Tour Package - Sri Lanka: A Guided Small Group Tour

SRI LANKA PACKAGE HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

Attend Navam Perahara with the locals on full moon night, an exciting grand procession with dancers, fire performers and over 60 decorated elephants -February- dates change annually
Visit the Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka: Anuradhpura, Polonnaruwa, Sigirya and Dambulla
Explore the World Heritage City of Kandy and see traditional Kandyan dance performances
Attend puja at the Dalada Maligawa where the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha is preserved

Travel with Original World on a Sri Lanka package tour and spend your holiday journeying through history from delightful Colombo, with its contemporary cafes and art galleries, to Anuradhapura, the first capital of Sri Lanka from the 3rd century BC. Our small group tour visits the enchanting medieval capital of Polonnaruwa, the Sigirya, a 5th century palatial complex of caved temples, bathing pools, lovely ponds and Asia's oldest surviving landscaped gardens.

Enroute to Kandy, our intrepid tourists will enjoy visits to Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, tea plantations, spice gardens, museums and art galleries and revered sites such as the Sri Maha Boddhi, the oldest historically documented tree in the world, dating back over 2000 years.

We end our guided tours in Kandy, a World Heritage City which is surrounded by mountains, green velvet tea plantations and the Mahaweli River. Kandy is a fascinating city rich in cultural heritage, arts and crafts, music, and dance. Enjoy the beauty of Kandy's historic architecture, including ancient religious monuments still in use.

Full moon poya parade in Colombo

ITINERARY- SRI LANKA TOURISM PACKAGE
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Day 1-2: Meet in Colombo
Package Tour begins with the vibrant city of Colombo including art galleries, posh Cinnamon Gardens and Gangaramaya Temple. Attend the full moon poya with the locals.

Day 3-5: Anuradhapura - Sigiriya - Polonnaruwa
Visit the fascinating and beautiful cultural triangle. The island's Buddhist influence has produced magnificent architecture as seen in the massive Dagabas, the ornate pleasure gardens and palaces decorated with excellent sculptures.

One of the most important places of worship is the Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura. Sigiriya, a 5th century massive rock fortress rising 183 meters above the surrounding green scrub jungle, perhaps the most memorable place for visitors to Sri Lanka, was just declared a world heritage site.

Rarely visited by tourists, Polonnaruwa is a mystical place, incredibly beautiful and unspoiled, with shady forests filled with streams, pools and granite boulders. Its ancient, elegant stone pathways wind through the forest to well-preserved palace ruins, bathing pools, stupas and exquisite rock sculptures of the Buddha.

Day 6-7: Kandy
Enroute to Kandy we visit Dambulla Golden Temple, Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage in time for the bathing, and Spice Gardens. Kandy is a fascinating city rich in cultural heritage of arts and crafts, music, and dance. We visit the main temples and attend puja at the “Dalada Maligawa”, the city's greatest attraction, where the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha is preserved.

Day 7: Evening Departure

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Day 7-8: Galle
Guided tour of the pleasant small town of Galle at the southern tip of Sri Lanka. Free time to browse on your own as you explore this interesting crossing of Eastern and European influences. The Galle Fort is a World Heritage Site and the largest remaining fortress in Asia built by European occupiers. Other Highlights include the National Maritime Museum, St Mary's Cathedral and on of the Islands Main temples to Shiva.

Day 9-10: Yala
Drive to Yala, enroute visit the rock carvings of Buduruwagala, believed to be over a thousand years old. There are seven figures carved in high relief on a rock that rises beyond the stream and the tallest one is of the Buddha, which is 51 feet tall.

Enjoy a river safari through the ecologically significant and bio-diverse Maduganga Wetland and visit the turtle hatchery.

Day 11: Yala-Depart
Early morning safari tour by jeep inside Ruhunu National Park well known for the large number of Leopards, the 215 bird species and ecosystems ranging from moist monsoon forests to freshwater and marine wetlands. Return to Colombo for departure.