Day 01:
Arrive at Colombo and transfer to Negombo. Dinner and overnight at Brown’s Beach Hotel

Day 02 :
After breakfast proceed to Sigiriya en-route visiting the Elephant Orphanage Pinnawela. This orphanage is a home for about 60 elephants, out of which some are baby elephants, found abandoned or orphaned in the wild. They are being cared for, fed and trained by the wild life authorities. The best time for your visit is at 09:00am, when you will have the opportunity of seeing the baby elephants being bottle-fed. You could also accompany the elephants to a river close by and see them
having their daily baths. Dinner and overnight stay at Kandalama or the Sigiria Village Hotel.

Day 03:
After breakfast proceed to climb the 5^th century Sigiriya Rock Fortress, which is a world heritage site, built by King Kasiappa (473-491 A.D.). The "Lion Rock" is a citadel of unusual beauty, rising 200 meters from the scrub jungle. The rock was the innermost stronghold of the 70 hectare fortified town. A moat, rampart, and extensive gardens including the renowned water gardens ring the base of the rock. Visit the world-renowned frescoes of the "heavenly Maidens" of Sigiriya, which are in a sheltered pocket of the rock approached by a spiral stairway. These frescoes are painted in earth pigments on plaster. In the evening visit Dambulla Rock Temple. Climb up to the temple, which was built by King Walagambahu in the 1^st century B.C. Dambulla is a world Heritage site and is the most impressive of Sri Lanka’s cave temples. The complex of five caves with over 2000 sq. meters of painted walls and the ceilings are the largest areas of paintings found in the world. These caves contain over 150 images of the Buddha of which the largest is the colossal figure of the Buddha carved out of rock spanning 14 meters. Dinner and overnight stay at Kandalama or the Sigiriya Village Hotel.

Day 04:
After breakfast proceed to Kandy. En-route visit a spice garden in Matale to see the different spices, which Sri Lanka is famous for. You will be introduced to different spices and shown how some of these spices are grown and processed. In the afternoon do a city tour. Kandy was the last capital of Sri Lankan kings, which is a world heritage site. The name Kandy conjures visions of splendor and magnificence. Many of the legends, traditions and folklore are still lovingly kept alive. Drive around the Kandy Lake built by the last Sinhala King, Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe in 1806. Visit the Kandy town and Bazaar, the arts and crafts centre and a gem museum and a lapidary. In the evening visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic and thereafter witness a cultural show featuring traditional Sri Lankan dancing. Dinner and overnight stay at Mahaweli Reach or the Hotel Hilltop Hotel.

Day 05:
After breakfast proceed to Nuwara Eliya, en-route visiting the Peradeniya Botanical gardens. This botanical garden was first built as a pleasure garden by a Sinhala king. And was expanded by the British. It is 147 acres in extent and provides an amazing variety of trees, plants and flowers. Also visit a Tea Factory and a Tea Plantation. Evening at leisure at Nuwara Eliya. Nuwara Eliya also has one of the finest 18 hole golf courses in South Asia. Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel Tea Factory or the Galway Forest Lodge.

Day 06:
Full day at leisure. Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel Tea Factory or theGalway Forest Lodge.

Day 07:
After breakfast proceed to Bentota via Kitulgala. Kitulgala is the place where famous "Bridge on the River Kwai film was made. Also en-route observe the water falls St. Clare’s and Devon. Dinner and overnight stay at Taj Exotica or the Golden Sun Hotel Kalutara.

Day 08:
Full day at leisure on the beach. Dinner and overnight stay at Taj Exotica or the Golden Sun Hotel.

Day 09:
After breakfast proceed to Colombo and check in at Taj Samudra or the Intercontinental Hotel Colombo. In the evening do a city tour. Colombo like many capital cities in developing countries is fast changing its face. Yet in some parts, the Old World charm is retained. For example, there is a 100-year-old clock tower and several British built colonial buildings. Other places of interest are, parliament in Fort, residential areas, where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall – BMICH, an outright gift to Sri Lanka from the People’s republic of China, also visit the majestic City Shopping complex and the House of Fashion dress boutique. Dinner and overnight stay at Taj Samudra or the Intercontinental Hotel Colombo.

Please note we have avoided the problematic North part of Sri Lanka.

Cost: Per Person in double room based on 3 Star and 5 Star hotels as offered in the Itinerary.

3 Star: $850.00 per person                              5 Star: $990.00 per person
Browns Beach Hotel Negombo (4star+)               Browns Beach Hotel Negombo – 4 St+
Sigiriya Village Hotel, Sigiriya                             Kandalama Hotel, Kandalama
Hill Top Hotel , Kandy                                     Mahaweli Reach Hotel, Kandy
Galway Forest Lodge, Nuwara Eliya                     Tea Factory Hotel, Nuwara Eliya -4 St+
Golden Sun Hotel, Wadduwa                             Taj Exotica Hotel Bentota
Intercontinental Hotel, Colombo                     Taj Samudra Hotel , Colombo

Above prices include accommodations in standard rooms on half board basis for 9nights from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 10 at hotels specified or at hotels similar standard.

Transportation by air-conditioned vehicle as per itinerary. Entrance fees for Elephant Orphanage, Sirigiya, Dambulla, Kandy Temple, Botanical gardens, Tips and Porterage. Cost of Cultural show. Services of an English-speaking driver guide.

Price does not include air transportation to Sri Lanka, airport taxes in Sri Lanka (Rs. 500/- at present), expenses of personal nature, any services not specified above.