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6
DAYS SRI LANKA - ROYAL CITY TOUR |
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Check-in Hotel.
Afternoon city-tour. The Fort, in the very centre
of the city, and Nearby Pettah is Colombo's busiest
and most traditional bazaar, Cinnamon Gardens
is the most prestigious residential area. Overnight
at Hotel.
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After breakfast
drive to Colombo and the coast and drive along
a busy highway into the interior of the island,
past paddy fields, palm-groves and coconut plantations.
In Pinnewela you visit the elephant orphanage,
On the way stop for a short visit of a tea factory
of high-quality Ceylon Tea. At noon reach, the
old royal city of Kandy, situated at 500 m, beautifully
nestled between green hills. At its very centre
lies a small artificial lake and the palace of
the last Singhalese king which has become a temple
and the holiest shrine in Sri Lanka, Check-in
and lunch at the Hotel & in the late afternoon
short city-tour of Kandy with visit to a lapidary.
In the evening visit to the temple of the holy
tooth. & attend a dance performance of the
famous Kandyan dances,and up-country and devil
dances. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel.
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Day
3 : KANDY - DAMBULLA - SIGIRIYA - GIRITALE |
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In the morning
after breakfast visit of the world-famous Botanical
Garden Peradeniya. In the garden a very large
variety of orchids, spice trees, palms, bushes,
as well as tropical plants and flowers of all
type. Lunch en route. & drive to Dambulla
nad visit cave temples in Sri Lanka. After visit,
the drive to Giritale, Check in Hotel and overnight. |
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Day
4 : GIRITALE - POLONNARUWA - GIRITALE |
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After breakfast
drive to Polonnaruwa for the visit of the well
preserved remains of the city which has been the
capital of the Singhalese kings from the 11th
to the 13th Century. Temples, dago- bas, the royal
palace, the royal library. After the visit return
to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
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Day
5 : GIRITALE - ANURADHAPURA - COLOMBO |
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After breakfast
drive to Anuradhapura in order to visit a selection
of the most remarkable sights. You will see some
of the most famous as well as the tallest dagoba
of Sri Lanka, remains from palaces, temples, monasteries,
ceremonial baths and the temple of the holy Bo-tree.
After the visit of Anuradhapura drive for Colombo
with lunch en route,on the way you pass paddy
fields, coconut plantations and huge areas with
rubber trees and plantations. Reach Colombo in
the evening. Check-in and overnight at the hotel
in Colombo.
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Breakfast at
your hotel and end of tour.
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