Welcome on board, at Colombo international airport. Meet our tour representative who will escort you to the cab to be driven to the hotel. Colombo the capital of Srilanka and is located on the west coast of the island. The name Colombo means ‘Port on the river Kelani’ and the name Colombo was first introduced by the Portuguese. This city is home to a majority of the Srilanka’s corporate office and entertainment venues.

Check in hotel and spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Morning after breakfast, drive out for the local tour. Visit the Fort, Slave Island, Mount Lavinia – the famous beach, National Museum, Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara – the famous Buddhist temple, Dehiwala Zoo, Wolvendaal Church – the oldest Dutch church, the famous Hindu temple, etc.

Later on return back to the hotel for an overnight stay.
 

The day starts with a visit to the World Heritage site at Sigiriya where we climb the 5th century A.D. Rock Fortress. The vision of a patricidal king named Kasyapa transformed an awesome monolith into a cloud swept city. The mirror wall that protects a series of exquisite murals (frescoes of celestial maidens using natural pigments) and the Lion\'s Paw entrance to the ruined palace on the summit are well worth the effort of the ascent. We proceed to Kandy visiting en route the Spice Gardens at Matale. Kandy was the seat of the Kandyan Kings from the 14th century A.D. and is a repository of Sinhala culture. Evening is an interesting cultural experience as we enjoy a Kandyan Cultural Dance complete with fire eating and fire walking.

The day culminates with a visit of the Dalada Maligawa, the Temple of the Tooth in time for the pooja (sacred offering).

Overnight stay at the hotel.

After breakfast at around 0900 hrs. commence a sightseeing tour of Kandy. Visit the Peradeniya Botanical gardens, where you can view a rare collection of tropical, exotic and indigenous flora; and the famous orchid house. Drive around the upper lake drive and view the picturesque university campus buildings of traditional Sinhalese architecture, Visit the market place and the arts & crafts centre and return to hotel. Check out from hotel at 1300 hrs. Evening free time for shopping.

Overnight stay at a hotel in Kandy.
 

Morning after breakfast, drive to the Nuwara Eliya popularly referred as the ‘City of Light’ and also the heart of Srilanka’s tea country. The cool climate and the tea plantation welcome and attract the tourists from all over the world. It is overlooked by Mount Piduratalagala the highest mountain peak in Srilanka. On reaching Nuwara Eliya check in hotel and later on move out for the local tour. Visit the Horton Plains, the National park, the famous botanical gardens, the famous 18 hole golf course, etc.

Later on return back to the hotel for an overnight stay.
 

Sigiriya is a famous and nearly impregnable natural fortress, at whose base the parricide Kasyapa built a palace where he lived from 477 to 511 in fear of his brother\'s revenge. It came, and the fortress proved of little use: in the heat of battle, a wheeling movement by Kasyapa was interpreted by his own troops as retreat. They fled, leaving him to kill himself. The palace and refuge were abandoned.

Kandy, the Hill Capital was the last bastion of the Sinhala kings and is a charming city offering a living record of a magnificent past.

Centre of attraction in Kandy is the Dalada Maligawa, the temple housing the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha. Kandy Lake enhances the charm of the City.

Kandy is a romantic city any time of the year, but in August, this ancient capital becomes the venue of one of the most legendary festivals in Asia, the Festival of the August Moon when thousands of people from all parts of the country and from foreign countries throng to the Hill Capital to witness the magnificent spectacle
 

Blessed a with salubrious climate, breathtaking views of valleys, meadows, mountains and greenery; it\'s hard to imagine that Nuwara Eliya is only 180 Km from the hot and humid Colombo.

Nuwara Eliya (City of Lights), also known as Little England, was the favourite hill station of the British who tried to create Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya Post officeinto a typical English Village. The old brick Post office, country house like hill club, with its hunting pictures, mounted hunting trophies and fish, and its strict formal dinner attire the 18 hole golf course, race course etc., all remind you of England\'

Just north of present-day Polonnaruwa town, 140km (90 miles) north of Kandy, are the ruins of ancient Polonnaruwa, which date from the late 10th century, when the Chola kings of southern India invaded Sri Lanka and conquered Anuradhapura. The invaders moved their capital to Polonnaruwa, strategically located for defence against attacks from the unconquered Sinhala kingdom of Ruhuna, in the southeast (which has lent its name to Sri Lanka\'s most visited national park). Their defences ultimately proved inadequate and in 1070 they were forcibly evicted from Polonnaruwa by the Sinhalese ruler Vijayabahu 1. Recognizing, however, that Anuradhapura\'s location made it vulnerable to any assault from southern India, he and his successors made their capital at Polonnaruwa, adding enormous temples,palaces, parks, gardens and huge tanks. By the 13th century AD, however, new waves of attacks from southern India forced the Sinhalese kings to abandon the north of the island, and the kingdoms of Kotte in the southwest (near modern Colombo), and Kandy, in the highlands, became the centres of Sinhalese power.

The largest and oldest of all Sri Lanka\'s ancient cities, Anuradhapura is a fitting climax to any tour of the Cultural Triangle. Arguably, it takes a bit more effort to imagine it as it was more than 2000 years ago, with palaces and huge dagobas standing up to nine storeys high, a main processional avenue 24km (16 miles) long, and the richly decorated, ostentatious mansions of Sinhalese nobles and wealthy foreign merchants.

Founded by King Pandukhabaya in 437BC, by the mid-3rd century BC Anuradhapura\'s fame had spread as far as the Roman-Hellenistic world of the Mediterranean and by the 1st century AD it had established trade and diplomatic links with China. The Jetavana treasures, unearthed over the past 20 years (some are now displayed in the partially completed Jetavanarama Museum, on site) show evidence of these links to east and west.

Rajamaha Temple of Rangiri Dambulla (Golden Rock Temple) Located north of Kandy and considered by most to be the centre point of Sri Lanka. Dambulla is a town built around a vast isolated rock mass and a World Heritage City, declared by UNESCO.

The name Dambulla derives from Damba - Rock and Ulla - fountain. One sees the incessant drip of water from the fountain within the main image house.

This complex of caves at Dambulla is one of the most impressive Buddhist Temples in the world. It was here that King Dambulla Golden TempleVattagamini Abhaya (Valagamba) took refuge in the 1st century BCE. He later turned the caves into a rock temple. Later kings made further improvements, including King Nissanka Malla who had the temple interior gilded, earning it the name of Ran Giri - Golden Rock.