Sri Lanka Affordable Luxury Tour

This morning you will explore the ancient former capital city of Polonnaruwa, home to spectacular monuments such as the Royal Palace, Audience Hall, Thuparamaya, Lankatilake and Tivanka Image Houses, Vata-da-ge, Ata-da-ge and Heta-da-ge Shrines, and the beautiful Buddha statues cut from the living rock at Gal Vihara Temple.

Later you will visit the Sigiriya Rock Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the world’s earliest and best-preserved examples of ancient urban planning. Set high above the surrounding jungle, it is also the most-visited historic site in Sri Lanka.
Next stop, Kandy, another of Sri Lanka’s ancient capital cities and former seat of our last king. It is also the site of the Temple of the Tooth, guardian of our most sacred Buddhist relic, a tooth from the Buddha himself.

Accommodation: Standard room.
Transport: Air-conditioned van with English-speaking chauffeur guide.

This morning you will visit the Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens, spend time in Kandy City and walk to the market, an excellent opportunity to photograph stalls selling varieties of Sri Lankan fruit vegetables, and the main thoroughfare with shops and street vendors.

You will also visit the Temple of the Tooth, which sits close to the spectacular Kandy Lake, a favorite spot for visitors to take in the sights and sounds of this beautiful and historic city.

Proceed to the hotel for your overnight stay.

This evening you will enjoy a cultural dance performance in the city center.

Accommodation:Standard room.
Transport: Air-conditioned van and English-speaking chauffeur guide.

This morning depart for Nuwara Eliya, known as Little England because of its close associations with the former British colonial rulers, on the way stopping off at Gampola and Ramboda.

En route you will pass Ceylon tea plantations and factories, and see the lady tea pluckers working along the terraces. Your guide will arrange some of the ladies to demonstrate plucking of ‘two leaves and the bud’, for which a small payment will be expected.

Pause at the Glenloch or Labookele tea factories to see and photograph the process of transforming the recently plucked leaves into the packet tea you will be familiar with.

Visit the spectacular Ramboda Falls, at 329 feet high one of the most impressive of Sri Lanka’s many natural cataracts.

At Nuwara Eliya, you will see the many mansions, houses, and cottages built in the English style, and takes a leisurely stroll in Victoria Park and market, where you can see local fruit, vegetables and flowers for sale at roadside stalls.

Check into the hotel and relax.

Accommodation:Standard room.
Transport: Air-conditioned van and English-speaking chauffeur guide.

This morning you will leave for Bentota for your stay at one of Sri Lanka’s premier south coast beach resorts.

Palm-fringed golden sands and the Indian Ocean combine to create the perfect tropical retreats, where you will combine luxurious beachside accommodation with a taste of authentic Sri Lankan beach life.

Accommodation:Standard room.
Transport: Air-conditioned van and English speaking chauffeur guide.

Enjoy your extended beach stay with the sea, sand & sun.

Accommodation:standard room.
Transport: Air-conditioned van and English speaking chauffeur guide.