Explore Tour Sri Lanka / 10 Days

· Arrive at Bandaranayake International Airport and be met by your Guide, Representatives, and transfer to Negombo Beach Hotel.
· Rest of the day at your leisure. Negombo is a characteristic fishing town north of Colombo, it is more than 6 Km from the international airport.
· Negombo is a gourmet paradise with seafood in plenty. Old-world fishing craft like the outrigger canoe and the catamaran bring seer, skipjack, herring and mullet, pomfret & amber jack, while lobster & prawn are caught in the lagoon.

· Breakfast at the hotel and travel to Polonnaruwa and visit Polonnaruwa Cultural sites. Polonnaruwa was the capital of Sri Lanka from the 11th to the 13th century AD.
· This ancient city is today one of the most beautiful centers of this island’s cultural heritage. In its prime, the city, inside its 3/ Miles strong encircling walls, housed hundreds of thousands of people.
· Evenings visit a forest Buddhist monastery. And the afternoon Take a jeep safari through the Minneriya National Park, looking for elephants, deer, peacocks, boars, and many kinds of birds.
· Overnight stay at hotel at Sigiriya.

·  Next day breakfast at the hotel and leave to visit the Sigiriya Rock fortress.
· One of Sri Lanka’s most fascinating UNESCO world heritage sites.
· No matter how often you climb to the summit of this one-time hilltop fortress of the maverick Sinhalese king, Kassapa, the pleasure barely diminishes because of the abandoned spectacular views at the summit.
· Then travel to Kandy, via Dambulla and Matale. En route visits the Golden rock temple. Golden Rock is a cave temple that dates back to the 1st Century. BC.
· Its rock ceiling is one large sweep of colorful frescoes which depict Buddhist mythology and the tales of the Buddha’s previous births.
· The caves house the largest collection of Buddha statues in one place. From Dambulla drive to Matale to visit the Nalanda Gedige temple.

· Next day morning you will travel to visit the Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
· Elephant Orphanage, an institution that has been looking after orphaned or injured elephants that would otherwise have surely died.
· If you leave the hotel early then you can watch the elephant’s bath in  the river after the youngest babies are milk fed.
· Then travel to Kandy to visit the Temple of the Tooth.
· View a cultural dance in the evening. Kandy, the last seat of the Sinhala Kings, is a very popular destination for visitors from home and abroad.
· Overnight stay at Kandy.

· Earlier morning you will Travel to hortain plains and have a brief walk (around 1 hour) and travel to kitulgala.
· Visit Kelani River& other attractions around kitulgala.
· Horton Plains is a unique natural attraction in Sri Lanka.
· It is located on the highest plateau of the country and it’s known for its beautiful landscapes and rare plant and animal life.
· The Horton plains is one of the most important catchment areas in Sri Lanka which acts as a giant sponge that stores rainwater and then feeds several major rivers of the country throughout the year.

· Earlier morning you will go for a game drive to Yala, one of the island’s most popular wildlife parks where you could see all most all the animals which are found in Sri Lanka.
· One of Sri Lanka‘s premier eco-tourism destinations, lies 24km northeast of Tissamaharama and 290km from Colombo on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka, spanning a vast 97,878 hectares over the Southern and Uva Provinces.
· The vegetation in the park comprises predominantly semi-arid thorny scrub, interspersed with pockets of fairly dense secondary forest. Small patches of mangrove vegetation also occur along the coastal lagoons.
· The park is renowned for the variety of its Wildlife (most notably its many elephants) and its fine coastline (with associated coral reefs).
· It also boasts a large number of important cultural ruins, bearing testimony to earlier civilizations and indicating that much of the area used to be populated and well-developed.
· Afternoon leave for your beach vacation and Overnight stay at the Beach hotel.

· After breakfast leave for Bentota En route Visit the Gall Dutch Fortress.
· An ancient city that is now a modern and buzzing town today.
· It was the most important sea port way back in history, where the sea-faring merchants arrived to trade and barter.
· This is also where the Portuguese first set foot in the year 1505 and built a fortress, which was later captured and fortified by the Dutch.
· The fortress is one of the best preserved on the island. A visit to the fortress and watching the sunset from the rampart is an experience unforgettable.
· The oldest Protestant church in the country called the ‘Groote Kirk’ built by the Dutch is located inside the Fort.
· It is situated close to New Oriental Hotel also built by them as the Governor’s Residence in 1684.
· you can go for a boat ride in the Madu River
· Overnight stay at the hotel at Bentota.

· Beach Stay with many choices for spending your time.
· Leisurely strolling on the Golden Beaches enthralled in the magical atmosphere.
· Lazing on a Sun deck reading a book of your choice and sipping a cool fresh tropical fruit drink of pine apple, Mango, and Banana.
· Water skiing, Wind Surfing, Snorkelling or cutting through the choppy on a jet water scooter, and much more.
• Overnight stay at hotel at Bentota.

· Then travel to Colombo you will have a city tour in Colombo

· Colombo city is the capital of Sri Lanka & it 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.

· Overnight stay hotel in Colombo.

· Visit the important places in the capital city of Colombo, such as the Parliament, Gangarama Temple, Independence Square, Galle face Green, Museum and world trade center.