D 01: Airport / Negombo

Transfer to your preferred hotel upon arrival

D 02: Negombo

Negombo Fishing Village tour by a Tuk Tuk followed with a local train ride to witness Toddy Tapping

The coconut plays a major part in the everyday lives of Sri Lankans. They drink its sap and use the liquid squeezed from the grated kernel for making curries. The local alcoholic favorite is made from the coconut sap known as “Toddy”. Villagers often consume it in its undistilled form fermented with yeast. Before fermentation, it is a refreshing, non-alcoholic drink called as “Telijja” Distilled product of toddy known as “Arrack” is sold commercially in liquor shops, bars and restaurants.

D 03: Negombo / Pinnawala / Sigiriya

Visit the Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawala followed with an interaction session with Elephants 

The Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, established in1975, commenced with seven orphans. Today some of these orphans enjoy the fortune of seeing their grandchildren born in the same location. The original objective of establishing the orphanage was more inclined towards tourism but it soon became a conservation and educational center. With the help of local and foreign elephant experts, Pinnawela started a scientific captive-breeding program for elephants. Following the visit to the Orphanage, an interaction session with Elephants where you will get to experience feeding & bathing the gentle giant and to hop on its back for short ride.  

D 04: Sigiriya

Village Walk followed with a demonstration of Traditional Ayurveda. Visit Sigiriya Rock Fortress to witness the serene beauty of the late afternoon sun 

Get an early start to Hiriwaduna Village for a varied trek (approx. 2.30 Hrs), first to the reservoir, where the trunks of long dead trees stand stark against lush wetland greenery – egret’s roosting grounds. Thereafter, cross the stream in a local canoe and follow a narrow trail through a Chena Farm to the home of a Chena farmer for a refreshing king coconut drink and proceed into a scrub forest, where a waiting bullock cart is your “Jungle Transport”. Thereafter enjoy a “Sri Lankan style lunch at typical village house”

Sigiriya (Lion’s Rock) is an ancient rock fortress which climbs up to 200 meters above the surrounding. A popular tourist destination, Sigiriya is also renowned for its ancient paintings which are reminiscent of the Ajanta Caves of India The Sigiriya was built during the reign of King Kassapa (AD 477 – 495), and it is one of the seven World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka.

D 05: Sigiriya / Mahiyanganaya / Kandy

Visit the Veddas in Dambana 

Sri Lanka's indigenous inhabitants, the “Veddas” -- or “Wanniya-laeto” ('forest-dwellers') as they call themselves -- preserve a direct line of descent from the island's original Neolithic community dating from at least 16,000 BC and probably far earlier according to current scientific opinion. 

 D 06: Kandy / Colombo

Visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha and a Spice Garden

The Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha is housed here in its own temple and is paraded around the city in one of Asia’s most celebrated festivals, the Kandy Perahera, held during July-August. Traditions of Sinhalese music and dance, such as Kandyan dancing, are kept alive in Kandy, as are many arts and crafts. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.

D 07: Colombo

The Colombo Experience  

Drive passed “Pettah” – a noisy Oriental bazaar with a hotchpotch of Humanity, ancient vehicles, bargains, mosques & temples. Nestle through the residential areas of “Cinnamon Gardens” and on to the “Independence Square” and wind up by the “Galle Face Green” to catch the Colombo’s sunset spills over the Indian Ocean.

D 08: Colombo / Airport

End of the tour until we see you again!

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