Colombo Trip Overview
Let the blessed grounds where Lord Buddha dwelled be an inspiration to stimulate to bring out the true Buddhist in you. This is a 05 day journey that opens up an opportunity to reflect yourself, and capture the days of the Buddha.
Tour Highlights
• Anuradhapura ancient city
• Dambulla cave temple
• Matale Alu viharaya
• Kandy tooth relic temple
• Kandy city tour
• Kandy traditional dance
• Colombo city tour
We are offering below options free of charge.
• Negombo fish market
• Taste fruits and king coconuts
• Mask & wood carving factory
• Spice garden
Additional Info
Duration: 5 days
Starts: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
Explore Colombo Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Let the blessed grounds where Lord Buddha dwelled be an inspiration to stimulate to bring out the true Buddhist in you. This is a 05 day journey that opens up an opportunity to reflect yourself, and capture the days of the Buddha.
Tour Highlights
• Anuradhapura ancient city
• Dambulla cave temple
• Matale Alu viharaya
• Kandy tooth relic temple
• Kandy city tour
• Kandy traditional dance
• Colombo city tour
We are offering below options free of charge.
• Negombo fish market
• Taste fruits and king coconuts
• Mask & wood carving factory
• Spice garden
Itinerary
Day 1: Negombo
Pass By: Negombo, Negombo, Western Province
Negombo is a city on the west coast of Sri Lanka, north of the capital, Colombo. Near the waterfront, the remains of the 17th-century Dutch Fort now house a prison. Negombo Lagoon, lined with fishermen’s huts, feeds into the Dutch-era Hamilton Canal. The canal leads south to Colombo.
Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Avenra Garden Hotel – Delux rooms
Day 2: Anuradhapura
Stop At: Negombo Fish Market, Negombo Sri Lanka
Local Fishermen on Negombo beach in Sri Lanka throw out their fishing nets in the air, clean and pack them together for tomorrow’s early catch. Opportunistic seagulls and crows touchdown the beach and hover in the sky, urgently looking for fresh fishy snacks. The wind sweeps up the sand from the tropical beach next to the Negombo fish market complex and gently scratches the skin whilst walking.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sri Maha Boodhi Temple, Anuradhapura Sri Lanka
Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Sri Lanka. The Sri Maha Bodhi Tree is one of Anuradhapura’s most important Buddhist sites and is a sacred place of pilgrimage. It is thought that the Sri Maha Bodhi Tree grew out of a cutting of the fig tree under which Buddha himself gained enlightenment. This would make it up to 2,000 years old.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ruwanwelisaya, Abhayawewa Rd, Anuradhapura 50000 Sri Lanka
The Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa and a hemispherical structure containing relics, in Sri Lanka, considered sacred to many Buddhists all over the world. Two quarts or one Drona of the Gothama Buddha’s relics are enshrined in the stupa, which is the largest collection of his relics anywhere.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Rajarata Hotel – Delux Rooms
Day 3: Dambulla
Stop At: Dambulla Cave Temple, Jaffna Hwy, Habarana 50150 Sri Lanka
Dambulla is the most visited tourist destination in Sri Lanka. This special cave temple complex is located 148 km away from Colombo. The World Heritage City of Kandy is located at a distance of 72 km from Dambulla. The easy access to this place is a special privilege for tourists.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sigiriya Craft Village, Kimbissa, Sigiriya Sri Lanka
The handicraft village in Sigiriya was established in 2003 and it has facilities for maintenance of a number of various fields of handicraft. 48 stalls have been set up in this village for handicraftsmen.
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Sigiriya Village Hotel – Delux rooms
Day 4: Kandy
Stop At: Ranweli Spice Garden, No. 99 Kaudupellella, Matale 21000 Sri Lanka
Matale is between kandy and dambulla on the A – 9 road short distance from matale town located aluviharaya. cave temple of the famous temple toward the A – 9 dambulla road on the way before Camilla 14 Km called kawudupelella. The place where Ranwali spice garden is situated by the side of the road. The place is very attracted by anybody has seen at the 1st glance in found of the garden very huge trust and small tree’s with is Eco friendly garden.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Matale Aluviharaya මාතලේ අළුවිහාරය, 21000 A9 Matale 21පොලොන්නරැව000, 21000 A9, Matale 21000, Sri Lanka
The Aluvihare Rock Temple (also called Matale Alu Viharaya) is a sacred Buddhist temple located in Aluvihare, Matale District of Sri Lanka. Surrounded by hills, the Aluvihara cave temple is situated 30 km north of Kandy on the Matale-Dambulla road.
Duration: 1 hour
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.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Kandy Lake Club – Cultural Dance Show, 7 Sangamitta Mawatha, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
Kandyan dance encompasses various dance forms popular and native to the area called Kandy of the Central Hills region known as Udarata in Sri Lanka, which has today spread to other parts of the country.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Royal Kandyan Hotel – Delux rooms
Day 5: Departure
Stop At: 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.
Duration: 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
