Highlight’s Tour – Sri Lanka

Package Overview

The highlights tour has been designed for those travellers on a budget and time constraint. It’s the best tour for those looking to visit the cultural highlights our Island is renowed for!

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Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : AIRPORT / COLOMBO

  Post arrival transfer to your hotel in Colombo, then visit the interesting city of Colombo.
  
  This busy vibrant city entails a mixture of modern life, colonial buildings and ruins. The Colombo harbour was known to Romans, Arabs and Chinese traders over 2000 years ago. The Colombo Fort, the Portuguese established a small trading post they had laid. Colombo has several performing art centers such as Lionel Wendt Theater, the Elphinstone and the Tower Hall. The Nawaragahala is the country’s first national theatre. The world trade center (WTC), the 40 story twin tower complex is the important. Independence Square in Cinnamon Gardens is another important landmark. St. Paul’s Church Milagiriya is one of the oldest churches in Sri Lanka Colombo is an deal location to start the Sri Lanka journey.
  
  Adjacent to Fort is Pettah-Colombo’s leading bazaar district. It has narrow cobbled streets lined with shops and street stalls that offer the most fantastic bargains. The National Museum is housed in a grand colonial building, it is the custodian of Sri Lanka’s cultural heritage. Among its exhibits are a vast collection of half a million books, more than 4000 archaic palm leaf manuscripts, rock sculptures from the ancient cities, bronze brassware and royal weapons of Sri Lankan kings and more. The most interesting among the exhibits are the regalia of the Kandyan Kings dating back to the 17th century

• Day 2 : COLOMBO / KITULGALA / NUWARA ELIYA

  En route to Nuwara Eliya visit Kitulgala. It is a small town to the West of Sri Lanka. The Academy Award-winning movie ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ originally a novel written by French author Pierre Boulle was filmed on the Kelani River near Kitulgala. Kitulgala is also a base for white-water rafting, which starts a few kilometres upstream.
  
  Large numbers of people make the excursion from Colombo on weekends to enjoy the beautiful scenery, play in the river, have an excellent rice and curry lunch at the local restaurants. Nuwara Eliya is the heart of the tea country located at a height of 1980 meters in the central highland of a tropical Island. The weather & the climate of this location feel different comparing with other places in Sri Lanka. Therefore most of the visitors are interested in spending their Holidays in Nuwara Eliya. Apart from the assortment of climate, there are plenty of places which are really eye-catching.
  
  Nuwara Eliya (City of Lights), also known as ’Little’ England’, was the favorite hill station of the British who tried to create Nuwara Eliya into a typical English village. The old brick Post office, country house like hill club, with it’s hunting pictures, mounted hunting trophies and fish, and it’s strict formal dinner attire; the 18 hole golf course, race course all remind you of ’England’.
  
  Stay overnight and rest at your hotel.

• Day 3 : NUWARA ELIYA / TEA PLANTATION / GAMPOLA / KANDY

  Visit a tea plantation and see first hand how Ceylonese tea is produced! Next visit Gampola which is located in the Kandy District. Gampola was once the capital of Sri Lanka during the reign of King Buwanekabahu IV.
  
  The longest sleeping Buddha statue in South Asia is located in Gampola, the Saliyalapura Temple. Among the remnants of Gampola era, the most famous temples are Lankathilaka, Gadaladeniya and Embekka Devalaya.

• Day 4 : PERADENIYA / KANDY CITY / CULTURAL DANCE / TEMPLE TOOTH

  After breakfast visit the Royal botanical gardens of Peradeniya which is well known for its large variety of plants. The garden is best known for its collection of orchids, the largest in Asia. At P.M. visit the city of Kandy. The most famous landmark of Kandy is its lake, in the center of the city and visit the Kandy Museum too. Late in the evening view the Kandyan cultural performance and return to the hotel for an overnight stay.

• Day 5 : PINNAWELA / AIRPORT

  After breakfast leave for Pinnawela & visit the elephant orphanage. The orphanage was established to feed nurse & house young elephants abandoned by their mothers. During the drought period the young ones often fall into pits and ravines in their quest for water. After your visit head towards Katunayake, for departure!

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Inclusions

• Hotel
• Sightseeing

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Terms & Conditions

Payment Terms & Methods :
* Some Advance Percentage of total booking amount
* Airfare/Transport fare to be paid full at one time in advance.

Cancellation & Refund Policy :
* Upon cancellation, refund will be made after deducting the Retention Amount.
* Retention Amount varies as per the number of days left before your package start date.

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