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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 8,000BDE) of 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 find stone tools that are interpreted as arrows - or spearheads and carefully shaped and perforated beads made from ostrich eggshell fragments. </li><li>En-route visit Bopath Ella Waterfall and Rathnapura Archaeological Museum. </li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Lake Serenity Resort & SPA, Kuruwita</li></ul> |
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DAY - 2 (Kuruwita - Ella) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Visit to see gem pit and gem mining in Ratnapura and Ratnapura Saman Devalaya</li><li>Ratnapura is world-renowned for Gems. You will be able to see the traditionally manual process of gem mining in a gem pit. </li><li>Transfer you to Ella. Approximately 3 and half hours’ drive if you drive directly </li><li>En-route visit a rural village in Balangoda to explore traditional techniques behind the Kitul palm products and Bambarakanda waterfalls. </li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Oak Ray Ella Gap</li></ul> |
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DAY - 3 (Ella) |
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<ul><li>Full day relax at the hotel</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Oak Ray Ella Gap</li></ul> |
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DAY - 4 (Ella) |
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<ul><li>Early morning starts Trekking to Ella Rock. You will pass through beautiful countryside, tea plantations, and railway lines till you reach the peak. It will take about 4 hours for a complete trek from start to end. <br></li><li>Late breakfast at the hotel</li><li>Relax at Ella. You can explore the “Nine arch bridge” and “Demodara Loop” lays the railway line between Demodara and Ella. The spiral rail line is known as “Demodara Loop” where the rail line going around the loop passes under itself and emerges from a tunnel. </li><li>Try to hike Little Adam`s Peak, 1141m in height which takes about 2-3 hours for a complete trip. </li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Oak Ray Ella Gap<br></li></ul> |
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DAY - 5 (Ella - Yala) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel.<br></li><li>Transfer you to Yala. Approximately 2 and a half hours’ drive.</li><li><span style="font-family: Lato, serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">En-route explore Buduruwagala rock carvings of Bodhisatva cult, Dambegoda Avalokiteshvara Bodhisatva Image, and Maligawila Buddha statue</span><br></li><li>Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Image at Dambegoda was sculptured of the “Samabhanga” posture depicting strength, vitality, royalty, and displaying the Katakahasta Mudra.</li><li>There are 7 figures carved in the rock face at Buduruwagala. One is a 15.5 m height Buddha statue and the other figures are Avalokitesvara, Maitreya, Manjushri, and Tara which all belong to Mahayana Buddhist Tradition.</li><li>Visit to explore the traditional art of making curd from buffalo milk. Make sure to savour delicious curd and Kitul honey.</li><li>Afternoon relax the hotel</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Oak Ray Wils Yala</li></ul> |
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DAY - 6 (Yala) |
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<ul><li>Full day safari in Yala national park for wildlife and explore hidden historical treasures.</li><li>You will be picked up from the hotel at 5 am for the full day safari in Yala national park with all picnic meals and refreshments.</li><li>Dinner and Overnight stay at Oak Ray Wild Yala</li></ul> |
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DAY - 7 (Yala - Mirissa) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel <br></li><li>Transfer you to Mirissa – Approximately 2 and a half hours’ drive.</li><li>En-route hike to explore temple paintings, Mulkirigala temple.</li><li>Explore Beeralu lace crafts in Matara. </li><li>Beeralu was introduced by the Portuguese and has now become an indigenous craft and developed into a reputed household industry, mostly around the South Western Coast. It is quite fascinating to see how the hands dexterously handle the tools to create intricate patterns.</li><li>Around 3.00 pm come to the Mirissa Fisheries harbour for 1 night sailing cruise. Set sail at 4 pm on 53’ catamaran into the sunset. You can swim, paddleboard, or join surfers in Weligama bay. </li><li>Dinner is served on board.</li></ul> |
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DAY - 8 (Mirissa - Hikkaduwa) |
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<ul><li>Awake at sunrise and enjoy a cooked hot breakfast while witnessing Whales and Dolphins.</li><li>Lunch is also served at noon and will be back in Mirissa harbour at around 1 pm.</li><li>Then transfer you to Bentota. Approximately 1 and a half hours’ drive.</li><li>En-route visit the port city of Galle the UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Site. 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 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.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at <span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Hikka Tranz by Cinnamon</span> </li></ul> |
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DAY - 9 (Hikkaduwa) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel<br></li><li>Visit the village Meetiyagoda where the only place in Sri Lanka the gem called “moonstone”, is found. </li><li>You can see the narrow, deep shafts from which it is mined. The moonstones are mined here sold as unmounted stones or mounted with rings, earrings, and neckless that you can buy.</li><li>Then visit Ambalangoda to explore world-famous Sri Lankan Marks and their craftsmen.</li><li>They will explain to you how this ornamental facial decorative wear originated and the way they used in healing rites and rituals.</li><li>Then visit to meet “Rukada” performing group living in Ambalangoda</li><li>Sri Lankan form of marionette theatre and its puppets are called “Rukada”. Only a few groups living in Ambalangoda performs this theatre act now. You will be able to understand how these Rukadas are operated and stories behind those performances.</li><li>Afternoon relaxes at the Hikkaduwa beach.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Hikka Tranz by Cinnamon</li></ul> |
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DAY - 10 (Hikkaduwa) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel<br></li><li>Relax at Hikkaduwa beach do your own.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Hikka Tranz by Cinnamon</li></ul> |
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DAY - 11 (Hikkaduwa - Colombo) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel<br></li><li>Transfer you to Colombo. Approximately 3 hours’ drive</li><li>En-route visit Kalutara Boodiya and stupa and witness the way toddy tappers walk on a rope at the top of the coconut trees.</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>A toddy tapper, who collects the fermented sap of the coconut flower from the coconut tree by walking on a tightrope between the top of adjoining coconut trees is an exciting seen to watch.</li><li>Afternoon Colombo City Tour. </li><li>City tour around the Colombo including Colombo Lighthouse, the lighthouse with clock tower, Galle faces Green, Colombo Townhall.</li><li>Dinner and overnight stay at Cinnamon Red, Colombo</li></ul> |
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DAY - 12 (Colombo - Airport) |
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<ul><li>Breakfast at the hotel<br></li><li>Transfer to Airport for departure. Approximately 40 min drive</li></ul> |
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