If you have a day or a few days to spare during your Sri Lanka vacation and are wondering what to do with your free time, don’t hesitate to check out one of our finest Sri Lanka day trips and short breaks excursions, which provide you a wonderful chance to enjoy the genuine experiences Sri Lanka has to offer – from a UNESCO World Heritage cultural site to an amazing water rafting, wildlife safari to get closer to wildlife species, and more.
Meet our driver at the Colombo and transfer to Pinnawala – 2 ½ hours drive approximately. See bathing Elephants in the river, feed a baby Elephant at the Orphanage, and bathe an Elephant in the river.
Visit the Temple of Tooth Relic in Kandy where Lord Buddha’s Tooth relic is housed, the most venerated city in Sri Lanka.
Overnight stay in Hotel in Kandy.
Breakfast at the Hotel and transfer to Habarana – 3 hours drive approximately.
Visit Dambulla Cave Temple, a UNESCO world heritage site, this complex dates from the third and second centuries BC.
Climb Sigiriya Rock Fortress, a UNESCO world heritage site now and was the palace and pleasure garden of King Kassapa.
Do evening safari at Minneriya National Park.
Overnight stay in a Hotel in Habarana.
Breakfast at the Hotel. Do Bullock Cart ride and village tour.
After the safari you will be transferred to Colombo – 4 hours’ drive approximately.
Welcome to Nuwara Eliya!
Often referred to as ‘Little England’, this genteel highland community does have a rose-tinted, vaguely British-country-village feel to it, with its colonial-era bungalows, Tudor-style hotels, well-tended hedgerows and pretty gardens. Indeed, Nuwara Eliya was once was the favored cool-climate escape for the hard-working and hard-drinking English and Scottish pioneers of Sri Lanka’s tea industry.
A recent construction boom has blighted the scene to a degree, and the dusty and bustling Centre is a thoroughly Sri Lankan urban tangle, but Nuwara Eliya still makes a fine base for a few days’ relaxation. The verdant surrounding countryside of tea plantations, carefully tended vegetable plots and craggy hills is highly scenic. Treat yourself to a night in one of Nuwara Eliya’s colonial hotels, play a round of golf or a few frames of billiards, and soak up the town’s unique bygone heritage.
We’ll pick you up at your hotel in Colombo between 7 and 9 am to drive to Kithulgala. In this beautiful inland Sri Lankan town, we’ll get the adrenaline pumping by rafting on the Kelani Ganga River. You’ll be sure to have fun! After enjoying this experience, you’ll have one hour free for lunch.
Next, we’ll visit the Devon and Saint Clair waterfalls, these spectacular natural landmarks will leave us speechless! The tour will continue in Nuwara Eliya, did you know that it is one of the most beautiful cities in the interior of Sri Lanka? We’ll appreciate its charm with a night tour that will include a tour of the illuminated buildings on the shores of Lake Gregory.
The day will end at a centrally located hotel in Nuwara Eliya.
After breakfast at the Nuwara Eliya hotel, we’ll drive to the outskirts of the city to visit the Hindu temple of Seetha Amman. As soon as you arrive you’ll be captivated by the colorful sculptures. Next, we’ll visit the nearby Haggala Botanical Gardens. Here we’ll discover one of the country’s leading collections of flora.
After a free hour for lunch near Haggala, we’ll visit a tea plantation and factory. Our last stop will be in front of the Ramboda waterfall, which will surely surprise you.
The tour will end returning to your hotel in Colombo, arriving at 7 pm.
