Colombo Trip Overview
This private tour covers a world heritage site and one of the most sought after wild safari tour. If you love exploring a rich culture dated back to islands colonial era Kandy is the ideal destination for you. The Kandy city tour will cover most of the prominent and demanding attractions around the city. Minneriya wild safari will give you the opportunity to experience the mass elephant gathering with other animals.
Completing your day 2 at Kandy you arrive at Habarana on the same day. Your next day you will spend by enjoying wild life at Minneriya national park where you will be able to experience the large elephant gathering.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Nature & Wildlife
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This private tour covers a world heritage site and one of the most sought after wild safari tour. If you love exploring a rich culture dated back to islands colonial era Kandy is the ideal destination for you. The Kandy city tour will cover most of the prominent and demanding attractions around the city. Minneriya wild safari will give you the opportunity to experience the mass elephant gathering with other animals.
Completing your day 2 at Kandy you arrive at Habarana on the same day. Your next day you will spend by enjoying wild life at Minneriya national park where you will be able to experience the large elephant gathering.
Itinerary
Day 1: Colombo/Airport- Kandy
Stop At: Kadugannawa, Kadugannawa, Kandy District, Central Province
You may do sightseeing of the most famous and beautiful Kadugannawa mountain where you can capture some panoramic views and do some shopping at small village shops on the road side.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Geragama Tea Factory, Geragama Estate Rd, Pilimathalawa, Sri Lanka
You will be taken to Geragama tea factory for an educational visit which is a working tea factory dating from 1903, in a lovely location. At the end you may enjoy a free cup of tea with Jaggery
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Kandy City Tour
Stop At: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Sri Dalada Veediya, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the royal palace complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha. Since ancient times, the relic has played an important role in local politics because it is believed that whoever holds the relic holds the governance of the country. You will see and worship the sacred tooth relic with the ancient architecture of the king’s palace with the museum while walking through the premises.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Royal Palace of Kandy, Sri Dalada Veediya Sri Dalada Maligawa, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
The Royal Palace of Kandy (Maligawa) in Kandy, was the royal residence of the Sinhalese monarchy of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka. The last king to reside in it was King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha until he was overthrown by the British in 1815 with the aid of Kandian chieftains. Once part of a large palace complex that included the King’s Palace (Raja Wasala), Royal Audience Hall (Magul Maduwa), Queen’s Palace (Meda Wasala), King’s Harem Quarters (Palle Vahale) and Queen’s Bathing Pavilion (Ulpange), together with the Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa) that held the Relic of the tooth of the Buddha. By ancient tradition the one who was in possession of the Tooth Relic had claim to the throne. The palace is located adjacent to the Temple of the Tooth and closes at 4.00 PM.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya Road, Peradeniya 20400 Sri Lanka
Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya is about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It attracts 2 million visitors annually. The garden includes more than 4000 species of plants, including orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees. Attached to it is the National Her barium of Sri Lanka. The total area of the botanical garden is 147 acres
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Bahirawakanda, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Bahirawakanda is a village in the centre of the Kandy , Sri Lanka. It is one of the most tourist attracting places in the city.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Kandy Lake Club – Cultural Dance Show, 7 Sangamitta Mawatha, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, a country with a rich culture & traditions, offer a very vibrant and unique show of Sri Lankan traditional dances in the form of Kandy cultural show.
A dance from “Salupliya” depicting several demons, “Thelme” vibrant expression of low country rhythm, Fire and Harvest dances accompanied by Ceremonial Drums and the Drum Orchestra rising and falling to the lively tempo. As many as 12 different folk and traditional dances are performed by the Kandy lake club dance troop within an hour.
The highlight of the show is definitely the fire walking show, where the artists walk through a specially prepared fire pit (an 8 by 3 feet covered with red-hot charcoal) completely barefoot and emerges unharmed at the other end! The official brochure by Kandy cultural show describes the fire walking as having its roots in the Valmiki’s epic of “Ramayana”, where the king of Lanka the great Ravana abducts “Sita” the wife of Indian prince Rama and after regaining her in an epic battle with Ravana, she was made to prove her chastity by walking through fire barefoot, though the current devotees who perform fire walking in Sri Lanka seek the divine blessings of the Lord Karthekeyan & goddess Pathini.
Kandy cultural show is a great way to spend the evening in Kandy, arrive a little early to secure the front row center seats and the Bar attached to the hall will undoubtedly raise your spirits while you wait for the show.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kandy View Point, Rajapihilla Mawatha, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
You will climb the hill by Kandy Lake to reach Kandy view point and receive a view of the city that cannot be beaten.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Kandy City Center, Kand, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
“Kandy City Centre” Commercial and Shopping Complex at Dalada Veediya, Kandy is the most modern commercial complex in Sri Lanka. The Complex is designed with ultra modern features yet preserving the iconic Kandyan architecture. Several leading banks, a fully equipped supermarket, a variety of restaurants, an entertainment zone, a well designed state of the art food court will also feature in the Complex.
Duration: 1 hour
Pass By: Kandy Lake, Centre of Kandy City, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
Kandy lake , also known as Kiri Muhuda or the Sea of Milk, is an artificial lake in the heart of the hill city of Kandy, Sri Lanka, built in 1807 by King Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe next to the Temple of the Tooth. Over the years, it was reduced in size. It is a protected lake, with fishing banned.
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Wild Safari
Stop At: Minneriya Safari, Sigiri Rd, Habarana 50150 Sri Lanka
Meet your experienced Safari game driver from your hotel for your 2.5 to 3 hour Minneriya Evening Safari tour of Minneriya National Park.
Experience “The Gathering,” a name given to the elephants that assemble on the banks of the Minneriya Tank during the dry season. According to wildlife authorities, the Minneriya gathering is the World largest grouping of wild Asian elephants at any given time.
View the famous elephants as they graze on the grasses growing on the Minneriya tank bed. Perhaps you’ll spot any of the park’s diverse wildlife, including deer, wild buffalo, wild pigs, grey langers, purple-faced leaf monkeys, porcupines and assorted birds at Minneriya National Park.
Duration: 3 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
