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DAY - 17 (Colombo - Airport) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Checkout and proceed to Airport for the departure. Approximately 40 min. drive. </li></ul> |
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DAY - 1 (Airport – Kuruwita) |
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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 16 Days and transfer you to Kuruwita – approximately 2 hours’ drive.<br></li><li>Check in to the hotel and relax for a few hours.</li><li>Around 11 am start a hike to Batadombalena cave. It is an hours’ hike up a jungle-covered mountain from Kuruwita which has yielded the evidence (at 37,000BP) of an anatomically modern man in Sri Lanka referred to as “Balangoda Man”. The rock caves were provided with the basic architectural components of shelter, protective places, and solid bases, for primitive people who are looking for protection from natural threats of rain, wind, and wild beasts. You will be able to identify how present architectural values related to the cave shelters.</li><li>En-route visit Bopath Ella Waterfall. </li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Lake Serenity Resort & SPA, Kuruwita</li></ul> |
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DAY - 2 (Kuruwita - Ratnapura - Kalutara - Bentota) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Transfer you to Bentota. Approximately 2 and half hours’ drive if you drive directly.</li><li>En-route visit to see gem pit and gem mining, Ratnapura Saman Devalaya, famous Kalutara Boodiya and stupa at Gangatilaka Viharaya, Richmond Castle Edwardian mansion.</li><li>Ratnapura is world-renowned for Gems. You will be able to see the traditional manual process of gem mining in a gem pit. </li><li>The Kalutara stupa with its entirely hollow interior at Gangatilaka Vihara is the only one of its kind in the world, built-in 1960s in the ground where the Portuguese built a fort. The vast echoing interior was decorated with the 74 murals depicting various scenes from the Buddhist Jataka stories (early lives of Load Buddha)</li><li>Richmond Castle located near the palatota area is an Edwardian mansion, built-in in 1896 a fine country house in a 42-acre fruit garden estate. </li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Avani Bentota.</li><li>Optionally you can select Bentota Beach Hotel for your stay. It is Sri Lanka’s first purposely built resort hotel designed by renowned architect Geoffrey Bawa in 1968.</li></ul> |
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DAY - 3 (Bentota) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.</li><li>Visit Lunuganga Estate, the country house of Geoffrey Bawa and Brief Garden designed by Bevis Bawa</li><li>The Brief Garden designed by Bevis Bawa, a well-known Sri Lankan artist and the older brother of renowned architect Geoffrey Bawa includes a profusion of tropical trees, structures, and homoerotic sculpture.<br></li><li>The country house of Lunuganga estate belonged to renounced architecture, late Geoffrey Bawa now maintain by the Geoffrey Bawa trust is a fascinating display of Bawa’s architectural vision. The estate was a cinnamon garden during the Dutch period and a rubber plantation in the British period. Geoffrey Bawa brought this 15 acres of land in 1949 and developed it as a tropical version of the European renaissance garden. Bawa was cremated and ashes were buried there.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Avani Bentota.</li></ul> |
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DAY - 4 (Bentota – Dickwella) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Transfer you to Weligama Approximately 2 and a half hours’ drive.</li><li>En route, visit Galle Dutch Fort and its’ fortification, Star Fort Matara, Matara Fort, Old Nupe Market and Dondra Lighthouse.</li><li>The Portuguese and the Dutch use Galle as the main seaport on the island. A lot of historical, archaeological, and architectural colonial remains are there in Galle. Of which the Galle Fort is main and the best. It is a UNESCO world heritage site and Asia's largest remaining fortress built by European occupiers. Even today the colonial-era buildings inside the fort, function as villas, antique shops, cafes, and restaurants without changing their old fashion. The Dutch Reformed Church also known as “Groote Kerk”, inside the Galle fort built in the 18th century is another fascinating architectural design of the Dutch period. </li><li>Dondra Lighthouse is one of the 4 International Lighthouses in Sri Lanka.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Parangi Weligama Bay</li><li>Optionally you can select Villa Claughton House, Dickwella for your stay. This villa hotel is a solo contextual modernism design done by Geoffrey Bawa in 1984.<br></li></ul> |
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DAY - 5 (Weligama) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Visit Mulkirigala Raja Maha Viharaya 22Km away from Dickwella is a Rock Temple where there are 7 cave temples situated in different altitudes up to 206m. This was built in the 3rd century AD and the present Buddha Images and Paintings were belongs to the Kandyan Period. This is a classic example of the architectural conversion of rock caves to a cave monastery and a temple.</li><li>Afternoon relaxing at the Weligama beach.<br></li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Parangi Weligama Bay</li></ul> |
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DAY - 6 (Weligama - Udawalawa) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Transfer you to Udawalawe - approximately 3 hours’ drive.</li><li>En-route visit Maduwanwela Walawwa, a country house belonging to the Maduwanwela family is a classic example of Sri Lankan architecture in the 1700s and 1800s. Now it is a museum maintained by the Department of Archaeology. At the period of Maduwanwela Maha Disawe (1844–1930), headman of the colonial era, this mansion had 121 rooms and 21 inner courtyards. At present, there are 43 rooms left.</li><li>Afternoon wildlife safari Udawalawe national park.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Grand Udawalawe Safari Resort</li></ul> |
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DAY - 7 (Udawalawe - Ella) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Transfer you to Ella- approximately 2 and half hours’ drive. </li><li>En-route visit to see Buduruwagala rock carvings and Church of the Ascension and the Nazareth Chapel of the Good Shepherd Convent, Bandarawela. </li><li>There are 7 figures caved in the rock face in Buduruwagala. One is a 15.5m height Buddha statue and the other figures are Avalokitesvara, Maitreya, Manjushri, and Tara which all belong to Mahayana Buddhist Tradition.</li><li>Church of the Ascension locally known as “gal palliya” was built in 1909, is a true example of British Gothic architecture in Sri Lanka. Due to its’ location, you will be able to see the entire area of Bandarawela. And the Nazareth Chapel of the Good Shepherd Convent was an early architectural work done by Geoffrey Bawa in 1961.</li><li>Dinner and Overnight stay at Oak Ray Ella Gap</li></ul> |
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DAY - 8 (Ella) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Visit Dambetenna Tea factory, Lipton’s Seat and Adisham Bungalow.</li><li>After that, start the trek through the Thangamalai Sanctuary to Idalgashinna railway station</li><li>Lipton’s Seat is the summit point of the Poonagala Mountain often used by the Scottish tea baron Sir Thomas Lipton to view his tea plantation empire. If you are there you will have the birds-eye view of Handapanagala Lake, Chandrika Lake, Udawalawe Lake, Wedi, and the Hambanthota harbour as far as on the southern coast.</li><li>Then you will be visiting the longest tea factory in Sri Lanka of the Dambetenna tea factory from where you can how the tea comes into your cup.</li><li>Adisham Bungalow, a country house was built in 1931 by an English aristocrat and planter Sir Thomas Villiers. This is a masterpiece of British architectural design.</li><li>Thangamalai sanctuary is a 3km hike on a clear trail through the forests along with the neighboring villages.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Oak Ray Ella Gap </li></ul> |
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DAY - 9 (Ella) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Explore architectural wonders in Ella and Badulla. </li><li>Ella is one of the best places in Sri Lanka to experience nature as well as to observe the engineering and architectural marvel of the pre-independence era.</li><li>The railway line between Demodara and Ella has the spiral rail line known as “Demodara Loop” where the rail line going around the loop passes under itself and emerges from a tunnel. The Demodara station is located directly above the loop. </li><li>The Nine arch bridge also in the rail line between Demodara and Ella is an architectural ingenuity.</li><li>Badulla is another destination rich in nature and cultural heritage. Old Welekade Market was built in 1889 by the British like the first public building in the Uva province which displays the British architectural style.</li><li>Dunhida waterfall is 64 m in height one of the most attractive waterfall in the country located 5 km north of Badulla.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Oak Ray Ella Gap</li></ul> |
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DAY - 10 (Ella – Nuwara Eliya) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Transfer you to Nuwara Eliya - approximately 1 and a half hours’ drive.</li><li>En-route visit Bomburu Ella, Hakgala botanical garden and Seetha Amman temple in Seetha Eliya</li><li>Afternoon city tour at Nuwara Eliya or your own.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Oak Ray Summer Hill Breeze, Nuwara Eliya</li></ul> |
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DAY - 11 (Nuwara Eliya) |
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<ul><li>Transfer you to Horton Plains National Park at around 5 am – approximately 1 and half hours’ drive.<br></li><li>You can choose either trekking in the normal circular route covering World’s End and Bakers’ Fall which takes 3-4 hours or Hike to Kirigalpotta mountain one of the best nature trails in Sri Lanka which is a 14 Km round hike will take about 6-7 hours.</li><li>Picnic breakfast will be provided before starting the hike or trek.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Oak Ray Summer Hill Breeze, Nuwara Eliya</li></ul> |
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DAY - 12 (Nuwara Eliya – Kandy) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Transfer to Nanuoya Station for the train journey from Nanuoya to Kandy through Sri Lanka’s central highlands gets down the elevation from 1613m to 465m.</li></ul><p> <span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Entrain at 9.22 am from Nanuoya Railway Station</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Detrain at 12.45 pm from Kandy Railway Station</span></p><ul><li>You will be picked up by your Chauffeur guide at the Kandy Railway Station.</li><li>Afternoon visits the Dalada Maligawa, the temple where the two surviving Relic of Tooth of Lord Buddha is placed and an object of veneration for Buddhists. Dalada Maligawa is the master-piece of Kandyan Architecture and was built in 1802 AD.</li><li>Do some shopping in Kandy.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Oak Ray Heritage, </li><li>Optionally you can select Queens Hotel Kandy for your stay in Kandy. That is located in the middle of Kandy city which has more than 200 years of history and is a beautiful example of colonial architecture standing </li></ul> |
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DAY - 13 (Kandy - Sigiriya) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Transfer to Sigiriya. Approximately 3 hour’s drive.</li><li>En-route visit spice garden, Matale and Dambulla Cave Temple, a Cultural World Heritage Sites. </li><li>Afternoon visits Sigiriya world-famous rock fortress, a Cultural World Heritage Sites.</li><li>Sigiriya is considered as the remarkable architectural design represent the unbelievable combination of concepts of symmetry and asymmetry linking geometrical plan and nature.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Oak Ray Elephant Lake, Sigiriya.</li><li>Optionally you can select Heritance Kandalama Hotel for your stay in Sigiriya. It is a mastering architectural design of Geoffrey Bava in 1991</li></ul> |
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DAY - 14 (Sigiriya– Polonnaruwa – Sigiriya) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Visit Polonnaruwa, the 2nd capital of ancient Sri Lanka and a Cultural World Heritage Site. Approximately 2 hours’ drive.</li><li>You will be cycling inside the ancient city of Polonnaruwa which showcase how Sri Lankan architecture tradition was rich in the period of 12th century AD.</li><li>Afternoon visit Minneriya National Park where you can see the biggest number of herds of Asian elephants in one place </li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Oak Ray Elephant Lake, Sigiriya </li></ul> |
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DAY - 15 (Dambulla - Anuradhapura) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Transfer you to Anuradhapura.</li><li>Anuradhapura, the 1st capital of ancient Sri Lanka is world-famous for its' best-preserved ruins of ancient Sri Lankan civilization. You can see the architectural marvels from the proto-historic era to the late Anuradhapura era which ended in the 11th century AD.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Rajarata Hotel, Anuradhapura <br></li></ul> |
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DAY - 16 (Anuradhapura - Colombo) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.</li><li>Transfer you to Colombo</li><li>In the afternoon city tour to explore colonial buildings in Colombo and visit Geoffrey Bawa's residence in Number 11, 33rd Lane Colombo 03</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Cinnamon Red, Colombo</li></ul><div><br></div> |
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