Kandy, Sigiriya, and Dambulla


 DAY 1

Elephant Orphanage,  
Pick up from the Hikkaduwa hotel or Colombo airport and drive to Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, Take a breakfast at Pinnawala. En route visiting the Paradeniya Botanical garden, you will drive to the beautiful and historical city Kandy. Evening we will visit the beautiful Dalada Maligawa in Kandy, the Temple Of The Sacred relic of the tooth of Gautama Buddha. And Check in your hotel. Overnight stay Kandy.
                                              
Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage is established in 1975 with five orphaned elephants in an area of 25 acres of land at pinnawala. Pinnawala is notable for largest herd of captive elephants in the world. Nearly there were 90 elephants. The Orphanage which serves as a conservation and breeding centre as well as a place of informal education on elephants and their conservation is a world famous attraction due to its unique way of maintaining such a large free herd of jumbos. Around 9:15 a: m starts the feeding Baby Elephants and fruit feeding getting their milk. The Elephants Parade to the river to Barth around at 10:00 a: m. 12.00 noon Head returns from the river. Following this, you will drive to Dambulla, and check in at your hotel. Sightseeing the city and proceed to the Dambulla Cave temple.


Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, 
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya occupies a horse-shoe-shaped peninsula and the scenic splendor   of the garden has been raised to greater heights by the longest river of Sri Lanka, The Mahaweli which flows through its fringes. The total area is 147 acres (about 60 hectares) containing about 4500 plant species. It is situated in the serene hill capital; it is near the Mahaweli River. It is renowned for its collection of orchids.



Kandy
Sri Lankas second largest city after Colombo, 1551 above sea level, Kandy is a historic city of the highest religious and cultural importance. The last capital of Sinhalese King until it fell into the hands of the British in 1815, Kandy which is also known as Senkadagalapura was established by the Wickramabahu 111 (1357-1374 CE). Kandy remains the most sacred Buddhist since it is the home if the temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Sri Dalada Maligawa) - the most venerated Buddhist shrine in the world and this historic sacred site was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO 1988.


Dalada Maligawa
Temple of Tooth, Sri Dalada Maligawa or the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic is a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is located in the royal palace complex of the former Kingdom of Kandy, which houses the relic of the tooth of the Buddha. The most sacred place of Buddhist worship in Sri Lanka and perhaps the world’s most sacred Buddhist shrine venerated by millions of the Buddhists all over the world. The temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic or Dalada Maligawa is a monumental palace built in the heart of the city of Kandy to house the sacred relic of the tooth of Gautama Buddha Brought from kalinga in India during the reign of Sri Meghavanna.
The sacred relic of the tooth was taken from the funeral pyre Gautama Buddha in 483 BC. Later on, the princess Hemamali with her husband prince Danta smuggled it into Sri Lanka hidden in her hair on the instructions of her father Guhasiva a during 4th Century AD and it was first enshrined in Isurumuniya Temple in Anuradhapura. The first established kingdom in ancient Sri Lanka.Then it moved through a number of kingdoms across the country from time to time and at the end it was brought to Kandy by Hiripitiya Diyawadana Rala and Devanagala Ratnalankara Thera.  During the reign of king wimaladharmasuriya 1(1591-1604) who built a two–storey building to place the sacred relic of tooth. After that, it was improved by various kings who ruled the kandyan kingdom and the last improvement was done by King Sri Wikrama Rajasinha (1798-1815).


DAY 2

After breakfast we will visit shopping in Kandy. Kandy is one of the best places buying gems, Handicrafts, silk act. After that we leave to Sigiriya lion rock. After lunch return back to selected hotel or Air port En rout visiting the Dambulla cave temple.

Sigiriya (Lion’s rock)
Sigiriya (Lion’s rock) is a wonderful ancient palace built atop 660 feet high rock column. This wonderful rock castle is a creation of King Kassapa (477-495CE). He built his Palace on the top of this rock and decorated its sides with colourful frescoes. The painting woods have covered most of the western face of the rock. An area is 140 meters long and 40 meters high. There are reterences in the graffiti to 500 ladies in these paintings However, most have been lost forever. Sigiriya is one of the most attracted historical sites in Sri Lanka and it is most famous for its stunning frescoes. Sigiriya today is a UNESCO listed world heritage site. We start and climbing the rock. After that we are back from the top of the rock.

Dambulla cave temple
Dambulla is a commercial town with Sri Lanka’s largest produce vegetables market and is most famous for the cave temple and also for the iconic golden temple. Dambulla heritage site with a history extending from prehistoric and proto-historic times, right down to the modern period, makes Sri Lanka’s heritage really splendorous, Sightseeing the city and proceed to the Dambulla Cave temple. It is believed that when king VattaGamini was fleeing from his enemies in the 1st century BC.

Includes:
1 Night accommodation - As you want (available from 3 stars to 5 Stars)
Transportation by air-conditioned car.
English speaking driver.
Portage & service charge.
Breakfast
Excludes:
Flights
Entrance tickets
Lunch & Dinner
Any video / still camera fee to the monuments and places of visit,
Any other expenses which are not mentioned on Price Includes section,
  
Tour & vehicle
Private AC Car/Van: 
Minimum 2 people required special discounts available for 4-5 groups.

Pick up from airport also available.

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