Colombo Trip Overview
Get ready for an exotic escape from the city, come and maximize your travel to Sri Lanka through our triple city, 5 days adventure through the beautiful Sri Lankan isle. This 5 days tour package includes your travel, accommodation, transportation and food within the cities of Colombo, Galle, Nuwara Eliya and Kandy city. Our tour package includes a traditional cultural dance, a safari ride and city tours. You will spend more time on sightseeing rather than staying and relaxing in a hotel room; you can explore the island at your own pace, in air-conditioned vehicles, with your personal English speaking driver.
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Duration: 5 days
Starts: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Transfers & Ground Transport >> Private Drivers
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What to Expect When Visiting Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Get ready for an exotic escape from the city, come and maximize your travel to Sri Lanka through our triple city, 5 days adventure through the beautiful Sri Lankan isle. This 5 days tour package includes your travel, accommodation, transportation and food within the cities of Colombo, Galle, Nuwara Eliya and Kandy city. Our tour package includes a traditional cultural dance, a safari ride and city tours. You will spend more time on sightseeing rather than staying and relaxing in a hotel room; you can explore the island at your own pace, in air-conditioned vehicles, with your personal English speaking driver.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Kandy, Kandy, Kandy District, Central Province
Day 1: Colombo – Kandy
Arrival to Sri Lanka (Bandaranaike International Airport) in Katunayaka or Pickup from hotel and proceed to Kandy city
Visit Peradeniya Botanical Garden on the way to Kandy. The location of the finest of its kind in Asia Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens, the finest of its kind in Asia, the largest of the botanical gardens of Sri Lanka.
Visit the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic which is the most popular attraction in Kandy. The golden-roofed Temple of the Sacred Tooth houses Sri Lanka’s most important Buddhist relic – a tooth of the Buddha. Next, after lunch Go on a walk around Kandy Lake – The Kandy Lake is certainly among the best places to visit in Kandy.
In the evening, Witness a Cultural Dance – Keeping a major part of Sri Lankan heritage and culture alive through frequent displays of the country’s traditional dances, the Kandy Lake Club – Cultural Show has become a mainstay feature of the Hill Country capital.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Day 2: Kandy – Nuwara Eliya
After a delicious breakfast proceed to Nuwara Eliya.
The city of Nuwara Eliya is also known as the ‘Little England’, for the weather it has as well as the amazing colonial architecture and buildings which are seen all over the city.
On the way to Nuwara eliya visit a Tea Plantation and the Pedro tea factory. Due to the high altitude, Nuwara Eliya has a much cooler climate than the lowlands of Sri Lanka, with a mean annual temperature of 16 °C. although it rapidly warms up as the tropical sun climbs higher during the day.
If you wish you can go for a boat ride in Gregory lake and spend some time there. After Lunch Visit Victoria Park which is a public park located next to the Nuwara Eliya Post Office. The Nanu Oya River runs through the park, creating a number of small lakes. A number of rare bird species can be found in the park. At the far end of the park is a small children’s playground and miniature ridable railway.
Duration: 12 hours
Stop At: Yala National Park, Yala National Park
Day 3: Nuwara Eliya – Yala
After breakfast proceed to Yala and go on a safari in Yala National Park.
The Yala National Park is a popular and world renowned wildlife reservation in the Sri Lanka. It is most notable renowned for being home to the attractive and elusive Sri Lankan leopard. Despite their elusive nature, almost all of the travelers will certainly identify a leopard in this stunning place because of the high attention of leopard residing in the park.
After the safari ride in Yala proceed to Galle.
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
Overnight stay in Galle
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Galle, Galle, Galle District, Southern Province
Day 4: Galle
After a delicious breakfast Simply take a relaxing day trip to charming Galle, known for its tranquility, stunning colonial buildings, secluded beach and scenic nature!
Head to the Galle Fort and Old Dutch City, as the icing on the cake. With its beautiful colonial architecture, trendy shops, a lighthouse and the sea on three sides, this is the most romantic spot to top off your tour with a beautiful sunset! Visit the Dutch reformed church, Dutch hospital shopping precinct and the Maritime Archaeological Museum.
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Colombo, Colombo, Western Province
Day 5: Galle – Colombo
After Breakfast go on a city tour in Colombo. The city of Colombo is the commercial capital of Sri Lanka and it holds together the new and old trend of the county very beautifully. The city also represents the colonial remnants with high-rise hotels and commercial banks. Additionally, Colombo was the eighth-century port and it houses several financial, administrative, and other major institutions that are of relevance to the travelers.
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 Wolverhampton dating back to 1749. Also visit the BMICH, see the replica of Avukana Buddha and the Independence Square.
Breakfast/Lunch
No Accommodation on this day
Duration: 4 hours
