Sightseeing tours are planned for visitors to enjoy the beautiful sceneries in Sri Lanka. Some information concerning planned tours is given below. All tours include an English-speaking tour guide and entrance tickets to attractions. All full day tours include lunch and refreshments for afternoon tea/coffee. 

Colombo - City Tour (half a day)-About 4 hours starting at 8:45 am


Colombo population is about 1.6 million living in 15 Zones. Colombo was the Capital of a major Sinhalese kingdom. It is the Commercial Capital of Sri Lanka. There are plenty of cultural & historical attractions in areas such as Fort (the centre) Cinnamon Gardens & Pettah. It is the business city of Sri Lanka with a mixture of the old & new. The tour will then proceed to Colombo’s oldest Buddhist temple Gangarama. Visit the Lakmedura Shopping Complex where you find the creation of Sri Lankan handicrafts and bathiks. You could see the “White House” styled Town Hall with its gothic architecture, the Vihara Maha Devi Park, The mansion, once the Cinnamon Gardens and Independence Square memorial Building. Finally you could visit the Gem Museum in Colombo and then proceed to Galadari Hotel.

Kandy Day Excursion - About 12 hours starting at 6:30 am
Leave to Kandy to visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. Witness and participate in a feeding time, as well as the bathing time with the elephant herds. This sanctuary remains the only one in the Island, where through thoughtful hands and caring, prevents the extinction of the elephant population. Continue to a Spice Garden and Tea Factory. Visit the Peradeniya “Botanical gardens” to glimpse unique floral plants and flowers of Sri Lanka that will take your breath away. After lunch visit the “Sacred temple of the tooth relic”, the temple where the Buddha’s tooth remains intact, history testifies the importance of this temple, thousands of worshipers throng the temple daily for all worship purposes. After witnessing the magnificence of the temple return to Galadari hotel. 

Hikkaduwa Day Excursion - 10~11 hours starting at 7:30 am

 Drive along the beautiful coastline down south to Bentota, South of Colombo. The Bentota Resort Complex is a romantic rendezvous of river and sea with several hotels, railway station, post office, shopping arcade, cafeteria and an open air theatre showing folk and mask dancing with clusters of palms overlooking everything. Water sports and diving are the main highlights of this beach resort. You could spend the day on the beach with a lot of activities taking place. Bentota is a well-established resort perfect for holiday-makers looking for a quiet & traditional holiday base. You’ll be sure to find plenty of fine restaurants serving the local cuisine & a vibrant nightlife offered by the hotels. On your way to Hikkaduwa you could visit the Turtle Hatchery. At a hotel in Hikkaduwa, lunch will be taken. Hikkaduwa is famous for its beautiful underwater coral formation and could be viewed from a glass bottom boat. In the evening proceed to Colombo along the Coastal Area.

Sigiriya/Dambulla Day Excursion - About 12~13 hours starting at 6:30 am

Drive through Kurunegala to visit Sigiriya. Sigiriya, a massive rock in the green scrub jungle, is perhaps the most memorable place for visitors to Sri Lanka. The site was known from ancient time as a hermitage for Buddhist monks. A well – planned monastic complex includes caved temples, bathing pools, Lovely ponds and Asia’s oldest surviving landscaped gardens. Today sigiriya is famous for its frescoes painted in the pocket of the rock. The “lion stairway”, the “mirror wall” and the “water gardens” are its other highlights. Sigiriya has earned the unofficial title of the 8th wonder on account of its marvelous water garden and its medieval architecture that baffled even the modern specialists in this field. Then proceed to a hotel for lunch. After lunch proceed to Dambulla to visit the Dambulla Cave Temple. The 1st century BC Caved Rock Temple in Dambulla contains the most outstanding collection of Buddha’s images in Sri Lanka. The walls are covered in paintings of images of Buddha during his different reincarnations as well as depicting some historic episodes. There are 5 caves found here. It had been called as Golden Rock Cave Temple, because 72 statues were painted in gold by King Nissanka Malla. It is a World Heritage site and also one of the largest cave temple complexes in the South Asia Region. After visiting the Cave Temple proceed to Colombo.

Colombo

The capital of Sri Lanka -is the largest city and main port of Sri Lanka . It is also the commercial and financial center of Sri Lanka . A bustling metropolis, the city is an attractive blend of old and new. It has the lazy charm of the bygone era combined with the verve and vivaciousness of a modern city. Colombo is an ideal location to start the Sri Lanka sojourn.

Kandy

A major tourist destination-is also known as the cultural capital of Sri Lanka . Nestled in the hills at an altitude of 488 m, it is located at a distance of 115 km from Colombo .

Kandy has a rich history. It was originally known as Senkadagala pura after a hermit named Senkada who lived there. Many of Sinhalese people call it Mahanuwara meaning the Great City . The name Kandy was derived by the colonial rulers from the word Kanda in Sinhala, meaning a hill. Kandy was the stronghold of the Sinhalese kings, who promoted and protected the local culture until the city fell to the British in 1815.

Today a bustling commercial city, Kandy is famous for the Kandy Perahara -a huge cultural pageant that takes place in the month of July or August. It is one of the most colorful processions of the world. Thousands of drummers and dancers accompanying a parade of ornamented elephants perform in the streets of Kandy . The leading tusker carries the sacred tooth relic of Lord Buddha, while the spectators pay homage to it. The procession moves along the streets for seven consecutive nights and concludes on the day of the August full moon.