Day 01: Arrive Colombo
On arrival at international airport you will be met and transferred to the hotel.

Colombo the capital of Srilanka and is located on the west coast of the island. The city is a bustling metropolis, the city is an attractive blend of old and new. It has the lazy charm of the bygone era combined with the verve and vivaciousness of a modern city. Colombo is an ideal location to start the Sri Lanka sojourn.nad the city is also home to a majority of the Srilanka corporate office and entertainment venues. 

In the morning you will proceed for a city sightseeing tour

Visit the Fort, Slave Island, where the slaves had their night quarters, Mount Lavinia – the famous beach, Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara – the famous Buddhist temple, Wolvendaal Church – the oldest Dutch church. Also visit House of Fashion, ODEL, Noritake ceramic shop & a local souvenir shop.

Stay overnight at your hotel.

Day 02: Colombo - Kandy
In the morning you will proceed for Kandy via Pinnewela.

In Pinnewela you visit the elephant orphanage, where about seventy elephants are well looked after, mostly young animals that have been found throughout the country sick and abandoned by their herd and brought to Pinnewela.

After visiting the Pinnewela continue drive to the Kandy and on arrival check-in into the hotel.

Kandy is a World Heritage Site and the name Kandy was derived by the colonial rulers from the word Kanda in Sinhala, meaning a hill. Kandy was the stronghold of the Sinhalese kings, who promoted and protected the local culture until the city fell to the British in 1815. Kandy is famous for the Kandy Perahara-a huge cultural pageant that takes place in the month of July or August. It is one of the most colorful processions of the world. Thousands of drummers and dancers accompanying a parade of ornamented elephants perform in the streets of Kandy.  

Later proceed for a city sightseeing tour

Drive around the Kandy Lake, the Kandy town and bazaar, the arts and crafts centre, a gem museum and a lapidary. Also visit the Temple of the Tooth also known as Dalda Maligawa, it is one of the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites in the world.

Stay overnight at your hotel.

Day 03: In Kandy
In the morning visit of the world-famous Botanical Garden Pera-deniya.

The park dates back to1371 under the reign of King Vikrama Bahu III when he held court here. The English put the cornerstone of the present garden in 1821. During the Second World Warthe garden served as the headquarters of Earl Mountbatten, the supreme commander of the allied forces in Southeast Asia who later became the last Viceroy of India.

You will find in the garden a very large variety of orchids, spice trees, palms, bushes, as well as tropical plantsand flowers of all type.

Stay overnight at your hotel.

Day 04: Kandy - Nuwara Eliya
In the morning you will leave for Kandy from Peradeniya the road starts to ascend steadily and at noon, shortly before reaching Nuwara Eliya, you will have climbed 1'500 m. You are now in the tea-country, wherever you look, you will see tea plantations, the rich full green of thousands and thousands of tea bushes. And out of the green in regular intervals the white-coloured tea factories will enchant your eyes. Occasionally you can see a few rice fields and near the villages, vegetable plantations or gardens. Whenever possible we shall do our best to organize your trip from Peradeniya to Nanuoya by train.

A journey by train through the tea-country, past waterfalls, mountain creeks and through the tea plantations is something very special!! With no more than 40 km the train drives uphill and masters the severest inclines by means of impressive tunnels. Your driver brings you in Peradeniya to the railroad station and waits for you upon your arrival in Nanuoya (at about 2 PM). The drive from Nanuoya up to your hotel in Nuwara Eliya takes about half an hour. The small resort town of Nuwara Eliya, situated at 2070 m above sea level, lies on a little lake and is surrounded by mountains covered over and over by tea bushes. At the town boundaries there are a lot of vegetable plan-tations and flower fields, but also along the roads of Nuwara Eliya and in most of its gardens flowers are blooming.(Late) lunch, dinner and overnight at the Grand Hotel or Windsor Hotel, Nuwara Eliya. Should it not be possible to take the train, the journey up to Nuwara Eliya will be done by car.

Afternoon you will be proceed to visit the Hakgala botanical garden with its collection of sub-tropical trees, bushes and smaller plants and its well - known rose garden.

Stay overnight at your hotel.

Day 05: Horton Plains
In the morning you will leave for you leave for an excursion to the Horton Plains, and on arrival check-in into the hotel for overnight stay.

The variety of its manifold tropical and sub-tropical flowers, plants, bushes, trees, birds, and butterflies are remarkable. A walk over the plateau to World's End, considered the finest view in all of Sri Lanka, is a must, here the terrific escarpment drops vertically for about 1500 m. On a clear day one can see the Indian Ocean about 80 km to the south. You can choose to return to the hotel for late lunch or take your lunch package with you and stay longer on the plateau. Today you will also visit a tea factory where you will learn in details, how the green tea leaves are treated to become high-quality Ceylon Tea.

 Stay overnight at the hotel.
 
Day 06: Nuwara Eliya - Colombo
You leave Nuwara Eliya after breakfast and drive in western direction towards the coast, passing at first tea and vegetable plantations, waterfalls, forests and small settlements.

From the descending road you have now and then a fabulous panoramic view to the surrounding mountains and hills and into the many valleys.

After reaching the plain you see again paddy fields, coconut and rubber plantations.

In the evening you will proceed for Colombo and on arrival check- in into the hotel for
overnight stay.
 
Day 07:  Departure Colombo
In the morning you will be free for your independent activities.

Late evening as per scheduled you will be transferred to airport to the flight for onward journey.