Touring Highlights
Day 1 Arrive Colombo for 1 night
Day 2 & Day 3 Arrive in Kandy for 2 nights
Day 4 & Day 5 Arrive Haputale (tea country) for 2 nights
Day 6 to Day 7 Arrive Yala National Park a 2 night stay
Day 8 to Day 10 Arrive at Weligama for 3 nights
Day 11 Arrive at Galle for 1 night
Day 12 to Day 15 Arrive Bentota for 3 nights
Itinerary
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Day 1
Arrive Colombo for 1 night
Ayubowan! Welcome to Sri Lanka.
On arrival in Colombo you will meet your chauffeur guide who will be with you throughout your time in Sri Lanka. You will spend your first night in Colombo at the fabulous Maniumpathy. Enjoy your afternoon relaxing by the pool with a good book and a cup of Ceylon Tea.
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Day 2 & Day 3
Arrive in Kandy for 2 nights
Day 2 - Today your adventure starts as you journey to the Hill Country and Kandy. On arrival in Kandy you will visit the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic located at the heart of Kandy town. Within the wall, the ancient temple stands majestically surrounded by a moat. Its golden roof gleaming in the sunlight as white-clad pilgrims bearing lotus blossoms throng to revere the sacred tooth-relic of Lord Buddha.
Day 3 - Today you will meet two village women who will take you through an interactive cooking session of the scrumptious local dish called “Pittu”; mixed rice flour and coconut scrape fed into a metal cylinder, steamed and taken for consumption. Later in the day, you will enjoy sightseeing at Kandy city including a visit to the Market. For the more adventurous choose to ride along the streets of Kandy, accompanied by “Race” a former cyclist from the village, who knows all the nooks and crannies of the locality like the back of his hand.
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Day 4 & Day 5
Arrive Haputale (tea country) for 2 nights
After breakfast and in the cool of the morning proceed to the stunning tea country and Haputale.
The Haputale town has a cooler climate than its surroundings, due to its elevation and the Haputale Pass allows views across the Southern plains of Sri Lanka. This area has been described as one of Asia's most overlooked destinations. Enjoy a visit to a tea factory in the early afternoon. Tea of Sri Lanka, better known as Ceylon Tea has been world renowned for centuries for its quality and distinctive taste. The island’s tea production varies in taste, quality, character and appearance based on its cultivated region.
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Day 6 to Day 7
Arrive Yala National Park a 2 night stay
After breakfast, you will head towards the second largest National Park called Yala National Park for some exposure into the beautiful wildlife Sri Lanka has to offer.
Arrive at Chena Huts at Yala in time for lunch. Your stay includes
- Game drive in customised safari game viewing vehicle including park fees
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
- Selected alcoholic and soft beverages including the mini bar
- Laundry
After settling into your cabin and refreshing yourselves we head out into the park on safari.
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Day 8 to Day 10
Arrive at Weligama for 3 nights
After a scrumptious breakfast, resume your trip heading south to enjoy the sun, sea and sand of the island.
Arrive at Weligama and check in at Cape Weligama. You may choose to relax at the hotel, or why not enjoy a visit to a local home and learn the secrets of making perfect buffalo curd with experts as you either watch or help them in the preparation. This has been a traditional industry so no one does it better!
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Day 11
Arrive at Galle for 1 night
This morning enjoy the transfer to Galle.
Enjoy a walk with your host as he delves straight into the stories that make Galle Fort less a fort - and more a home for thousands. He will guide you through Sri Lanka's most beloved UNESCO World Heritage Sites, helping decode the fort's magic and mystery. The interactive tour encapsulates an experience where history, colonial culture, life, comedy, and thought-provoking stories are blended in well. You can find out how a fruit brought down from the Amazon has taken its rightful place on the Sri Lankan food menu. Hanuma the monkey God and his connection to the fort.
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Day 12 to Day 15
Arrive Bentota for 3 nights
After breakfast you will transfer to Bentota. Enroute you will visit a turtle farm at Kosgoda.
Enjoy a 3-night stay at Taru Villas. Spend the days at leisure while enjoy the comforts of the hotel.
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Maniumpathy
Maniumpathy is a stately house, which has been home to five generations of a family originating in Jaffna. During its history spanning over a century, it has evolved at the hands of the different members of the family who have lived there. The most recent owners have renovated it and transformed it into a boutique hotel, with the intention of immersing guests in an atmosphere reminiscent of the moods and pursuits of the people who have lived within its walls.
Centrally located in the heart of Colombo and surrounded by art galleries, chic boutiques, coffee shops, restaurants, shopping and national monuments, Maniumpathy is the ideal base from which to explore the city.
Clingendael
Located 30 minutes east of the ancient hill capital Kandy, Clingendael is a luxury boutique hotel with spectacular views of the beautiful surrounding areas. The hotel is an excellent example Sri Lankan architecture of stately homes which were built over the last three hundred years and allow guests to experience the bygone days of glorious colonial splendour and luxury.
Thotalagala
Thotalagala is steeped in history. It is located on Pitaratmalie Estate which is part of Agarapatana Plantations, a collection of estates that totals almost 8000 hectares of the finest high-grown tea that Sri Lanka produces. Adjoining the estate is Dambatenne, possibly the most famous estate in all of Sri Lanka. Dambatenne is one of the only estates in the world that Sir Thomas Lipton planted himself. The term “Ceylon Tea” was coined here, and Lipton’s Tea was founded and sold its first pound of tea from the precincts of the factory which still stands today. Guests of Thotalagala will be granted exclusive access to the factory and the bungalow which was Sir Thomas Lipton’s residence from 1890 to 1910.
Chena Huts
Chena Huts is nestled among dunes and trees at the ocean’s edge and overlooks a beach where sea turtles lay eggs by moonlight and elephants wander down from the nearby jungle to play in the surf. The property is fringed on one side by a tropical jungle and on the other by a saline lake which is teeming with birdlife. Its location offers guests the opportunity to visit Sri Lanka’s largest and oldest national park, Yala which boasts the highest leopard population density in the world.
Occupying seven acres of land there are only 14 "huts" which are detached, private pavilions affording views of the surrounding wilderness and seascape. Each offers generous indoor and outdoor space including an open plan living and bedroom area with ensuite bathroom and a shaded outdoor deck with small plunge pool. The interiors gently emphasize the ‘safari’ theme, with log furniture, African-style and rustic motifs.
Cape Weligama
Cape Weligama’s earthy-hued residences are nestled into the undulations a dramatic headland, creating the illusion of a traditional Sri Lankan village. Yet beneath the terracotta-tiled rooftops lie stylish, contemporary interiors, generously sized between 130 and 300 square meters. Stone-encased Wattas (gardens) contain two or three freestanding villas and a 15m infinity pool. Walauwas (mansions) offer 4 generously sized suites, all with private butler service, as well as bespoke dining and spa facilities.
Fort Bazaar
Fort Bazaar is an 18 bedroom townhouse hotel, located in the heart of Galle Fort it is perfectly positioned for guests that are looking to soak up the Fort’s legendary atmosphere, a spot of gem shopping or walking the walls of the Forts 300 year old walls. The beautifully designed bedrooms feature high ceilings to give an air of space and offer views over the central courtyard. Whilst the stunning spacious suites have fantastic views over the fort which can be enjoyed from the private balcony.
Taru Villas - Rock Villa
Taru Villas - Rock Villa is an enchanting 170-year-old Walauwa (Heritage House) in a dream beach setting. It is situated on a beautiful, uncrowded stretch of coastline, tranquil enough to attract nesting turtles as well as vibrant and audible birdlife - a rarity along the highly populated Southern and Western coasts of the island. Spread across 2.5 acres of flawlessly manicured beachfront, this private tropical garden brings guests closer to the heart and soul of a place where everything just seems alright; every modern luxury at one's fingertips and every sunset within reach. This reassuringly spacious design, as one might expect from one of Taru's most celebrated villas, is a feast for the senses and the soul.
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