Got limited time in your hands, and yet craving to discover the jewel of the Indian Ocean? 5 Days Best of Sri Lanka is the best option for you. Meticulously designed to offer you the best of Sri Lanka, this private tour allows to explore some of Sri Lanka’s most beloved cultural and natural wonders. Starting at the sacred cave temples of Dambulla, you’ll climb the great Sigiriya Rock Fortress, observe elephant herds in Minneriya National Park, and relax on the golden beaches of Bentota before ending your trip in the beautifully preserved fortified port of Galle.

Overview

Itinerary

Cost

Overview

Highlights

Explore the ancient cave temples of Dambulla
Scale the Sigiriya Rock Fortress
Spot elephants, leopards, and monkeys in Minneriya National Park
Explore Colombo and Pettah Bazaar

Day 1 :

COLOMBO – NEGOMBO

Upon arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport, our representative will meet and greet. Transfer to beach hotel in Negombo. Overnight stay at Hotel in Negombo.

Day 02 :

DAMBULLA – POLONNARUWA (B/L/D)

Breakfast at hotel. Leave for visiting Dambulla rock temple built by King Wlagambahu, in the 1st century BC, it is a world heritage site, and the most impressive of Sri Lanka’s cave temples. The complex of five cave caves, it contains 150 images of the Buddha of which the largest. Afternoon visit in Polonnaruwa (a World Heritage Site), the second capital city of Sri Lanka built in the 11th and 12th centuries. Visit the ruins of the Royal Palace, Gal Viharaya where the splendid statues of the Budda in‘Upright’, ‘Sedentary’ and ‘Recumbent’ postures are carved out of rock, Audience Hall, Lotus Bath, Statue of king Parakumbahu and Parakrama Samudraya – a lake built by King Parakumbahu. There are also monuments of famous places of worship such as the Shiva Temple, Lankathilake, Watadage,Galpotha, Kiri Vehera and the remains of a former Temple of the Tooth Relic.Overnight stay at Hotel in Sigiriya.

Day 03 :

SIGIRIYA – MATALE – KANDY (B/L/D)

After breakfast climb the 5th century Sigiriya Rock Fortress which is a world heritage site, built by King Kashyapa (477-495 AD). It is also known as the Lion Rock. En route at Matale visit a Hindu temple, a batik factory and a spice garden. Leave for Kandy which was the last kingdom of Sri Lanka, and the hill capital. Kandy is also the venue for annual perehera, a pagent with over 150 elephants, dance troops, etc., parading the city. Visit the temple of the tooth relic, lake, upper lake, Kandy Market area. In the evening witness a cultural dance show featuring traditional sri Lankan dances including fire dancing. Overnight stay in Kandy.

Day 04 :

KANDY – PINNAWELA – COLOMBO (B/L/D)

After breakfast visit royal botanical gardens in Peradeniya and leave for visit the elephant orphanage in Pinnawela. See the elephants in nature, being fed, working & bathing in the nearby river. In the late afternoon, leave for Colombo. Overnight stay in Colombo

Day 05 :

COLOMBO – AIRPORT (B/L)

After breakfast relax in the morning. Afternoon make a sightseeing tour of Colombo. Visit 100-year-old clock tower and several British built colonial buildings, Pettah bazaar where one can shop for bargain, a Hindu and Buddhist temple, residential areas where you can find the stately homes of affluent, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall an outright gift to Sri Lanka from the People’s Republic of China. Thereafter, do a shopping tour of Colombo till transfer back to airport.