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- Elephant Trail Sri Lanka
Elephant Trail Sri Lanka
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The island of Sri Lanka lives up to its tropical ambience with a large green cover with mixed forests and rainforests. With that comes the abundant wildlife – leopards, elephants, tigers and more. Of these, the elephants play a vital role in the animal life and in turn interest for wildlife enthusiasts. The Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage is a big draw for the travellers. They come here to see the conservation work and then head south to the other big destination, Yala. In between are many other swathes of forested land.
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TOP PLACES
Colombo | Pinnawela – Mihintale – Anuradhapura | Anuradhapura – Wilpattu – Anuradhapura | Anuradhapura-Ritigala-Sirigirya-Dambulla | Dambulla – Polonnaruwa – Minneriya – Dambulla | Dambulla – Matale – Kandy | Kandy – Sinharaj – Rathnapura | Rathnapura – Udawalawe – Embilipitiya | Yala | Galle – Colombo
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HIGHLIGHTS
Clock Tower in Colombo | Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage | Sri Maha Bodhi (Sacred Bo-Tree) | Wilpattu National Park | Sigiriya Rock Fortress | Royal Palace | Gal Viharaya | Minneriya National Park | Dambulla rock temple | Gem museum in Kandy | Temple of tooth relic in Kandy | Sinharaja Rain Forest | Udawalawe National Park | Yala National Park | Galle Fort
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Day 1
Colombo
On arrival at the Bandaranayke International Airport, you will get your first taste of warm Sri Lankan hospitality as a representative from NKAR Travels & Tours (Pvt) Limited will welcome you at the airport and transfer to Colombo. Check-in to the hotel and relax. -
Day 2
Pinnawela – Mihintale – Anuradhapura
En route visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, which was established in 1975 with seven orphan elephants. Today some of these orphans enjoy the fortune of seeing their grandchildren born in the same location. -
Day 3
Anuradhapura – Wilpattu – Anuradhapura
Start the day with Anuradhapura. It was the first capital and undoubtedly the grandest city of the ancient Sri Lanka. It is the home of two World Heritage sites and many places of historical and archaeological interest can be visited here. -
Day 4
Anuradhapura-Ritigala-Sirigirya-Dambulla
Enroute visit Ritigala, which is a second century B.C forest hermitage site. Beautiful stoned paved meditation paths and stone bridges wind across the wooded mountains. Thereafter visit Sigiriya. -
Day 5
Dambulla – Polonnaruwa – Minneriya – Dambulla
Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Polonnaruwa - the 2nd capital city of Sri Lanka built in the 11th and 12th centuries AD, and a World Heritage site. -
Day 6
Dambulla – Matale – Kandy
The complex of five caves with over 2000 sq. metres of painted walls and ceilings is the largest area of paintings found in the world. It contains over 150 images of the Buddha of which the largest is the colossal figure of the Buddha carved out of rock and spanning 14 metres. -
Day 7
Kandy – Sinharaj – Rathnapura
Visit Sinharaja Rain Forest Sinharaja, the only World Heritage Site Rain Forest in Sri Lanka, with a very high rate of bio-diversity. The vegetation is tropical wet evergreen forest and the area under the reserve is 11,187 hectares. -
Day 8
Rathnapura – Udawalawe – Embilipitiya
Breakfast at hotel and transfer to Embilipitiya. In the evening do safari at Udawalawa Park. Udawalawe National park is renowned for its outstanding scenic beauty and wealth of faunal species, particularly mammals and birds. -
Day 9
Yala
Yala is the largest National Park in Sri Lanka which is the home for wild elephants, wild boars, wild buffaloes, leopards, bears, deer and crocodiles. Large flocks of migratory and indigenous birds are also found here. Overnight stay at hotel in Yala. -
Day 10
Galle – Colombo
Enroute visit Galle. Galle was once the chief port of Sri Lanka. It is still well known for hand-made lace.
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