Day 1: : BENTOTA / PINNAWALA / KANDY
Leave for Kandy after the breakfast, en-route visit pinnawala elephant orphanage and spice garden.
PINNAWALA ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE
Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, the foster – home of elephants of different age and size feeding, bathing, playing together and even mating. These have been found injured or left abandoned in the wilderness. There are even little baby calves born in captivity.
OPTIONAL – ELEPHANT SAFARI / RIDE
The Elephant that was the limousine, Bulldozer, War Tank, Status Symbol, Wealth Asset and Domestic pet in the past is today an element that adds colour to pageants or the Gentle Giant that gives pleasure rides.
The Elephant Safari Habarana (At Village) has become a highlight event to tourist for its excitement and adventure or even for the “Chance of a Life Time” of riding an Elephant.
The Elephant Safari is a ride on an Elephant with a safely secured seat that takes around two hours. The ride takes you on a bund of an ancient lake built for irrigation then through the jungle and even crosses a part of the lake where you could get your feet wet whilst seated on Elephant Back. This is fun never to be missed when in Sri Lanka.
KANDY
A ruled in Kandy up to 1815 although the rest of the island was under the British regime. Finally, it was ceded to them by the Chieftains of Kandy who were disappointed over the king’s cruel deeds. Today Kandy is one of the most important cities owing to the presence of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth of the Buddha.
Visit Temple of Tooth Relic in Kandy enjoy a typical Sri Lankan Cultural Show of Drumming Dancing music and fire walking.
TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH
Sri Dalada Maligawa (Sinhala) or The Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the royal palace complex which houses the Relic of the tooth of Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics because it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country. Kandy was the last capital of the Sinhalese kings and is a world heritage site partly due to the temple.
SPICE GARDEN
Visit a spice garden at Matale where spices and herbs used for Sri Lankan cuisine and medication are grown Spices of Sri Lanka attracted the early seafaring merchants who made the long voyages to purchase this precious merchandise.
BOTANICAL GARDEN
The Botanical Garden of Peradeniya was a pleasure garden of a Kandyan King of the 16th Century and later made into a Botanical Garden during the British regime. This gardens; one of the best in Asia is a place of beauty and site for bird watchers.
CITY & SHOPPING
The City Tour will include places of Tourist interest such as
- Kandy lake
- Historical church
- Buddhist Hindu Temple
- Tea garden
- Tea factory
Shopping at
- Silk garden
- Hemachjandra jewellery
- Barefoot and etc
Inclusions
- • Discount voucher of 10% at a Jewelry shop (only in Colombo or Kandy)
- • Discount voucher 5% to shop at Spice garden in Kandy
- • Entrance fees for the following site.
- o Spice garden
- o Tea estate
- o Tea tasting
- o Kandy sightseeing tour
- o Pinnawala elephnat orphanage
- o Temple of the tooth relic
- o Entire ground transportation as per the itinerray
- o English speaking tour guide
- • Meeting arrangements at the airport on arrival and departure.
- • The above are nett and include all government taxes
Exclusions
- • Airport taxes (Generally included in Air Ticket) & “Electronic Travel authorization“ (ETA) Fee (US$ 20 per person)***
- • Entrance fees for optional sites and activities
- o Royal botanical garden
- • Expenses of personal nature such as tipping, porters, laundry, telephones, etc.
- • Video and Camera permits.
- • Any meals not specified, throughout the tour
- • Any other services not specified.