Day 01: Colombo - Pinnawala – Matale
Arrive in Sri Lanka at the Colombo International Airport, will be met and assisted by a representative of "CRYSTAL HOLIDAYS" and transfer via Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawala, where abandoned Baby Elephants are being fed and trained via Kandy to Hunnasgiriya. From Hunnasgiriya you will walk-trek 12 km along the natural Government Forest Reserve to the camping Eco Lodge, Kobo Nilla (Electricity by Kerosene generator).
Stay overnight at your hotel.
Day 02: Matale - Trekking Tour - Mahiyangana
After breakfast walk a further 6 km for an unforgettable view of the beautiful untouched mountain range of Knuckles looming 1863 meters above Dumbarawawe, Beautiful landscape awaits the adventurous. Return walk to Kobo Nilla through the tea plantations, and your driver will take you to Mahiyangana.
Later arrive at Mahiyangana and check-in into the Rest House for overnight stay.
Day 03: Mahiyangana - Trekking Tour
After breakfast, walk 12 Kms to a Vedda Village and spend the day with the aborigines. Evening walk back to Mahiyangana. The above Pali stanza means that on the 'Duruthu' (January) full moon day, in the ninth month after enlightenment, the Buddha made his first visit to Lanka, to purge the country from malignant influences of uncanny spirits. On that historic day, the Buddha, having taken his meal near the Anotatta lake, by the foothills of the Himalayas, had left for Sri Lanka by evening to accomplish his mission, because he foresaw that the Buddha Sasana, once established, would remain for 5,000 years.
Stay overnight at Rest House.
Day 04: Mahiyangana - Trekking Tour - Ella
In the morning you will trek 2 hours to Ella. After 2 hours your vehicle will pick you up to transfer you to Ella Guest House OR Rest House. Dinner and over night stay in Ella.
Day 05: Ella - Singharaja
In the morning you will walk to Diyaluma Water Falls about 10 km's, Diyaluma, on the Poonagala Oya river off the Koslanda- Wellawaya road is another spectacular sight spilling over a straight rock wall. 559 ft in height. Diyaluma is often rated as Sri Lanka's highest water falls, upstaging Bambarakanda. It is 13 km from Wellawaya town and 6 km from Koslanda in the Hills and seen like a soft veil, is seen from the Balangoda-Wellawaya highway too. Legend says that Gods, seeing the heartbreak of a prince whose runaway romance ended in the death of his sweetheart whom he had tried haul over the Diyaluma precipice, created this beautiful cascade to weep forever in the wilderness and return walk to Ella Guest House. From Ella trek on the Rail Track to Bandarawela, and by vehicle transfer from Bandarawela to Hatton. Evening walk and trek from Hatton to Adams Peak, in total 6 hours journey to the peak. Dawn witness the Sun Rise and trek down Hatton. Transfer from Hatton to Deniyaya, the Rain Forest in Sri Lanka.
Stay overnight in Lodge.
Day 06: Singharaja
In the morning you will trek full day at Sinharaja Forest and return back in the evening to the Blue Magpie. In Sinharaja Rain forest, it rains in Sinharaja most afternoons. It doesn't have the modern sleeping and prestige animal spotting facilities of some of the other reserves or national parks (e.g. Yala), yet just being in the thick of the rain forest are a unique experience and you are not confined to a jeep. The animals include sambhur, barking deer, mongoose and the golden palm civet; the purple-faced leaf monkey is common. Although leopard tracks have been seen frequently, it is much more difficult to sight than many of the other animals. Birds include some rare endemics such as red-faced malkoha, Sri Lanka blue magpie, and the white-headed starling and plenty of others including orange minivets, orioles and babblers. Reptiles include the endemic Green pit viper and the Hump-nosed viper.
Stay overnight at hotel.
Day 07: Singharaja – Weligama
In the morning you will walk until mid afternoon through the Villages towards Akuressa and finally to Weligama. During mid day the driver will pick you up and transfer you to Weligama and to Crystal Villa. Dinner and overnight stay in Weligama.
Day 08: Weligama – Colombo
In the morning you will proceed for Colombo and on arrival check-in into the hotel for overnight stay.
Day 09: Departure Colombo
In the morning as per scheduled you will be transferred to airport to board flight for onward Journey. |