Sri Lanka Travel - Sightseeing Tours in Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Highlights Tour

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In the afternoon you will enjoy a City Tour of Colombo which will take you through the commercial area of the 'Fort' so named, because both the Portuguese and Dutch had a fort at this point. Drive past 'Pettah' - a noisy Oriental bazaar with a hotchpotch of humanity, ancient vehicles, bargains, mosques and temples. Visit a Hindu and Buddhist temple and the Jumi-ul Alfar Jumma Mosque. Continue with the tour through the Wolvenhal Dutch Church and Hultsforf Law Courts to the residential area of Cinnamon Gardens and on to the Independence Square and the Convention Center (BMICH) and the National Museum. Dinner and Overnight in Colombo <p>Overnight Accommodation:<br> Superior Hotel - Holiday Inn, Galle Face </p> <p><b>Day 2: Colombo / Sigiriya (B, D)</b><br> Breakfast at your hotel this morning will be followed by a tour of Polonnaruwa which was, with some interruptions, the capital of Sri Lanka during the VIIIth century. The most important monuments, raised for the majority from the XIIth to the XIVth century were influenced by the Hindu architecture of Southern India in the medieval time. En-route to Sigiriya visit Lankatilleke, Thuparama and Gal Vihara. Dinner and Overnight at Sigriiya </p> <p>Overnight Accommodation:<br> Superior Hotel - Sigiriya Village Hotel </p> <p><b>Day 3: Sigiriya / Kandy (B, D)</b><br> After breakfast at your selected hotel we visit the Sigiriya Rock Fortress. The most significant feature of the Rock would have been the Lion staircase leading to the palace garden on the summit. Based on the ideas described in some of the graffiti, this Lion staircase could be visualized as a gigantic figure towering majestically against the granite cliff, facing north, bright colored, and awe-inspiring. From here we continue on to explore the Dambulla Rock Cave Temple (optional) - a complex of five separate caves containing 150 Buddha images and one of the most impressive Buddhist Temples in the world. En-route to Kandy we will visit the Spice Garden Matale, where you will be introduced to an array of herbs and spices and the uses in Ayurvedic cooking. In Kandy visit the Temple of the Tooth which shelters a very holy relic for the Buddhists (a molar of the Buddha) - here a Kandyan Cultural Dance will be performed followed by dinner and overnight in Kandy. </p> <p>Overnight Accommodation:<br> Superior Hotel - Swiss Residence </p> <p><b>Day 4: Kandy / Nuwara Eliya (B, D)</b><br> Breakfast this morning is followed by a visit to the Pinnawela Elephant Park (optional), Lake Drive and a visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya. We then visit a Tea Plantation, here the slopes of the mountains are covered with trees kiwa (which look like the pines); the plantations of fruit trees are also numerous. Once in Nuwara Eliya, famous for its salubrious climate and is one of the most famous health resorts of Sri Lanka, you will enjoy an afternoon tour of Little England before dinner and overnight at Nuwara Eliya. </p> <p>Overnight Accommodation:<br> Superior Hotel - Grand Hotel - Oldwing </p> <p><b>Day 5: Nuwara Eliya / Hambantota (B,D)</b><br> After breakfast we depart for Hambantota. In the afternoon you will enjoy a visit to Bundala Wildlife Park comprising of scrub jungle bordering the sea, the park stretches along the coast east of Hambantota. The beach is an important nesting site for turtles. Wildlife at the park includes elephants, spotted deer, grey langur, jackal, water monitor, crocodiles, the olive ridley and leatherback turtles, the hawksbill and green turtles. Dinner and overnight in Hambantota. </p> <p>Overnight Accommodation:<br> Superior Hotel - Peacock Hotel </p> <p><b>Day 6: Hambantota / Colombo (B)</b><br> After breakfast we head back to Colombo, en-route we will visit Galle Dutch Fort. Galle is a fortified Dutch city, many are the old Dutch houses, a beautiful Dutch church dated 1752-54 is still in use, its walls are full with many tablets and family coats of arms in this church there are also interesting old tombstones. Tour concludes in Colombo.</span></p> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colSpan="2"> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="AutoNumber1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="text-align: center"> <p>   <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://www.hotel-club-net.com/pphlogger.js"></script> <noscript> <a href="http://counter.primawebtools.de" target="_blank"><img src="http://count.primawebtools.de/pphlogger.php?encid=10591&st=nosc" alt=""></a></noscript> <center><a href="http://www.primawebtools.de" target="_blank"> <img src="http://www.primawebtools.de/counter.gif" border="0" alt="Realtimecounter" width="16" height="16"></a></center>  </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr></table></body>