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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>