Heritage Tour In Sri Lanka L 5 Nights & 6 Days

Package Overview

Sightseeing entrance charges.
Air-tickets NOT included
Camera & video permits
Personal expenses
Meals not mentioned in the itinerary
Late check outs & early check in charges19-0931-12

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : Colombo

  Welcome by our representative at Airport and transfer to Colombo.
  
  Go for a City tour of Colombo. Drive through the commercial and city centre area known as the Fort, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century. See the busy markets of Pettah, visit a Buddhist and a Hindu temple, an old Dutch church and continue to the Cinnamon Gardens residential area. Drive past the Town Hall, Independence Square and the B.M.I.C.H.
  
  Overnight stay in Colombo.
• Day 2 : Dambulla

  After breakfast, leave for Dambulla. En-route visit Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage. Visit the Elephant Orphanage, where you can view the feeding of elephants, which takes place daily. The highlight of this event is to observe feeding of baby elephants using Milk bottles. After feeding of the elephants they will be taken by foot to nearby river for their daily bath.
  
  Then visit the Sigiriya Rock Fortress and climb Sigiriya rock fortress, built by King Kassapa in the 05th century A.D. The lion rock is a citadel of unusual beauty, rising 200 meters from the scrub jungle. The base of the rock is ringed by a moat and rampart and extensive gardens including the renowned water gardens. See the world famous frescoes of the Heavenly maidens of Sigiriya in a sheltered pocket of the rock. Also see the mirror wall and the lion stairway which leads to the summit.
  
  Overnight stay at Dambulla.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast
• Day 3 : Pollannaruwa

  After breakfast, visit Polonnaruwa.
  Polonnaruwa was the Islands medieval Capital during the period 11th to 13th century A.D. The city in its day was fortified with three concentric walls, beautified with parks and gardens and sanctified by many shrines. Visit the ruins of the Audience hall, Council Chamber, the Royal Citadel, the Kumara Pokuna (pond), Royal Pavillion, Siva Dewale, the Thuparama, the Vatadage Relic House, Kiriwehera, Hatadage, Gal Vihare, with most impressive sculptures & stone carvings.
  
  Drive back to Dambulla and overnight stay at Dambulla.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast
• Day 4 : Anuradhapura

  After breakfast, visit Anuradhapura.
  Anuradhapura which was founded in the 04th century B.C. has the largest number of Ancient monuments which flourished in this region. Visit the Royal Palaces, Shrines, Dagobas and Sri Maha Bodhi. Taking pride of place is the Sri Maha Bodhi, the Bo Tree grown from a branch of the very tree under which the Lord Buddha attained enlightenment the oldest historically documented tree in the world, over 2200 year old.
  
  Drive back to Dambulla and overnight stay at Dambulla.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast
• Day 5 : Kandy

  After breakfast, leave for Kandy. En-route visit the Golden Rock Cave of Dambulla. This is a vast isolated rock mass where King Valagambhahu took refuge in the 01st century B.C. He later turned the caves into a rock temple. The temple consists of a series of 5 caves containing many statues and paintings including a 47 ft. long statue of the Buddha.
  
  Visit the Temple of Tooth. The main attraction of the city and also the most sacred Buddhist establishment in Sri Lanka is where one of Buddha's tooth is being kept. Built in the 16th century but improvements and additions have been done to this structure until the fall of the Kandy kingdom. A golden canopy was added recently. Daily rituals are being carried out at various offering times to the shrine.
  
  Visit to the Market Place, and an Arts & Crafts showroom. Then drive along the Upper Lake Road to get a panoramic view of the Kandy lake and its environs and drive past the picturesque University premises. Late afternoon witness a cultural pageant highlighting various up country dance forms, including a fire walking display.
  
  Overnight stay in Kandy.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast
• Day 6 : Airport

  After breakfast, leave for Katunayake International Airport for Departure.

  • Meals & Drinks Breakfast

Exclusions

• Sightseeing entrance charges.
• Air-tickets NOT included
• Camera & video permits
• Personal expenses
• Meals not mentioned in the itinerary
• Late check outs & early check in charges

Package Start From

• Colombo, Sri Lanka, Asia

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