Sri Lanka Holidays

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Arrive at Colombo International Airport, Katunayake. Meet, assist & transfer to hotel in Colombo.

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Afternoon sightseeing tour of Colombo.

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Dinner & Overnight at a hotel in Colombo.

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Having taken the breakfast at hotel we leave for The Lion Rock Citadel, Sigiriya (479- 496 AD) (WHS). Located in the world's most ancient surviving landscape garden with sophisticated hydrology is the rock citadel of Sigiriya towering 200 m above the surrounding irrigated plains. In a natural pocket of the rock are renowned Sigiriya frescoes and world's most ancient graffiti to the boot.

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Having climbed to the top of the rock we would find ruins of an ancient palace & two intact swimming pools.

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We travel to Habarana & stay overnight there.

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After breakfast at the hotel, we leave on a sightseeing tour of Polonnaruwa (846 AD - 1302 AD) (WHS), the great Sinhalese Kingdom.
Highlights: ruins of ancient palaces & temples, renovated ancient temples & stupas. Among the still intact colossal rainwater reservoirs is the inland sea like Parakrama Samudra (The Sea of Parakrama) of 2100 hectares (5600 acres)

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Evening: elephant back safari in Habarana.

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Overnight is at a hotel in Habarana, located perfectly equidistant between Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapura & Dambulla.

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Having taken breakfast at the hotel we leave for Golden Dambulla Rock Temple (76 BC -1778 AD) (WHS), home to hundreds of beautiful statues & fine murals.

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Thereafter leave for Kandy the Royal City (1469-1815 AD) (WHS) of Mediterranean climate at an altitude of 500m, the last Sinhalese kingdom of Sri Lanka, the gateway to the central highlands.

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Enroute visit a Spice Garden. Check in at hotel in Kandy.

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We will be visiting Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens set in a loop of the largest & longest river of Sri Lanka. The gardens cover an area of 150 acres with around 10,000 trees.

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The Holy Temple of Tooth is arguably the holiest shrine of the Buddhist world.

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Overnight is at a hotel in Kandy.

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Right after breakfast we visit the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, home to the world's largest troupe of captive, tamed & trained elephants. Leave for Nuwara Eliya (Little England), colonial retreat of the British Civil servants & planters. Enroute visit a tea factory and a tea estate

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Arrive in Nuwara-Eliya and check in at hotel. Afternoon commence on a sightseeing tour of Nuwara Eliya. Busy market, Lake Gregory, golf course, race course, vegetable cultivation.

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Overnight is at a hotel in Nuwara-Eliya.

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Immediately after breakfast we are on the way to Bentota Bay Beach Resort, the Paradise Island, a narrow spit of land beautifully sandwiched between Indian Ocean & Bentota lagoon.

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Overnight is at a hotel in Bentota.

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Day at leisure.

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Overnight is at a hotel in Bentota, Sri Lanka's prime beach resort.

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After breakfast, we leave to Colombo Airport for departure.