| DAY 1 |
AIRPORT/KANDY |
(145km) |
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Arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport , met by "Ucanfly" Representatives and proceed to hotel in Hotel Kandy.
SPICE GARDEN
Visit a spice garden at mavanella which grows spices and herbs used for Sri Lankan cuisine and medication. Spices of Sri Lanka attracted the early sea faring merchants who made the long voyages to purchase this precious merchandise.
P.m. Visit art and craft centre and Gem Bureau where you will be shown a documentary film on how Sri Lankan Gem mining is traditionally done
enjoy a typical Sri Lankan Cultural Show of Drumming Dancing music and fire walking.
TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH OF RELIC
Visit the Temple of the sacred tooth relic of the Buddha. 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.
Sight seeing of kandy including Upper Lake Drive.
Overnight stay at Hotel Kandy. |
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| DAY 2 |
KANDY/NUWARA ELIYA |
(140km) |
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Breakfast at hotel, leave for Nuwara Eliya.
En route visit the Botanical Garden Peradeniya and Elephant Orphanage Pinnawala.
BOTANICAL GARDEN
Which was a pleasure garden of a Kandyan King of the 16th Century and later made in to a Botanical Garden during the British regime.
ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE
visit the Elephant Orphanage, the foster – home of elephants of different age and size feeding, bathing, playing together and even mating. These have been found injured or left abandoned in the wilderness. There are even little baby calves born in captivity
Proceed to Nuwara Eliya, the misty city is located over 6000 feet above sea level.
The drive will be through refreshing Tea Plantations covering the hills like carpets and cascading waterfalls to mesmerize you.
TEA FACTORY
Visit a Tea Plantation and a Tea Factory en route. Sri Lanka being famous for its “Ceylon Tea” adding cheer to many the world over for more than a century.
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”)
SITA AMMAN TEMPLE
This Temple considered as one of the oldest is said to mark the spot where Rawana held the queen Sita captive, The streamlet that flows by the rock on which the Temple stands on is supposed to be where the queen Sita bathed. Although the story of Rama Sita and Rawana is a legendary epic poem, The evidence such as this sparks off another dimension to imagination. As a Temple much revered, many stop by and step into invoke blessings and favours from the gods.
Overnight stay at Hotel in Nuwara Eliya. |
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| DAY 3 |
NUWARA ELIYA /COLOMBO |
(180km) |
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Breakfast at Hotel. Leave for Colombo via Kithulgala.
En route visit film site of Bridge on the river kwaii, view two water falls Devon Fall and St. Clairs Fall.
P.M. At leisure.
Overnight Stay at Hotel - Colombo. |
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| DAY 4 |
COLOMBO/AIRPORT |
(40km) |
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Breakfast at Hotel.
A.m. City Tour and Shopping
CITY & SHOPPING
The City Tour will include places of Tourist interest such as Old parliament, Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Buddhist Hindu Temple and Town Hall.
Shopping at Odel, House of Fashion, Bare foot etc.
After noon leave for Airport for Departure.
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