Culture & East Coast Beach Tour - 10 Days - 09 Nights
   
 
Programme
 
Day _____________________ 1 ______________________________________________________________________________
  AM / PM -Arrival, met by your chauffeur guide and transfer to Colombo. Rest of the day at leisure.

OVERNIGHT – THE CINNAMON GRAND HOTEL - COLOMBO
 
Day _____________________ 2 ______________________________________________________________________________
 

AM - Leave for Kandy, en route visiting the Elephant orphanage at Pinnawala. Arrive at your hotel and relax.

PM –Do a city tour of Kandy, the hill capital of Sri Lanka and the last stronghold of  the Sinhalese Kings. Visit all the interesting places such as the Temple of the  Tooth Relic, where the sacred tooth of the Lord Buddha is enshrined  EVENING – Visit Kandy Lake Club  or to the Avanhala to view a memorable 
Cultural Pageant and a Fire Walking Show.                                           

OVERNIGHT – MAHAWELI  REACH HOTEL – KANDY
 
Day _____________________ 3 ______________________________________________________________________________
 
AM- After breakfast leave for Kandalama, en-route visit a spice garden in Matale. Arrive at the Heritance Kandalama and relax.

PM- Visit Dambulla, a world Heritage site. A vast isolated rock mass 500 ft. high, here is found the famous rock temple, which dates back to the 1st. century B.C. It is here where King Valagambahu took refuge and turned the caves in  to this magnificent rock cave temple. Some of the frescoes are over 2000 years old.

OVERNIGHT – HERITANCE  – KANDALAMA
 
Day _____________________ 4 ______________________________________________________________________________
 
AM – Climb of Sigiriya rock , built by patricide king Kasyapa in the 5th.century A.D.and now a World Heritage site. In a sheltered pocket within the Rock one can  see the famous Sigiriya frescoes, remains of the King’s pleasure garden, studded  with ponds, islets, promenades and pavilions can also be seen.

PM – Visit Polonnaruwa, the medieval capital of Sri Lanka (11-13 century AD) Commence a city tour covering all places of archeological and historical value
such as Parakrama Samudra , the largest man made reservoir, Gal Viharaya – impressive colossal Buddha statues carved out of the face of a granite boulder.  Afterwards return to your hotel and relax.

OVERNIGHT – HERITANCE  – KANDALAMA
 
Day _____________________ 5 ______________________________________________________________________________
 
AM - Leave for Anuradhapura, en-route visit Ritigala strict Natural reserve. Arrive at  Palm Garden Village Hotel and relax.

PM – Do a city tour of Anuradhapura the first capital of Sri Lanka and undoubtedly the grandest City of ancient Ceylon and now a world Heritage site .Commence a city tour covering all places of archaeological and historical interest, such as the The Brazen Palace, Ruwanweliseya, Samadhi Buddha Statue  and the Sri Maha Bodhi, the oldest historically documented tree in the world.

OVERNIGHT – PALM GARDEN VILLAGE HOTEL – ANURADHAPURA
 
Day _____________________ 6 ______________________________________________________________________________
 
AM – Visit Mihintale, situated about 13 km east of Anuradhapura, a pilgrimage Site of several religious monuments and abandoned structures and known to be the site of a meeting between the Buddhist monk Mahinda and King  Devanampiyatissa which inaugurated the very presence of Buddhism in Sri  Lanka.

PM – Leave for the east coast beach Nilaveli in the Trincomalee area. Arrive at the  Nilaveli Beach Hotel and relax

OVERNIGHT – NILAVELI  BEACH  HOTEL – NILAVELI
 
Day _____________________ 7 ______________________________________________________________________________
 

AM / PM – Full day is at leisure

OVERNIGHT – NILAVELI  BEACH  HOTEL – NILAVELI
 
Day _____________________ 8 ______________________________________________________________________________
 

AM / PM – Full day is at leisure

OVERNIGHT – NILAVELI  BEACH  HOTEL – NILAVELI
 
Day _____________________ 9 ______________________________________________________________________________
 

AM – leave for Negombo, via Dambulla, Kurunegala. Arrive at The Beach hotel and  Relax.

         

OVERNIGHT – THE BEACH  HOTEL – NEGOMBO
 
Day _____________________ 10 ______________________________________________________________________________
 

AM / PM –  Leave for Bandaranaike Airport, to be there at least 3 1/2 hours prior to

                 departure time. En-route do some last minute shopping if time permits.
 

 
 
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