go sri lanka! - 9 days

Tour Information
Starts/Ends in: Colombo
Prices from: USD $1159
Departs: Any day of the year
Breakfast: 8
Dinner: 1
Hotel rating: 3 - 4
Specialist guides: Yes (for local sites)
Entrance fees: Included

Day 1 - Colombo
Welcome to Sri Lanka and the start of your holiday! Arrive Colombo, included transfer to hotel. Overnight - Colombo

Day 2 - Colombo – breakfast
Highlights of our sightseeing tour of Sri Lanka’s capital include; the Fort, Galle Face Green – a seaside expanse popular for informal cricket games, the Pettah – a noisy oriental bazaar, a visit to Gamgarama temple, Cinnamon Gardens and Independence Square. Tonight, enjoy Sri Lankan cuisine at our Welcome Dinner. Overnight – Colombo

Day 3 - Colombo – Giritale (via Dambulla) – breakfast
We drive to Giritale. En route, we visit the impressive Dambulla Rock Temple which contain frescoes of Buddha. From Giritale, we visit compact Polonnaruwa – an 11th century city and explore the ruins of the Royal Palace, temples and Gal Vihara which boasts 3 enormous and revered Buddha figures. Overnight – Giritale

Day 4 - Giritale – Kandy (via Sigiriya) – breakfast
To Sigiriya, the elevated and mysterious 5th century fortress ruins of King Kasyapa, where we view the stunning frescoes. At Matale, we visit a spice garden. Overnight - Kandy

Day 5 - Kandy & region – breakfast
Today, we visit the elephant orphanage in Pinnawela and the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. Back in Kandy, a scenic lakeside town, we visit the lake, bazaar, gem museum and lapidary. Tonight, we visit the Temple of the Tooth Relic. After that, we enjoy a cultural dance show.
Overnight – Kandy

Day 6 - Kandy – Nuwara Eliya – breakfast
En route to Nuwara Eliya – a scenic hillside town with a distinctly English flavour, we visit a tea plantation. In Nuwara Eliya, we enjoy a sightseeing tour and visit Hakgala Gardens. Overnight – Nuwara Eliya

Day 7 - Nuwara Eliya – Embilipitiya – breakfast
Leaving Nuwara Eliya, we drive to Udawalawe National Park, where we enjoy exploration by jeep. Overnight – Embilipitiya

Day 8 - Embilipitiya – Colombo (via Kithulgula) – breakfast
Continuing to Colombo, we visit Ratnapura, Sri Lanka’s gem capital where we visit a mine and lapidary. Overnight - Colombo

Day 9 - Colombo – breakfast
Tour ends after breakfast. Included onward transfer to airport.

On the go is a specialist operator of cultural and adventure tours in tropical Sri Lanka. Fun and informative group tours of Sri Lanka offering regular departures at realistic prices from Colombo include highlights such as Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya, Dambulla, spice and flower gardens of Matale, Temple of the Tooth at Kandy, Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, the tea plantations of Nuwara Eliya, Yala, Bundala and Udawalawe National Parks, Galle, the gem town of Ratnapura, Bentota Beach and Beruwala Beach. Tailored holidays in Sri Lanka are also a hallmark.