SRI LANKA – COLOMBO

DAY 01 : ARRIVE COLOMBO / KANDY
ARRIVE COLOMBO AIRPORT. 0735HRS : MEET, ASSIST WITH NAMEBOARD . TRANSFER TO KANDY.
ARRIVE KANDY. CHECK INTO HOTEL.
PM: COMMENCE KANDY CITY TOUR. THIS LOVELY CITY IS THE ERSTWHILE HILL CAPITAL AND LAST STRONGHOLD OF THE SINHALA KINGS. ENCIRCLED BY HILLS, WITH A TRANQUIL LAKE IN ITS CENTRE, IT IS THE SITE OF THE RENOWNED “TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH”.
OVERNIGHT STAY AT YOUR HOTEL.

DAY 02 : KANDY / UDAPUSSALLAWA / KANDY 
BUFFET BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL
0900HRS : VISIT A TEA PLANTATION AND A TEA FACTORY.
RETURN TO THE HOTEL.
PM – AT LEISURE OR SHOPPING IN KANDY.
EVENING WITNESS A TRADITIONAL KANDYAN DANCE & FIRE WALKING SHOW.
OVERNIGHT STAY AT YOUR HOTEL.

DAY 03 : KANDY / COLOMBO
BUFFET BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL
0900HRS : LEAVE FOR COLOMBO EN-ROUTE VISITING THE ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS AND THE ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE AT PINNAWELA. AT THIS ORPHANAGE, YOU WILL FIND ELEPHANTS OF ALL AGES, WHICH ARE ABANDONED OR OTHERWISE UNABLE TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES, BYWAY OF BEING INJURED. THEY ARE LOOKED AFTER WITH LOVING CARE UNTIL SUCH TIME THEY ARE READY TO WORK OR BE FREED BACK TO THE JUNGLES. THE UNIQUE FEATURE IS THAT ONE COULD FEED THE BABY ELEPHANTS WITH BOTTLES OF MILK DURING THE FEEDING TIMES. THE ELEPHANTS ARE ALSO BATHED DAILY IN A RIVER LOCATED ACROSS THE ORPHANAGE. THIS IS AN ELEPHANT PHOTOGRAPHER’S PARADISE. OVERNIGHT STAY.

DAY 04 : DEPARTURE
TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT FOR ONWARD FLIGHT.