Departure Tours Pearl of the Indian ocean - Sri Lanka

Day 2

Colombo

Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your guide at the hotel lobby at 10:0 Hrs and enjoy the city tour in Colombo.
Sri Lanka's capital, biggest city and major port has its supporters and detractors. You will be picked up from your hotel in the morning at 10:00 Hrs. The tour will begin from the Fort area of Colombo which has been a fort during the times of Portuguese and Dutch. You will drive through the commercial areas and drive past Pettah, a colorful Oriental bazaar with a mix of people, ancient vehicles, bargains, mosques and temples. You have a chance to see a Hindu Temple, Buddhist Temple (Gangarama Temple) and a Mosque of Colombo. Drive through the Marin Drive.
Afterwards you will have a local lunch. Continue your journey to see the Wolfendhal Dutch Church, Hulfts dorp Law Courts as driving along the residential area of Cinnamon Gardens. You will also visit the Independence Square and Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall before returning to the hotel.
Note: While visiting places of worship (Temple etc.) You will be required to wear appropriate attire.
Overnight at Colombo

Day 4

Giritale > Anuradhapura > Giritale

Breakfast at the hotel. You proceed to Anuradhapura.

Anuradhapura: Which was the first capital of Sri Lanka established in the 4th century BC. It was the royal capital for 119 successive Singhalese Kings and lasted for about thousand five hundred years. Many historic monuments and buildings still remain The historic city of Anuradhapura is an essential stop on any tour of Sri Lanka. It is one of eight World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

Sri Mahabodhi Tree: It is hard to believe; but without a shadow of doubt—that this small tree with limbs so slender that they must be supported on iron crutches, is the oldest historically authenticated tree in the world (2,200 years).
A branch of the very Bo beneath which (at Buddha Gaya in North India) the Buddha himself found Enlightenment, was brought to Sri Lanka in the 3rd Century B.C. by the Princess/religieuse Sanghamitta; a sister of the saint Mahinda.

You will also have photo stops at "Loha Prasada – The Brazen Palace" , "Mahathupa – Ruwanweli Dagaba", "Thuparama Dagaba", ‘Jetavana Dagaba", "Abhayagiri Vihāra, Monastery & Dagaba", "Samadhi Buddha" , "Kuttam Pokuna – The Twin Ponds" and "Mirisavati Dagaba Chat conversation"
During the tour you will enjoy a local lunch. Return to your hotel in the late afternoon
Overnight stay at Giritale

Day 6

Giritale > Matale > Kandy

Breakfast at the hotel. You proceed to Kandy. On the way visit Matale.

Matale: Famous for its spices and spices gardens. These spice gardens offers tourists memorable visits to various spice plantations in Sri Lanka. In order to promote and uplift spice growing. During early historical times Sri Lanka Known as Taprobane, was world renowned for its quality spices. During ancient times the Greeks, Romans and the Arabic maintained their links with Sri Lanka through the spice trade.

You will enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant.
Afterwards, continue your journey to Kandy. You will enjoy a sight-seeing tour in Kandy.

Kandy: Kandy is the charming hill capital of Sri Lanka and the island’s second largest city. Nestling midst low hills, and looped by the Mahaweli river; Kandy is the country’s religious and cultural centre and a World Heritage City.
The city was born in the 14th century and became the capital of the Kandyan kingdom in the 16th century. The focal point is the “Dalada Maligawa’’ also known as the temple of the tooth, where the Sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha is enshrined. There are many shrines and temples in and around Kandy, where you will see rare paintings, frescoes, wood and stone carvings. Kandy is still the home of the arts and crafts, music and dance and song which flourished under the patronage of the Kandyan Kings. The City, surrounded by hills and valleys, rivers, lakes and cascading waterfalls.
Kandy is an exciting place for shopping with souvenirs. After The visit to the Temple you proceed to the Cultural show. The cultural show is famous among tourists to the hill capital, Kandy. The show is performed in the evening and runs for approximately one hour, during which the spectators are held spellbound by the colourful acts on show. Sri Lankan drummers exhibit their skills, and divers forms of dance can be witnessed, all executed with skill and enthusiasm. The final act is the fire show, with the artists stunning the audience by eating fire and rubbing fire along their bodies! It is a very enjoyable and entertaining show that colorfully depicts the country’s cultural heritage.

Overnight stay in Kandy

Day 8

Kandy > Pinnawala > Colombo

Breakfast at the hotel. Return to Colombo via Pinnawala.
Visit the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.

Pinnawala: Currently being a home to 93 elephants Pinnawala at the time was a very remote area with lush coconut plantations and most importantly an area where the availability of mahouts was not lacking. Also the immense amount of water required by the elephants is supplemented with the availability of “Ma oya” running close by. See baby jumbos wondering around their cramped foster home or bottle fed and bathed by their human foster fathers at Pinnawala, A place you will really enjoy and never forget. Most orphans are accustomed to their curious human visitors are harmless. Pinnawala is the most popular and accessible place to see large numbers of these lovable animals in a natural habitat. It is the most popular elephant ‘attraction’ with tourists because nowhere else, except at the splendid ‘Perahera’ will you see so many elephants at such close quarters. Feeding time Visitors are completely enamoured at feeding time when the baby Jumbo’s babies are bottle fed.

Lunch at Pinnalanda restaurant and return to Colombo by 17:00 Hrs
Overnight stay in Colombo