Day 1 Arrive Colombo

• On arrival in Colombo, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Rest of the day is at Leisure.
• Overnight at your hotel.

Day 2 City tour of Colombo (B)

• After breakfast, proceed on a city tour of Colombo. Like many capital cities in developing countries is fast changing its face.
• Almost overnight, skyscrapers arise from where old buildings once stood, yet in some parts, the old world charm is retained.
• See the 100-year-old clock tower and several British built colonial buildings, visit the local bazaar, a Hindu and a Buddhist Temple, the Colombo Museum, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH).
• Evening is free at leisure for shopping.
• Overnight at your hotel.

Day 3 Colombo – Pinnawala – Kandy (B)

• After breakfast, proceed to Pinnewala and visit The Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, which is one of Sri Lanka’s most popular attractions.
• Situated halfway between Colombo and Kandy, the orphanage has a population of about 75 Elephants, making it the world’s largest collection of captive Elephants.
• Experience the sheer delight of watching these great pachyderms frolic in the river at bath time or the baby Elephants being fed twice a day.
• Later, proceed on your onward journey to Kandy, where you check in to your hotel.
• Overnight at your hotel.

Day 4 Kandy (B)

• After breakfast, proceed on a City Tour of Kandy. Locally referred to as Maha Nuwara, meaning The Great City, Kandy is the Hill Capital and one of the most scenic cities in the country. It is also home to one of the most revered places of the Buddhist community in Sri Lanka, and around the world- The sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha which is housed in the temple, known as the Dalada Maligawa. In one of Asias most celebrated festivals, The Esala (Kandy) Perahera (held in July/August), where the inner caskets housing the sacred tooth relic, is taken through the streets in a grand procession of Dancers, Drummers, Torch Bearers and over a hundred beautifully costumed Elephants.
• Steeped in history and located at the foothills of the central highlands, the city was designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
• Overnight at your hotel.

Day 5 Kandy – Nuwara Eliya (B)

• After breakfast, proceed on your journey to the hill city of Nuwara Eliya, once called Little England due to its cold temperatures a pleasant contrast to the otherwise Hot and Steamy weather. On your way to Nuwara Eliya, stop to visit the Sri Baktha Hanuman Temple, Ramboda which according to the ancient stories is the area, where the forces of Rama’s gather to fight against King Ravana. This temple houses for 16 feet height statue of Hanuman.
• Overnight at your hotel.

Day 6 Nuwara Eliya (B)

• Today the day is free at leisure to explore this town on your own. Visit the various Tea Gardens or just relax at your hotel. Nuwara Eliya is Sri Lanka’s most elevated town and home to some of the best tea plantations in the world. Surrounded by wooded mountains and its picturesque lake, its cold temperatures call for sweaters, log fires and blankets, a pleasant contrast to the islands otherwise hot and steamy tropical weather. In terms of entertainment it is home to the famed Nuwara Eliya golf club and race course.
• During the season in April it attracts visitors from within the country and overseas and the town turns in to a hub of activity with its local derby and motor races.
• It is the perfect base for hikes, picnics and trout fishing in the surrounding lakes and rivers.
• Overnight at your hotel.

Day 7 Departure (B)

• Today after breakfast, you will be transferred to Colombo Airport for your flight back home.