Yala national park

Day 01. (Airport/Dambulla/Sigiriya)

      Your Personal Chauffeur / Guide will meet you at the airport and you will begin your journey to sigiriya. View the 2,000 years old frescoes in the rock cave temple of Dambulla the biggest cave in sir Lanka. Hidden amongst the caves they are 48 statues of the Buddha dating from the 12 centuries. Take a breather and relax on an elephant ride or add some excitement with a wild safari. It’s your choice.

      Breakfast & Overnight stay at the hotel

Day 02. (Sigiriya/Kandalama)

      After an early breakfast, we proceed to the world heritage sigiriya Rock fortress. Build in the fifth century by the king kashyapa. At the spectacular citadel of sigiriya rises sheer and proud out of the jungle. This is a remarkable archeological site that is unforgettable.

      Afternoon – Elephant back safari m& wild jeep safari

      Rest of the day at leisure

      Breakfast & Overnight stay at the Hotel

Day 03. (Kandalama/Anuradhapura/Kandalama)

      After a leisure breakfast, we head off to Anuradhapura, the sacred town of Sri Lanka, the birthplace of Sinhala civilization. It was the capital of the Sri Lanka from fifth century BC to Ad 1017.When many parts of the world where immerging from the Stone Age, Anuradhapura had already become an advanced civilization. Merchant form the city traded from all around the world, Citizens ha sophisticated system of man-made lakes and canals and structure of the town was well planned. The place has been marked by Ptolemy in his first ever map. Famous monk travelers Fa Hein Buddha Gosha of the fifth century have also mentioned Anuradhapura in their relics. Places of interest – Aukana Buddha, Thuparamay guard stone, Isurumuniya Temple, RuwanWeli Saya, Jethawanaya Monastery, Abayagiriya monastery & the museum time permitting; we will visit Mihinthalaya & Ritigala as well.

      Breakfast & Overnight Stay at the Hotel

Day 04. (Kandalama/Pinnawala/Kandy/Nuwara Eliya)

      Early breakfast at your hotel and proceed the Kandy. En route, visit the orphanage at pinnawala the orphanage was established to feed nurse and house young elephant visit the lake in the center of the city, Kandy & the great Kandyan bazaar and finish with the temple of the sacred tooth relic of Buddha. Proceed to – Nuwara Eliya

      From Kandy to Nuwara Eliya the road starts to ascend steadily. At the highest point, we’ll climb to 1,500m Make brief stopover in the tea country & beneath your eyes you’ll see the tea plantations and small specked white tea factories. We’ll point out waterfalls, rice fields and vegetable gardens etc.

      You will also have opportunity to visit a working tea factory, where you will be taught to become a tea expert and you can taste the test the world – renowned Ceylon Tea.

      The resort town of Nuwara Eliya which also called Little England is situated 2070m above sea level.

      Breakfast & Overnight stay at the Hotel

Day 05. (Nuwara Eliya/Kithulagala)

      Breakfast – drive through the little town, where colonial architecture is a stand out. Visit the busy market where tea plantation workers buy their thing.

      Enjoy the cool climate break for a spell then continue the journey down the hill to Kithulagala along one of the most scenic roads passing the St. Clare’s and Devon Waterfalls.

      At Kithulagala experience the exhilaration of white water rafting adventure down the Kalani River in central Sri Lanka.

v      Actives on day 5 & day 7 include

ü  White water rafting. Trekking Bird watching.

ü  Belilena Per Historic cave and Waterfall

ü  Trekking

ü  Reach Belilena turning at Kithulagala Temple on Unawatuna road to reach the school. We’ll do a short kilometer trek through wet forest to a cave that is more the 25,000 years old. Here, in this cave, fossils were found of prehistoric human being.

ü  Natural Rock Pool and Makulu Ella Waterfall which can be reached after an excellent trekking and hiking experience

ü  Breakfast & overnight stay at the Hotel 

Day 06. (Kithulagala/Colombo)

      Lunch & at leisure proceed to Colombo evening Colombo city Tour

      Breakfast 7 Overnight at the Hotel

Day 07. (Colombo/Airport)

      Breakfast & transfer to Colombo International Ari port 

End of the tour……………….

Day 01. (Air Port/Pinnawala/Kandy)

          You would be met by your personal guide chauffeur Guide at the Colombo international Airport & transferred to pinnawala, The Orphanage was established to feed nurse                                 and house young elephants found abandoned by their mothers. Witness the feeding, bathing & at leisure proceed to your hotel in Kandy.

         Afternoon Visit the city of Kandy, the most famous landmark of kandy Is the lake, in the center of the City the Kandy market is the great bazaar full of sound and existing                               trade. Visit botanical gardens, Temple of sacred tooth relic of lord Buddha. & the gem museum/lapidary late in the evening view the Kandyan cultural performance.

         Breakfast & Overnight stay at the hotel

Day 02. (Kandy/Nuwara Eliya/Yale)

     Breakfast at your hotel and proceed to Nuwara Eliya the road starts to ascend steadily, you’ll have climbed 1,500m, you are now in the tea country where you will see the tea plantations         and out of the Green in the regular intervals the white colored Tea factories, Waterfalls will enchant your eyes, occasionally you would see a few rice fields and vegetable plantations.

     The resort town of Nuwara Eliya which also called little England is situated 2070m above the sea level and lies o a little lake and is surrounded by the mountains covered over by the tea           bushes.

      You will also get opportunity to visit the tea factory + taste on of the finest teas in the world.

      Lunch at a restaurant of your choice & leisurely proceed to Yale

      Breakfast & Overnight stay at the Hotel

Day 03. (Yale/Colombo)

      Packed Breakfast- early start game drive to Yale (jeep safari to Yale national park).

      Yale National Park

      The most popular national park in Sri Lanka Established in 1938 with a land area of approximately   121,000 ha this is situated in the Hambanthota and monaragala district. It’s home for        almost all the animals and birds found in sri lanka.

      Thereafter proceed along the coastal Belt to Colombo (On request tour Colombo by night)

      Breakfast & Overnight Stay at the Hotel

Day 04. (Colombo/Negambo)

      At Leisure on the Beach

      Breakfast & Overnight Stay at the Hotel

Day 05. (Negambo/AirPort)

      Breakfast & Proceed to Colombo International AirPort  

End Of The Tour ………………!

Yala National Park - Sri Lanka

Few, if any, small islands have as much geographical diversity and Sri Lanka's tea-growing hills offer breathtaking landscapes. Drive into the highlands from Kandy and discover Sri Lanka at its most dramatic: a land of gurgling mountain streams and steep hillsides cloaked in luminous green tea, sweet-scented Cyprus and Eucalyptus trees. Nuwara Eliya, nestled at the foot of a mountain, was made into a summer retreat by the British in the early 1800s and much of its colonial character still remains. Dickoya, Bandarawela, Haputale and Ella are all quaint hill country towns and villages where life is peaceful and unhurried. Those who have travelled this uphill journey by train will confirm that it is one of the most enchanting train journeys in the world.

01 DAY – AIRPORT / NEGOMBO ( This day depend on your arrival if early arrival we go to Habarana )

Upon arrival welcome and assistance by our representative and transfer to Negombo (01 hour drive) check into hotel in Negombo refresh and relax at Negombo beach

Negombo – A characteristic fishing town 20min from the International airport, Negombo has a fascinating and picturesque beach front. The town has several buildings dating back to the Dutch and Portuguese Colonial days. Also client may enjoy some nice sea foods lobsters, crabs,prawns and etc.

Dinner and Overnight stay at  Negombo

02 DAY - NEGOMBO / HABARANA

After breakfast leave for Habarana (04 hrs drive) through lush tropical country side en route visit Pinnawala elephant orphnange (01 hrs spend) this orphanage is situated in Rambukkana northwest of the town in Kegalla. It was established 1975 by the Sri Lanka wildlife department, this 24 acres large elephant orphanage is a also breeding for elephants the first elephant baby was born in 1984 and it has the greatest herd of elephants in captivity in the world, Between 1975 and 2012, 67 animals were born here check into hotel at Habarana lunch at hotel and refresh at hotel afternoon Elephant ride in Habarana (01 – 01 ½ hrs spend) Thereafter proceed to Hotel afternoon Jeep safari in Minneriya National Park the 8890 hectares of MINNERIYA NATIONAL PARK is an ideal eco tourism location in Sri Lanka. The park consists of mixed evergreen forest and scrub areas and is home to Sri Lanka’s favorites such as sambar deer, leopards and elephants. (25min from Habarana)

Dinner and Overnight stay at  Habarana

03 DAY - HABARANA / SIGIRIYA / POLONNARUWA / HABARANA

After breakfast leave for Sigiriya (30min drive) climb Sigiriya rock fortress The Lion Rock Citadel, Sigiriya was the Royal Citadel of King Kasayapa who ruled in The 05 th Century A.D. Moats,Terrace Gardens, water Gardens, Fountain Garden Boulder Gardens & Stone Stairways and the beautiful ancient frescos of heavenly maidens in a pocket of the rock, on the top of rock are ruins of the Palace & two intact man – made pools of water Thereafter proceed to Polonnaruwa (01 ½ hrs drive) The ancient city of Polonnaruwa rose to fame as the new capita after decline of Anuradhapura (11 th – 13 th Century) Lunch at local restaurant in Polonnaruwa after lunch sightseeing in Polonnaruwa Its period of greatness was from tenth of 12 th Centuries AD. The entire landscape of the region is punctuated by huge man – made reservoirs, veritable inland seas, the most famous of which is the Prakrama Samudra or the Sea of Parakrama, larger in size than the Colombo harbor. The monuments of this medieval city are relatively well preserved and give clear evidence of the glory of Sri Lanka’s past, see the Royal Palace complex the Quadrangle with its concentration of ancient heritage and the spectacular Gal vihare complex of four massive images of the Buddha, cut from a single slab of granite – a highlight of ancient Sri Lanka rock carving, Return to Hotel in Habarana

Dinner and Overnight stay at Habarana

04 DAY - HABARANA / DAMBULLA / KANDY

After breakfast leave for Kandy (02 hrs drive) en route visit Dambulla cave Temple (01 – 02 hrs

spend) Dambulla is a magnificent rock temple consists of 5 caves, on a hill 340 m high, containing 150

serene statues of Buddha, numerous carvings and murals. The fascinating and memorable site was

founded by King Valagambahu during the 1st century BC in gratitude for the shelter he found in the caves during an invasion by marauding Dravidians from southern India Thereafter proceed to Spice Garden Matale 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 Reach to Kandy and lunch at Local restaurant in Kandy afternoon sightseeing in Kandy visit Upper Lake drive, stopping at market square and walk around bazaars and markets visit  Anglican Cathedral and Hindu Temple visit sacred Tooth relic Temple where enshrined the Buddha’s Tooth relic, this temple built for its protection and veneration within the Royal Palace The Tooth relic is encased in seven caskets one kept inside the other outermost of which has the shape of a Stupa adorned with a large number of or gold ornaments.

Dinner and Overnight stay at Kandy

05 DAY - KANDY / NUWARA ELIYA

After breakfast proceed to Peradeniya botanical Garden (01 – 02 hrs spend) were originally conceived in 1371 as the queens pleasure garden, later becoming the residence of a Kandyan  king the 60 hector park was were converted into a botanical garden with extensive well kept lawns, pavilions an orchid house with an outstanding collection, an Octagon conservatory fernery bank of bamboo and numerous flower bed with cannas, croton and colorful bougainvilleas. Giant water lily and papyrus reeds complement unusual exotic specimen trees.Thereafter leave for Nuwara Eliya (02 hrs drive) the famous hill station 6128 Feet above from Sea level in a splendid landscape. The city pretends to be particularly well kept and neat and the always green grass gives to the locality an aspect of ‘’ colonial British Style ” Nuwara eliya was built entirely during the 19 th Century and its architecture mimics that of an English Country town, with red brick walls, country house like hill club and mock – Tudor half timbering. En route lunch at Ramboda fall hotel you could enjoy the magnificent view of Ramboda falls while having lunch, also you may visit Tea Factory and estate  City tour in Colonial city: Drive through the town of Nuwara Eliya observing the well maintained buildings of colonial Architecture, busy market, Lake Gregory, golf course, race course, vegetable cultivation, tea plantation

 Dinner and Overnight stay at Nuwara Eliya

Day 6   Ella / Yala National Park.

After breakfast, descend from cool hills to the jungles Yala. En route visit Rawana Waterfalls, a sight to behold with a scenic backdrop of mountains and valleys. It is featured in the Rawana mythology, where Sita is said to have bathed from this waterfall while she was in captivity,

On arrival in Yala, check in at the hotel. In the afternoon commence a jeep safari in the Yala National Park by private jeep accompanied by a tracker. Yala National park one of Sri Lanka's premier eco tourist Destinations and is renowned for its variety of wildlife notably its many elephants. It is also home to the spotted deer, sambar, wild buffalo, sloth bear, jackal, mongoose and crocodiles. The peacock is easily the most famous of the birds in this park. Yala has a high concentration of Leopards although seeing these nocturnal carnivores still requires some luck.

Overnight Stay : Hotel in Yala.

Day 7    Mirissa

After breakfast Drive to Matara to see the Port Matara , The Matara Fort was built in 1560 by the Portuguese and was substantially re-built by the Dutch in 1640, following the capture of Galle. The fort, which consists of a large stone rampart, occupies

And we reach most attractive coral beach and relax surfing , snorkeling , and diving if you wish

Over night at Matara Or Weligama 

DAY 8 – COLOMBO / AIRPORT

After breakfast leave for Airport for departure transfer (04 hours)

Tour  with Transport  For 4 people with a van Dual Ac very new passenger friendly vehicle  ( Tour transportation, site guiding, fuel and insurances included for 8 Days)   

 The Price is US$ 1470 with all the tax included   

 (hotels and entrance  tickets you book your own)