Sri Lanka

After b-fast do a city tour including temple of the tooth relic / Gem museum/ botanical garden + gem shop  In the evening witness the cultural dance show.

Overnight stay at – Kandy

Royal Botanical Gardens -This botanical garden was first built as a pleasure garden by a Sinhala king  and was expanded by the British. It is 147 acres in extent and provides an amazing variety of trees,  plants and flowers.

Kandy – a lovely exotic city, the Hill Capital and last stronghold of the Sinhala Kings is a UNESCO World  Heritage Site which retains an aura of grandeur, time has not affected. Encircled by hills, with a tranquil  lake in its centre, it is the site of the renowned temple that enshrines the Tooth Relic of the Buddha and  the Royal Botanical gardens – home to one of the world’s best collections of Orchids. A cultural sanctuary  where many legends, traditions and folklore are still lovingly kept alive, Kandy and its satellite villages are  the centre of the islands handicraft industry (items of wood, brass & silver) exquisite silver or gold  jewellery and precious gems of many varieties including the world’s best blue and star sapphires. The  highlight of the city’s calendar is the Esala Perahera, when a replica of the casket enclosing the Tooth is  taken in procession for ten glittering nights in July/August by exotically costumed dancers, drummers and  approximately 100 Elephants.

After breakfast proceed to Nuwara Eliya en route visit Ramboda hanuman temple & Ramboda water fall then proceed to Nuwara Eliya.                                                              In the evening do a city tour including tea factory & tea plantation in Nuwara Eliya.      Overnight stay at Hotel- Nuwara Eliya

Tea Plantation – visit a tea plantation and a tea factory where one the best teas in the world is produced. You will be told all about the process of manufacturing tea and also see how tea is graded. Taste a cup of pure Ceylon tea in the factory.

NuwaraEliya – Sri Lanka’s premier hill resort with a fine bracing mountain climate, NuwaraEliya is also the heart of Sri Lanka’s tea country, producing some of the world’s best tea. The mountain slopes and valleys are a carpet of velvety green tea plantations, interspersed with gushing streams and tumbling waterfalls. Red or green roofed plantation bungalows, English country style homes and hotels with lovely flower gardens, a fine 18 hole golf course and a racecourse gives NuwaraEliya a decidedly British character.

After Breakfast proceeds to Bentota, en route visit Turtle Hatchery Farm in Kosgoda.
Do a Madu river boat ride.
Optional – do water sports
Overnight stay at Hotel- Bentota

Bentota – situated on the south west coast, at the confluence of the sea and the Bentota river, the sun drenched location and its golden, palm-fringed beaches which border the warm, sparkling waters of the Indian Ocean made it a natural choice for development as the first tourist resort. Today it is known in Sri Lanka’s global tourist markets as a highly attractive holiday resort with a wide and varied choice of distinctive hotels to suit every taste and purse. Bentota has a complete range of tourist facilities, great seafood and very popular water sports centres which provide boating, water skiing, jet skiing, snorkelling and wind surfingwhich provide boating, water skiing, jet skiing, snorkelling and wind surfing.

Madu River -which flows across Balapitiya (approx 80kms down south from Colombo) is one of the rarely visited and unspoiled attractions any nature lover can find in Sri Lanka. She boasts of having a cluster of 64 small islands scattered along her path and the most of which are uninhabited and covered with mangroves. The smallest islet of the lot is called ”Satha Paha Doowa” where there is a tiny shrine with a statue built in respect of the gods of Kataragama (Katharagama). According to folklore this islet had been purchased for five cents but some say the name has derived due to its shape of the five cent coin. Madu is certainly a placid and memorable place of interest to any nature lover who longs to witness mesmerizing landscape of the nature. But over thrilled visitors are forewarned! – Madu River is also a known den for crocodiles.

Breakfast at the hotel, and transfer to Colombo & do a city tour.
Overnight stay at – Colombo

Colombo – the trade and commercial capital has long been the traditional gateway to the Orient. Sri Lanka’s largest city, it is located on the west coast and draws together all the cultures, religions and influences of foreign lands into a pot-pourri of sounds, smells and a kaleidoscope of colour. The original traders and settlers – the Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch and the British have left in their wake churches and monuments, names and religions, costumes and food and smatterings of their languages which have
been absorbed into the speech of the Sri Lankan. Today, Colombo is a fascinating city – a happy blend of east & west, past & present, with a charm of its own. A less known but amazingly true fact is that Colombo has a superb range of high quality restaurants serving food from all over the world and some of the best shopping opportunities in Asia. The main seaport of Sri Lanka is in Colombo & adjoining it, is Pettah, a local bazaar & trading area. Other places of interest are the beautiful Buddhist temples, Hindu temples, mosques, the historic Wolfendhal church, (1749) residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Ceramic Corporation famous for its well known brand “Noritake” and ODEL the renowned shopping centre.

Your beautiful honeymoon in Sri Lanka comes to an end as you fly back to your destination. After a sumptuous breakfast, check out from the hotel at Colombo and then head over to the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo.
You will leave with unforgettable memories of a lifetime on this romantic tour of Sri Lanka that is loaded with romantic bliss.