy

DAY 4 : : KANDY / NUWARA ELIYA (150km)

Breakfast at Hotel. Leave for Nuwara Eliya.

BOTANICAL GARDEN

En-route visit the Botanical Garden Peradeniya. Which was a pleasure garden of a Kandyan King of the 16th Century and later made in to a Botanical Garden during the British regime. This gardens, one of the best in Asia is a place of beauty and site for bird watchers.

Proceed to Nuwara Eliya.

Nuwara Eliya, the misty city is located over 6000 feet above sea level.

The drive will be through refreshing Tea Plantations covering the hills like carpets and cascading waterfalls to mesmerize you.

En route visit water falls at ramboda.

RAMBODA AND GARADIYA ELLA - WATERFALLS

En route view the beauty of two falls Ramboda and Garadiya Ella. Next

TEA FACTORY

Visit a Tea Plantation and a Tea Factory en route. Sri Lanka being famous for its “Ceylon Tea” adding cheer to many the world over for more than a century.

arrive in Nuwara Eliya to be greeted by the fresh wintry atmosphere. Observe the well preserved colonial architecture of bungalows that were the homes of Lords, Governor's and Planters who pioneered the "Ceylon Tea" drive.( Nuwara Eliya is also known as "Little England")

Leave for Sight Seeing of Nuwara Eliya which includes visits to the 18 Hole Golf course, Race Course .

NUWARA ELIYA CITY TOUR

Drive through the little town of Nuwara Eliya observing the well-maintained buildings of colonial Architecture. Visit the busy market where the tea plantation workers rush in and out with their days provisions. Visit the lake Gregory built for generating power during the British Colonial age but now a feature that adds beauty to the city.

Dinner and Overnight stay at - Nuwara Eliya.

DAY 05 : : NUWARA ELIYA / KITHULGALA / BENTOTA (190km)

After Breakfast Proceed to Bentota via Kithulgala. En route

SITA AMMAN TEMPLE

This Temple considered as one of the oldest is said to mark the spot where Rawana held the queen Sita captive, The streamlet that flows by the rock on which the Temple stands on is supposed to be where the queen Sita bathed. Although the story of Rama Sita and Rawana is a legendary epic poem, The evidence such as this sparks off another dimension to imagination. As a Temple much revered, many stop by and step into invoke blessings and favours from the gods.

KITULGALA

Kitulgala is little village on one of the routes between Colombo and Nuwara Eliya. The name Kitulgala derived from the word KITUL (fish tail palm) trees that grow in abundance in these parts. The Kelani River that flows through Kitulgala does not only beautifully the village but also attracts tourists for the white water rafting that has become so popular in it. The most important scene of blasting the bridge and train in the famous film “ The Bridge on the River Kwai” was also filmed at Kitulgala and the film site is also a site visited by many tourists. Bandara Kele a patch of nature reserve that has become very popular with bird watchers and Nature lovers.

View to beauty of two water falls St.clairs fall and Devon Fall. Next visit the Film site of “Bridge of The River Kwaii”

p.m. at leisure on Bentota Beach , We get the opportunity for Water Sport Activity at Bentota Beach , Take a Boat Ride on Madhu Ganga River & also visit a Turtle Hatchery .

TURTLE HATCHERY

Projects have been launched to conserve the population of turtles that are reaching extinction and such projects are found along the southern coast of Sri Lanka where turtles come ashore to lay their eggs. The turtle digs a hole on the Beach, Lays hers eggs and covers it with sand where it is supposed to, incubate by the heat of the sun. What often happens is, the eggs are dug out by fisherman and sold to people who consume them.

But now the eggs are bought up by the conservation projects and are hatched the Natural way in enclosed areas where the Birds don’t have a chance of picking them up and the babies are let in to the sea after two days at night time which offers them a better chance of survival

Next River Safari in Madhu Ganga

BOAT SAFARI

The Boat Safari on the River Madhu is something that words would not justify. The primitive Life Style of the inhabitant of the islands of the Madhu River is only a boat ride away. The boat ride that takes you through the thick mangroves, The bird life around, the primitive style of Fishing and prawn trapping still practiced by the inhabitants of the islands will reveal to you another facet of splendid Sri Lanka.

Dinner and Overnight Stay at Hotel Bentota. DAY 06 : :COLOMBO / AIRPORT

Breakfast at Hotel.

As per your flight time , we spend some leisurely time at Bentota Beach and then proceed to Airport for Departure .

After noon leave for Airport for Departure.