DAY 01 : AIRPORT / KANDY
Arrive at Bandaranayake International Airport, met by "Don Voyage" Representatives and transfer to Hotel in Kandy.

En route visit Elephant Orphanage Pinnawala
ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE
Pinnawala, 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.

SPICE GARDEN
Visit a spice garden at mavanella, which grows spices and herbs used for Sri Lankan cuisine and medication. Spices of Sri Lanka attracted the early sea faring merchants who made the long voyages to purchase this precious merchandise.

Overnight stay at Hotel Swiss Residence – Kandy.

DAY 02 : KANDY
After Breakfast, leave for Kandy City Tour and Shopping.

BOTANICAL GARDEN
Next visit the Botanical Garden Peradeniya. Which was a pleasure garden of a Kandyan King of the 16th Century and later made in to a Botanical Garden during the British regime

P.m. p.m. visit art and craft center and Gem Bureau where you will be shown a documentary film on how Sri Lankan Gem mining is traditionally done.

Enjoy a typical Sri Lankan Cultural Show of Drumming Dancing music and fire walking.

TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH RELIC
Visit the Temple of the sacred tooth relic of the Buddha. This temple, the most important one for The Sri Lankan Buddhists was built in the 16th Century A.D. solely for the purpose of housing the tooth relic.

Sight seeing of Kandy including Upper Lake Drive.

Overnight stay at Hotel Swiss Residence – Kandy.

DAY 03 :KANDY / HILL COUNTRY
After Breakfast leave for Nuwara Eliya.

Nuwara Eliya, the misty city is located over 6000 feet above sea level.

The drive will be through refreshing Tea Plantations covering the hills like carpets and cascading waterfalls to mesmerize you.
Visit a Tea Plantation and a Tea Factory en route. Sri Lanka being famous for its “Ceylon Tea” adding cheers to many the world over for more than a century.
Arrive in Nuwara Eliya to be greeted by the fresh wintry atmosphere, the cottage type bungalows and the colonial air. (Nuwara Eliya is also known as “Little England”)

P.M. Leave for City tour of Nuwara Eliya
NUWARA ELIYA CITY TOUR
Drive through the little town of Nuwara Eliya observing the well-maintained buildings of colonial Architecture. Visit the busy market where the tea plantation workers rush in and out with their days provisions. Visit the lake Gregory built for generating power during the British Colonial age but now a feature that adds beauty to the city.

SITA AMMAN TEMPLE
This Temple considered as one of the oldest is said to mark the spot where Rawana held the queen Sita captive, The streamlet that flows by the rock on which the Temple stands on is supposed to be where the queen Sita bathed. Although the story of Rama Sita and Rawana is a legendary epic poem, The evidence such as this sparks off another dimension to imagination. As a Temple much revered, many stop by and step into invoke blessings and favours from the gods.

Overnight stay at Windsor Hotel – Nuwara Eliya.

DAY 05 : NUWARA ELIYA / TISSA
Breakfast and leave Tissa.

En route stop at Ella Grand Motel to enjoy the view of the famous ella gap, Also view the beauty of the Ravana Falls as you descend to the low lands.


P.M. Safari at Yala National Park.
YALA NATIONAL PARK
Visit Ruhunu National Park at Yala. This will include a Safari tour by jeep with a jungle tracker, where you can see animals in the Jungle, including elephants, Bears, Wild boar, Dear, Buffalo, Monkeys and many other animals if you are lucky, leopards too. You also could see different types of birds. It’s a small experience for bird watch lovers.

Dinner and Overnight Stay at Hotel Chandrika - Chandrika

DAY 05 : TISSA / INDURUWA
Breakfast at Hotel. Leave for Induruwa.

En route visit Katharagama.

Next visit Galle Fortress
GALLE
An ancient city which is a modern and buzzing town today. It was the most important sea port way back in history, where the sea faring merchants arrived to trade and barter. This is also where the Portuguese first set foot in the year 1505 and built a fortress, Which was later captured and fortified by the Dutch. The fortress is one of the best preserved in the island. A visit to the fortress and to watch the sunset from the rampart is an experience unforgettable.

The oldest Protestant church in the country called the ‘Groote Kirk’ built by the Dutch is located inside the Fort. It is situated close to New Oriental Hotel also built by them as the Governor’s Residence in 1684.

Next Visit the Turtle Hatchery.
TURTLE HATCHERY
Projects have been launched to conserve the population of turtles that are reaching extinction and such projects are found along the southern coast of Sri Lanka where turtles come as hop to lay their eggs. The turtle digs a hole on the Beach, Lais hers eggs and covers it with sand where it is suppose, incubate by the heat of the sun. What often happens is the eggs are dug out by fisherman and sold to people who consume them.
But now the eggs are bought up by the conservation projects and hatched the Natural way in enclosed areas and the Birds don’t have a chance of picking them up. This offers them a better chance of survival.

p.m. at lesiure

Dinner and Overnight stay at Induruwa Beach Hotel – Induruwa.

DAY 06 : INDURUWA / COLOMBO
After breakfast leave for Colombo.

p.m. City Tour and Shopping

CITY TOUR AND SHOPPING
The City Tour will include places of Tourist interest such as Old parliament, Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall, Buddhist Hindu Temple and Town Hall.

Shopping at Odel, House of Fashion, Bare foot and etc. at Colombo

Overnight stay at Grand Oriental Hotel – Colombo.

DAY 07 : COLOMBO / AIRPORT.
Breakfast at Hotel. Leave for Airport for Departure

Tour end ……..With Don Voyage….
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Price Includes
· Accommodation as stated above and ......Double Rooms on B/B basis.
· Transport exclusively for the party concernd by air-conditioned Coach with English Speaking chauffeur Guide.
· Meeting arrangements at the airport on arrival and departure.
· Entrance fees to the sites. 12 USD Per Person (Kandy - Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, Botanical Garden, Temple of the Tooth relic, Cultural Show, Gem Museum, ) (Children 50 %)
· Above price includes All Hotel Taxes.


Price does not include
Ø Expenses of personal nature such as tipping, porters, laundry, telephone calls, etc.
Ø Air Port Taxes
Ø Any Christmas and New Year Supplement paid by the Guest Directly to the Hotel.
Ø Video and Camera Permits.
Ø Any other services not specified above.

IMPORTANT:
The Official Check in time at all hotels will be 1200hrs.
The Official Check Out time at all hotels will be 1100hrs.