Pick up from airport-kingdom of Polonnaruwa -lion rock- Dambulla cave temple-cultural show- two days trekking with one overnight camping in the knuckles- temple of the tooth relic-Ambuluwawa tower- waterfalls- tea plantation-tea factory- Horton plains- worlds end-nine arch bridge- little Adams peak- -Yala national park - Hummanaya blow hole- turtle hatchery- drop in unawatuna
Enjoy a relaxing, and comfortable private transfer and both professional English guiding & safe driving by Buddhika
Day 01
You are picked up from airport and drive to Polonnaruwa.
Day 02
Visit Polonaruwa during the morning hours, which was the capital of Sri Lanka for about 200 years and finally the kingdom, was transferred to Dambadeniya and Polonnaruwa was concored by Indian king Kalinga Magha. You can visit archeological museum, royal palace,audience hall,swimming pool,sacred quadrangle,shiva devale,pabalu vehera,rankot vihara, kiri vihara,buddha statue at lankatilaka,buddha figures at gal vihara etc.It takes normally 05 to 06 hours to visit entire kingdom in Polonnaruwa.Then drive to Segiriya and stay overnight here.
Day 03
Start the journey at 7.00 a.m. and you will visit the eight wonder of the world, which contains huge walls, water canals, security guard rooms, natural stoned arches, mirror stone and world famous Sigiri paintings. It is an isolated rock, kingdom more than 200m in height. You have to spend more than two and half hours.
Your second destination is Dambulla cave temple, which is the largest and the best preserved cave temple in Sri Lanka. The caves were converted in to a temple complex by king Walagamba during the 1st century. There are about 153 buddha status and murals, which covers 2100 square meters. You have to spend around one and half hours to cover entire temple complex.
Travel to Kandy enjoy kandyan dancing event in the evening between 5.00p.m. To 6.00p.m. And spend the night in Kandy.
Day 04
Begins the journey early in the morning by 7.00 a.m.to Knuckles valley, for hiking, While reaching the peak you will pass tea estates, waterfalls, panoramic scenarios, pigmy rain and cloudy forest. Also you can watch many bird varieties and animals at the same time. Spend night in a jungle camp and you are served BBQ for dinner.
Day 05
Start climbing downhill through tea plantations and passing medium tracking, There are sparkling waterfalls on the way to enjoy. You are dropped back to your hotel in Kandy by the evening.
Day 06
Soon after breakfast, you are taken to visit the temple of the tooth relic, which is situated in world heritage Kandy city. The most sacred molar tooth of the lord buddha is placed in seven golden caskets, under a golden celling.
You can see the royal palace of the last king, who ruled Sri Lanka until 1815. There are four hindu temples and the Buddhist and archeological museums also situated in the maligawa premises.
Then go to the Ambuluwawa tower, which stands at the hight of 48 meters on an isolated mountain.
Then drive to Nuwara Eliya. Passing waterfalls and high grown tea plantations and world reputed tea factories. Stay overnight at Nuwara Eliya.
Day 07
Journey begins at 5.a.m. and drives to Horton plains, which is the highest plain and 9 km circular walking track and takes more than 03-04 hours. The worlds end view point is the most iconic place that you can see up to the south coast of Sri Lanka from worlds end. The Bakers fall is another eye catching scenery as well, Horton plains is high sensitive natural zone in Sri Lanka. Then drive to hotel in Ella. When you walk for about 30 minutes towards the train track you can see nine arch bridge. Little Adams Peak is an attractive view point to see sun sets. It takes about one and half hours for the journey. Stay overnight in Ella.
Day 08
Drive to Thissamaharamaya. You can see wonderful Rawana Ella waterfall soon after passing Ella. Rawana Ella is the widest fall in Sri Lanka as well as it is more attractive By 1.30 p.m. you can join yala safari , it is an interesting and most popular event among tourists as yala is the second largest wild life reservoir in Sri Lanka. It contains a higher density of leopards population a national park in the world. If you are lucky you can catch leopards in to your eyes. Stay overnight in Thissamaharamaya.
Day 09
Drives straight away to see Hummanaya blow hole, which pumps sea water up to 40 feets during south west monsoon season, next is the turtle conservation project at Rekawa. Finally drives back to hotel in Unawatuna or to the nearest beach resort.
Pick up from airport
drop in unawatuna
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