Day 01

Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage is home for more than 84 young and old orphaned elephants. Feed the baby elephants and watch them play and plod down to the river for their daily bath. Pinnawella Elephant Orphanage is the largest orphanage of its kind and offers visitors close contact with these gentle giants. Your family will truly enjoy the captivating experiences of watching the elephants march along the roads for the daily bath in the nearby river.

Proceed to Kandy and discover the ancient city. Kandy is Sri Lanka’s last royal kingdom and is a World Heritage site. The tour will take you to the Temple of the ‘Tooth Relic’, a magnificent golden roofed temple, Kandy Museum, Market Place and gem & jewelry shops.

In the evening, be escorted to a performance of the energetic traditional Kandyan Cultural Dance show, and accompanied by tumultuous drumming and climaxes with the amazing fire-walking show.

Overnight stay at Anna Shanthi Villa

Standard Room – HB basis

Day 02

After breakfast visit the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, which is the ancient royal pleasure garden renowned for the collection more than 300 varieties of Orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palms trees attach it is the National Herbarium.

Check out of your hotel and proceed to Nuwara Eliya.

We will drive past some of Sri Lanka’s most popular and scenic waterfalls during our drive up spiraling mountain roads. Notably you will visit Ramboda waterfalls, which is 109m high and the 11th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka. We will visit a Tea plantation and Tea Estate where you will be given a detailed tour in understanding the practice that goes into preparing one of the best cups of tea in the world. From plucking of the ‘two leaves and a bud’ to the drying and processing of the final tea leaves to tasting that perfect cup of Ceylon Tea.

Nuwara Eliya, because of its invigorating mountain climate and scenery, is Sri Lanka’s most popular hill resort. Nuwara Eliya is also the heart of Sri Lanka s tea country producing a significant share of the world best tea. Sri Lanka s highest mountain Pidurutalagala (8282 feet) is located here. Nuwara Eliya also has one of the finest 18 hole golf courses in South Asia.

The town was founded by Samuel Baker as a hill retreat for the British during the colonial era, where typical English pastimes including fox hunting, polo and cricket were played.

Many of the buildings retain features from the colonial period, and even new hotels are often built and furnished in the colonial style. Many private homes still maintain their old English-style lawns and gardens.

One of the distinctive features of Nuwara Eliya’s countryside is the widespread growing of vegetables, fruits and flowers usually associated with temperate Europe. “Little England” has a somewhat incongruous conjunction of terraces growing leeks, beetroot and roses, interspersed with tea bushes on the steeper slopes.

Overnight stay at Hotel Windsor, Nuwara Eliya.

Standard Room – HB Basis.

Day 03

After breakfast proceed to Horton Plains

Horton Plains National Park is a protected area in the central highlands of Sri Lanka and is covered by montane grassland and cloud forest. This plateau at an altitude of 2,100–2,300 metres (6,900–7,500 ft) is rich in biodiversity and many species found here are endemic to the region. This region was designated a national park in 1988. The sheer precipice of World’s End and Baker’s Falls are among the tourist attractions of the park. This is a leisurely 4 km trek through the park which is extremely enjoyable for children and adults alike.

In the evening enjoy a city tour of Nuwara Eliya.

Overnight stay at Hotel Windsor, Nuwara Eliya.

Standard Room – HB Basis.

Day 04

After breakfast proceed to Tissamaharama via Elle

Ella is a beautiful small sleepy town on the southern edge of Sri Lanka’s Hill Country. It’s situated in the middle of a beautiful countryside, with small vegetable plots in the valleys, tea plantations on the hill slopes and forests on the top. You can enjoy the picturesque scenery of the hill country.

Visit the Yala National park in the evening for thrilling 4×4 Jeep safari ride.

YALA PARK is perhaps the island’s most popularly known reserves, and one of its biggest, encompassing an area of 14,101 hectares. Its terrain is best described as a tropical thorn forest and offers numerous lagoons within the park which offer stunning scenes and excellent spots to camp out and marvel at the many animals, birds, elephants that it draws. Yala also offers the highest density of Leopard population in the world and is your best chance to catch a glimpse of this often shy member of the cat family. A large number of important cultural ruins bear testimony to earlier civilizations and indicate that, much of the area was populated and well developed during the reign of the ancient Ruhunu kingdom.

Overnight at Hotel Priyankara

Standard Room– HB Basis

Day 05

Visit Yala National Park for an early morning 4×4 jeep safari ride. We will set out before dawn and will be back in the hotel for a late breakfast.

Proceed to South West Coast for your Sri Lanka Beach stay

Unawatuna: lying behind a crescent of beach lapped by turquoise waters, Unawatuna’s setting is so perfect it could be a cliché. Easily the most popular beach town in the South, Unawatuna doesn’t offer the same opportunities for surfing or diving as other parts of the coast but the waves are good for swimming and the sands are clean and white. Unawatuna has a classic mellow traveler vibe and pretty much every bit of development is aimed at the mostly young visitors who flock here. At night people wander the beach, sipping cold beers at the many simple beachside cafés.

Enjoy the evening at leisure snorkeling through the reefs of Unawatuna. (Note: this is the off peak season on the West Coast and the beaches will be a little rougher than usual)

Overnight stay at The Flower Garden, Unawatuna.

Standard Room – HB basis

Day 06

Enjoy your breakfast at leisure.

Around mid-day we will travel to Sinharaja Rain forest. On arrival to the region you will check in to your jungle retreat. Enjoy the day at leisure and explore the surrounding area. You can enjoy a leisurely bird watching trek through the forest.

Overnight stay at Rainforest Eco Lodge – Deluxe HB Basis

Day 07

After breakfast explore the mesmerizing Singhraja Forest.

Sinharaja Rainforest is a 18,899 hectare region of virgin rain forest and is a UNESCO world heritage. Today sadly this is the largest remaining rainforest reserve in Sri Lanka. Visitors can trek through this refreshing tropical lowland rainforest and expect to discover Sambar, Leopards, Purple-faced Langurs, Barking Deer and over 147 recoded bird species. The best time to visit the Sinharaja Forest Reserve is from August to September and January to March.

Transfer to the airport for your onward journey (Fligth should be scheduled for the evening). Your tour of Sri Lanka ends here. Have a nice flight and we look forward to seeing you again soon.

Note: Hotel stipulates checkout is before 12:00hrs noon time. Late Checkout between 12:00-18:00 requires half of the room rate. Any checkout after 18:00 will cost one extra night room rate.

PRICE INCLUDES

• Accommodation at all mentioned hotels.
• Transfers in an Air Conditioned Micro Car accompanied with a fluent English Speaking Guide.
• Meals on HB basis (Breakfast and Dinner)
• Entrance tickets to all mentioned locations and attractions
• All government taxes and fees.

PRICE EXCLUDES

• Transportation, entrance & other Charges for optional visits & activities.
• Tips for Hotel port, Guide & Driver.
• Flights to and from Colombo
• Sri Lanka visa fees
• Travel insurance
• All personal expenses such as laundry, drinks not mentioned on itinerary, faxes, telephone calls, Mini bar expenses, etc.