Travel Flex (Pvt) Ltd

Cultural Tour 02

08 Days / 07 Nights

Highlights in Tour

  • + Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
  • + Dambulla Cave temple
  • + Climbing Sigiriya Lion Rock
  • + Visit Spice Garden
  • + Cultural dance
  • + Secret Tooth relic temple
  • + Royal Botanical Gardens
  • + Visit Tea Factory
  • + Scenic Train journey through lush green mountains
  • + Yala National Park
  • + Rawana Ella waterfall
  • + Whale watching

Tour Route

Airport, Negombo, Pinnawala, Dambulla, Sigiriya, Mathale, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Ella, Yala, Mirissa, Colombo, Airport 


Day-01

Airport to Negombo

Travel Flex Representative will welcome you at the Airport and transfer to your hotel for overnight stay.

Negombo is well known for traditional fishing industry on the network of canals of Dutch-era connecting to Negombo lagoon. The town is home to the Island’s second largest fish market, as locals call it — “Lellama”.

The fish market is close to Dutch Fort, which the beach is in the sides. Visitors can spot it across the lagoon bridge, known as “Munnakare Bridge”.

  • Accommodation* : Optinal
  • Duration* : Airport to Negombo approx 30 minutes
  • Driving Distance* : 12km
  • Activity Time* : Negombo Lellama approx 30 minutes / Overnight Stay Hotel at Negombo / Negombo City tour

Day-02

Negombo – Pinnawala - Dambulla

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is the most popular elephant park in Sri Lanka, and with the chance to get very close to the animals and to watch them in the river, it is easy to see why so many local and domestic tourists flock there. The highlight of Pinnawala is certainly watching the majority of the herd (which is over 100 elephants in total) playing in the river.

Dambulla is a popular tourist destination in Sri Lanka. The popular cave temple complex in Dambulla dated to the 2nd century BC is declared as a world heritage site by UNESCO. There are over 80 caves in Dambulla, some of which are used for meditation by monks. The Famous Rock temple has five separate caves containing 153 magnificent Buddha statues, 3 statues of Sri Lankan monarchs and 4 Hindu deities. The Iron wood Forest (Namal Uyana) the ancient garden with a wide variety of plants built in the 10th century and Rose Quarts Mountain range which is 500 million years old cannot be missed while in Dambulla.

  • Accommodation* : Dambulla (Optional) you must book your hotel accordingly
  • Duration* : Negombo to Pinnawala approx. 2hrs.
  • Driving Distance* : 75km
  • Activity Time* : pinnawala elephant orphanage: approx. 2 hr

  • Duration* : Pinnawala –Dambulla approx.1hrs 45 mins
  • Driving Distance* : 82km
  • Activity Time* : Dambulla cave temple approx.2hrs
  • Route : Ambepussa - Kurunegala - Trincomalee Hwy/Ambepussa - Trincomalee Hwy/A6

Day-03

Dambulla-Sigiriya-Mathale-Kandy

Early start the journey by climbing Sigiriya Rock Fortress and should be at the ticket gate 6.30am.

Visit spice garden

See Cultural dance in kandy

  • Accommodation* : Kandy (Optional) you must book your hotel accordingly
  • Duration* : Dambulla to Kandy approx. 2.hrs 15 mins.
  • Driving Distance* : 90km
  • Activity Time* : Climbing Sigiriya rock approx.3 hrs. / Spice garden approx. 2hrs / Evening 4.30pm Cultural Kandy dance

Day-04

Kandy-Nuwara Eliya

Before start journey to Nuwara Eliya, Secret tooth temple in Kandy with Royal Botanical Gardens

Visit upcountry Tea Factory

  • Accommodation* : Nuwara Eliya (Optional) you must book your hotel accordingly
  • Duration* : Kandy to Nuwara Eliya approx. 2. 1/2 hrs.
  • Driving Distance* : 77km
  • Activity Time* : Kandy Secret Tooth Temple Approx. 1hrs 30 mins. / Royal Botanical Gardens Approx.2 hrs.

Day-05

Nuwara Eliya - Ella – Yala

Local Train ride from Nanu-Oya to Ella start 12.45 pm

If missed next train 2.45pm

Ella-Gap

Rawana Ella waterfall

  • Accommodation* : Tissamaharama/Yala (Optional) you must book your hotel accordingly
  • Duration* : Nuwara Eliya – Ella: approx. 1.40 hrs. Train ride
  • Driving Distance* : 57km
  • Duration* : Ella – Tissamaharama approx. 2.40 hrs.
  • Driving Distance* : 90km
  • Activity Time* : Local train ride from Nanu Oya to Ella approx. 3 hrs. / On the way to yala can see Rawana Ella Waterfall

Day-06

Yala- Mirissa

Yala National Park – Morning Safari by private Jeep

Brunch outside the camp

Beach Resort

  • Accommodation* : Mirissa (Optional) you must booked your hotel accordingly
  • Duration* : Yala – Mirissa: approx. 4 ½ hrs. 
  • Driving Distance* : 173km
  • Activity Time* : Yala National Park: approx. 3 ½ hrs. Early start 5.00 am

Day-07

Mirissa To Colombo

Whale and dolphin watching in Mirissa is one of the most exciting water activities in Sri Lanka 

Early start your whale and dolphin watching tour .6.30 am

Do a walking city tour in Galle (UNESCO World Heritage Site)

  • Accommodation* : Colombo (Optional) you must booked your hotel accordingly
  • Duration* : Mirissa-Colombo approx.2.30 hrs.
  • Driving Distance* : 150km
  • Activity Time* : Whale Watching / see beautiful sights

Day-08

Colombo to Airport

Visit City Tour Colombo

Departure

  • Duration* : Colombo Airport approx.1 1/2 hrs
  • Driving Distance* : 45km
  • Activity Time* : Colombo City tour

Not Included

  • + Hotel Booking
  • + Video Camera permits
  • + Lunch & dinner throughout the tour
  • + Highway ticket cost (If client’s want to use highway the Toll fee has to be paid at the entry point)
  • + Vehicle use for night life activities
  • + All tips & porter charges
  • + Expenses of a personal nature
  • + Video Camera and Still Camera permits at the Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy
  • + Bank charges
  • + Entrance fees (Possible attraction’s entry fees are mentioned below and clients can pay directly at the sight)
  • + Entrance Fees to any sites