Upon the Arrival at Airport, Our company representative will meet you with the guide and will brief you the tour. Then guide will transfer you to a luxurious hotel with modern conveniences. Relaxing the Rest of the Day at the hotel, Because You are after a long flight.
If You are not tired and want to do more activities here, please read the “Excursions” tab to pick optional tours.
Optional Tours
Nearby attractions can be visited on this day, extending the tour duration if
selected
01. Boat Safari in Negombo Lagoon (3 hrs)
02. Negombo City Tour (2 hrs.)
In detail
Negombo Lagoon is large semi-enclosed coastal water body with plenty of natural resources. The lagoon is fed by number of small rivers and You will begin the journey from the mouth of the Negombo Lagoon, after following safety procedures. The tour will be really interesting with Fishing Village, Monkey Island, Mangrove Forest and Fish Hatchery, You visit and also you may experience wide range of Birds & Marine Lives there. You will stop on and deserted Island for Drinks, Fruits, King Coconut and a Bottle of Water will be provided to you and then sailed on to witness the most beautiful sunset over the Lagoon.
Negombo is a major tourist destination in Sri Lanka. You will visit Remnants of colonization including Old Dutch Fort built in 1672, as well as centuries-old Portuguese and Dutch houses, Dutch Canal and St Mary’s Church and also You will visit a famous Buddhist temple named Angurukaramulla Temple. Negombo offers one of the best sandy beaches and you can visit the Estuary where the Ma Oya River meets Sea. Negombo is home to the country’s second-largest fish market and You will have the chance to meet the area’s fishers and seeing Local fishing people hard at work, filleting, turning drying fish, washing, mending nets and salting.
You will reach kitulgala Nature Reserve having enjoyed the magnificent beauty of a wetland park homes to many different animals and marshy plants. And you will visit one of the main botanical garden located in Sri Lanka.
Places, You are visiting
Talawatugoda Biodiversity Study Park
Seethawaka Wet Zone Botanical Garden
Overnight Stay at Kitulgala
Optional Tours
Still no optional tours have been added to this day.
In detail
Talawatugoda Biodiversity Study Park, Being a wetland, this park serves home to many different animals and marshy plants, especially temporary homes for migratory birds. Giving home to more than 50 species of wetland birds, over 25 butterfly species, many types of fishes, dragonflies, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and many terrestrial and aquatic plant species, this park indicates high biodiversity value especially remarking the value of urban wildlife. It contains a study center, open study area, board walks for walking through the wetland, butterfly garden, bird watching tower and bird hide, ground water wells, a laboratory, a herbarium, children’s pond, wetland agriculture area, rush and reed pond, audio video room and boat riding facilities.
Seethawaka Wet Zone Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located in Sri Lanka which mainly serves as a research area and a conservation area for threatened and vulnerable endemic plant species in the Sinharaja Rain Forest region. Seethawaka Botanical Garden is situated adjacent to the Indikada Mukalana Forest Reserve at Avissawella and garden has a cool temperate climate. A beautiful stream flows through the garden, which sustains the existence of various wet zone plants. The tree cover is made up of large Terminalia arjuna trees.
Enjoy a magical time, by exploring a nice Jungle Trekking through the Kitulgala Reserve.
Places, You are visiting
Jungle Trekking – Cross the Kelani River in an open catamaran type traditional
wooden boat
Buffet Lunch (Sri Lankan Cuisine)
Leisure time river bath
Evening Tea with Snacks
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Overnight Stay at Kitulgala
Optional Tours
Still no optional tours have been added to this day.
Kitulgala is in the wet zone rain forest in Sri Lanka which gets two monsoons each year, and is one of the wettest places in the country. Large numbers of people visit Kitulgala to enjoy the beautiful scenery, play in the river, and have an excellent rice and curry lunch at the local restaurants. Kitulgala is the very famous base for Adventure tourism activities and bird watching in the country and specially popular for white-water rafting which starts a few kilometers upstream. The Kelani river is wide at Kitulgala, but it is shallow apart from a deep channel near the opposite bank, so it provides a safe and attractive place to swim and play. And also The Academy Award-winning “The Bridge on the River Kwai” was filmed on the Kelani River near Kitulgala, although nothing remains now except the concrete foundations for the bridge.
In the morning You will visit the Ancient Rock Cave Belilena.
You have the opportunity to select below optional tours at Kitulgala, if you are interested in,
(See the “Excursions” tab for more information)
– White Water Rafting
– Canyoning (Trekking, Sliding and Confidence jumping)
– Waterfall abseiling
– Mountain cycling
– Bird Watching
– Zip Lining
– Camping
In the evening you will reach Kandy Cultural City.
Overnight stay at Kandy
Optional Tours
Nearby attractions can be visited on this day, extending the tour duration if selected
01. White Water Rafting
02. Canyoning (Trekking, Sliding and Confidence jumping)
03. Waterfall abseiling
04. Mountain cycling
05. Bird Watching
06. Zip Lining
07. Camping
In detail
Belilena is a famous large cave in Sri Lanka which is very picturesque with the surrounding mountain range. You will also see a beautiful waterfall fallen down above the entrance of the Belilena Cave. Evidence of prehistoric human presence as early as 32,000 years ago was recorded at the site. The skeletal remains of ten individuals were discovered by Paul E. P. Deraniyagala, who attributed them to Balangoda Man (Homo sapiens balangodensis). You will have to go by a vehicle to the edge of a forest and then will have to walk to the cave. If you want we can also arrange a mountain cycle tour to the Belilena Cave and this will be more fun.
Then You will begin your journey to explore the main attractions of the Kandy in Sri Lanka. Kandy Cultural City is also a World Heritage Site mainly due to the Secred Temple of Tooth of the Lord Buddha.
Places, You are visiting
Kandy City Tour
Gem Museum and the Lapidary
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden
3 km Sight Seeing Journey into University of Peradeniya
View point at Mahaweli River Bridge
Art & Craft Brass Workshop
View Point at Upper Lake Kandy
Traditional & Cultural Indoor Show of Kandian Dancing
Sacred Temple of Tooth
Overnight Stay at kandy
Optiona; Tours
Nearby attractions can be visited on this day, extending the tour duration if
selected
01. Visit to Udunuwara & Elephant Orphanage
i. Pinnawala elephant orphanage
i. Gadaladeniya buddhist temple
ii. Lankathilaka buddhist temple
iii. Embekke wooden temple
Kandy city is the last capital of the Sri Lankan kings and is a World Heritage Site mainly due to the Sacred Temple of Tooth. It is a Buddhist temple and is located in the royal palace complex, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Lord Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics because it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country.
Traditional Kandian Dancing, classical dance forms are associated with performance of various rituals and ceremonies which are centuries old and are based on folk religion and folk beliefs going back to before the advent of Buddhism and its acceptance by the Sinhalese people in the 3rd century BC.
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens, the finest of its kind in Asia, the largest of the botanical gardens of Sri Lanka. Peradeniya is at an elevation of 500 meters above sea-level, were tightly bounded on three sides by a loop of River Mahaweli (Great sandy river), the largest river of Sri Lanka. It is renowned for its collection of orchids. The garden includes more than 4000 species of plants, including orchid spices, medicinal plants, Flower Garden, Bamboo Collection, The Lake and palm trees.
Sri Lanka was affectionately known as “Ratna-Dweepa” which means Gem Island and also Marco Polo wrote that the island has the best sapphires, topazes, amethysts, and other gems in the world. In Sri Lanka, there are 200 minerals have been classified as gemstone. Their beauty, durability, rarity and combination of these attributes which should be fulfilled make a mineral worthy of being classified as a gemstone.
You will experience One night and two days trekking in Knuckles Mountain Range in higher montane area with isolated cloud forests; one of the most wonderfully scenic one
Day 01 -Start trekking up to the Corbert Gap view point in a trail through tea plantation, pygmy forest, cloud forests, and plateau with grassland. Endemic birds, mammals, fresh water creatures in crystal clear water streams.
Enjoy the panoramic view at the Corbert Gap with all the way thick jungles and mountain views.
Around 01.00 pm Have picnic lunch and walk or drive from Corbert’s gap to your Camp Site. – Overnight Stay at Knuckles Camp
Day 02
– Early morning get up for spectacular sunrise.
– 8.00 A.M trekking start from sky camp overlooking eastern velly of Knuckles Range with the amazing views passing forests, terrace rice fields.
– Arrive foot hills of mini world’s end drop of Knuckles Range on a jeep track with the bird eye view the eastern valley with all thrugh mountains, different exotic, natural forests, terrace rice fields and waterfalls.
– Have picnic lunch on the way and possibility for a nice river bath.
– Arrive back to Kandy around 5.30.P.M
Overnight stay at Kandy
Optional Tours
Nearby attractions can be visited on this day, extending the tour duration if selected
01. Visit to Sigiriya Village & Ritigala
(You will need to add 2 new days to visit above tour)
Day 01
Sigiriya Herbal Treatment Center
Sigiriya Village tour with Lunch
Sigirya Fortress
Overnight Stay at Habarana
Day 02
Ritigala Nature Reserve & Buddhist Ruins
Pidurangala Ancient Rock Hiking
Come back to Kandy
In detail
Knuckles Mountain Range lies in central Sri Lanka. The higher montane area is often robed in thick layers of cloud.Trekking experience on Knuckles Mountain is one of the most wonderfully scenic one. At higher elevations there is a series of isolated cloud forests, harbouring a variety of flora and fauna. it is home to a significantly higher proportion of the country’s biodiversity. The isolated Knuckles range harbours several relict, endemic flora and fauna that are distinct from central massif. More than 34 percent of Sri Lanka’s endemic trees, shrubs, and herbs are only found in these forests.
You will give your day a memorable experience with Nanu oya train journey; one of the most beautiful train trip in the world and with beautiful sights of natural waterfalls.
Places, You are visiting
Tea Plantation & Tea Factory, Nuwara Eliya
Ramboda Waterfall
Lover’s leap Waterfall
Victoria Park
Nuwara Eliya City Tour (Little England)
Train Trip (Nanu Oya to Bandarawela)
Overnight Stay at Ella
Optional Tours
Nearby attractions can be visited on this day, extending the tour duration if selected
01. Hortan Plains
In detail
Nuwara Eliya City is also called as the Little England, Due to its highland location, Nuwara Eliya has a subtropical highland climate with a mean annual temperature of 16 °C. The town’s attractions include the Ramboda Waterfall, Lover’s leap Waterfall, Victoria Park and Lake Gregory with many more. “Ramboda Waterfall” You can see a beautiful sight at here and Ramboda is 109 m in hight and 11th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka. “Lovers’ Leap” Waterfall is a spectacular waterfall set among tea plantation a short walk from the town of Nuwara Eliya. Victoria Park is a great place to go for a walk and relax with its beautiful flowers and gardens. Originally the park was the research field of Hakgala Botanical Garden.
Nanu Oya to Bandarawela Train Trip is One of the most beautiful train trip in the world. This train travel is a beautiful way of seeing Sri Lanka and no trip is more scenic than the train from Nanu Oya to Bandarawela.
Sri Lankan tea (known for generations as Ceylon Tea) carries behind it a heritage and success story like no other. Sri Lanka has become the world’s third largest tea exporter to the world. Seeing the highland tea plantations is more beautiful. You also can participate for tea tasting session too.
On this day, you will go for a jeep safari in the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka; famous for Sri Lankan elephants, Sri Lankan leopards, aquatic birds and for many other wide variety of wild animals.
Places, You are visiting
View Point of Ella (Ella gap)
Rawana Waterfall
House of Clay Pot, Wellawaya
Evening Jeep Safari to Yala national Park (Galge Entrance)
Overnight Stay at Kataragama
Optional Tours
Still no optional tours have been added to this day
In detail
Ella, View from ella across the valleys is a stunning and scenic place to experience the nature with mountains.
Rawana Waterfall, The falls have been named after the legendary king Ravana, which is connected to the famous Indian epic, the Ramayana. According to legend, it is said that Ravana (who was the king of Sri Lanka at the time) had kidnapped princess Sita, and had hidden her in the caves behind this waterfall, now simply known as the Ravana Ella Cave. The reason for the kidnapping is said to be a revenge for slicing off the nose of his sister by Rama (husband of Sita) and his brother Laxmana.
Yala National Park is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka, bordering the Indian Ocean. You can put a big expectation of mostly seeing variety of wild animals and birds, Beacouse The park is best known for its variety of wild animals.The park consists of five blocks. Yala was designated as a wildlife sanctuary in 1900. It is important for the conservation of Sri Lankan elephants, Sri Lankan leopards and aquatic birds. Yala hosts a variety of ecosystems ranging from moist monsoon forests to freshwater and marine wetlands. It is one of the 70 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Sri Lanka. Yala harbours 215 bird species including six endemic species of Sri Lanka. The number of mammals that has been recorded from the park is 44, and it has one of the highest leopard densities in the world. 25 individual leopards are estimated to roam in Block I. The elephant herd of Yala contains 300–350 individuals. The sloth bear, leopard, elephant, and wild water buffalo are all threatened species that Yala is harbouring.
For an exciting time, We will take you to the Udawalawe National Park, famous for hundreds of elephants, Sloth bear, sambar deer and many other species, for a wildlife exploring jeep safari through a beautiful nature paradise.
Places, You are visiting
Baby Elephant Transit Place, Eth Athura
Evening Elephant Jeep Safari at Udawalawa
Overnight Stay at Udawalawe
Optional Tours
Still no optional tours have been added to this day
In detail
Udawalawe National Park is the most visited park in the country. Udawalawe lies on the boundary of Sri Lanka’s wet and dry zones. The habitat surrounding at the reservoir includes marshes, the Walawe river and its tributaries, forests and grasslands. Udawalawe is an important habitat for hundreds of Sri Lankan elephants. The rusty-spotted cat, fishing cat and Sri Lankan leopard are members of the family Felidae present in Udawalawe. The Sri Lankan sloth bear is seldom seen because of its rarity. Sri Lankan sambar deer, Sri Lankan axis deer, Indian muntjac, Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain, wild boar and water buffalo are among other mammal species. Udawalawe is also a good birdwatching site. Endemics such as Sri Lanka spurfowl, red-faced malkoha, Sri Lanka grey hornbill, brown-capped babbler, and Sri Lanka junglefowl are among of the breeding resident birds.
Elephant Transit Place, rehabilitates orphaned elephant calves for ultimate release them back into their natural habitat. The elephants are kept at part of the Udawalawe National Park to maintain familiarity with their habitat, but have access to both food and medical care.
You will reach Sinharaja Rain Forest; an UNESCO World heritage Site and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka.
Places, You are visiting Trecking into Sinharaja Rain Forest exploring the birds, reptiles, mamals and endemic plants.
Overnight Stay at Deniyaya
Optional Tours
Still no optional tours have been added to this day.
In detail
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a national park and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Reserve is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals of the country. There are 19 fish species, 33 amphibians, 71 reptile species, 147 bird species, and 44 mammal species in Sinharaja. About 60% of the country’s native birds and all 33 endemic birds including recently discovered Serendib Scops Owl can be seen in Sinharaja. Elusive red-faced malkoha, greenbilled coucal and Sri Lanka blue magpie are also occur here. Because of the dense vegetation, wildlife is not as easily seen as at dry-zone national parks such as Yala. The most common larger mammal is the endemic purple-faced langur. Two endemic species of monkeys, kalu wandura (black monkey) and purple faced leaf monkey can be seen there. Other mammals in Sinharaja include sambur, barking deer, mouse deer, wild boar, golden palm civet, small flying squirrel, fishing cat and rusty spotted cat. A very lucky visitor can get a glimpse of the biggest cat, Sri Lankan leopard, who lives within the deep reaches of the jungle. Reptiles include the endemic green pit viper and hump-nosed vipers, and there are a large variety of amphibians, especially tree frogs. Invertebrates include the endemic common birdwing, butterfly and leeches. The vegetation type of Sinharaja consist mainly of primary tropical lawland wet evergreen forests. In addition there are sub montane forests and sub montane grasslands. Fresh water habitats, rocky terrains and other associated eco systems contribute to the ecological diversity of this unique rain forest.
You will spent the rest of day at leisure in Koggala beach; Sri lanka’s longest beach and very rich in beauty with its Large Lagoon, Mangrove forest, scattered clusters of islands and with the Coral reef. If you want to do more activities here, please read the “Excursions” tab to pick optional tours.
Overnight stay at Koggala beach
Optional Tours
Nearby attractions can be visited on this day, extending the tour duration if selected
01. Surfing at Weligama Bay beach
02. Down South Sailing tour
03. Whale & Dolphin watching at Mirissa
04. Jungle Beach Sea Bathing with Rumassala; The Mythical Mountain
05. Koggala Lake & Madol Duwa Island + Martin Wickramasinghe House & Folk
Museum
06. Handunugoda Tea Factory & Museum
07. Galle City Tour
08. Kanneliya Forest Reserve
In detail
Koggala is a beach paradise in the deep South of Sri Lanka with the proud of being the longest beach in the Sri Lanka. Koggala is a ideal place for relaxing your body and mind by taking a long relaxing walk. Koggala is very rich in beauty with its Large Lagoon & Mangrove forest, scattered clusters of islands and with the Coral reef. Koggala beach offers you great boat rides, surfing, diving & snorkeling and whale watching oppertunities and also easy access for few ancient buddhist temples as well as for very famous beaches such as Galle, Unawatuna, Jungle beach & mirissa. Boat ride around scattered clusters of islands is a facinating experience. The boat weaves through the dense mangrove forest and surrounding islets, and you can witness the varying species of Mangrove, about 09 of which are endemic to Sri Lanka
You will reach your Hotel in Negombo near to the Airport for preparing the Departure, having visited below.
ii. Moonstone Gem Mines
iii. Boat safari in Madu River
iv. Turtle Farm at Kosgoda
Overnight stay at Negombo
Optional Tours
Still no optional tours have been added to this day.
In detail
Moonstone Gem Mines, Moonstone is colourless, very translucent, or almost perfectly transparent feldspar, which in certain direction reflects a bluish, milky light, that has been compared to the light of the moon. You can see how people find gems from the land having dug the land. they wash the mud and filter the gravel in which gems are found. and then Only specimens which show this sheen in a typical manner are cut as gems. To display the beauty of this stone to the best possible advantage. finaly you can visit the gem & jewellery showroom and you too can buy gems & jewellery there.
Turtle Farm at Kosgoda, Conversation is implemented through finding eggs by their own effort and through local fishermen. after then they are placed in a speciel sandy nursary and after getting baby turtles they moved into their own tanks. After being fed, baby turtles are released to sea.
Boat Riding in Madu River ,The Madu Ganga is a shallow water body in southwest Sri Lanka, which enters the sea at Balapitiya. Madu lagoon is a very wide and a beautiful lagoon in the wet zone of sri lanka. Madu River also has been listed as a Ramsa wetland in the world in 2004. Its estuary and the many mangrove islets on it constitute a complex coastal wetland ecosystem. In has high ecological, biological and aesthetic significance, being home to 303 species of plants belonging to 95 families and to 248 species of vertebrate animals. It might be one of the last remaining tracts of untouched mangrove forests in Sri Lanka. Going a round in Madu River, is one of the finest way of seeing the Beauty of the Nature.
You will reach the Airport to catch the flight back to your home
Optional Tours
Still no optional tours have been added to this day
