Itinerary

1. Day 1: Colombo - Negombo

   • Meet your chauffeur/guide at the airport, followed by a transfer to the hotel in Negombo.

   • Spend the day at leisure on the beach.

   Dinner and overnight stay in the hotel.

2. Day 2: Negombo - Kandy

   • After breakfast, proceed towards Kandy. On the way, visit an Elephant Orphanage, established to feed, nurse, and house young elephants found abandoned by their mothers.

   • Upon arrival at Kandy, visit the City Center and the most famous landmark, the Kandy Lake.

   • Explore the Kandy market, a grand bazaar full of bustling sound and exciting trade.

   • Visit the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha.

   • Late in the evening, view the Kandyan cultural performance.

   Overnight stay in hotel.

3. Day 3: Kandy - Nuwara Eliya (Morning Train to Nanu Oya) (Reserved Seats)

   • After breakfast, depart from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya by road and see how it gradually ascends.

   • After ascending 1,500 m, arrive at the tea estate and see tea plantations in white coloured tea factories.

   • Enjoy a nearby waterfall as well as views of rice fields and vegetable plantations.

   • Get picked up early in the afternoon from Nanu Oya railway station, then transfer to the tea factory hotel in Kandapola.  

   Dinner and overnight stay at the bungalow.

4. Day 4: Nuwara Eliya

   • After breakfast, explore the resort town of Nuwara Eliya, also known as 'Little England'. The place lies near a small lake and is surrounded by mountains covered with tea bushes.

   • Later, get the opportunity to visit the tea factory and taste one of the finest teas in the world.

   • Spend the evening at leisure.

   Breakfast & overnight stay at the bungalow.

5. Day 5: Nuwara Eliya - Hatton

   • Early morning, breakfast at the hotel's restaurant & transfer from Kandapola to Tientsin Bungalow in Hatton.

   • On the way, have lunch at a restaurant of choice and visit Tientsin one of the first bungalows to be built in the Ceylon tea country. Named after the Chinese village from where the original tea seeds came, this spacious British residence is now a historical landmark.

   • Upon arrival, relax in the tranquil gardens or walk along the century-old tea trails.

   Dinner and overnight stay at the bungalow.

6. Day 6: Excursion to Adam’s Peak

   • After early breakfast or late evening, proceed to Siripada (Sacred Footprint) Or Samanala Kanda (Butterfly Mountain), objects of worship and pilgrimage for centuries, and later referred to as Adam's Peak by the British.

   • Watching the dawn from Siripada is a surreal experience. On clear days, one can also see the peak's shadow on the surrounding forest canopy as the sun rises. In December, the 'pilgrim season' begins on the poya (full moon monthly Buddhist Holiday) and runs until April.

   Dinner & overnight stay at the bungalow.

7. Day 7: Hatton - Colombo

   • After breakfast, return to Colombo.

   • On the way, stop at the plantation hotel for lunch. (Optional white Water rafting)

   • Late evening, check-in at the hotel in Colombo.

   • Spend the evening at leisure.

   Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

8. Day 8: Colombo - Airport

   • On request, transportation could be provided for shopping.

   • Transfer to the Colombo airport.