Sri Lanka Private 08 Day – 07 Night
08 Day – 07 Night
Bandaranayaka international airport to Kandy
Overnight stay in Kandy
Kandy
The hill capital, the venue of the annual Perahara. The last stronghold of the Sinhala king was finally ceded to the British in 1815. Kandy is an example of Buddhism’s influence in Sri Lanka today. Temple’s shrines and monasteries keeping alive Buddhist traditions are everywhere.
2nd Day
Visit botanical garden
Overnight stay in Kandy
Botanical gardens
147 acres in extent: started in 1374 as a pleasure garden of the king’s of Kandy. There are more than 5000 species of trees and plants. Some and endemic as well as flora form the tropical world.
Spice Garden and Orchid House are popular with Tourists.
3rd Day
Kandy to Sigiriya
On the way visit the Hindu temple, spicy garden & Dabulla temple
Overnight stay in Sigiriya
Dambulla
Dambulla is famous for the five caves Temple on a rock. The first 03 caves are better, older, and larger than the other two. Some caves date to 1st C.B.C. All the 5 cave walls and ceilings are covered with Buddhist murals and there are more than 130 Buddha statues, statues of gods and kings are also found here.
4th Day
Visit morning Sigiriya and evening safari (Minneriya National Park)
Overnight stay in Sigiriya
Sigiriya
Sigiriya is home to the 5th century “Fortress in the sky” which is perhaps the most fantastic signal wonder of the island. It is also known as lion rocks because of the huge lion that used to stand at the entrance to the fortress. within its triple-moated defense, the huge rock rises to a sheer height of 500ft. On its summit are the foundations of what was once a great and sumptuous palace and gardens complete with a swimming pool. On one of the stairways, the only known ancient work of the Sinhala secular painting survived in the form of Frescoes of life sized damsels in all the freshness and delicacy of their original color.
5th Day
Sigiriya to Polonnaruwa & Trincomalee
Over night stay in Trincomalee
Polonnaruwa –
When early in the 11th century AD Anuradapura suffered one of the worst of its Indian invasions, Polonnaruwa then fortified with three concentric walls and beautified with many parks and gardens became the next sear of rule. The city itself has many ancient shrines and is well known for the unique irrigation complex known as the sea of parakrama-so vast was its scale.
6th Day
Visit Pigeon Island, snorkeling , wells
watching & Trinco city
Overnight stay in Trincomalee
7th Day
Trincomalee to Anuradhapura
Visit Anuradhapura ancient city & evening Wilpattu safari
Overstay in Anuradhapura
Anuradhapura
128 miles from Colombo is Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka’s first capital founded about the 4th century BC. The pre-Christian capital is a stately metropolis of striking monuments, parks, and irrigation lakes. The 1st-century BC Abayagiri and 3rd-century Jetawana (dome-shaped Buddhist relic shrines, a UNESCO world heritage site) are classed after monuments. The 2,200 years old sacred Bo thee, the royal twin baths, and the Isurumuniya lovers are some of many Anuradapura wonders.
8th Day
Anuradhapura to to Bandaranayaka International airport