The Great Journey in Sri Lanka

Clean ponds, Turgenevskaya, Chistoprudny B-R, D.1, office 8, tel: 771-63-05

Grand Tour Voyage Company
Manager of Sri Lanka Shkurin Irina

Excursion programme:

The Great Journey in Sri Lanka

Colombo-Anuradhapura-Sigiriya-Polonnaruwa-Dambulla-Matale-Candy-Piradenia-Nuwara Eliya-Yalla-Galle

7 days / 6 nights



1 day.

Flight to Colombo. Meeting at the airport with a Russian-speaking guide.

Moving to Colombo. Hotel accommodation.

After lunch, a sightseeing tour of the city.

Sightseeing - Hindu and Buddhist temples.

Shopping in the shopping center Odel, Fashion House, Beverly Hills, Arena, etc.

Additional excursion to the zoo.

A night at a hotel in Colombo. Dinner at the hotel.

2 days.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Departure to the center of the island.

Anuradhapura is the ancient and first capital of Sri Lanka. Inspection of preserved historical monuments, temples, etc. There is a famous tree in Anuradhapura.

Bodhi, under whose branches Buddha attained enlightenment.

Night at a hotel in Dambulla. Dinner at the hotel.

3 days.

Breakfast.

Departure for an excursion to Sigiriya,

Climb to the Lion's Rock (5th century AD), 200m high, 1200 steps. Inspection of the remains of the Royal Palace of King Kasapa, the throne, royal rooms, baths located on the top of the cliff.

Inspection of the preserved frescoes on the walls of the rock and the mirror wall.

In the afternoon, a tour of Polonnaruva is an archaeological complex of the 11th-13th centuries, opened in the middle of the 20th century.

Inspection of extant monuments of religion and architecture: Hindu Temple Gal Vihara, stupas, university, monastery, Buddha statues in various poses carved in the rock.

Visit to the Museum, Parakramabahu Garden.

Walk along the shore of the largest irrigation facility in Sri Lanka 11b - the Parakram Samudra Reservoir.

Back to the hotel. Night at a hotel in Dambulla. Dinner at the hotel.

4 days.

Breakfast.

Moving to Kandy.

On the way, excursion to Dambulla with a Russian-speaking guide.

Inspection of the active cave Buddhist cave temple (1st century AD) in Dambulla, located on a small elevation and served as the home and shelter of one of the Sri Lankan kings. The temple consists of 5 caves, each of which contains gilded Buddha statues and many paintings and images on religious and other topics.

Visit to the batik factory.

Acquaintance with the batik manufacturing process.

Visit the Spice Garden in Matala.

Tourists will see various plants growing in nature, which are used in Sri Lankan cuisine, medicine, and also serve as raw materials for the preparation of spices, medicines, massage oils, etc. Tourists can buy here all the famous spices - cardamom, cinnamon, black pepper, chili peppers, curry, as well as sandalwood powder, tea, Ayurvedic and medicines - ointments, oils, balms.

Visit the Museum of Precious Stones.

After lunch - a sightseeing tour of Candi - the last capital of the Sri Lankan kings (until 1815).

Walk around the lake, visit the temple of Dalad Maligava, where the Sacred Tooth of the Buddha is stored, visit the halls of the Temple, the art gallery and the Garden. In August, during the religious festival of Eli Peraher, the tooth of the Buddha is removed from the Temple once a year. Placed in a precious casket, which is mounted on the back of a dressed elephant, the Sacred Tooth of Buddha participates in a solemn procession around the city, to see which all Buddhist believers from all over the country, as well as numerous tourists.

In the evening, visit national dances and shows with fire.

Night at a hotel in Kandy. Dinner at the hotel.

5 days.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Visit the largest in Southeast Asia Royal Botanical Garden in Peradeniya, opened by one of the Sinhalese kings. On an area of 147 acres there are more than 4000 thousand different species of trees, plants and flowers, including their rare species. There are more than 100 species of orchids in Piradia.

Moving to Nuwara Eliya - a mountainous region of the country, in climatic conditions very similar to England, for which it is called "Little England", where at the foot of Mount Pudurutalagama (1884 m above sea level)

There is a mountain resort with the same name. (We recommend having warm clothes for the evening.)

Visit the tea plantation and tea factory. Acquaintance with the process of washing, drying and processing of tea leaves and all the stages that the tea leaf passes before it is ready for consumption.

Tea tasting.

Night at a hotel in Nuwara Eliya. Dinner at the hotel.

6 days.

Breakfast.

Moving to the Yalla National Park, located on the southeast island on the ocean coast. Accommodation in a hotel on the territory of the reserve.

Evening safari. Wild animal watching.

In the park live wild elephants, buffaloes, leopards, spotted deer, boars, crocodiles, peacocks, different species of monkeys and birds.



Back to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel.

7 days.

Breakfast.

Halle tour. An inspection of the old fort.

Arrival in Colombo or hotel on the coast (depending on the program)