TOUR SRI LANKA

Upon arrival you will be greeted by our Viluxur Holiday Representative and thereafter proceed to Kandy En – route Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in time to witness the bathing and bottle feeding of Baby Elephants.

Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage
Set amongst the verdant hills of Kegalle is a unique orphanage, where the tiny tots weigh 60 kg or more. This is the Pinnewela Elephant Orphanage, the world’s first and only elephant orphanage established to feed, nurse and house young elephants lost or abandoned by their mothers. Other occupants are elephants displaced from their natural environs by development projects or those found wounded. Visitors could see the baby elephants being fed milk from gigantic feeding bottles or bathed in the river which flows nearby – an unforgettable sight! Established in 1975, by the Wildlife Department and National Zoological gardens which subsequently led to a breeding programme through which more than twenty five elephants have been born since 1984.

Evening conduct sightseeing and shopping tour including a visit to the Kandy Temple of the Tooth

Kandy
Kandy – a lovely exotic city, the Hill Capital and last stronghold of the Sinhala Kings is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which retains an aura of grandeur, time has not affected. A cultural sanctuary where many legends, traditions and folklore are still lovingly kept alive, Kandy and its satellite villages are the center of the islands handicraft industry (items of wood, brass & silver) exquisite silver or gold jewellery and precious gems of many varieties including the world’s best blue and star sapphires.

Late evening proceed to the Cultural Centre, where you will be able to observe a cultural dance performed by our Kandyan dancers.

Overnight stay at Hotel

After breakfast leave for Nuwara Eliya. En-route you will be able to witness several waterfalls, especially the ‘Ramboda Falls’. Along the way you will also make a visit to a tea plantation and a tea factory.
Upon arrival in Nuwara Eliya, proceed for a sightseeing tour.

Nuwara Eliya
Sri Lanka’s premier hill resort with a fine bracing mountain climate, Nuwara Eliya is also the heart of Sri Lanka’s tea country, producing some of the world’s best tea. The mountain slopes and valleys are a carpet of velvety green tea plantations, interspersed with gushing streams and tumbling waterfalls. Red or green roofed plantation bungalows, English country style homes and hotels with lovely flower gardens, a fine 18 hole golf course and a racecourse gives Nuwara Eliya a decidedly British character.

Overnight stay at Hotel

Breakfast proceed for Colombo

Thereafter conduct sightseeing and shopping tour to Colombo

Morning half a day city tour of Colombo – Includes visit to Pettah Bazaar, a Hindu and a Buddhist Temple, affluent residential areas, Colombo Museum, Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Old Parliament.

Overnight stay at Hotel

Day 4 Colombo – Airport