Highlights of Sri Lanka
8 Days / 7 Nights Package Tour
Itinerary – Destinations Overview:
2. Sigiriya – Polonnaruwa City Tour – Sigiriya
3. Sigiriya – Dambulla – Kandy
4. Kandy – Nuwara Eliya
5. Nuwara Eliya – Horton Plains and World’s End – Ella
6. Ella
7. Ella – Yala Jeep Safari – Tissamaharama
8. Tissamaharama – South Coast
Day 1. Airport – Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage – Sigiriya
Pick up by one of our English speaking guides, transfer to a hotel in Sigiriya.
En route visit pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
In the evening climb Sigiriya Rock Fortress.
Overnight stay at a hotel in Sigiriya.
Day 2. Sigiriya – Polonnaruwa City Tour – Sigiriya
Evening enjoy a village tour in Sigiriya
Overnight stay at a hotel in Sigiriya.
Day 3. Sigiriya – Dambulla – Kandy
En route visit the Dambulla Cave Temple.
Visit a spice garden at Matale.
Visit a wood carving factory.
Visit a Gem Bureau where you will be shown a documentary film on how Sri Lankan gem mining is traditionally done.
Afternoon city tour of Kandy, including Upper Lake Drive.
Evening witness the cultural show featuring various types of dances.
Near to the auditorium is the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha, and after visiting the show people go to the temple.
Overnight stay at a hotel in Kandy.
Day 4. Kandy – Nuwara Eliya
Visit the Royal Botanical Garden in Kandy.
En route visit a tea plantation and a tea factory.
Overnight stay at a hotel in Nuwara Eliya.
Day 5. Nuwara Eliya – Horton Plains and World’s End – Ella
Check out from the hotel at 6.30 am with breakfast packages.
Our driver will join the tour and arrange a jeep or a van to take you from Nuwara Eliya to Horton Plains.
In the morning light around 8 am the hiking in Horton Plains to World’s End begins.
After the hike around 11 am proceed to the Haputale Train Station where our driver will help you buy the right railway tickets.
Lunch at a small restaurant before you catch the 1.15 pm train for a scenic and beautiful journey to Ella.
The driver will in the meantime go back to Nuwara Eliya to pick up your luggage and take his vehicle and go to Ella.
3.30 pm at the Ella railway station our driver will pick you up and take you on a city tour in the small mountain village Ella.
Around 4.30 checking in to the hotel in Ella.
If you would like to have dinner in Ella town, our driver will drop you in Ella town. Taxi back to the hotel is around 200 rupees.
Overnight stay at a hotel in Ella.
Day 6. Ella
Visit the tea factory and watch the amazing view over the mountains.
Or if You need a little exercise, You can climb The Little Adams Peak.
Overnight stay at a hotel in Ella.
Day 7. Ella – Yala Jeep Safari – Tissamaharama
Leave for Yala National Park.
En route stop at the Ravana Falls.
Afternoon jeep safari in Yala National park.
Evening, commence city tour of Kataragama including the Katragama Hindu Temple.
Overnight stay at a hotel in Tissamaharama.
Day 8. Tissamaharama – South Coast
Our driver will drop You at the hotel on the south coast where You wish to stay for Your beach holiday. For example Mirissa, Unawatuna, Hikkaduwa or Bentota after Your choice.
Please note! Fernando Tours does not support elephant riding!