From Colombo to Bentota through Kandy
From Colombo to Bentota through Kandy an amazing trip in Sri Lanka
Itinerary - 03 Kandy(Excursion to Nuwara Eliya),03 Ahungalla, 02 Bentota, 02 Colombo
Duration - 07 Nights 08 Days
Check In / Check out - Check in timings 1400 hours / Check out timings 1100 hours
Day 01 : Arrival in Colombo airport & transfer to Kandy (122 Kms / 3.5 Hours approx.)
Arrive by (flt no) at (00hrs). Please clear immigration & visa formalities, collect your baggage and proceed to the arrival lounge through the green channel if you do not have goods to be declared to customs.
Our Representative will page you by your name. Thereafter you will be assisted to the Car park / Coach Park to begin you journey as per the booked itinerary.
Leave to Kandy. On the way, visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
App. 55 miles from Colombo, off the Colombo - Kandy road is Pinnawala, where an orphanage was started in 1975 to house the abandoned and the wounded elephants. The number of elephants has increased to more than 65 now; including Baby Elephants brought from various parts, as well as some of the more than 25 babies born, as a result of the captive breeding program. The best time to visit is the feeding time from 0930-1000 hrs and 1330-1400 hrs and the bathing time from 1000-1030 hrs and 1400-1430 hrs when all the elephants are taken to the river close by.
Overnight stay at a Hotel in Kandy, Mountbatten Bungalow – BB Basis
Day 2 : Kandy
After the breakfast, visit Kandy.
Kandy: The hill capital, venue of the annual Perahera. The last stronghold of the Sinhala Kings was finally ceded to the British in 1815. Kandy is an example of the Buddhism's influence in Sri Lanka today. Temple's shrines and monasteries keeping alive Buddhist traditions are everywhere.
Visit Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic: Ever since 4th Century A.D, when the Buddha's Tooth was brought to Sri Lanka hidden from sacrilegious hands in an Orissan princess' hair, the Relic has grown in repute and holiness in Sri Lanka and throughout the Buddhist world. It is considered Sri Lanka's most prized possession.
Royal Botanical Gardens
147 acres in extent: started in 1374 as a pleasure garden of the King’s of Kandy. There are more than 5000 species of tree and plants. Some and endemic as well as flora from the tropical world. Spice garden and Orchid House are popular with Tourists.
Overnight stay at your Kandy Hotel.
Day 03 (Kandy- Nuwara Eliya - Kandy) (90 Kms / 2.5 Hours approx. one way)
After breakfast leave to Nuwara Eliya.
Proceed to Nuwara Eliya city tour by the vehicle allowed: The ‘Little England’ of Sri Lanka, is set against beautiful backdrops of Mountains, Valleys, Waterfalls and Tea Plantations. It is supposed to be one of the coldest places on the island, but is really just like an England spring day although the temperature does drop at night.
All around Nuwara Eliya you will see evidence of the British influence. Houses are like country cottages or Queen Ann style mansions.
Overnight stay in your Kandy Hotel.
Day 04 (Kandy – Bentota) (185 Kms / 4.5 Hours approx.)
Breakfast at the hotel. Leave to Bentota.
Overnight stay at your Bentota Hotel, Turyaa Kalutara – HB Basis
Breakfast at the Hotel.
Full day at leisure. Enjoy your stay and the sandy beaches of Bentota, you are in paradise
Overnight stay at your paradisiac Bentota Hotel.
Day 06 (Bentota – Colombo) (110 Kms / 2 Hours approx.)
After breakfast, a city tour of Colombo. Enjoy the City Tour of Colombo while traveling by the vehicle allocated.
Colombo
A drive through the city taking you to the busy commercial areas as well as the tree-lined residential, Cinnamon Gardens.
Visit Fort, the former British administrative center and military garrison, Sea Street - the Goldsmith’s quarters in the heart of Pettah, the Bazaar area, where is also a Hindu Temple with elaborate stone carvings, and the Dutch Church of Wolfendhal dating back to 1749.
Also visit the BMICH, see the replica of Avukana Buddha and Independence Square.
Overnight stay at a Hotel in Colombo, in ME Colombo Hotel – HB basis
After breakfast at the hotel. Full day at leisure.
Overnight stay in your hotel in Colombo.
Day 08 (Colombo- Airport)
After breakfast at the hotel proceed to Airport.
Afterwards proceed to airport for your scheduled flight with so much to remember and cherish one day!
Have a safe flight! See you soon in Sri Lanka.
Your trip from Colombo to Bentota through Kandy will be like a dream
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