Your first pitstop will be Bentota. This is the ideal spot for you to start your journey as Bentota offers relaxing hotels, wonderful restaurants and good sightseeing where you do not have to travel long distances. This will ensure you get a bit of a break before embarking on the great journey of your life.
After breakfast checkout from the hotel and leave to visit Sigiriya rock fortress, one of Sri Lanka’s most fascinating UNESCO world heritage sites. We will go to Sigiriya through Pinnawala, so that you can visit the esteemed Elephant Orphanage and Sanctuary. The foster – home of elephants of different age and size feed, bathe, play together and even mate. These great animals have been found injured or left abandoned in the wilderness. Now they even breed in captivity.
Then we will reach Sigiriya. No matter how often you climb to the summit of this one-time hilltop fortress of the maverick Sinhalese king, Kassapa, the pleasure barely diminishes because of the abandon spectacular views at the summit.
En route to Polonnaruwa, visit Dambulla cave temple, which contains more than 150 Statues of the Buddha. This was where a king of the 1st Century B.C. took refuge and latter converted them into a monastery. In Polonnaruwa, you can also visit the esteemed ruins of the castles of the olden times and get an insight into Sri Lankan architecture.
After breakfast travel to Kandy another fascinating city of Sri Lanka. In Kandy visit temple of tooth. This temple, the most important one for The Sri Lankan Buddhists was built in the 16th Century A.D, solely for the purpose of housing the tooth relic. Observe the magnificent Architecture of that period and experience the tranquility of the atmosphere. In evening witness a spectacular Sri Lankan cultural show.
After breakfast, travel deeper into the tea-growing hills and have the option to wind through the mountains with magnificent views. En-route to Nuwara Eliya you will visit Ramboda waterfall and a factory of the popular Sri Lankan Tea.
Arrive in Nuwara Eliya to be greeted by the fresh wintry atmosphere, the cottage type bungalows and the colonial air. ( Nuwara Eliya is also known as “Little England”)
After breakfast you travel to Yala. En-route visit famous Ella gap and enjoy the most beautiful sceneries in the Sri Lanka highlands. In the afternoon, explore the Yala national wildlife park. Yala is one of Sri Lanka ‘s premier eco tourism destinations, where you can closely watch Leopard, Elephants and unique varieties of Birds.
Travel to a beach resort for your beach holiday. En-route visit Galle fort, which was built first in 1588 by the Portuguese, then extensively fortified by the Dutch during the 17th century.
Then visit a turtle hatchery in the southern cost. These sea turtle hatcheries are for the survival of sea turtles for the next generation. In the afternoon, relax at your beach resort.
From Galle, head to the airport for your departure.