Katunayake Trip Overview
Visit Sri Lanka on this Luxury 07 nights group tour, departing from Colombo. you’ll enjoy a balance of nature and cultural with customizable itinerary that includes a 4 x 4 wildlife safari in Yala National park & Train Journey in Nanuoya to Ella. your guide leads you to all sites in Sigiriya, Dambulla, Polonnaruwa and Kandy. Daily breakfast Lunch, Dinner, Entrance chargers with Jeeps & Train, Drinking Water are included.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 days
Starts: Katunayake, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Katunayake, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Visit Sri Lanka on this Luxury 07 nights group tour, departing from Colombo. you’ll enjoy a balance of nature and cultural with customizable itinerary that includes a 4 x 4 wildlife safari in Yala National park & Train Journey in Nanuoya to Ella. your guide leads you to all sites in Sigiriya, Dambulla, Polonnaruwa and Kandy. Daily breakfast Lunch, Dinner, Entrance chargers with Jeeps & Train, Drinking Water are included.
Itinerary
Day 1: Pickup from your hotels in Colombo at 07:00 a.m.
Stop At: Dambulla Cave Temple, Jaffna Hwy, Habarana 50150 Sri Lanka
Dambulla Cave Temple Complex – You will then be taken for a bit cave exploration at the Dambulla Cave Temple Complex. Dambulla is an ancient city with a history of early inhabitants reaching as far back as 7th to 3rd century BC. The place is made famous by the largest and best preserved cave temple complex, which contain statues and paintings, along with having the largest rose quartz mountain in South Asia which dates back to the 1st century BCE. The complex has five (5) caves under a vast overhanging rock and the ceilings are painted with intricate patterns of religious images following the contours of the rock. There are images of the Lord Buddha and bodhisattvas, as well as various Hindu gods and goddesses. Spend time at the monastery which is still functional and receives visitors daily and learn a little bit more about Sri Lanka’s wonderful history.
Duration: 45 minutes
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Kassapa Lions Rock
Day 2: After Breakfast 07:00 a.m. Proceed to Polonnaruwa ancient city.
Stop At: Polonnaruwa, Polonnaruwa, North Central Province
Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka’s splendid medieval capital was established as the first city of the land in the 11th Century, A.D. It replaced Anuradhapura, which was plundered, made desolate and laid hopelessly bare to the invading armies from South India.
Three Kings dominate the chronicles of the city and the period. The city reached a dazzling but pitifully brief zenith in the 12th century and though ravaged by invasion in the centuries that followed, much evidence remains of the old grandeur and glory. The ruins of the ancient city stand on the east shore of a large artificial lake, the Topa Wewa Lake, or Parakrama Samudraya (the Sea of Parakrama), built by King Parakramabahu I (1153-86), whose reign was Polonnaruwa‘s golden age. Within a rectangle of city walls stand palace buildings and clusters of dozens of dagobas, temples and various other religious buildings.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Kassapa Lions Rock Dambulla
Day 3: After breakfast 07:00 a.m. Proceed to Climb Sigiriya Fortress and proceed to Kandy
Stop At: Sigiriya The Ancient Rock Fortress, Sigiriya 21120 Sri Lanka
The day will start with a trip to the Sigiriya Lion Rock. Sigiriya is labelled as the Eighth Wonder of The World and is located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Sigiriya, labelled as the Eighth Wonder of the World, is the best preserved city center in Asia from the 1st millennium and the best known monument here is undoubtedly the rock fortress of Sigiriya also known as the Sigiriya Lion Rock.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Cinnamon Citadel
Day 4: After breakfast 07:00 a.m. proceed to Kandy City Tour
Stop At: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Sri Dalada Veediya, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic – You will then be taken to visit the monumental Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy. Enclosed by a parapet of white stone dating to the beginning of the 19th century, are the city’s official religious monuments, the Royal Palace and the Temple of the Tooth. The 18th Century BCE temple which is built on a base of granite is associated with the history of the dissemination of Buddhism and is one of the most venerable places for the Buddhist community all around the world; it was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1988.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kandy Lake, Centre of Kandy City, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
Visit Upper Lane in Kandy and shopping
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Damro Labookellie Tea Centre and Tea Garden, A5, Nuwara Eliya 22200 Sri Lanka
Visit Tea estates and Tea factories in Labukele
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Araliya Green Hills and similar
Day 5: Train Trip from Nuwaraeliya to Ella and Yala.
Stop At: Gregory Lake, Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka
After breakfast proceed to visit Nuwaraeliya City Tour and visit Gregory lake.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Ella, Ella, Uva Province
Pre booking Train Tickets 20 days before first class seat reservation. Without booking you should go to without seats.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Ella, Ella, Uva Province
Visit Ella city and Rawana falls.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Cinnamon Wild or Similar
Day 6: National Park park and proceed to Weligama
Stop At: Yala National Park, Yala National Park
Early in the morning proceed to Yala National Park with take away breakfast. and proceed to Weligama.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Mandara Resort Weligama
Day 7: After breakfast proceed to Colombo
Stop At: Mirissa, Mirissa, Southern Province
After Breakfast proceed to visit Mirissa city
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Stilt Fishermen Sri Lanka, Koggala Sri Lanka
Complete your Galle day tour with a visit to see the amazing Stilt Fishermen in Weligama. The fishermen sit on a cross bar tied to a vertical pole which is planted in the coral reef and the stilt with one hand while seated and carry out rod and line fishing with the other hand. The practice of stilt fishing started about 50 years after the end of the Second World War when fishermen found that fishing off the rocks that protrude over the sea was not enough to catch fish in large numbers, so they started planting discarded metal pipes into the reef and using them to lean against and fish. Over time the fishermen discovered that timber worked just as well as developed the poles into the more modern day versions that we see today. It is a unique sight to behold and one that should not be missed as we watch and marvel at Man’s dexterity to overcome any hurdle.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Galle, Galle, Galle District, Southern Province
Galle Dutch Fort – After learning about the sheer determination of the people through the art displayed at the Tsunami Photo Museum, let us now head down to the Galle Dutch Fort. With a tumultuous history dating back to several centuries, the city’s strategic location made it a hub for trade by sea and subsequently a landing point for the island’s colonial rulers. A fort was built to ensure protection and preservation of the city the Portuguese in early 16th Century and then extensively fortified by the Dutch during the 17th century. Originally the fort was an earthen structure with palisades, a rampart and three bastions and a moat surrounding it. Under the control of the Dutch, they built impregnable fortifications with coral and granite stones and the Fort resembled a small laid out walled town with a rectangular grid pattern of streets full of low houses with gables and verandas.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Turtle Hatchery Hikkaduwa, Galle Road Colombo, Hikkaduwa 80240 Sri Lanka
Turtle Hatchery – Your day trip to Galle starts with a visit to Turtle Hatchery. Sri Lanka is home to many different wildlife creatures including sea- life and of the seven species of marine turtles in the world; five of them make their way to Sri Lanka to nest throughout the year. The five species of marine turtle nesting in Sri Lanka include the Green Turtle, the Leatherback, and the Hawksbill, the Loggerhead and the Olive Ridley.
Established to protect turtles that nest in the Sri Lankan beaches from extinction, the marine turtle hatcheries are operated by the Wild Life Protection Society of Sri Lanka and rely on volunteers to help with their conservation project. You can help release the turtles back into the sea and find out how we can help these endangered species live a little while longer
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Galadari Hotel or Similar
Day 8: Colombo city tour and transfer to Airport
Stop At: Gangaramaya (Vihara) Buddhist Temple, 61 Sri Jinaratana Road, Colombo Sri Lanka
The exciting day starts with pick up from your hotel by a representative of Sanota Walkers. Then you will be whisked to visit one of Sri Lanka’s highly venerated temples called Gangarama Temple which is located on the famous and picturesque Beira Lake in the middle of the city of Colombo. The Gangarama Temple was established about one hundred and twenty (120) years ago and is one of the most important Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka. Originally built to be a small hermitage on a piece of marshy land in the 19th BCE, the temple has grown to include several imposing buildings and become an internationally known place of worship, a center for learning, as well as an assembly hall for monks while also hosting a museum, a library and a Relic chamber among others.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Colombo Fort, Galle Buck, Colombo Sri Lanka
After wandering around the Gangarama Temple you will then visit the harbor and fort areas of Colombo. The two notable places to visit are the Fort and Pettah towns. During 16th century, the Portuguese used this area, now known as Fort or Kottuwa(earlier known as (Kolonthota) as one of their trading posts and developed it into a fortified base. Then in the 17th century, the Dutch conquered the fort and demolished part of the fortification and reconstructed to the Dutch specifications. By the 19th century, the British had acquired control and since they considered it unlikely that they would face a direct military threat and that the fort was obstructing urban development of the area, the Colombo Fort was demolished.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Independence Square, Independence Avenue, Colombo 00700 Sri Lanka
Now let us head on to a very special place called the Independence Square located just a few minutes away from the Old Parliament building. This building was built to commemorate Sri Lanka’s independence from colonial rule and is situated at the same location where a special podium was constructed in 1948 to mark the ceremony of Sri Lanka’s start of self-rule and new parliament. The Independence Square building also houses a museum displaying a history of all the individuals who struggled and fought for Sri Lanka’s independence.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
