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)

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