08 DAYS / 07 NIGHTS

At the Bandaranayke International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by your own Holiday Lanka Tours, Chauffer, and transferred to your first destination, Pinnawala to visit Sri Lankan elephants.
Pinnawala Elephant orphanage spans 25 acres and is located very close to the Maha Oya.

 

This was established in 1975 and commenced with seven orphans. The main objective of establishing the orphanage was biased more toward tourism, but now it became a conservation and research, and education center. Pinnawala elephant orphanage has the largest herd of captive elephants in the world. Here you can observe and actively participate in elephant bathing and the bottle feeding session,

Dambulla will be the next attraction site of your Sri Lanka tour. Dambulla rock temple is located at an elevation of 1118 feet from sea level. The temple which has been built by King Walagamba in the 1st Sanctuary B.C and is the most impressive of Sri Lanka’s cave temples. The complex of five caves with over 2000 Square meters of painted walls and ceilings is the largest area of paintings found in the world.

 

The cave temple contains over 150 images of the Buddha of which the largest is the colossal figure of Buddha carved out of rock. Then transfer to Matale. Here you can visit a spice garden to see the different spices for which Sri Lanka is famous for here. You can observe different spices and how some spices are grown and processed also witness a cooking demonstration.

After your breakfast transfer to Knuckles. The Knuckles mountain range also called the “Dumbara mountain range” is located in Kandy and Matale districts.

 

The average annual rainfall of the highland areas of Knuckles is 5000mm and in the lowland areas, it is less than 2500mm. The Knuckles Range and the surrounding areas have been declared a strict nature reserve. A large variety of indigenous plants not found elsewhere, are found in this area On completion, transfer to Kandy

Nuwara Eliya is a cool resort town located in the central mountains surrounded by amazing views and tea estates. Do a city tour of Nuwara Eliya including tea plantations, Golf courses, Hakgala botanical garden, Hindu temples, and the world’s famous Pink post office, etc...

In the evening, enjoy water sports at the Lake Gregory

In the early morning proceed to visit Horton Plains, National Park.  This is located on a high windswept saddle at about 2134 meters above sea level and in the Central Province of Nuwara Eliya district. The plains are an expanse of misty grassland with scraggy trees and ice-cold rivulets. Visit the World’s End considered to be the finest view in all of Sri Lanka.

 

Here you can also see the beautiful Backer’s falls.  And the park shelters mammals such as Sambhur, Leopard, and endemic Bear Monkeys. The famous Horton plains national was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 2010. En route visits a New Zealand farm located in Ambewela. In the evening do some shopping in Nuwara Eliya town.

After a healthy breakfast, you will travel to Udawalawa National Park.
In the evening do a ½ day jeep safari of the Udawalawa National Park. This is a dry zone park, which was declared a national park in 1972. The park falls between the Udawalawa reservoir and the Walawe River and is surrounded by the scenic beauty of the mountain range that keeps on winding endlessly on the Balangoda, Kalthota, and Haputale escarpments. This park is famous for its elephants seen in all their playfulness, whole herds of them, adults and babies bathing and playing in the water or feeding.

In addition to elephants, spotted Deer, Sambhur, barking deer, Gray Langur, water buffalo, and jackal are some of the prominent wild animals found in this park. Serpent eagles, hawk eagles, white-bellied sea eagles, black-capped Bulbuls, Malabar pied hornbills, white-necked storks, open bills, white ibis, the forest Nightingale, stork billed kingfishers, and peacocks are also found in fair numbers.