Elephants, Drummers & Beaches
Trip Details
- Duration: 14 day(s) days
- Visited Areas: Asia
Explore Sri Lanka with us as we take you on jeep safaris and elephant rides, through tea plantations and spice gardens, with tropical beach time at the end of your journey. We cycle around the Medieval Capital of Polonnaruwa, and take an elephant back safari at Minneriya National Park in search of wild elephants and other wildlife. We climb the Rock Fortress at Sigiriya and visit the Hill Capital of Kandy, where we watch Kandyan dancers, drummers and fire-walking. We walk though spice gardens to learn about the local spices, and visit a Tea Factory and Plantation to learn how the world famous ?Ceylon Tea? is made. We see the baby elephants at the Uda Walawe National Park Transit Home, take a jeep safari into the park, and then visit the old walled city of Galle. At the end of our holiday we go river canoeing before time to relax on the palm-fringed beaches of the south coast at Bentota. Here there are many optional water sport activities, or you can just relax on the white sand beach or by the pool ? a perfect end to your time in Sri Lanka.
Christmas and New Year supplements apply to tours departing during this season. Please see departures for applicable tour dates and prices.Tours coinciding with the Kandy Perahera Festival will be subject to festival pricing. Please see departures for applicable tour dates and prices.
Itinerary
Day 1
Join Negombo - Arrival Transfer Included
Day 2
To Giritale via Dambulla Caves
Day 3
Bicycle Tour of Polonnaruwa, Visit Museum, Elephant Safari at Minneriya National Park
Day 4
Sigiriya - Climb Rock Fortress. To Kandy via Spice Garden
Day 5
Kandy - City Tour, Botanic Gardens, Cultural Performance
Day 6
To Nuwara Eliya via Tea Factory and Plantation
Day 7
To Belihuloya - Guided Walk to Lamp Flames Waterfalls, Cooking Demonstration
Day 8
To Galle Via Elephant Transit Station, Jeep safari in Uda Walawe National Park
Day 9
Visit Turtle Hatchery, Canoeing on River, Overnight at Bentota
Days 10-12
Bentota - Free Days at Beach, Optional Watersports
Day 13
Bentota - Free Morning. Afternoon to Negombo
Day 14
Negombo - Tour Ends After Breakfast