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Itinerary Architecture Tours - Option I - Year Round
Duration Info DAY - 6 (Weligama - Udawalawa)
Accommodation Info
Location UDAWALAWE
Meals Info Bed & Breakfast
Hotel Grand Udawalawe Safari Resort
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Description

<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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43 22 1 Wildlife safari, Udawalawe national park Wildlife safari, Udawalawe national park <ul>Udawalawe national park is famous for its large herd of the Asian elephant and water buffaloes, situated 165 km from Colombo in the southeastern part of the country. The park is covered with open grassland and thorny – shrub jungle which remembering the Game Parks in Africa. Due to this landscape, Udawalawe is the best park to watch and photograph a large herd of wild Asian elephants.<br> <br>The large scattered areas of grasslands and thorny-shrubs while tall trees close to Walawe River most favours for birdlife where Large prinia, White-browed prinia, Ashy prinia, Franklins prinia, Yellow-eyed babbler, White-throated babbler, White-rumped shama, Brown-capped babbler, Black-fronted babbler, Common &amp; Marshall’s Iora, Ceylon grey hornbill, Blue-faced malkoha, White-necked Stork, Lesser Adjutant Stork, Blyth’s Pipit, Ceylon Jungle Fowl, etc. are common. </ul> 1 B.jpg 2/10/19, 3:02 AM View Edit
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45 22 33 Maduwanwela walawwa Maduwanwela walawwa <ul>Maduwanwela Walawwa, a country house belonged to the Maduwanwela family is a classic example of Sri Lankan architecture in the 1700s and 1800s, located 37 Km west of Udawalawe. 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. </ul> 1 MADUWANWALA---B.jpg 2/10/19, 3:07 AM View Edit
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