Destinations Summary
Colombo > Kandy > Sigiriya > Airport
Tour Details
Day 1
- Route :
Airport > Colombo
- Drive :
1 hour
- Overnight :
Colombo
- Highlights :
Enjoy Colombo city tour
At the airport you will be greeted by our amazing travels representative and move to capital city of Sri Lanka
Once at the comforts of your hotel relax and recover from over tiredness
If you have spare time, your chauffeur guide will introduce you to some of Colombo’s curious sites such as the vibrant market of pettah, old city of fort, the Hindu temple, Gangarama temple, etc.
Day 2
- Route :
Colombo > Kandy
- Drive :
4 hours
- Overnight :
Kandy
- Highlights :
Pinnawala elephant orphanage, spice garden, elephants ride
As your first visit we take you to Pinnawala elephant orphanage. You can watch these giant animals up close as they feed and bath in the shimmering water of the Ma Oya river
On the way to Kandy you can visit herbal and spice garden
Then you will arrive in the hill capital of Kandy.
Day 3
- Route :
Kandy
- Overnight :
Kandy
- Highlights :
Royal botanical garden, view point, city tour, gem factory
Kandy is an administrative commercial cultural educational center and attracts many pilgrims and tourists, a heritage site pretty in a valley surrounded by rings of mountains. Kandy the last royal capital of Sri Lanka is a major tourist destination.
Visit the royal botanical garden which includes more than 4000 species of plants.
Day 4
- Route :
Kandy > Sigiriya
- Drive :
3 hours
- Overnight :
Sigiriya
- Highlights :
Matale hindu temple, spice & herbal garden, Dambulla cave temple
En-route, we recommend you make a stop at the Matale spice garden to learn about Ceylon’s finest spices. After that, we continued to the town of Sigiriya. Within the country is a rich cultural triangle. Late afternoon visit the Dambulla cave temple.
The Dambulla Cave Temple is traced to the 1st century BC, and is the most treasured cave temple in Asia. It has five caves under a vast rock that overhangs the temple. On the underbelly of the Rock is carved a drip line that keeps the interiors dry.
Inside the caves, the ceilings are adorned with intricate patterns of religious images meticulously painted following the natural contours of the rock. Images of the Buddha and bodhisattvas and gods and goddesses are to be seen inside.
The cave monastery remains the best-preserved historical structure in Sri Lanka that dates back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC. It remains to this day a living Shrine that draws thousands of devotees and curious visitors.
Day 5
- Route :
Sigiriya city tour
- Overnight :
Sigiriya
- Highlights :
Sigiriya rock fortress , elephant ride, village tour, ayurvedic massage, Pidurangala rock
Sigiriya is an ancient rock fortress and place built by the King Kashyapa during the reign of 473 – 495 which is standing majestically 660 feet straight up. The word Sigiriya or Sinhagiri means the lion’s rock. You have to climb up 1200 steps before you reach the lion’s rock fortress on top of Sigiriya. Sigiriya is about 200 meters height
Day 6
- Route :
Sigiriya > Airport
- Drive :
4 hours
As all good things must come to an end. Your chauffeur guide will comfortably take you back to the international airport for a safe return journey