Budget Sri Lankan Tour – 14 Days 13 Nights

• Meeting with Assistance at the Airport upon arrival by our Representative / tour chauffeur who will meet you at the lobby of the arrival terminal.
• Transfer to a convenient hotel close to the international airport. Relax and unwind after your flight, preparing yourself for the adventure ahead.
• Negombo is traditionally a Fishing Village with catamarans by the beach at the backdrop to the Negombo scenery; which later developed as a fishing market center.
• Lunch at the hotel (optional boat trip in the Negombo canal), if you prefer you can only visit the Fishing Village and the Fish Market
• Relax leisurely at the beach & stay overnight in Negombo.

• After Breakfast leave to Sigiriya (Cultural Triangle Region)
• En-route visit Dambulla. Ancient Dambulla cave complex also known as the Golden Cave Temple. The area is also known for bird watching
• Lunch
• Minneriya Elephant Safari
• Overnight stay in the Cultural Triangle Region.

• Early Breakfast
• Visit the famous for its historical Sigiriya Rock Fortress which is over 1000 years old and has landscaped gardens, water fountains, a sanctuary and frescoes of the heavenly maidens of Sigiriya and Sigiriya town.
• An excursion to Anuradhapura, known to have the largest number of ancient monuments of a great civilization. There are many stone sculptures and some of the most popular stone Buddha Statues in this historical kingdom.
• Have Lunch
• Visit Mihintale, the location where Buddhism was first introduced to Sri Lanka or the Cradle of Buddhist Civilization in the Country.
• Return to your hotel, Relax and overnight stay.

• After Breakfast visit Medirigiriya. The Medirigiriya Vatadage is on a high circular stage. Although this is a Ruin, the site has fewer natural damages.
• There after an excursion to Polonnaruwa where you will see many well-preserved ruins of palaces and monasteries. You will witness many brick structures and monuments, stone monuments, Temples, Lakes, and Pagodas improved by ancient Kings.
• Lunch
• Leave to kandy. En route visit Nalanda Gedige the Abu Simbel of Sri Lanka. Nalanda Gedige is a remarkable archaeological site in Sri Lanka which features Buddhist – Hindu hybrid Architecture.
• Evening arrive at the hotel in Kandy, the last Kingdom of ancient Sri Lanka and the Royal Capital under the King’s Rule until the British Invasion in 1815.
• Check in to Hotel Sunray in Kandy
• Relax and Chill in the Hotels Pub – The ‘Sizzle Sports Pub’ (Kandy’s Most Famous Sports Pub)

• Late Breakfast
• After Breakfast visit the most sacred Buddhist establishment in Sri Lanka – the Temple of Tooth at the Morning ceremony.
• You can visit the Kandy Museum too. The Kandy Temple was earlier the Royal Palace of the King and the Queens Quarters has been located in the present Museum which features the Kandyan Architecture.
• Explore Kandy Town and Market the 2nd highest tourist visiting city in Sri Lanka.
• Have Lunch in the Shopping Mall – Kandy City Center and get back to the hotel
• PM Visit the Big Buddha Statue
• King Arthors Chair’ – Kandy View point and back to the hotel for Dinner

• After breakfast visit the royal botanical gardens of Peradeniya which is best known for having the largest collection of orchids in Asia and many other varieties of plants.
• Visit the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, one of the most popular attractions in Sri Lanka. It fosters the biggest herd of captive elephants in the world. Witness the elephants bathing in the nearby river.
• Visit a spice garden and a batik factory in Kagalle
• Visit Gem Musium
• Lunch
• PM : Cultural Dance and get back to the hotel and relax at the Sizzle Sports Pub
• Dinner

• After Breakfast leave for Nuwara Eliya – the center of the hill country. Enjoy a plenty of eye-catching and heart-touching locations and spend the evening walking in the cool climate.
• Overnight stay at Nuwara Eliya.

• Early Breakfast and travel to the Horton Plains Nature Reserve and embark on a guided tour with a resident naturalist guide. It is home to species like the sambar, leopards and the endemic purple-faced langur here. This is a National Park in Sri Lanka in which visitors are allowed to walk & vehicles are not allowed inside the reserve. At the ’Worlds End’ the 2000 meters plateau comes to an abrupt end, plunging 700-1000 meters to the valley floor.
• Lunch
• Train Trip from Nanuoya to Ella. The fascinating One hour Ride passes through a beautiful landscape of tea plantations and the misty hills of the Central Highlands, Villages, and local people including tea leaf puckers on your epic journey. This is one of the great rail journeys of Asia.
• Overnight stay in Ella
• Check out the night life Pubs and Restaurants in Ella

• Breakfast & there after Ella Region Exploration
• This small town is used as a base for plenty of trekking expeditions to the surrounding countryside.
• Also visit the Ella Gap, Rawana Ella Falls, Little Adams Peak and Bambaragala Peak among many other varied pleasant walks with stunning scenery. The Trekking to Nine Arch Bridge is also attractive because of the unique landscape by the bridge.

Things to see and Explore : Nine Arch Bridge, Ella Gap, Little Adams Peak, Ella Rock View Point, Rawana Falls, Nildiya pokuna

• Overnight stay in Ella.

• After Breakfast get ready and leave to Yala, En route visit Buduruwagala. Seven colossal figures carved out of a rock face at Buduruwagala. The rock itself resembles a kneeling elephant with its head bowed down and at the end of the folded trunk is its mouth.
• Have Lunch in Thissamaharamaya
• PM, travel for a safari in the Yala National Park and enjoy the wilderness as you cruise around in a jeep. The view of the wild elephants seen in small and large herds are undoubtedly the best thing you will see at Yala. You will also witness herds of spotted deer and the sight of a leopard sunning itself or drinking water at a water hole will be a memorable experience if you are lucky.

• Enjoy the morning excursion to Kataragama – another great pilgrim shrine dedicated to Skanda, a popular Hindu deity popular among Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and indigenous Vedda communities of Sri Lanka and South India.
• Proceed to your beach hotel and in the evening relax and relish a delicious dinner. Stay with Dinner & overnight at the hotel.

• Mirissa has become one of greatest locations in the world for Dolphin and Whale watching. You will be able to spot Blue, Sperm and Killer whales.
• Another day of relaxing and enjoying the sun and sea. If you want to explore further, it is possible to hire a boat to take you over to the lighthouse situated on an off-shore island. A steep climb to the top offers a fantastic view of the Sri Lankan coast.
• Relax leisurely at the beach hotel with breakfast & dinner.

• Visit stilt fisherman of Weligama. There after Visit Galle
• Galle is a city with a colourful history. The 300-year-old Dutch atmosphere is still very much alive around the magnificent Portuguese – Dutch fort and its many historical buildings.
• turtle hatchery in habaraduwa
• Check out some beaches in Unawatuna and get back to the hotel.
• jungle beach
• Dinner & Stay overnight in Colombo.

• After breakfast leave for Colombo, the commercial and financial centre of Sri Lanka. This is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins.
• Visit Shopping Centers, have lunch
• In the evening you will be transferred to the airport for departure.