Sri Lanka Soft Touch of Sri Lanka

On arrival meet the guest at the airport and leave for Kandy.

En route visit Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, where more than 60 orphaned & injured elephants are cared for. You could be a part of their daily routine by bottle feeding the young ones or by lending a hand to bath them in the nearby river.

Check in to hotel for Dinner and overnight accommodation.

After breakfast visit sacred Temple of the Tooth.

The famous Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy is the most venerated place of worship for Buddhists throughout the world. Built in the 16th century, this temple houses the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha brought to Sri Lanka from the Kalinga province in ancient India in the 4th century AD. Several buildings have been added to the temple complex by successive rulers, the latest being the Golden Canopy over the inner shrine where the Tooth Relic is placed.

Thereafter visit Gem Museum and Traditional cloth shop.

Afternoon visit the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, known to be the most beautiful garden in South Asia and is a lovely place to spend a few hours. These gorgeous gardens were first planted and laid out for King Kirthi Sri Rajasingha (1747 – 1780) and cover some 60 ha (150 acres) of trees, lawns and flowering shrubs, including a 20 ha (50 acre) arboretum of more than
10,000 trees. Under British rule, the royal park became a botanical garden in 1821 and is the largest of Sri Lanka’s three main botanical gardens. Here exotic crops such as coffee, tea, nutmeg, rubber and cinchona (quinine) – all of which later became important to Sri Lanka’s economy.

In the evening witness a Typical Kandyan cultural performance.

Dinner and overnight accommodation at hotel.

After breakfast proceed to Dambulla.

En-route visit a Spice Garden in Matale. Enlighten your-self with the different varieties of spices used in Sri Lankan cuisines, how the famous spices of Sri Lanka are grown and processed.

Optional: Relax and enjoy a 20 minutes complimentary Ayurvedic Massage.

Thereafter visit Batik Factory. Enlighten your-self with the different varieties of spices used in Sri Lankan cuisines, how the famous spices of Sri Lanka are grown and processed.

Optional : - visit the Golden Cave Temples At Dambulla, which was built by king Walagambahu in the 1st century B.C. and it is a World Heritage Site. It is the most impressive of Sri Lanka's cave temples. The complex of five caves with over 2000 sq. meters 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 spanning 14 meters.

Afternoon Climb the 5th century Sigiriya rock fortress which is a world heritage site, built by King Kashyapa (477-495 AD). The 'Lion Rock' is a citadel of unusual beauty rising 200 meters from the scrub jungle. The rock was the innermost stronghold of the 70 hectare fortified town. A moat, rampart, and extensive gardens including the renowned water gardens ring the base of the rock. Visit the world-renowned frescoes of the 'Heavenly Maidens' of Sigiriya, which are in a sheltered pocket of the rock approached by a spiral stairway. These
frescoes are painted in earth pigments on plaster. Return to hotel for

Dinner and overnight accommodation.

Departure