Bentota Trip Overview
The city of Kandy in Sri Lanka is renowned as the social and cultural capital of the country. This breathtaking hill country is the perfect place for relaxing and reflecting. This city is well known for housing many ancient temples, and among them, the most renowned is the temple of ‘Dalada Maligawa'(The Temple of the Tooth). Here, the tooth relic of Lord Buddha is reserved. It attracts thousands of visitors including the devotees to this city per year. Apart from that, this city has the largest and beautiful botanical garden in the island, known as Peradeniya Botanical Garden.On the other handRising dramatically from the central plains, the enigmatic rocky outcrop of Sigiriya is perhaps Sri Lanka’s single most dramatic sight. Near-vertical walls soar to a flat-topped summit that contains the ruins of an ancient civilisation, thought to be once the epicentre of the short-lived kingdom of Kassapa, and there are spellbinding vistas across mist-wrapped forests in the early morning.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Bentota, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Bentota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
The city of Kandy in Sri Lanka is renowned as the social and cultural capital of the country. This breathtaking hill country is the perfect place for relaxing and reflecting. This city is well known for housing many ancient temples, and among them, the most renowned is the temple of ‘Dalada Maligawa'(The Temple of the Tooth). Here, the tooth relic of Lord Buddha is reserved. It attracts thousands of visitors including the devotees to this city per year. Apart from that, this city has the largest and beautiful botanical garden in the island, known as Peradeniya Botanical Garden.On the other handRising dramatically from the central plains, the enigmatic rocky outcrop of Sigiriya is perhaps Sri Lanka’s single most dramatic sight. Near-vertical walls soar to a flat-topped summit that contains the ruins of an ancient civilisation, thought to be once the epicentre of the short-lived kingdom of Kassapa, and there are spellbinding vistas across mist-wrapped forests in the early morning.
Itinerary
Day 1: Lion rock
Stop At: Sigiriya The Ancient Rock Fortress, Sigiriya 21120 Sri Lanka
Early morning starts and will be heading to lion rock (sigiriya) known as 8th wonder of the world, guests has to climb the rock to see the spectacular view of the rock, afterwards we will be visiting either minneriya or Kawdulla national park to see the elephants are gathering by the lake, over night stay at sigiriya,
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch: typical Sri Lankan lunch at a village farm house as an optional thing which is not included in tour price.
Accommodation included: Overnight stay at Ayubowan resort
Day 2: Temple of tooth and cave temple
Stop At: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Sri Dalada Veediya, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
After the breakfast visit of cave temple dambulla , then to the spice and herbal garden at matale, in the evening visit to see the cultural dance show and tooth temple pooja ceremony, overnight stay at Kandy.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch: Optional lunch at spice and herbal garden
Accommodation included: Overnight stay at Richmond house
Day 3: Kandy city tour
Stop At: Kandy City Center, Kand, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
After the breakfast visit to kandy city center and the view point , visit of gem museum and mine after lunch visit of tea plantation and factory, evening back to the home,
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch: Optional Sri Lankan street foods lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
