01 Day Tour in Kandy

January 21, 2012

01 Day Tour in Kandy


01 Day excursion to Kandy and Back. This day tour covers pinnawala, botanical Garden, Kandy City Tour etc...

 


Full Itinerary

DAY 1

COLOMBO / PINNAWALA / KANDY


 

ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE
The foster – home of elephants of different ages and size feeding, bathing, playing together, mating and breeding. The inmates fostered here have been found injured or left abandoned in the wilderness. New born calves are a frequent site and are a great attraction.

Next
SPICES GARDEN
Visit a spice garden at Mavanella, where spices and herbs used for Sri Lankan cuisine and medication are grown. Spices of Sri Lanka attracted the early sea faring merchants who made the long voyages to purchase this precious merchandise.

Next
TEA FACTORY
Visit a Tea Plantation and Tea Factory en route. Sri Lanka being famous for its “Ceylon Tea” (Ceylon the former name of Sri Lanka) has added cheer to many the world over for more than a century.
See and experience the processing of this cherished product from plucking to packeting.



CITY TOUR OF KANDY
Sight seeing of Kandy including Upper Lake Drive and visits to Art and Craft Centers next visit Gem Bureau where you will be shown a documentary film on how Sri Lankan Gem mining is traditionally done

Next visit the temple of the tooth Relic

TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH RELIC

The Temple of the Sacred Tooth relic of the Buddha is the most important temple for the Sri Lankan Buddhists and was built in the 16th Century A.D. by king Wimaladharmasooriya, solely for the purpose of housing the tooth relic.

Next enjoy a typical Sri Lankan Cultural Show of Drumming, Dancing, music and fire walking,


Finally visit the Royal Botanical Garden


BOTANICAL GARDEN:
This was a pleasure garden of a Kandyan King of the 16th Century and was later made into a Botanical Garden during the British regime. It is one of the best of its kind in the Asian region.

Return to Hotel.

Includes

  • Transport exclusively by air-conditioned Car with English Speaking chauffeur.
  • Meeting arrangements at the Hotel on arrival and departure.

Excludes

         Air port taxes

         Entrance fees for the following site.

·         Kandy Temple USD 10 per person.

·         Pinnawala USD 16 per person.

·         Botanical Garden USD 10 per person.

·         (Entrance fees to be paid directly as applicable for different programs. (Entrance Fees are Subject to Change without Prior Notice)

        


 

 

One Day Tou in Sri Lanka

January 20, 2012

DAY 1

COLOMBO / GALLE / COLOMBO (COLOMBO OR ANY GIVEN POINT)


 

En route Visit the turtle Hatchery at Kosgoda.
TURTLE HATCHERY
Projects have been launched to conserve the population of turtles that are reaching extinction, and such projects are found along the southern coast of Sri Lanka where turtles come ashore to lay their eggs. The turtle digs a hole on the Beach, Lays hers eggs and covers it with sand where it is supposed to incubate by the heat of the sun. What often happens is, the eggs are dug out by fisherman and sold to people who consume them.

But now the eggs are bought up by the conservation projects and hatched the Natural way in enclosed areas and the two day old babies are let into the sea at night time so that the Birds don’t have a chance of picking them up.

This procedure offers them a better chance of survival and sustains the endangered species.

Next River Safari in Madhu Ganga
BOAT SAFARI
The Boat Safari on the River Madhu is something that words would not justify.

Next visit Methiyagoda,
METIYAGODA MOON STONE MINE
AMBLANAGODA
Visit Mask Museum.

CITY OF GALLE
Galle an ancient city is today a modern and buzzing town where even International Cricket is played. It was the most important seaport way back in history, where the sea faring merchants arrived to trade and barter. This is also where the Portuguese first set foot to Sri Lankan soil in the year 1505 and later built a fortress, which was captured and fortified by the Dutch.

VISIT THE GALLE FORTRESS
The fortress is one of the best preserved in the island. A visit to the fortress and to watch the sunset from the rampart is an experience unforgettable.
The oldest Protestant church in the country named ‘Groote Kirk’, which was built by the Dutch, is located within the Fort. It is situated next to the New Oriental Hotel (renamed Aman Galla) which was also built by them as Governor’s Residence in 1684.

Includes

  • Transport exclusively by air-conditioned Car with English Speaking chauffeur.
  • Meeting arrangements at the Hotel on arrival and departure.

Excludes

  • Entrance fees for the following site.
  • Madhu Oya River Safari USD 18Per Person. (Optional)
  • Turtle Hatchery USD 04 per Person.
  • Glass Bottom Boat Ride USD 13 per person. (Optional)
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  • (Entrance fees to be paid directly as applicable for different programs. (Entrance Fees are Subject to Change without Prior Notice)
  • Meals and Entrance fees throughout the Excursions
  • Any other services not specified above.

Remarks

  • Ideal for long beach stay lovers

 

 

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