Day 1 - COLOMBO
Arrive at the airport, meet and greet and transfer to Colombo. After
lunch, city tour of Colombo. Dinner and overnight stay at the Galle
Face Hotel Colombo.
Day 2 - KANDY
After an early breakfast, leave for Pinnawela where you visit the elephant
orphanage, where about seventy elephants that have been found sick and
abandoned by their herd are well looked after. Later proceed to kandy
enroute visiting a spice garden and batik factory. After lunch commence
a city tour of Kandy visiting the Kandy Market, Kandy upper lake drive,
Gem museum, Arts & Crafts Centre. In the evening watch a cultural
show. Dinner and overnight at the Queens hotel
(or similar) in Kandy.
Day 3 - NUWARA ELIYA - BANDARAWELA
After breakfast leave for Nuwara Eliya, enroute visiting the Peradeniya
Botanical Gardens where you will find a large variety of orchids, spice
trees, palms, bushes, as well as tropical plants and flowers of all type.
Further along your route you will find yourself in "tea country" where
you can visit a tea plantation and factory. Arrive in Nuwara Eliya for
lunch and a brief city tour. Later proceed to Bandarawela for dinner and
overnight stay.
Day 4 - THANAMALWILA (Camping)
After early breakfast, proceed to the campsite at Thanamalwila. Where
you will be staying for 2 nights. After lunch at the campsite proceed by
jeep to the Udawalawe National Park. Return to the campsite for dinner
and overnight stay.
Day 5 - THANAMALWILA (Camping)
After breakfast, a guided foot trek to Sepala Wewa en route seeing
a wide species of birds and their nests. Return to the campsite for lunch.
In the afternoon go on a walking safari with an experienced guide to Debera
Ara where the largest herd of elephants in Sri Lanka may be seen. Dinner
and overnight at the camp.
Day 6 - BENTOTA
After breakfast proceed along the coast to Galle. After lunch and a
city tour of Galle, continue along the coast to Bentota where you can spend
the next two days relaxing on the beach. Dinner and overnight in Bentota
Day 7 - BENTOTA
At leisure on the beach
(Meals on half board on the beach)
Day 8 - DEPARTURE
After breakfast departure transfer to Airport. |