Waves of Sri Lanka

Arrive by Colombo .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. The Green Holiday Centre Representative will page you by your name. Thereafter you will be assisted to the Car park / Coach Park to begin you journey as per the booked itinerary with the English Speaking Chauffer.

Leave to Pinnawala.

Visit, 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. Afterwards Leave to Nuwara Eliya via Ramboda. Visit waterfalls and tea factory plantations on the way.

Sri Baktha Hanuman Temple
According to the ancient stories, Ramboda is a area, where the forces of Rama’s gather to fight against King Ravana. This temple was built by the Chinmaya mission of Sri Lanka and dedicated to Hanuman. This temple houses for 16 feel height statue of Hanuman. Arrive in a Nuwara Eliya Hotel.

Overnight stay at Hotel in Nuwara Eliya

After the breakfast,

City tour in Nuwara

Eliya Nuwara: Eliya 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 Nuwara Eliya you will see evidence of the British influence. Houses are like country cottages or Queen Ann style mansions.

Visit Victoria Park & Gregory Lake

Seetha Amman Temple
The kidnapping of Sita by Ravana (was King of Lanka) – meant that Ravana had to hide Sita in several locations. The Seetha Amman temple was named after the wife, Sitadevi, of Lord Rama. The structure was built on one of the exact sites where the demon king Ravana held Sita as his captive, in the Ashoka Forests of the region. It is believed that the Lordess used the stream by the temple and meditated by the rocks
along the stream.

Hakgala Botanical Garden 
Hakgala Botanical Garden is one of the five botanical gardens in Sri Lanka. The other four are Peradeniya Botanical Garden, Henarathgoda Botanical Garden, Mirijjawila Botanical Garden and Seetawaka Botanical Garden. It is the second largest garden in Sri Lanka. The garden is contiguous to Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve.

Overnight stay at Hotel in Nuwara Eliya

Breakfast at the hotel,
If you missed Pinnawala, you can cover it today.
Proceed to Colombo hotel. Leisurely proceed to City tour in Colombo + Shopping

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.

Overnight stay at Hotel in Colombo

After breakfast proceed to airport for your scheduled flight with so much to remember and cherish one day!

Have a safe flight!