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8
DAYS SRI LANKA - NORTH TOUR |
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Arrive and overnight
in Colombo. Afternoon city-tour of The Fort, in
the very centre of the city, is where most of
the colonial remnants and Nearby Pettah is Colombo's
busiest and most traditional bazaar, Cinnamon
Gardens is the most prestigious residential area. |
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Day
2 : COLOMBO - DAMBULLA - SIGIRIYA - GIRITALE - POLONNARUWA
- GIRITALE |
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After early
breakfast you check-out of your hotel and you
drive along a busy highway into the interior of
the island, past paddy fields, palm-groves and
coconut plantations. In Pinnewela you visit the
elephant-orphanage, After this journey through
Kurunegala. Later in Dambulla you will ascend
for a visit of the most impressive of all the
many cave temples in Sri Lanka. Buddhist sanctuary,
A short drive to the Sigiriya rock. This impressive
monolith which rises 200 m . After this continue
to the Giritale Hotel, Giritale, for check-in
and late lunch. In the later afternoon you leave
your hotel and drive to Polonnaruwa for the visit
of the well preserved remains of the city which
has been the capital of the Singhalese kings from
the 11th to 13th Century. After this visit you
return to your hotel for overnight.
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Day
3 : GIRITALE - ANURADHAPURA- MIHINTALE - GIRITALE |
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After breakfast
drive to Anuradhapura in order to visit a selection
of the most remarkable sights. You will see some
of the most famous as well as the tallest dagoba
of Sri Lanka, remains from palaces, temples, monasteries,
ceremonial baths and the temple of the holy Bo-tree.
This tree was grown from a sapling of the very
tree under which more than 2500 years ago the
Buddha found enlightenment. Lunch en route. In
the afternoon you will pay a visit to Mihintale.
This is the place where in the year 247 BC Buddhism
originated in Sri Lanka. In the late afternoon
return to the Giritale Hotel for dinner and overnight. |
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After breakfast
drive to Kandy on the way along the road you will
see paddy fields, coconut groves, rubber and spice
gardens and plantations.in the afternoon Arrive
Kandy Check-in and lunch. Kandy, situated at 500
m, is beautifully nestled between green hills.
At its very centre lies a small artificial lake
and the palace of the last Singhalese king which
has become a temple and the holiest shrine in
Sri Lanka, Visit temple in the afternoon during
a short city-tour of Kandy. In the evening see
the famous Kandyan dances, as well as up-country
and devil dances. Dinner and overnight at the
Hotel. |
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Day
5 : KANDY - NUWARA ELIYA |
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In the morning
after breakfast visit of the world-famous Botanical
Garden Peradeniya. You will find in the garden
a very large variety of orchids, spice trees,
palms, bushes, as well as tropical plants and
flowers of all type.From Peradeniya the road starts
steadily to ascend and at noon, shortly before
reaching Nuwara Eliya, you will have climbed 1'500
m. You are now in the tea-country; famous for
tea plantations, the rich full green of thousands
and thousands of tea bushes. Visit some of the
Tea factories Check-in at the Hotel. Nuwara Eliya.and
overnigth stay at Hotel.
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Day
6 : NUWARA ELIYA – HAMBANTOTA |
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After breakfast
at the hotel drive to Nuwara Eliya to the south,
passing tea and vegetable plantations, occa- sionally
a waterfall, forests and many small villages and
hamlets. View the beautiful view to the mountains
and into the valleys. Reach Hambantota for Lunch.
In the late afternoon do a photo safari into the
Bundala game park. Dinner and overnight at the
Hotel. |
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Day
7 : HAMBANTOTA - GALLE - COLOMBO |
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After breakfast
in the morning check-out and leave for Hambantota.
At Dondora you will reach the most southern point
of the island and continue in westerly direction
along large, beautiful, white, palm-fringed beaches.
You will pass Matara and later visit to the old
city of Galle Lunch en route. On the way to Colombo
you will be passing through well-known resorts
as Bentota, Beruwala, Kalutara. Reach Colombo
in the evening. Check-in at Colombo Hotel. |
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Breakfast at your hotel and end of
tour
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