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Down South & Hill Country |
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An exciting 6 day 5 night tour covering the beach front, an adventure tour to Yala national park to see the wild life in their natural surroundings, a visit to the central hills – the picturesque Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka's most popular hill resort with luscious tea gardens and water falls, and Kandy the Citadel of the hill capital.
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Arrive at Katunayake International airport. You will be met by Tour East representative at the airport and transferred to Serendib hotel in Bentota.
Check into Serendib hotel.
At leisure.
Overnight at Serendib Hotel. |
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Breakfast at Serendib hotel.
After breakfast leave for Tissamaramaya. En-route visit Galle Dutch Fort, with its well-preserved ramparts overlooking the cricket ground and lighthouse staring into the Indian Ocean.
Check in at Oasis Beach hotel.
Overnight stay at Oasis Beach Hotel. |
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Early breakfast at Oasis hotel.
To gain the full benefit of Yala National Park, we recommend you to rouse yourself for a departure by jeep around 5.45am. Yala, nearly 400sq. miles, was declared as a game park in 1938. Look for heads of elephants, sloth bear, crocodiles, wild boar, wild buffalo, peacocks, monkeys & varieties of deer, as well as numerous bird species. Proceed to Nuwara Eliya. On the way to Nuwara Eliya you can see beautiful waterfalls. Nuwara Eliya, because of its invigorating mountain |
| climate and scenery, it 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's best Tea. Sri Lanka's highest mountain Pidurutalagala (8282 feet) is located here. Sightseeing tour of Nuwara Eliya – Drive through “Little England”. Nuwara Eliya also has one of the finest 18 whole golf courses in South Asia. |
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Check in at Heritage hotel in Nuwara Eliya.
Overnight stay at Heritage Hotel. |
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Breakfast at Heritage hotel.
After breakfast leave for Kandy. En-route visit a Tea Plantation & a Tea Factory, where the best tea in the world is produced. You will be told all about the process of manufacturing tea. You can also see how tea is graded. Proceed to Kandy. Visit the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya to see its magnificent Orchid House and the grove of splendid trees, planted by eminent world figures. Drive around the Kandy Lake and visit Kandy town & Bazaar, the Arts & Crafts Center, |
| Gem Museum & the Lapidary. Evening witness a cultural show featuring traditional Kandyan and Sri Lankan dancing. Thereafter visit the Dalada Maligawa – the Temple of the Tooth Relic of the Lord Buddha, rescued from the cremation flames. |
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Check in at the Swiss Residence hotel in Kandy.
Overnight stay at Swiss Residence Hotel. |
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Breakfast at Swiss Residence hotel.
After breakfast leave to Colombo. En-route visit the Elephant Orphanage at Pinnawala, this Orphanage is the home for about 60 elephants, which some are baby elephants abandoned or orphaned in the wild. They are cared for, fed & trained by the Wild Life Authorities. The best time to visit is during feeding times when one can witness the baby elephants being bottle-fed. It is also possible to accompany the |
| elephants to a river nearby to see them having a bath. Proceed to Colombo. |
Afternoon leave on a sightseeing tour of Colombo driving through the Commercial area of the ‘Fort' so named, because both the Portuguese and Dutch had a fort at this point. Drive past ‘Pettah' a noisy Oriental bazaar with a hotchpotch of humanity. Ancient vehicles, bargains, mosques and temples. Visit a Hindu and Buddhist temple. Continue the tour through the Wolfendhal Dutch Church and to the residential are of Cinnamon Gardens.
Check in at Galle Face hotel.
Overnight stay at Galle Face Hotel. |
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Breakfast at Galle Face hotel.
Transfer to the Airport for the Departure flight. |
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