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SRI LANKA WILD LIFE & ECO 08 DAYS/07NIGHTS

Sri Lanka Travel Wild Life & Eco

Sri Lanka is a small Island in Indian ocean hold’s word’s important treasures and this is home to many endemic species with over 7 national parks and forests, mountain rages across the country, here you can get the chance to see our natural riches, endemic wildlife – the most famous being the Udawalawa national park. Sanki Leisure will make you an unforgettable experience with Sri Lanka wild life & eco tour.

Holiday Highlights

The 8 days package specially offers for nature lovers and wild life enthusiasts. The tour lets you discover the island’s natural treasures inclusive of Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, mountain rangers and wild life safaris at the wild life national park.

The highlights are as follows:

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
City of Sigiriya
Dambulla Cave temple
Spice garden
Elephant back ride
Cultural show in Kandy
Scared city of Kandy
Udawalawa National park
Knuckles Mountain Range
Horton Plains

DAY 01 - ARRIVAL (CMB) - PINNAWALA - SIGIRIYA

At the Bandaranayke International Airport you will be warmly welcomed by your own Holiday Lanka Tours Chauffer and transferred to your first destination, Pinnawala to visit Sri Lankan elephants.

Pinnawala Elephant orphanage spans 25 acres and is located very closer to the Maha Oya. This established in 1975 and commenced with seven orphans. The main objective of establishing the orphanage biased more towards tourism, but now it became as a conservation and research and education center. Pinnawala elephant orphanage has the largest herd of captive elephants in the world. Here you can observation and actively participate for elephant bathing and the bottle feeding session,

Then transfer to Sigiriya and rest on the first day after checking in to your hotel

DAY 02 - SIGIRIYA SIGHTSEEING

After breakfast you will have a chance to visit world heritage site in Sigiriya. The Sigiriya Rock fortress is located in the heart of the Island between the towns of Dambulla and Habarana on a massive rocky plateau 370 meters above the sea level. The fortress complex includes residues of a ruin place, surrounded by extensive networks of fortifications, vast garden, ponds, cannels, alleys and fountains. The western wall of fortress almost entirely covered by world’s famous frescoes created during the period of Kashyapa.

Next stop will be the Habarana for village tour and an elephant back ride. Here, you will get experience a boat ride, bullock cart ride, rural vegetable cultivation, paddy fields and enjoy an authentic Sri Lankan lunch at a village house.

An elephant back safari brings you an unforgettable experience during the tour. The majestic beast the locations in close proximity to the cultural attractions and the terrain rich with bird life and also a chance to be familiar with the nature and behavior of tamed elephants.

Overnight stay at your hotel in Sigiriya

DAY 03 - SIGIRIYA – DAMBULLA – MATALE – KANDY

Dambulla will be next attraction site of your Sri Lanka tour. Dambulla rock temple located at an elevation of 1118 feet from the sea level. The temple which has been built by King Walagamba in the 1st Sanctuary B.C and It is the most impressive of Sri Lanka’s cave temples. The complex of five caves with over 2000 Square meters of painted walls and ceilings is the largest area of the paintings found in the world. The cave temple contains over 150 images of the Buddha of which largest is the colossal figure of Buddha carved out of rock.

Then transfer to Matale. Here you can visit spice garden to see different spices for which Sri Lanka is famous for here. You can observe different spices and how some spices grown and processed also witness a cooking demonstration.

On completion, transfer to Kandy and overnight stay in your hotel.

DAY 04 - KANDY – KNUCKLES MOUNTAIN – KANDY

After your breakfast transfer to Knuckles. The Knuckles mountain range also called “Dumbara mountain range” located in Kandy and Matale districts. The average annual rainfall of the highland areas of Knuckles is 5000mm and in the lowland areas it is less than 2500mm. The Knuckles Range and the surrounding areas have been declared as a strict natural reserve. A large variety of indigenous plants not found elsewhere, are found in this area.

On completion, transfer to Kandy

Overnight stay at your hotel in Kandy

DAY 05 - KANDY – NUWARA ELIYA

Nuwara Eliya is a cool resort town located in the central mountains surrounded by amazing views and tea estates. Do a city tour of Nuwara Eliya including tea plantations, Golf course, Hakgala botanical garden, Hindu temples, and world’s famous Pink post office etc...

In the evening enjoy with water sports at the Lake Gregory

Overnight stay at your hotel in Nuwara Eliya

DAY 06 - NUWARA ELIYA – HORTON PLAINS – NUWARA ELIYA

In Early morning proceed to visit Horton Plains National Park. This is located on a high windswept saddle at about 2134 meters above the sea level and in the Central Province of Nuwara Eliya district. The plains are an expanse of misty grassland with scraggy trees and ice-cold rivulets. Visit the World’s End considered to be the finest view in all of Sri Lanka. In here you can also see the beautiful Backer’s falls. And the park shelters mammals such as Sambhur, Leopard and endemic Bear Monkeys. The famous Horton plains national declared as a UNESCO world heritage site on 2010.

En route visit New Zealand farm located in Ambewela. In the evening do some shopping in Nuwara Eliya town.

Overnight stay at your hotel in Nuwara Eliya

DAY 07 - NUWARA ELIYA – UDAWALAWA NATIONAL PARK

After a healthy breakfast you will travel to Udawalawa National Park.

In the evening do a ½ day jeep safari of the Udawalawa National Park. This is a dry zone park which was declared as a national park in 1972. The park falls between the Udawalawa reservoir and the Walawe River and is surrounded by the scenic beauty of the mountain range that keeps on winding endlessly on the Balangoda, Kalthota and Haputale escarpments. This park is famous for its elephants seen in all their playfulness, whole herds of them, adults and babies bathing and playing in the water or feeding.

In addition to elephants, spotted deer, Sambhur, barking deer, Gray Langur, water buffalo and jackal are some of the prominent wild animals found in this park. Serpent eagles, hawk eagles, white bellied sea eagles, black capped bulbuls, Malabar pied horn bills, white necked storks, open bills, white ibis, the forest Nightingale, stork billed kingfishers and peacocks are also found in fair numbers.

Dinner and overnight stay at the camp site in the Udawalawa National Park

DAY 08 - UDAWALAWA NATIONAL PARK – CMB AIRPORT/ COLOMBO HOTEL

On your last day, do an early wild life jeep safari which will be an unforgettable bird watching experience. And end of the safari proceed to CMB airport or Colombo Hotel.

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