Destination covered : Colombo – Pinnawela – Kandy
Duration : 02 nights / 03 days
Day 1 : ARRIVE COLOMBO
Morning:
Upon arrival at Colombo International airport you will be met by our representative who will transfer you to hotel, where you will proceed for check-in.
Colombo is the hub of commerce and administration of Sri Lanka. Colombo was a fort city during the times of occupation by successive European powers and architecture of buildings is a blend of the past influences.
Afternoon:
You will proceed for sightseeing tour of Colombo. Visit the Colombo Museum, the Independence Square, Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Town Hall and Parliament.
Overnight at the hotel
Day 2 : COLOMBO – PINNAWELA – KANDY
Morning:
After buffet breakfast you will be driven to Kandy, en-route visiting Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage was started in 1975 to house abandoned and wounded elephants. The sanctuary covers 25 acres of lush vegetation with an approximate population of about 77 consisting of both adult and baby elephants. The best time to visit is the feeding time and the bathing time; when all the elephants are taken to the river close by.
Afternoon:
Continue driving to Kandy. Upon arrival check-in at the hotel
Later proceed to visit the 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’s 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.
Also visit the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya
Evening
Witness the Sri Lankan cultural show.
Overnight at the hotel
Day 3 : KANDY – COLOMBO – DEPARTURE
Morning:
After breakfast you will be driven to Colombo airport to board flight back home