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Arrival and transfer to Kandy. En route visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.In the evening witness the cultural dance show.Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage*– set amongst the verdant hills of Kegalle is a unique orphanage, where the tiny tots weigh 60 kg or more. This isthe Pinnewela Elephant Orphanage, the world's first and only elephant orphanage established to feed, nurse and house young elephants lost orabandoned by their mothers. Other occupants are elephants displaced from their natural environs by development projects or those found wounded. Visitors could see the baby elephants being fed milk from gigantic feeding bottles or bathed in the river which flows nearby – an unforgettable sight! Established in 1975, by the Wildlife Department and National Zoological gardens which subsequently led to a breeding programme through which more than twenty five elephants have been born since 1984.Overnight stay at – Kandy

kandy - pinnewala elephant orphanage

After breakfast do a city tour including Kandy basaar, Gem museum templeof the tooth relic & Peradeniya botanical.*Kandy*– a lovely exotic city, the Hill Capital and last stronghold of the Sinhala Kings is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which retains an aura of grandeur, time has not affected. Encircled by hills, with a tranquil lake in its centre, it is the site of the renowned temple that enshrines the Tooth Relic of the Buddha and the Royal Botanical gardens one of the world’s best collections of Orchids. A cultural sanctuary where many legends, traditions and folklore are still lovingly kept alive, Kandy and its satellite villages are the centre of the islands handicraft industry (items of wood, brass & silver) exquisite silver or gold jewellery and precious gems of many varieties including the world’s best blue and star sapphires. The highlight of the city’s calendar is the Esala Perahera, when a replica of the casket enclosing the Tooth istaken in procession for ten glittering nights in July/August by exotically costumed dancers, drummers and approximately 100 Elephants. overnight at kandy.

Tooth Relic of Buddha

After b-fast proceed to Nuwara Eliya en route visit Ramboda hanuman temple & Ramboda water fall then proceed to Nuwara Eliya. In the evening do a city tour in Nuwara Eliya including tea factory & tea plantation in Nuwara Eliya. *Tea Plantation - *visit a tea plantation and a tea factory where one the best teas in the world is produced. You will be told all about the process of manufacturing tea and also see how tea is graded. Taste a cup of pure Ceylon tea in the factory .*NuwaraEliya*– Sri Lanka's premier hill resort with a fine bracing mountain climate, NuwaraEliya is also the heart of Sri Lanka's tea country, producing some of the world’s best tea. The mountain slopes and valleys are a carpet of velvety green tea plantations, interspersed with gushing streams and tumbling waterfalls. Red or green roofed plantation bungalows, English country style homes and hotels with lovely flower gardens, a fine 18 hole golf course and a racecourse gives nuwara eliya a decidedly british character. Over night at Nuwara eliya

Nuwara eliya -Hanuman Temple

After Breakfast proceeds to Bentota, en route visit Turtle Hatchery Farmin Kosgoda.*Bentota*– situated on the south west coast, at the confluence of thesea and the Bentota river, the sun drenched location and its golden,palm-fringed beaches which border the warm, sparkling waters of theIndian Ocean made it a natural choice for development as the firsttourist resort. Today it is known in Sri Lanka’s global tourist marketsas a highly attractive holiday resort with a wide and varied choice ofdistinctive hotels to suit every taste and purse. Bentota has a completerange of tourist facilities, great seafood and very popular water sportscentres which provide boating, water skiing, jet skiing, snorkelling andwind surfingwhich provide boating, water skiing, jet skiing, snorkellingand wind surfing.In the evening do Madhu river boat ride.*Madu River -*which flows across Balapitiya (approx 80kms down southfrom Colombo) is one of the rarely visited and unspoiled attractions anynature lover can find in Sri Lanka. She boasts of having a cluster of 64small islands scattered along her path and the most of which areuninhabited and covered with mangroves. The smallest islet of the lot iscalled "Satha Paha Doowa" where there is a tiny shrine with a statuebuilt in respect of the gods of Kataragama (Katharagama). According tofolklore this islet had been purchased for five cents but some say thename has derived due to its shape of the five cent coin. Madu iscertainly a placid and memorable place of interest to any nature lover who longs to witness mesmerizing landscape of the nature. But overthrilled visitors are forewarned! - Madu River is also a known den forcrocodiles. overnight at bentota.

Bentota Madu river boat ride den of crocodiles.

After Breakfast , enjoy the beach with watersports activities. And night at bentota.

Bentota

After breakfast proceed to Colombo, do a city tour of Colombo.*Colombo *- like many capital cities in developing countries Colombo 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. A 100-year-old clock tower and several British built, colonial buildings are still to be seen in the city. The Pettah bazaar – whereone can shop for bargains, a Hindu and a Buddhist temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Colombomuseum, the Bandaranaike memorial international conference hall – an outright gift to Sri Lanka from the people’s republic of china, the new parliament in Sri Jayawardenapura and the folk art center are some of the places of interest that one can visit to. later depart to airport .

colombo city tour & depart to airport.