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DAY - 1 (Airport – Kalpitiya) |
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<ul><li>At the arrival lounge of Colombo Airport, you will be received by your chauffeur guide who will take care of you for the next 7 Days and transfer you to Kalpitiya – approximately 2 and half hours’ drive</li><li>Check in to the hotel and relax for a few hours. </li><li>Afterward, visit to explore Kalpitiya Fort. Portuguese built a Jesuits Chapel at Kalpitiya in 1544 and established a small garrison to defend it. Then the Dutch was built five-bastion Fort in 1667. The Jesuits Chaple still inside the fort.</li><li>Then you can try Kitesurfing, Scuba Diving or Snorkelling. Kalpitiya beach is ideal for all these activities. </li><li>Overnight dinner and stay at Hiru Resort, Kalpitiya.</li></ul> |
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DAY - 2 (Kalpitiya – Mannar) |
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<ul><li>Early breakfast at the hotel</li><li>Transfer to Kalpitiya Dolphin and Wheals Watching operation centre for Wheals and Dolphin watching. Kalpitiya is one of the best places in the world to sight the pods of a spinner, bottlenose and Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins submerging and re-emerging from the sparkling water and Sperm Wheals and occasional Blue Wheals.</li><li>Then transfer you to Mannar. Approximately 5 hours’ drive.</li><li>En-route visit Doric Bungalow, a colonial-era building Arippu East, and Arippu fort built near the pearl banks at that period. Doric Bungalow was the residence for British governors in Sri Lanka when they are visited Mannar for reviving and supervising pearl fishing. The Doric architectural style building was planned by Frederick North the first British governor in Sri Lanka and built between 1801-1804.</li><li>Afternoon do some bird watching at the Vankalai Wildlife Sanctuary.</li><li>Overnight stay and dinner at Hotel Agape Mannar.</li></ul> |
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DAY - 3 (Mannar – Jaffna) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.</li><li>Explore Mannar old lighthouse at Urumale and Talaimannar lighthouse.</li><li>Mannar old lighthouse is inactive at present and only the iron structure is available.</li><li>Thalaimannar lighthouse is located near Talaimannar pier.</li><li>Then explore the Mannar fort which has square-shaped with four bastions. It was first built by the Portuguese in 1560 and rebuilt by the Dutch in 1696. </li><li>Then transfer you to Jaffna. Approximately 2 hours’ drive. </li><li>En-route visit Pooneryn fort, probably originally built by the Portuguese.</li><li>Overnight stay and dinner at the Fort Hammenhiel Resort in Karainagar.</li><li>Fort Hammenhiel is a fort firstly built by the Portuguese around the small islands between the islands of Kayts and Karaitivu of the Jaffna Peninsula. Then the Dutch rebuilt the fort in 1680 and maintained a garrison of about thirty soldiers. The British used this fort as a maximum-security prison. Today it is a Tourist Resort where you can experience real-time living and sleep within an actual prison cell.</li></ul> |
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DAY - 4 (Jaffna) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.</li><li>Visit to explore lighthouses at Kankesanthurai, Point Pedro and Kovilan Point at Karaitivu island </li><li>Kankesanthurai Lighthouse (Lighthouse KKS) was built in 1893 whereas Kovilan Point Lighthouse built in 1916 which is near to the famous Casuarina Beach in Karainagar considered to be the best beach in Jaffna peninsula.</li><li>Then visit to explore Jaffna Fort. Approximately 30min. drive from Karainagar.</li><li>As usual Jaffna fort also firstly built by the Portuguese in 1618. Then it was expanded by the Dutch in 1658.</li><li>Bicycle is one of the main modes of transport in Jaffna. To explore the Jaffna culture cycling is the best option. The cycling tour in Jaffna will start at around 2.30 pm. You will be able to explore Jaffna library, Supramaniyam Park, Old Park, Coastal villages, Rio ice cream, Nallur temple, St James church, St Mary's Cathedral, Buddhist Pagoda, a statue of the last king of Jaffna kingdom, Arc of last kingdom's palace, last king's minister house, Jaffna market, and archeological Museum. Tour will end up around 18.30 pm </li><li>Overnight stay and dinner at the Fort Hammenhiel Resort in Karainagar.</li></ul> |
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DAY - 5 (Jaffna – Delft Island – Chundikulam) |
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<ul><li>Early breakfast at the hotel.</li><li>Visit a full-day tour at Delft Island. Transfer you to Kurikkaduwan Jetty, a 1 and half hours drive from the hotel where the ferry service starts to Delft Island. </li><li>Delft Island is about 35 Km away from Jaffna mainland. The roots of Portuguese and Dutch occupancy on the island are more prominent. The Fort, Hospital, Castle, Horse breeding centre, and Pigeon houses with a stone cote are among the archaeological remains of the colonial period. </li><li>Part of the Island was nominated as Delft Island National Park. There are about 450 wild ponies, believed to descend from horses kept on the island from the time of Portuguese occupancy are significant in this National Park.</li><li>The Van was arranged at the island for an Island tour. Picnic breakfast and lunch will be served. The return ferry started at 2.30 pm from the island.</li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Overnight dinner and stay at the Fort Hammenhiel Resort, Jaffna</span><br></li></ul> |
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DAY - 6 (Jaffna – Negombo) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.</li><li>Transfer you to Negambo. Approximately 6 and half hours’ drive</li><li>En-route visit the ancient city of Anuradhapura the UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Sites.</li><li>Overnight dinner and stay at Jetwing Thalahena Villas, Negombo.</li></ul> |
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DAY - 7 (Negombo – Airport) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.</li><li>Relax at the Negombo beach.</li><li>Explore the colonial legacy of coastal paradise, Negombo.</li><li>Before the arrival of colonizers, Negambo was a port city and famous for cinnamon cultivations.</li><li>The Portuguese were built a small fort at Negombo and the Dutch were renovated it The British converted that into a Prison. </li><li>The Churches and houses that resemble colonial architecture still remain in the Negombo.</li><li>Afternoon transfers you to the Airport for departure. Approximately 20min. drive</li></ul><div><br></div> |
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