Airport – Pinnawala - Kandy

Arrive by (flt no) at (00hrs). Please clear immigration & visa formalities, collect your baggage and
proceed to the arrival lounge through the green channel if you do not have goods to be declared to
customs. Thereafter you will be assisted to the Car park / Coach Park to begin you journey as per the booked itinerary. Afterwrads proceed to Kandy via Pinnawala elephant orphanage. Pinnawala elephant orphanage
App. 55 miles from Colombo, off the Colombo – Kandy road is Pinnawela, where an orphanage was
started in 1975 to house the abandoned and the wounded elephants. The number of elephants has
increased to more than 65 now; including Baby Elephants brought from various parts, as well as some
of the more than 25 babies born, as a result of the captive breeding programme. The best time to visit
is the feeding time from 0930-1000 hrs and 1330-1400 hrs and the bathing time from 1000-1030 hrs
and 1400-1430 hrs when all the elephants are taken to the river close by. Arrive in Kandy and spend the day at leisure.
Overnight stay at a Kandy hotel. (B)

Kandy – NuwaraEliya

After breakfast at the hotel proceed to NuwaraEliya. Visit a tea factory plantation on the way.
NuwaraEliya
The ‘Little England’ of Sri Lanka, is set against beautiful backdrops of Mountains, Valleys, Waterfalls and Tea Plantations. It is supposed to be one of the coldest places on the island, but is really just like an
England spring day although the temperature does drop at night. All around NuwaraEliya you will see evidence of the British influence. Houses are like country cottages or Queen Ann style mansions.
Spend the rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay at a NuwaraEliya hotel. (B)

Bentota– Colombo

After breakfast at the hotel visit a turtle hatchery and enjoy a Mangrove boat ride in Madu River

Mangrove Boat ride in Madu River :
Madu River or the Madu Ganga is one of the natures fascinating creations off South West coast in
Balapitiya. Madu Ganga is a lagoon with hundreds of islands providing an idyllic setting for a well spent
holiday and loads of authentic traditional settings. It may be one of the last remaining tracts of pristine
mangrove forests in Sri Lanka

Turtle Hatchery:
The "Sea Turtle Farm & Hatchery" is a non - profitable organization which is maintained for the survival
of Sea Turtles for the next generation. From the past, due to the cruel activities of humans, there is a
danger that turtles are facing extinction. These rare varieties of Sea Turtles are destroyed by man day
by day. It is the duty of each and every one to take action to save these turtles from extinction for the
sake of our future generation. Regarding this we started to save Sea Turtles in 1986 and up to now we
have succeeded to attain the goal gradually.
Arriving in Colombo and enjoy the city tour of Colombo

Colombo :
A drive through the city taking you to the busy commercial areas as well as the tree-lined residential,
Cinnamon Gardens.
Visit Fort, the former British administrative center and military garrison, Sea Street - the Goldsmith’s
quarters in the heart of Pettah, the Bazaar area, where is also a Hindu Temple with elaborate stone
carvings, and the Dutch Church of Wolfendhal dating back to 1749. Also visit the BMICH, see the replica of Avukana Buddha and Independence Square. (B)