Itinerary

1. Day 1: Airport to Sigiriya (152 km)

   • On arrival, meet the representative and transfer from the airport to Sigiriya. 

   Overnight stay at Sigiriya/Dambulla/Kandalama.

2. Day 2: Sigiriya

   • Have a delicious breakfast at the hotel.
   • Climb Sigiriya Rock Fortress, a World Heritage Site constructed by King Kashyapa (477-495 AD) in the 5th century.
   • Visit the world-renowned frescoes of the 'Heavenly Maidens' of Sigiriya, which are in a protected pocket of the rock approached by a curved stairway. These frescoes are painted with earth pigments on plaster. 

   Overnight stay at Dambulla.

3. Day 3: Sigiriya to Dambulla to Matale to Kandy (90 km)

   • Eat breakfast at a hotel in Sigiriya.
   • Transfer from Sigiriya to Dambulla.
   • Explore Dambulla Rock Temple constructed by King Walagambahu in the 1st century BC and a World Heritage Site.
   • Proceed to transfer from Dambulla to Matale.
   • Visit a spice garden in Matale to see different spices for which Sri Lanka is well known for. Here, clients can see different spices and how some of these spices are grown and processed.
   • Witness a cookery show.
   • Head from Matale to Kandy. 

   Overnight stay at Kandy.

4. Day 4: Kandy to Peradeniya to Tea Plantation to Nuwara Eliya (77 Km)

   • Eat breakfast at a hotel in Kandy. Kandy was the last capital of the Sri Lankan kings and is a World Heritage Site.
   • Visit the Kandy town and bazaar, the arts and crafts center, a gem museum, and a lapidary.
   • Explore the Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy.
   • Transfer from Kandy to Peradeniya Botanical Garden, which provides a wonderful greenish diversity of trees, plants, and flowers.
   • Visit a tea plantation and a tea factory, where the best tea in the world is being produced. Here you could observe all about the process of manufacturing tea. You can also observe how tea is graded. Taste a cup of pure Ceylon tea in the factory.
   • Visit Nuwara Eliya. Because of its refreshing mountain climate and panorama, Nuwara Eliya is Sri Lanka's most well-known hill resort.

   Overnight stay at Nuwara Eliya.

5. Day 5: Nuwara Eliya to Kitulgala to Colombo

   • Enjoy breakfast at the hotel in Nuwara Eliya.
   • Transfer from Nuwara Eliya to Kitulgala.
   • View the Kelani River (the broadest river in Sri Lanka) flowing through Kitulgala was the main location where the Oscar-winning movie Bridge on the River Kwai was filmed. On the hill above this town, a primitive cave was recently discovered containing large middens of shells from some unknown heritage civilization.
   • Proceed to transfer from Kitulgala to Colombo. 

   Overnight stay at Colombo.

6. Day 6: Final departure

   • Eat breakfast at the hotel in Colombo.
   • Tour Colombo. Colombo is like many capital cities in developing countries as fast as changing its face. Almost overnight, skyscrapers arise from where old buildings once stood.
   • Visit other places of interest like the Pettah bazaar, where one can shop for a bargain, a Hindu and a Buddhist temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the rich, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) - an outright gift to Sri Lanka from the People's Republic of China. 
   • Transfer from Colombo to the airport.