Day 01 : Airport to Dambulla

SCHEDULE

Arrive to Colombo at 0755hrs

On arrival at the Bandaranaike International airport, you will be warmly greeted with traditional orchid garlands and transferred to your hotel in Dambulla / Habarana (approx. 4 to 4.5 hours drive).

Or Optional transfer by Helicopter / Seaplane

Enroute lunch at the Tropical Village or Ginanhala Restaurant.

After lunch, drive towards the hotel (20 minutes). On arrival, the guests will be given a traditional welcome with drum music and dancing. Checkin will be provided at an exclusive area. Welcome drink will be served.

Optional cost - Lamp lighting Kukul Pahane Ceremony on arrival at the hotel lobby
Wet towels
Welcome cocktail
Rest of the evening at leisure.

OR

Optional Activities - Jeep safari with vist Minneriya National Park for an evening game drive
Tuk Tuk Ride in dambulla
Habarana Village
Yoga in the garden

Later in the evening - Welcome dinner – Special Lobster Dinner (BBQ) at the Kandalama Lakeside with Sri Lankan Village Theme + live band.
We would be creating an ancient village which would give the guest the feel of dinning in a historic Sir Lankan village. A separate village would be created in a special out door location, by the lake side. The pathways and surrounding would be illuminated with fire torches. Guests will be presented local attire to be worn at the event.

Optional Cost
Welcome Gem Cocktail - Half hour : An inexpensive Gem stone is frozen in ice cubes and placed in the clients welcome cocktail as a surprise.
Elephant carrying “Welcome banner” on arrival at the hotel lobby or during the welcome dinner at the lake side.

OR

Experience a Mock wedding at the Venue! The venue will be decorated with vibrant colours and you will be welcomed by Kandyan dancers and drummers. We will take you through all the wedding rituals, blessings and customs (group will participate in the same). A decorated elephant will be at the wedding. After the wedding ceremony, the dinner will be served on a buffet table. Guests will be presented local attire to be worn at the event.

OR – Optional Dinner at Cave Restaurant at Heritance Kandalama

Overnight stay at Heritance Kandalama, Dambulla (5 star)

OR

Habarana Village (4 star)

Optional Transfer by Helicopter/ Seaplane:
Can arrange a seaplane transfer (8 people in one seaplane) from Colombo to Dambulla. (operate by Cinnamon Air. They welcome the guests and taken to the Domestic Airport by coach it will take only 15 minutes. Take off and flying time is approx. 50 minutes. Arrive Sigiriya airport and transferred to Dambulla hotel)
We can also arrange a helicopter transfer (operate by Heli Tours. They welcome the guests and taken to the Domestic Airport by coach it will take only 15 minutes. Take off and flying time is approx. 1 hour. Arrive Sigiriya airport and transferred to Dambulla hotel)
Visitors arriving to Sri Lanka are always delighted to have traditional orchid garlands placed around their necks, whilst the energetic drummers provide a stunning welcome.
Other Welcome Options at Additional Cost
Nimble, agile and colorful, Sri Lankan Dancers vibrate with an incredible energy, which mesmerizes every observer. A unique and special welcome which demonstrates an age-old Sri Lankan heritage. This can be done either at the Airport or the hotel.
Special sea food dinner arrange with Bon fire and live Sri Lankan coastal (Local Fishermen) traditional music. Fishermen music is unique music and it is similar to Jazz music.
OR Special Welcome dinner – with a Mock Sri Lankan Wedding theme

Optional - Elephant Back Ride in Dambulla
Evening you can experience countryside of Sri Lanka by Elephant Back it is unique experience and limited to Habrana area. (45 minute – 1 hour Elephant Back Ride)

Option 1 – Minneriya National Park - Minneriya National Park by jeep. The extent of the Minneriya National Park is about 8,889 hectares. Dry zone plant and animal species are common and elephants are in plenty. Unlike in other national parks, elephants could be spotted at a very close range. About 160 species of birds, 09 amphibians, 25 reptile species, 26 fish species and more than 78 butterfly species have been found in this area. There are also rare bamboo trees in this park which are not found in other parks.

Distance from hotel: 40 min drive per way
Open: 6am – 6.30pm
Activity: 3 hours
Includes jeep safari where you can sites Elephants and other species

Option 2 – Visit to Sri Lankan Village in Hiriwaduna
Distance from hotel: 20 min drive per way
Open: 6am – 6.30pm
Activity: 3 – 4 hours
Explore countryside by bullock cart and experience people living style, traditional foods and hospitality.

Trek through the archetypal Sri Lankan Typical village. The trek begins with an awesome walk along a bund of a Wewa or manmade reservoir. The reservoir itself, the surrounding scrub jungle, marshland and village are a hive of early morning or an evening activity. The amazing birdlife, butterflies and possible sightings of crocodile only add to the charm of seeing the villagers as they go about their early morning tasks of fishing, or washing clothes at the periphery of the lake. You will continue your tour with a bullock cart ride up to a village house.

Option 3 - Fun Tuk Tuk Challenge in Dambulla / Visit Dambulla Temple
Fun Tuk Tuk Ride - “Tuk Tuk”(three wheeled) is unique vehicle in Asian Region and you will get chance to ride and experience fun of riding Tuk Tuk.
Distance from hotel: 25 min drive per way Open: 7am – 7pm
Activity : 2 ½ hours
The decorated Rickshaws will await outside the hotel for the guests to enjoy the fun loving ride to Dambulla. Visit the famous Dambulla cave temple also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla is a World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka. After the visit drive back by tuk-tuk to the hotel.

Optional dinner at Heritance Kandalama

Experience a Cave Dinner with batanala music (A Flute Player)
By the light of flaming torches and candle lanterns, serenaded by a lone flautist, this dinner is sure to bring out the romance in your soul. Crossing the small bridge by the enormous banyan tree, your waiter delivers a succession of gourmet delights such as charcoal-grilled peppered prawns, grilled tournedos of beef on red wine sauce and black and white chocolate marquise. Stone Age dining this is not!
Flute player - the player will be with an old-fashioned costume of a sarong and a banian.

Day 02 : Dambulla/ Habarana

SCHEDULE

8.30 am: After breakfast, you will be driven to Sigiriya, 45 minutes away from the hotel where you can visit Rock Fortress.

Activity time - 3 hours

Optional Visit to Children Orphanage in Hingurakgoda

12:30 noon - After completing the tour of the Rock Fortress, you will be taken to a for lunch at Hotel Sigiriya with a view of the Fort. (distance from Rock Fortress to Hotel Sigiriya for lunch will be 15 min) We can also arrange a treasure hunt activity at Rock Fortress in Sigiriya at optional cost.

14:00 hrs – Polonnaruwa cycling tour a ride through a glorious past cycling through the ruins (distance from Sigiriya to Polonauwaru will be  1 ½ hour). Activity time – 1 1/2 to 2 hours

17:30hrs: Return to the hotel. (distance from Polonauwaru to hotel will be  1 ½ hour)
Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

OPTIONAL

18:30 hrs – Depart from the hotel by Safari Jeeps and you will be driven to driven to Ritigala (30 min drive) where the clients will see a show Of Angampora. - A Form Of Martial Art From Sri Lanka that Combines Combat Techniques, Self-defense, Sport, Exercise And Meditation. The martial arts will be performed around the bonfire late in the evening (2 hours performance). On arrival Coconut drink/ chilled beer will be served as refreshment.

19:00 hrs – An exclusive open air Barbeque dinner will be set up at the same place after the performance around campfire – and there will be a cultural / tribal dance to entertain you for the event.

21:30 hrs – Drive back to hotel (40 min drive)

Sigiriya Rock fortress

Distance from hotel: 45 minutes
Open: 7.30am – 3.30pm
Activity time : 3 hours

The Sigiriya Rock Fortress was built by King Kasyapa in the 5th century A.D. and a royal citadel for more than 18 years. It is complex of buildings, part royal palace, part fortified town and water gardens on par with the best in the ancient world, constitute a magnificent and unique architectural feat of the ancient Sinhalese. In a sheltered packet approached by spiral stairway are the famous Sigiriya frescos, the earliest surviving pictorial art of Sri Lanka and of the same period as the Ajantha fresco of India. The summit of the rock with an area of nearly one hc was the site of the palace. It is regarded as the 8th Wonder of ancient the World.

Optional activity - Treasure Hunt at Sigiriya

Optional Visit to Children orphanage

SCHEDULE

08:30hrs: You will be transferred to Children orphanage in Hingurakgoda where you can enjoy rest of the day with the children in an orphanage. You will also be given a chance to see some of their singing and dancing talents and then have a buffet Lunch with them (Catering will be done by Windsor Hotel).

1400hrs: Leave Children Orphanage

Children orphanage in Hingurakgoda where you can enjoy rest of the day with the children in an orphanage. During this visit you will paint the exterior of the building and clean the garden. On completion, you can donate them some important materials and share their thoughts. You will also be given a chance to see some of their singing and dancing talents and then have a buffet Lunch with them (Catering will be done by Windsor Hotel).
Make a difference while enjoying a dream holiday in the paradise island of Sri Lanka, a country emerging from a thirty year old long war and a devastating tsunami, yet with misty mountains, shimmering beaches and rolling surf. With many a parts of rural Sri Lanka still waking up into development there are many opportunities for an extra helping hand. Travelers who volunteer among the local communities in Sri Lanka too gain from their firsthand experience of a different culture with its own traditions, beliefs, food and festivities. Working with a community and living among them exposes the travelers to their dreams, joys and aspiration; the difficulties they face and their victories over them, providing an understanding of a community who lives a different life yet smiles and weeps like them. The CSR programme does just that.
Additional cost - School children welcoming the group at the entrance and by parade takes the group inside. Children offer traditional sweet meals and tea. Football match can be organized. Group will bed refreshed with coconut drink and Children may perform traditional dance and entertain the group

Lunch at Hotel Sigiriya with Sigiriya Rock View

Marvel at the grandeur and mystique of the Sigiriya Rock Fortress from the comfort of Hotel Sigiriya. Discover the sights and sounds of the jungle but not before savoring a mix of traditional local spices that go into each of our scrumptious dishes. We offer you the luxury of pampering your mind, body and soul in soothing oils and herbs, all part of a refreshing Ayurveda experience administered by professionals well versed in the art. Lunch at the restaurant is simply an out-of-the-world-experience. Sip a glass of wine, whisper words of love, surrender into the moment under the starry heavens, before the iconic Sigiriya Rock fortress.
Post lunch - Polonnaruwa cycling tour a ride through a glorious past cycling through the ruins
Distance from Sigiriya: 1 ½ hour
Activity time : 1 ½ hours

Polonnaruwa became Sri Lanka’s royal medieval capital in 1073. Today, the ancient city’s ruins remain in remarkably good nick, and are a fascinating site to visit. Polonnaruwa’s size makes it ideal for getting around easily by bike. The bikes on offer are all-terrain mountain bikes that have been serviced regularly

Cycling start at Polonnaruwa ruin city and explore Medieval Capital of Polonnaruwa by two wheels and in the 12th c. AD, the medival capital of Polonnaruwa was one of the great urban centers in South Asia. Today, the well preserved ruins give you the chance to experience the grandeur of this period and marvel at the artistry of the island’s early craftsmen. It is 9 – 12 Km ride (2 - 3 hours) and ride in Polonnaruwa archeological sites. After Polonnaruwa City tour cycling in The Sea of Parakrama Lake and explore countryside of the Polonnaruwa.

Optional activity - Safari Jeep Transfer to Ritigala

Watch the Angampora - A Form Of Martial Art From Sri Lanka that Combines Combat Techniques, Self-defense, Sport, Exercise and Meditation. The martial arts will be performed around the bonfire late in the evening.

Day 03 : Dambulla/ Habarana - Kandy

SCHEDULE

Optional Activity (Between 8.30 hrs – 10.30 hrs) : Elephant Safari in Dambula/Habarana for 1 hour. (6 to 7 pax in one Elephant)
10.30 hrs: Transfer to Kandy enroute visiting Spice Garden in Matale. (distance from Dambulla to Matale will be 2 hours drive)
12.30 hrs: En-route visit Matale Spice Garden in Matale to see different spices for which Sri Lanka is famous for. Local Cookery demonstration can be arranged at optional cost.
14:30 hrs: drive to Kandy. (drive 1 ½ hours).
16.00 hrs: Arrive Kandy and proceed directly to visit the Gem Museum in Kandy.
17:50 hrs: An exclusive pooja ceremony will be arranged at Tooth Temple in Kandy.
Later, drive to Kandy hotel which is 20 minutes. On arrival, checkin at the hotel.
Dinner and Overnight stay at Hotel.
Overnight stay at Mahaweli Reach Hotel (5 star)
OR

Citadale Hotel (4 star)
Spice Garden in Matale followed by lunch at the spice garden
Visit the spice garden in Matale to see many different types of spices Sri Lanka is famous for. Just 25 km from the hill capital of Kandy, the Matale spice gardens are among the best on the island. You will be introduced to different spices and shown how some of these spices are grown and processed. A processing and training unit has been set up in the area and farmers are grouped in a cooperative to ensure fair prices and you will also be able to purchase spices. Gardens are open to visitors, a delightful place to stroll in fragrant greenery and learn about nutmeg, pepper vines, clove trees and curry, cinnamon and the precious cardamom, a relative of ginger. It grows in the shade of high jungle trees and can only be harvested by hand. Visitors may buy spices, traditional remedies and cosmetics, taste a herbal brew and in some venues, enjoy the full flavors of Sri Lankan spices over lunch or an Ayurveda massage based on natural products from the garden. You can enjoy a scrumptious lunch at the spice garden.

EVENING PUJA CEREMONY AT TOOTH TEMPLE IN KANDY

Temple of the sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha
Temple of the Tooth, known locally as Dalada Malingawa, sits on the lakeshore in Kandy and houses the legendary Buddha’s tooth. During the puja (offering of prayers) the normally heavily guarded room, housing the tooth, is open to visitors. You don’t actually get to see the tooth, only the gold casket in which it is kept, but the experience is enthralling.

Day 04 : Kandy

SCHEDULE

7.00 hrs: After breakfast, you will be dropped to the Kandy Railway station (20 minutes drive from the hotel to railway station) for the scenic ride to Nuwara Eliya. (3 hours journey on board). Transfer by Viceroy Train from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya
11.00 hrs: Arrive Nuwara Eliya and proceed for the plantation tour. (transfer from railway station to Plantation is one hour drive)
12.30 hrs : Lunch at Tea plantation farm
14.00 hrs: drive back to Kandy (3 hours drive)
17.00 hrs : Arrive Kandy and directly proceed for the City tour of Kandy and time for shopping (2 hours activity)

Kandy was the last capital of the Sri Lankan kings which is a World Heritage Site. The name "Kandy" conjures visions of splendour and magnificence. Many of the legends, traditions and folklore are still lovingly kept alive. Drive around the Kandy Lake built by the last Sinhala king, Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe in 1798. Visit the Kandy town and Bazaar, the arts & crafts centre, a gem museum and a lapidary.

20.00 hrs: Dinner at hotel with Kandy dance and fire Kandy show
Overnight stay at Mahaweli Reach Hotel (5 star)

OR

Citadale Hotel (4 star)

The Viceroy a vintage train with a diesel engine and the only one currently in operation in Sri Lanka, offers a more heritage travel experience. Complete with period fittings, a bar and smoking area, dining and recreation area, plush seating with an observation cabin. The Viceroy offers an experience like no other.
Nuwara Eliya is a city, in the hill country of the Central Province, Sri Lanka. The city name meaning is "city on the plain" or "city of light"
Surrounded by hills and tea plantations, the town of Nuwara Eliya enjoys spring-like weather throughout the year. A favourite retreat of the British during colonial times, the town is dotted with English country style houses and half-timbered bungalows, with names like Sunhill Cottage or Windsor Hotel. No surprise it’s earned the name “Little England”. The Holy Trinity Church might have stepped out of any village in England, with its Gothic architecture and eclectic collection of memorials, while the “pink post office” features a clock tower.

PLUCKING TEA WITH TEA WORKERS
Tea experience
More than 200,000 hectares
25% of world tea exports
Pluck tea leaves, see the tea making process and taste the tea in a factory.
City tour of Kandy and time for shopping
The hill capital is another “World Heritage Site”. It was the last stronghold of the Sinhalese Kings during the Portuguese, Dutch and British rule and finally ceded to the British in 1815 after an agreement. To the Buddhists of Sri Lanka and the World, Kandy is one of the most sacred sites as it is the home of the “DaladaMaligawa” - Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha. Close by are the remains of the Royal Palace (“MahaWasala”), “PalleWasala”- where the Queens stayed-now used for the National Museum, “MedaWasala” where other close relatives lived, Audience Hall, Natha Devala and Vishnu Devala are situated close by. The Bathing Pavilion (“Ulpenge”) is by the Lake and in the Center of the lake is the Island called “KiriSamudraya” (Milk white ocean) used by the kings as the summerhouse. Today it is the center of Buddhism, Arts, Crafts, Dancing, Music and Culture. Visitors can see these Dance & Music at the daily Cultural Performances held at several places in the city.

Dinner at hotel with Kandy dance and fire Kandy show

The cultural show in Kandy gives you the opportunity to witness a spectacular display of Kandyan dancing, Sri Lanka’s iconic art form, which includes elaborate costumes, boisterous mass drumming, and flamboyant dancing. It gives you an introduction to the various dance forms of the Kandyan hill country as well as the low country and ends with the most impressive and exciting fire walking.

Day 05 : Kandy - Bentota

SCHEDULE

9.00 hrs: After Breakfast at the hotel, checkout and drive to Bentota.
Enroute visit, Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage followed by lunch (distance from Kandy to Pinnawala will be 1 ½ hours)
14.00 hrs: drive to Bentota (distance from Pinnawala to Bentota will be 4 hours)
On arrival at Benota, checkin at the hotel.

Later, enjoy Water Sports in Bentota
Fun water sports
1 Km Jet Ski Ride
1 Km Banana boat ride
Fun Tube ride

Evening Special snack and Chilled Beers in the Boat Yard.
Dinner and Overnight stay at hotel.

Enroute, you will be driven to Pinnawala where you can visit Elephant Orphanage.
The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage provides visitors with the best chance of seeing a large number of elephants at close quarters. The orphanage was established in 1975 and commenced with seven orphaned elephants. Today some of these orphans enjoy the fortune of seeing their calf’s born in the same location. Assisted by local and foreign elephant experts, Pinnawala commenced a successful captive breeding program and the first baby elephant was born in 1984. It is most interesting to visit at feeding time to see the baby elephants being bottle fed and the entire herd taken for a bath thereafter to the river nearby.

Bentota is a coastal town in Sri Lanka, located in the Galle District of the Southern Province, governed by an Urban Council. It is approximately 65 kilometres south of Colombo and 56 kilometres north of Galle.

FUN WATER SPORTS
1 Km Jet Ski Ride
1 Km Banana boat ride
Fun Tube ride

Evening Special snack in the Boat Yard with Chilled Beers

Day 06 : Bentota

SCHEDULE

Breakfast at the hotel.

OPTIONAL: Morning, Cycling in Bentota Countryside
3 – 4 hours cycling excursion

OPTIONAL: Kosgoda Turtle Hatchery BY Tuk Tuk - 30 min drive from hotel to Kosgada/ Activity – 2 hours
Turtle hatchery, Kosgoda It was established in 1981 to protect Sri Lanka's turtles from extinction. The hatchery pays fishermen for eggs that they collect at night along the sandy beach. Visitors can see huge tanks filled with new born turtle hatchlings. After being fed, the baby turtles are taken to the sea and released when they are 2-4 days old, usually during the safer hours of darkness.
After the excursion, drive to Hikkaduwa for the lunch at the beachside restaurant. (approx. 45 minutes drive)
Post Lunch, Optional Visit Moonstone Mine, Meetiyagoda. This is one of the very few places in the world where blue gleaming moonstones are found. A number of stores and stalls sell jewellery made with these semi-precious stones.
(approx. 15 minutes drive) Also, visit Ambalangoda Mask Factory & Museum. The traditional masks are carved from light Balsa like Kaduru wood where trees grow in the marshy lands bordering paddy fields. The wood is smoke dried for a week in preparation. The hand carved & hand painted masks in traditional dance dramas are vibrant & colorful.

Later, witness Cinnamon cultivation
Drive to hotel – (approx. 45 minutes drive)
BBQ Beach Dinner with fire torches and traditional devil dance.
Overnight at the hotel.

CYCLING IN BENTOTA COUNTRYSIDE
Cycling in Bentota Countryside amazing experience and you will ride approximately 30 – 35 Km around the Countryside. En-route, you will visit to Buddhist Temple, Palm Tree (coconut) estate, experience Sri Lankan local Alcohol (toddy), Cinnamon Garden. Optional: If you like do CSR activity you can visit rural school and you can donate Books and school stationery.
This is 3 – 4 hours cycling excursion.
Inclusions:
Cycles and Cycling guide/ supporting crew
Back up vehicle (Cycle Carrier)
Coconut drink
Explore through the village and experience traditional meals and tea at a local Sri Lankan house.

Meet you cycling guide at your hotel lobby in Bentota and start an exiting cycling tour in the fishing village of Bentota. You will pass the Bentota Railway Station and ride through the village to visit Kande Viharaya Buddhist Temple. The temple is called "Kande Viharaya" because it is a temple or “Viharaya” situated on top of a hill or "Kanda" in Sinhala.
After visiting the temple, you will continue your paddling excursion through the coconut plantation to Toddy collection point. If you are lucky, you will be able to see the Toddy collectors at work, tapping the palm sap. If you like, you can taste some fresh Toddy there.
You will continue your journey through the village passing some wonderful scenery with paddy fields. Explore through the village and experience traditional meals and tea at a local Sri Lankan house.

Turtle Hatchery in Kosgoda

Clients will be picked up from the hotel by Tuk Tuk and transferred to Turtle Hatchery in Kosgoda. On the fringes of Koggala town is a small turtle hatchery that first opened in 1996. In an effort to promote responsible tourism and conservation, the hatchery buys turtle eggs off fishermen, in an attempt to discourage them from poaching & selling the eggs for food. Visitors are educated on the importance of protecting turtle life, via the hatchery’s facilities that care for newborn turtles until they are ready to be released back into the ocean, an experience that some lucky visitors may even have the opportunity to do themselves first-hand. The commonest of these are the Loggerheads and the Leathery turtle while the green turtle is less common. After the visit you will be driven towards Bentota by coach.
After the village visit, cycle to the meeting point where you will board your coach and driven to Hikkaduwa for a scrumptious seafood lunch at a beachside restaurant.
Moonstone Mine & Factory Meetiyagoda - Hikkaduwa Sri Lanka
A moonstone is grey in colour and feels cool and smooth to the touch. When polished it has a glow like of the moon. Have you ever wondered where that pretty little moonstone on your finger actually comes from?

Moonstone’s are in the semi-precious category and are an important component of the Sri Lankan gem industry. The finest are bluish in colour and are found in high concentrations in heading inland 7km to Mitiyagoda, between Ambalangoda and Hikkaduwa.
Moonstone has been mined in these sweltering forests forever and the moonstone mines, little more than muddy rabbit holes, 6m or 7m long, are fascinating as is the process of filtering out the precious stones, cutting them up and polishing them up ready for sale. At the Moonstone Factory you can see or even go down into a narrow shaft where the stones are mined.
The visitor centre will provide information relative to the stones while the gift shop on the premises sells moonstones along with other gems like topaz, garnets, tiger eye and tourmaline.
Ambalangoda Mask Factory & Museum

Ambalangoda, is known as a centre for antiques and masks.

At the Mask Museum you can see many types of mask. Most are made from kaduru, a light, pliable wood similar to balsa. After carving, the masks were traditionally sanded using rough leaves or shark skin.
Masks are used for several purposes in Sri Lanka. As well as featuring in traditional dance, drama and comedies, and in large pageants and processions, they are also used in ceremonies to exorcise demons or cure illnesses.
The museum also contains several puppets, made from the same type of wood and manipulated with strings. The average height of traditional puppets is around 4 feet, but those representing royalty or nobility are taller and heavier. Puppet shows are accompanied by music on the drum and seraphina, as well as singing.
Sri Lanka is the 3rd largest cinnamon producer in the world and 80% of local production is exported. Ambalangoda is famous for its cinnamon cultivation and production.
If you’re lucky, you could observe skilled cinnamon peelers harvest the bark soon after the rainy season has soaked it to the skin, making it easier to peel. In 1518, when the Portuguese returned to sink their teeth into the island’s bounty, the annual tribute they extracted from the Sinhalese King Bhuvenekabahu for protecting his grandson Dharmapala, was a hefty 110,000 kgs of cinnamon bark.
BBQ Beach Dinner with fire torches and traditional devil dance
Special BBQ dinner arrange near the coast with fire torch and campfire. While you having dinner traditional devil dancers perform in front of you.

OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS IN BENTOTA

Stilt fishing by local fishermen in Weligama

Stilt fishing is a method of fishing unique to the island country of Sri Lanka, located off the coast of India in the Indian Ocean. The fishermen sit on a cross bar called a petta tied to a vertical pole and driven into the sand a few meters offshore. From this high position, the fishermen casts his line, and waits until a fish comes along to be caught. Although the approach looks primitive and ancient, stilt fishing is actually a recent tradition.
The practice is believed to have started during World War II when food shortages and overcrowded fishing spots prompted some clever men to try fishing on the water. At first they started fishing from wrecks of capsized ships and downed aircraft, then some began erecting their stilts in coral reefs. The skills were then passed on to at least two generations of fishermen living along a 30 km stretch of southern shore between the towns of Unawatuna and Weligama.
Enroute, you will stop at Weligama, where you will witness stilt fishing by local fishermen….. Even their life is very hard for them, the beauty of the view they give while they are struggling for to lives will remembered by every one...

Galle Tour

Visit The 300-year-old fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the big draw of this southern city. Portuguese invaders were followed by the Dutch and British, and the streets within the fort are crammed with colonial remnants, from the Dutch clocktower, Reform church and commander’s house to the British coat of arms on the outer wall.
You can wander the atmospheric streets, explore the ramparts, visit the lighthouse and check out the bhodi tree and reclining Buddha in the temple.
A Typical Orthodox Low Grown Tea Factory situated in the world famous Galle District in the South of Sri Lanka. This Factory Produces High-Quality Ceylon Tea which are marketed under the Garden Names Nahinigala Super & Nahinigala.
(40 min drive from hotel)
Morning, Visit Madu Ganga river safari
The estuary of the Madu Ganga river is a complex coastal ecosystem of mangroves and islands. It may be one of the last remaining tracts of pristine mangrove forests in Sri Lanka.
A boat trip is a wonderful way of seeing some of the hundreds of species of plants and animals – monkeys eat fruit in the trees, a water monitor lizard glides slowly through the water, and cormorants, egrets and kingfishers wait patiently on the banks, eyeing the water for prey.
There are around 64 islands in the river and lagoon, from a tiny speck housing a deserted shrine to one housing 250 families connected to the mainland with a very long footbridge. You can visit an island with a Buddhist monastery, where the friendly young monks will show you a 150-year-old book made of palm leaves and how they cook on cinnamon wood on an open fire.
The main occupations of the local inhabitants are producing cinnamon and prawn fishing – if you take the trip in the early evening you will see the fishermen in their canoes lighting lanterns to attract the shellfish into their traps.
Lunuganga is, quite simply, a work of art. Its breathtaking gardens are like a suite of serene outdoor rooms, amid the wider wilderness of Sri Lanka; its plantation house is ‘a civilised outpost on the edge of the known world’. The late Geoffrey Bawa, renowned designer of Sri Lanka’s Houses of Parliament, spent 40 years transforming this once abandoned rubber estate - a few miles inland from the island’s west coast beaches - into a tropical idyll, with elegant Italianate gardens, courtyards, lily ponds, walkways, romantic pavilions and inspirational views over Deduwa lake and the surrounding jungle. It was his consummate legacy, the place he dreamed of retiring to.
Lunuganga is, quite simply, a work of art. Its breathtaking gardens are like a suite of serene outdoor rooms, amid the wider wilderness of Sri Lanka; its plantation house is ‘a civilised outpost on the edge of the known world’. The late Geoffrey Bawa, renowned designer of Sri Lanka’s Houses of Parliament, spent 40 years transforming this once abandoned rubber estate - a few miles inland from the island’s west coast beaches - into a tropical idyll, with elegant Italianate gardens, courtyards, lily ponds, walkways, romantic pavilions and inspirational views over Deduwa lake and the surrounding jungle. It was his consummate legacy, the place he dreamed of retiring to.

Wine Tasting Session on the Beach
Later in the evening, head out to the beach where we will arrange a Wine Tasting Session with 20 different brands. A table will be laid out with wines imported from the best wineries. Have a sip of exquisite white and red wines. The national wine diet is basically Bichot, Borsao, Sandalford, Valdivieso etc. Enjoy the wines while digging your feet in the sand and watch the sun setting across the horizon.

Diving & Snorkeling
Surrounded by the Indian Ocean with its coral gardens, multitude of exotic fishes and ancient wrecks Sri Lanka offers one of the best diving experiences in the world. The colorful coral gardens along southern coasts and old and new ship wrecks are the favorite Sri Lankan dive sites and you can get a chance to see ship wreck dive sites, skin diving and diving with dolphins.

AYURVEDIC MASSAGE
(Optional)

WHALE WATCHING / DEEP SEA FISHING
Experience both in one tour
One of the world’s top destinations for observing the mighty blue whale Blue Whales, Bryde's Whales, Sperm Whales, Killer Whales, False Killer, Dwarf, Melon Headed Whales, Cuvier's Beaked Whales and Dolphins
One of the richest sources of deep sea fishing in the world

Deep Sea Fishing
Surrounded by the Indian Ocean and filled with fresh water reservoir inland, Sri Lanka is the hidden paradise for extreme anglers. With a shoreline of 1,140 miles and a continental shelf of 10,000 square miles, the seas around Sri Lanka is one of the most challenging marine game fishing locations while The outfalls of 103 major river basins and hundreds of estuaries, lagoons and coastal lakes all around the country are yet to be fully explored by sporting anglers.

Day 07 : Bentota – Colombo Airport

SCHEDULE

After breakfast, morning at leisure.
Lunch at the hotel.
Post lunch, checkout from the hotel and drive to Colombo (2 hours).
Orientation tour of Colombo city. ( 2 ½ hours activity)
Later, transfer to the airport for your flight back home (1 hour drive).
Give-a ways / gifts (Additional Cost)
Box of Orchids
5" clay or porcelain tea pot with tea
Spice tray, bag or pot
Brass / Oxidized souvenirs (For example a little tray in the shape of Sri Lanka)
Wooden souvenirs (Masks, ashtrays, penholders, etc)
Batik souvenirs (Scarf, wall hangings, etc)
Leather souvenirs (Wallet, Coin purse, etc)
Authentic palm leaf fan used by Sri Lankan Buddhist monks
Group arrival photograph