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Sri Lanka The Undiscovered Country Immerse Yourself In A Different Place And Time

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S T U N N I N G S R I L A N K A J O U R N E Y S P R I VAT E LY G U I D E D . C H A U F F E U R D R I V E N .

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Sri Lanka has a rich Buddhist heritage and is the oldest continually Buddhist country in the world. It is also a country of tropical forests, diverse landscapes and warm, friendly people. Sri Lanka Timeless ruins, welcoming people, oodles of elephants, endless beaches, fun trains, famous tea and flavourful food make Sri Lanka irresistible. THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY ROCS Travel takes you on an intriguing journey to Lanka, with expert guides showing you a culture that goes back 3,000 years. The sacred Kingdom of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka’s longest-serving capital, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Kingdom of Kandy has literally risen from the ashes; after being burned and ravaged over and over it still maintains beautifully carved palaces and temples, preserved for nearly 500 years. Sri Lanka offers travelers much more than its past. In a country just 270 miles long and 140 miles wide, it has 15 national parks showcasing an abundance of wildlife (including the endangered Sri Lankan leopard), nearly 500,000 acres of lush tea estates, 350 waterfalls and hundreds of sleepy villages where life still revolves around coconut or tea farming. The Colombo National Museum features ancient sculptures and sketches dating back to the fourth century.

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Travelling with peace of mind, our experts take you on a fascinating journey of discovery in this inspiring, ancient land.

Choose one of 3 our private guided, chauffeur driven journeys of a lifetime.

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WHAT SETS ROCS TRAVEL APART?

At ROCS Travel, we strive at every turn to redefine the notion of what a unforgettable vacation is all about. This is because our approach towards travel is completely different. Travel is our passion, we strive to give the best of what every destination has to offer, and our love for far flung destinations guarantees you, our client, peace of mind that when opting to travel with ROCS will never get it wrong. In a lifetime of travelling, I assure you that I have stayed in countless hotels around the world, enough to know that a hotel is far more than a comfortable place to rest at the end of a busy day. A great hotel is an extension to your destination where authentic style, modern conveniences and warm hospitality come together. ROCS Travel offers you all this and more. We are proud to showcase the best in the world and hence, allow us to intorduce you to stunning Sri Lanka. ROCS Travel has been hand-picking ideal destinations and properties around the world for the past 25 years. Such outstanding properties have always come with a guarantee of unbeatable packages prices. In tandem with this in the past 25 years ROCS Travel has been awarded as Emirates Airline’s Top Passenger Sales Agent and has been the top selling leisure tour operator year on year too. to outstanding destinations is our pride and joy and may I add that our expertise is not focused solely on luxury, yet we offer group tour departures at the most affordable prices, family holidays to attract both the young and old, unforgettable honeymoons, terrific shopping holidays and even romantic celebrations to name a few. If you have never considered ROCS TRAVEL before, please do take our word for it. Travelling with us once will make you want to return back time and time again, after all like we have been doing since 1998, We vouch to offer authenticity beyond the reach of any other travel company in Malta. Making extraordinary holidays

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RACHEL VELLA DIRECTOR ROCS GROUP

DAY 1/2 M A L TA - S R I L A N K A

Flight Malta to Srilanka and upon arrival meet and greet by the Kingstar Leisure Representative at the Bandaranaike International Airport and transfer to Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Check-in to your hotel in Colombo. Afternoon take a sightseeing tour in Colombo, like many capital cities in developing countries is fast changing its face. Almost

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overnight, skyscrapers arise from where old buildings once stood. Yet in some parts, the old world charm is retained. For example, there is a 100-year-old clock tower and several British-built colonial Buildings. Other places of interest are the Pettah bazaar - where one can shop for bargain, a Hindu and a Buddhist temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. Dinner & overnight stay at your hotel in Colombo.

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DAY 3 C O L O M B O - W I L PAT T U - A N U R A D H A P U R A

After breakfast leave for Wilpattu where 31 species of mammals have been identifiedwithinWilpattu National Park. Mammals that are identified as threatened species living within the Wilpattu National Park are the elephant, sloth bear, leopard and water buffalo. Sambhur , spotted deer, mongoose, mouse and shrew are more of Wilpattu’s residents. The painted stork, the open bill, little cormorant, Sri Lankan jungle fowl along with many species of owls, terns, gulls, eagles, kites buzzards are to be found at Wilpattu National Park. Wetland bird species that can be seen in Wilpattu are the garganey, pintail whistling teal hoonbill, black-headed ibis, large white egret, cattle egret and purple heron.The most common reptiles found in the park are the monitor lizard, mugger crocodile, common cobra, rat snake, python and the soft shelled turtle which are resident in the large permanent Villus. Continue to Anuradhapura for dinner & overnight stay at your hotel.

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DAY 4 A N U R A D H A P U R A

Breakfast at hotel. Full day sightseeing tour of Anuradhapura. Located on the dry plains of the North Central Province within the Cultural Triangle. The ruins at Anuradhapura tell tales of a royal capital of 113 successive kings who made it the greatest monastic city of the ancient world. Tour of this ancient city which was established in 500 BC and served as an administrative center of Sri Lanka and as the island’s capital for 1400 years. The oldest historically documented tree on earth, The Sacred Bo Tree - is also located in this city. The perfection and scale of the dagobas or relic chambers like the Ruwanveliseya, Abhayagiri and the Jetavanarama, which are the largest in the world, are staggering, the latter vying with the largest pyramids at a height of 122m. Return to your Hotel for Dinner and Overnight Stay.

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DAY 5 A N U R A D H A P U R A - T R I N C O M A L E E

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Breakfast at hotel and transfer to Trincomalee for sightseeing tour. Trincomalee is a port city on the east coast of Sri Lanka. The city is built on a peninsula, which divides the inner and outer harbors. It is one of the main centers of Tamil-speaking culture on the island. Historically referred to as Gokanna or Gokarna it has been a sea port that has played a major role in maritime and international trading history of Sri Lanka. Trincomalee is a natural deep-water harbor, which is rated as one of the finest of its kind in the world and attracted great sea farers like Marco Polo, Ptolemy and Sea Traders China and East Asia from the ancient times. The long and wide beaches here offer surfing, scuba diving and fishing and whale watching. The small peninsula jutting out of Trincomalee town, near the stadium and the main shopping streets, is the Portuguese built Fort Frederick. It’s still a working military base but, you can walk through it. Inside the fort grounds are plenty of colonial style British army buildings, cannons and other leftovers from previous inhabitants and, bizarrely, loads of deer poking their heads out from behind the military

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offices. This sea town is home to the Thirukonesvaram Kovil, which is one of the oldest Hindu temples in Sri Lanka there are many things to do and see in town and the views across the three main bays are very pretty. It is found on Swami Rock, just above Fort Frederick. It’s very colourful and you can walk around the grounds. The temple is built on top of the cliff, tottering right on the edge of the Indian Ocean. Next to Koneswaram Temple is Lovers Leap. The name kind of gives it away but it is indeed a favorite suicide spot, with a sheer drop to the ocean crashing against the rocks below. There’s a memorial and shelter, commemorating the legend behind the name. Apparently the daughter of an Old Dutch official here threw herself off the cliff when her forbidden lover had to sail back to Europe, never to see her again. The story was dampened slightly when records revealed that the girl in question in fact grew old in the town, married with children. But the name and memorial remains. Check-in at your hotel for Dinner and Overnight Stay.

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DAY 6 T R I N C O M A L E E - P O L O N NA E UWA - G I R I TA L E After breakfast leave for Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka’s medieval capital in 11th & 12th Century AD. Travel via Mutter and Vakarai along the East Coast. Polonnaruwa is a well-preserved city of ancient dagobas, moonstones, beautiful parks, massive buildings and stunningly beautiful statues. The majestic King’s Council Chamber, the Lotus Bath, the Lanka Thilaka Viharaya, the Gal Viharaya (rock temple) and the statue of one of Polonnaruwa’s great kings, Parakramabahu, are a few of this capital’s memorable sights. The Sea of Parakrama - a vast 12th centuryman-made reservoir dominates the city. Moreover, the monuments here are located in a more compact area, and their development is easier to follow. Transfer to Giritale and check in at you hotel for Dinner & Overnight stay.

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DAY 7 G I R I TA L E - S I G I R YA - DA M B U L L A M ATA L E - K A N D Y

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After breakfast leave for Kandy, beautiful Hill capital, the last Kingdom Capital of the Sri Lanka’s royalty. Kandy is surrounded by the lush tropical scenery. En route climb the Sigiriya Rock, the fascinating fortress which was a stronghold of a fifth century king who murdered his father. The red stone rises 600 feet from the green scrub jungle and it is famous for its frescoes painted within a sheltered rock. Only 19 out of the 500 painted in the 5th century remain. The Lion stairway, the mirror wall and the water gardens are amongst Sigiriya’s other highlights. Also visit Dambulla Rock Cave Temple, where you will see the frescoes over 2000

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years old and the colossal figure of the recumbent Buddha carved out of the living rock about 14 meters long. It also holds its own treasure - a magnificent temple, which is a series of five caves established as a monastery in the 3rd Century BC. These caves built at the base of a 150m high rock during the 1st Century BC to 993 AD and are by far the most impressive of the many cave temples found in Sri Lanka. Proceed to Kandy, En route visit a Spice Garden in Matale which grows spices and herbs used for Sri Lankan cuisine and medication. Check-in to your hotel In Kandy for Dinner & Overnight stay.

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DAY 8 K A N D Y - P I N NAWA L A - B O TA N I CA L GA R D E N - K A N D Y

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After breakfast visit the Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawala near Kegalle to see the daily routine of up keeping of baby elephants and other abandoned elephants. The unique concept of the Elephant Orphanage of Pinnawala is one of the most visited sites in Sri Lanka. Founded in the year 1975, with 05 baby elephants found abandoned in the forest, is today the home of nearly 93 elephants of different ages and sizes. Bottle feeding of the baby elephants is the highlight event of the place. There after visit Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya which has been 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. In the evening see a typical Sri Lankan Cultural Show of drumming, dancing, music and fire walking followed by a visit to the most sacred place of the Buddhist world, the Dalada Maligawa - Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relics of the Lord Buddha. Dinner and Overnight stay at the hotel.

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After breakfast transfer to Peradeniya Railway Station to get on board the air conditioned Observation Car train journey to Nanu Oya. The train journey from Peradeniya to Nanuoya is one of the most scenic rides in the world. This train powers up through Sri Lanka’s central hill country, through the tea plantations, into the clouds and then weaves in and out of the many mountain tunnels as it ascends to reach Nanuoya. The journey then goes passing lush greenish tea estates, many tunnels, farming fields, villages, various types of forests etc. On arrival at Nanu Oya Railway Station your chauffeur guide will meet you and transfer to Nueara Eliya. Check in at your hotel for Dinner and overnight Stay. DAY9 - K A N D Y - T R A I N J O U R N E Y F R O M P E R A D E N I YA T O NA N U O YA - N UWA R A E L I YA

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DAY 10 N UWA R A E L I YA - H O R T O N P L A I N S N UWA R A E L I YA S I G H T S E E I N G

Early hours visit Horton Plains lies shrouded in cold mists on top of Sri Lanka’s mountains, at a height of more than 2,000m. A part of the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary and dramatically different from the coastal plains thousands of feet below, it is a plateau of 3,150 hectares in area. It is a wild and windswept plain of grasslands or patanas and patches of eerie forests. Residents include elk, monkeys, eagles, horned lizards and the occasional leopard.

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The Plains were uninhabited by the local population but were prized hunting and fishing grounds for the Europeans who “discovered” them in the early 19th century. The visit from your hotel to the entrance will have to be done by jeep In the evening do the sightseeing tour of Nuwara Eliya; the Tea Garden of Sri Lanka situated 6200ft above the sea level. The hill station of Nuwara Eliya is celebrated for it’s fresh climate, the wonderful scenery all around, and it’s “Englishness”. Wonderful mountain panoramas surround the wide valley, into which fall many lovely but icy waterfalls. You can visit Tea factory at Nuwara Eliya and taste a cup of Factory fresh tea. Dinner & overnight stay at your hotel in Nuwara Eliya.

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DAY 11 N UWA R A E L I YA - YA L A

After breakfast leave for Yala via Ella Wellawaya and stop for view the Ravana Falls and the Ella Gap. Check-in to your hotel in Yala or Camp in Yala. In the afternoon visit the Yala National Park which has a large wildlife sanctuary and offers the wild life enthusiast and nature lover the opportunity to observe a great variety of fauna. Visit the Yala National park and the tour will be conducted through the park where you will have the opportunity to see Leopards,

Bears, Sambhurs, Wild Boar and Elephants. Dinner & overnight stay at your hotel in Yala.

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DAY 12 YA L A - D E N I YAYA

Breakfast at hotel and transfer to Deniyaya. Check in at your hotel for Dinner and Overnight Stay.

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DAY 13 V I S I T S I N H A R A J A R A I N F O R E S T

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After breakfast visit Singharaja Rainforest. It is a national park and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The hilly virgin rainforest, part of the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests ecoregion, was saved from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility and was designated a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988. The reserve’s name translates as Kingdom of the Lion. There is a high degree of endemism among the butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are greater than 50%. There have been reports of sightings of a few animals in the eastern Secter. The most common deer species is the Sambar deer, Indianmuntjac and Indian hog deer are also foundwithin the reserve. Leopards are very seldom sighted, but their frequent presence has been confirmed by tracks and other signs. Stripe-necked mongoose and the Golden Palm Civet have been occasionally sighted. The most commonly seen primate is the Purple - faced Leaf Monkey. Although the elephants said to be common in the past, there have not been reports of sightings during the last 15 years. Return to your hotel for Dinner and Overnight Stay.

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DAY 14 D E N I YAYA - GA L L E

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After breakfast transfer to Galle and commence a sightseeing tour in the city of Galle, which was once the chief port of Ceylon, as Sri Lanka was named by the British. It is still well known for hand-made lace. You can also visit the Galle Fort (spanning 90 acres), which was originally built by the Portuguese and later extended by the Dutch in 1663 which is a world heritage site. Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

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DAY 15 GA L L E - M A D H U R I V E R - N E G I M B O

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After breakfast at hotel transfer to Colombo. Proceed to Balapitiya and embark on a boat ride at Madu River. “Madu Ganga” has high ecological, biological and aesthetic significance, being home to 303 species of plants belonging to 95 families and to 248 species of vertebrate animals. It might be one of the last remaining tracts of pristine mangrove forests in Sri Lanka. Continue to Colombo and check in at hotel for Dinner and Overnight Stay.

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DAY 16/17 N E G I M B O - D E PA R T U R E

Breakfast transfer to the Airport in time for the departure flight Arrival in Malta

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SRI LANKA 10 DAYS Visiting: Colombo, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Habarana, Sigiriya, Dambulla, Kandy, Pinnawela, Nuwara Eliya, Ella., Yala, Galle € 2479 10 DAYS FROM

DAY 1 – MALTA / SRI LANKA

Cultural Triangle. The ruins at Anuradhapura tell tales of a royal capital of 113 successive kings who made it the greatest monastic city of the ancient world. Check-in at Hotel. Afternoon take the tour of this ancient city which was established in 500BC and served as an administrative centre of Sri Lanka and as the island’s capital for 1400 years. The oldest historically documented tree on earth, The Sacred Bo Tree - is also located in this city. The perfection and scale of the dagobas or relic chambers like the Ruwanveliseya, Abhayagiri and the Jetavanarama, which are the largest in the world, are staggering, the latter vying with the largest pyramids at a height of 122m. Dinner & overnight stay at your hotel in Anuradhapura. DAY 4 - ANURADHAPURA / POLONNARUWA / HABARANA After breakfast leave for Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka’s medieval capital in 11th & 12th Century AD. Travel via Habarana. Polonnaruwa is a well-preserved city of ancient

Polonnaruwa’s great kings, Parakramabahu, are a few of this capital’s memorable sights. The Sea of Parakrama - a vast 12th century man-made reservoir dominates the city. Moreover, the monuments here are located in a more compact area, and their development is easier to follow. On completion of visit return to Habarana. Check-in at hotel for Dinner & overnight stay. DAY 5 - HABARANA / SIGIRIYA / DAMBULLA / KANDY After breakfast leave for Kandy, beautiful Hill capital, the last Kingdom Capital of the Sri Lanka’s royalty. Kandy is surrounded by the lush tropical scenery. En route climb the Sigiriya Rock, the fascinating fortress which was a stronghold of a fifth century king who murdered his father. The red stone rises 600 feet from the green scrub jungle and it is famous for its frescoes painted within a sheltered rock. Only 19 out of the 500 painted in the 5th century remain. The Lion stairway, the mirror wall and the water gardens are amongst Sigiriya’s other highlights. Also visit Dambulla Rock cave Temple, where you will see the frescoes over 2000 years old and the colossal figure of the recumbent Buddha carved out of the living rock about 14

Flight Malta – Sri Lanka.

DAY 2 - ARRIVAL / COLOMBO SIGHTSEEING Met on arrival by the Kingstar Leisure Representative at the Bandaranaike International Airport and transfer to Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Check-in at Hotel. Afternoon take a sightseeing tour in Colombo, like many capital cities in developing countries is fast changing its face. Almost overnight, skyscrapers arise from where old buildings once stood. Yet in some parts, the old world charm is retained. For example, there is a 100- year-old clock tower and several British-built colonial Buildings. Other places of interest are the Pettah bazaar - where one can shop for bargain, a Hindu and a Buddhist temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. Dinner & overnight stay at your hotel in Colombo.

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dagobas, moonstones, beautiful parks, massive buildings and stunningly

DAY 3 - COLOMBO / ANURADHAPURA

beautiful statues. The majestic King’s Council Chamber, the Lotus Bath, the Lanka

After breakfast leave Anuradhapura located on the dry plains of the North Central Province within the

Thilaka Viharaya, the Gal Viharaya (rock temple) And the statue of one of

DAY 9 - YALA / GALLE

meters long. It also holds its own treasure - a magnificent temple, which is a series of five caves established as a monastery in the 3rd Century BC. These caves, built at the base of a 150m high rock during the 1st Century BC to 993 AD and are by far the most impressive of the many cave temples found in Sri Lanka. Proceed to Kandy, en route visit a Spice Garden in Matale which grows spices and herbs used for Sri Lankan cuisine and medication. In Kandy check-in at hotel for Dinner & overnight stay. DAY 6 - KANDY/ PINNAWELA / KANDY/ SIGHTSEEING Pinnawela near Kegalle to see the daily routine of up keeping of baby elephants and other abandoned elephants. The unique concept of the Elephant Orphanage of Pinnawela is one of the most visited sites in Sri Lanka. Founded in the year 1975, with 05 baby elephants found abandoned in the forest, is today the home of nearly 93 elephants of different ages and sizes. Bottle feeding of the baby elephants is the highlight event of the place. On completion of visit return to Kandy. In the evening see a typical Sri Lankan Cultural Show of drumming, dancing, music and fire walking followed by a visit to the most sacred place of the Buddhist world, the Dalada Maligawa - Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relics of the Lord Buddha. Tonight a Candle lit Dinner at the hotel. Overnight stay at hotel. DAY 7 - KANDY SIGHTSEEING / NUWARA ELIYA After breakfast visit the Elephant Orphanage in

After breakfast explore the city of Kandy. Visit the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, a Batik Factory, and a Gem Bureau where you will see a documentary film on how Sri Lankan Gem mining is traditionally done, & an Arts & Crafts Centre. Also drive around the Upper Lake Drive to see the scenic beauty of the city. Proceed to Nuwara Eliya; the Tea Garden of Sri Lanka situated 6200ft above the sea level. The hill station of Nuwara Eliya is celebrated for its fresh climate, the wonderful scenery all around, and it’s “Englishness”. Wonderful mountain panoramas surround the wide valley, into which fall many lovely but icy waterfalls. En route visit a Tea Factory, Tea Plantation and Ramboda falls in Ramboda. The temperature varies from 10 to 20 degrees Celsius, falling to near zero on winter nights and producing occasional frost. Check-in to your hotel for Dinner & overnight Stay. DAY 8 - NUWARA ELIYA / ELLA / YALA After breakfast leave for Yala via Ella Wellawaya and stop for view the majestic Ravana Falls and the Ella Gap. Check-in at hotel in Yala. In the afternoon visit the Yala National Park which has a large wildlife sanctuary and offers the wild life enthusiast and nature lover the opportunity to observe a great variety of fauna. Visit the Yala National park and the tour will be conducted through the park where you will have the opportunity to see Leopards, Bears, Sambhurs, Wild Boar and Elephants. Overnight stay at your hotel in Yala.

After breakfast travel to Colombo through the

picturesque coastal line via Galle – the Old Portuguese Fort rebuilt by the Dutch. Galle is also the centre of the ebony elephant makers, tortoise shell craft and handmade laces. En-route visit a Mask Factory at produced. Also visit a Turtle Sanctuary in Kosgoda to spare few hours at one of these sanctuaries in Sri Lanka and see the life of Turtles. You can see almost the full life journey of Turtles in these sanctuaries. Transfer to the Airport for your flight back to Malta. Ambalangoda where the famed ‘Devil Masks’ are

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Arrival in Malta.

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DESTINATION

HOTELS

Colombo

Colombo Hilton

Anuradhapura

The Lake Forest Hotel

Habarana/Giritale

Cinnamon Lodge

Kandy

Mahaweli Reach Hotel

Nuwara Eliya

Araliya Green Hills

Yala

Cinnamon Wild

Price per person in Euro

SINGLE

TWIN

TRIPLE

BOOK BEFORE 31 MAR

BOOK AFTER 01 APR

€3329

€2609

€2519

01 Feb – 30 Apr 2023

€3529

€2809

€2719

€3139

€2589

€2479

01 May – 30 Jun 2023

€3339

€2789

€2679

€3299

€2799

€2609

01 Jul – 31 Aug 2023

€3499

€2999

€2809

€3139

€2589

€2479

01 Sep – 31 Oct 2023

€3339

€2789

€4679

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Price sharing with 2 adults: Child with an Extra Bed € 1609 Child without an Extra Bed € 1399

Package Includes: 3 Meet & greet services on arrival at the airport by Kingstar Leisure Staff. 3 Arrival / Departure airport transfers and sightseeing tour by air-conditioned private car with an English speaking chauffeur guide on transfers and sightseeing 3 Hotel accommodation in hotels listed above or similar in Single/Double/Triple occupancy 3 Daily Breakfast & Dinner 3 1 night Candle Lit Dinner at hotel in Kandy for honeymooers only 3 Sightseeing entrance fees to Cultural Triangle (Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa & Sigiriya), Dambulla Temple, Kandy Temple, Cultural Show, Botanical Gardens, Elephant Orphanage, Horton Plains, Yala National Park, Elephant Ride at Habarana and Turtle Hatchery 3 4WD Jeep Hire to visit Yala National Park and from Hotel up to the entrance of Horton Plains. 3 Service Charge & Government Taxes

Price Excludes: Cost of Lunches

Tips, bar, laundry and Telephone Calls Seats to witness Kandy Perehara Festival Any other expenses not specified above Porterage, service charges and government taxes Early check-in & late check-out to the hotels Visa –Please refer online: www.eta.gov.lk

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Optional Excursions per person (subject to operation)

Elephant Ride at Habarana € 31 White Water Rafting at Kithulgala € 67 Madhu River Cruise at Balapitiya € 19 Whale Watching at Mirissa € 86 Kandy Perehara Festival seats € 92 – € 123 per person depending on the dates

PRICES ARE PER PERSON & SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY AT THE TIME OF BOOKING. PRICE MAY VARY WITHOUT NOTICE. TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY.

ROCS GROUP, ST ANNE STREET, FLORIANA WWW.ROCSHOLIDAYS.COM • 2015 1515 • TRAVEL@ROCSGRP.COM

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SRI LANKA 13 DAYS Visiting: Colombo, Anuradhapura, Gritale, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya, Dambulla, Kandy, Pinnawala, Nuwara Eliya, Horton Plains, Ella, Yala, Galle € 2719 13 DAYS

DAY 1 - MALTA / SRI LANKA

Cultural Triangle. The ruins at Anuradhapura tell tales of a royal capital of 113 successive kings who made it the greatest monastic city of the ancient world. Check-in your hotel in Anuradhapura. Afternoon take the tour of this ancient city which was established in 500BC and served as an administrative centre of Sri Lanka and as the island’s capital for 1400 years. The oldest historically documented tree on earth, The Sacred Bo Tree - is also located in this city. The perfection and scale of the dagobas or relic chambers like the Ruwanveliseya, Abhayagiri and the Jetavanarama, which are the largest in the world, are staggering, the latter vying with the largest pyramids at a height of 122m. Dinner & overnight stay at your hotel in Anuradhapura. DAY 4 - ANURADHAPURA / ELEPHANT RIDE / GIRITALE After breakfast leave for Habarana to take an Elephant Ride. The feeling of stepping back in time, a time when kings rode on the backs of these magnificent mammals, and the chance for you dear visitors to do the same is what we at this other corner offer. Climb on to the backs of these gentle giants, and the tour will take you along the forest trail, across the river, through the village and back all on the elephant back ride. The choice

of either being adventurous and riding bareback or on comfortable elephant saddles are the only choice you will have to make. A pleasant experience is virtually guaranteed. Transfer to Giritale and check-in to your hotel for dinner & overnight stay. DAY 5 - GIRITALE / POLONNARUWA / GIRITALE After breakfast leave for Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka’s medieval capital in 11th & 12th Century AD. Travel via Habarana. Polonnaruwa is a well-preserved city of ancient beautiful statues. The majestic King’s Council Chamber, the Lotus Bath, the Lanka Thilaka Viharaya, the Gal Viharaya (rock temple) and the statue of one of Polonnaruwa’s great kings, Parakramabahu, are a few of this capital’s memorable sights. The Sea of Parakrama - a vast 12th century man-made reservoir dominates the city. Moreover, the monuments here are located in a more compact area, and their development is easier to follow. Transfer to Giritale for dinner & overnight stay. dagobas, moonstones, beautiful parks, massive buildings and stunningly

Flight Malta – Sri Lanka.

DAY 2 - ARRIVAL / COLOMBO SIGHTSEEING Met on arrival by the Kingstar Leisure Representative at the Bandaranaike International Airport and transfer to Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Check-in to your hotel in Colombo. Afternoon take a sightseeing tour in Colombo, like many capital cities in developing countries is fast changing its face. Almost overnight, skyscrapers arise from where old buildings once stood. Yet in some parts, the old world charm is retained. For example, there is a 100- year-old clock tower and several British built colonial Buildings. Other places of interest are the Pettah bazaar - where one can shop for bargain, a Hindu and a Buddhist temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. Dinner & overnight stay at your hotel in Colombo.

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DAY 3 - COLOMBO / ANURADHAPURA

After breakfast leave Anuradhapura located on the dry plains of the North Central Province within the

DAY 6 - GIRITALE / SIGIRIYA / DAMBULLA / KANDY After breakfast leave for Kandy, beautiful Hill capital, the last Kingdom Capital of the Sri Lanka’s royalty. Kandy is surrounded by the lush tropical scenery. En route climb the Sigiriya Rock, the fascinating fortress which was a stronghold of a fifth century king who murdered his father. The red stone rises 600 feet from the green scrub jungle and it is famous for its frescoes painted within a sheltered rock. Only 19 out of the 500 painted in the 5th century remain. The Lion stairway, the mirror wall and the water gardens are amongst Sigiriya’s other highlights. Also visit Dambulla Rock cave Temple, where you will see the frescoes over 2000 years old and the colossal figure of the recumbent Buddha carved out of the living rock about 14 me ters long. It also holds its own treasure - a magnificent temple, which is a series of five caves established as a monastery in the 3rd Century BC. These caves, built at the base of a 150m high rock during the 1st Century BC to 993 AD and are by far the most impressive of the many cave temples found in Sri Lanka. Proceed to Kandy, En route visit a Spice Garden in Matale which grows spices and herbs used for Sri Lankan cuisine and medication. Check-in to your hotel In Kandy for Dinner & overnight stay. DAY 7 - KANDY/ PINNAWELA / KANDY SIGHTSEEING After breakfast visit the Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawela near Kegalle to see

the daily routine of up keeping of baby elephants and other abandoned elephants. The unique concept of the Elephant Orphanage of Pinnawela is one of the most visited sites in Sri Lanka. Founded in the year 1975, with 03 baby elephants found abandoned in the forest, is today the home of nearly 65 elephants of different ages and sizes. Bottle feeding of the baby elephants is the highlight event of the place. On completion of visit return to Kandy. In the evening see a typical Sri Lankan Cultural Show of drumming, dancing, music and fire walking followed by a visit to the most sacred place of the Buddhist world, the Dalada Maligawa - Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relics of the Lord Buddha. Candle-lit Dinner at hotel in Kandy for honeymooners only. Overnight stay at hotel. DAY 8 - KANDY SIGHTSEEING / NUWARA ELIYA After breakfast explore the city of Kandy. Visit the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, a Batik Factory, and a Gem Bureau where you will see a documentary film on how Sri Lankan Gem mining is traditionally done, & Arts & Crafts Centre. Also drive around the Kandy Lake to see the scenic beauty of the city. Proceed to Nuwra Eliya; the Tea Garden of Sri Lanka situated 6200ft above the sea level. The hill station of Nuwara Eliya is celebrated for its fresh climate, the wonderful scenery all around, and it’s “Englishness”. Wonderful mountain panoramas surround the wide valley, into which fall many lovely but icy waterfalls.

En route visit a Tea Factory and a Plantation and see Ramboda falls in Ramboda. The temperature varies from 10 to 20 degrees Celsius, falling to near zero on winter nights and producing occasional frost. Check-in to your hotel in Nuwara Eliya for the Dinner & overnight stay. Early hours visit Horton Plains lies shrouded in cold mists on top of Sri Lanka’s mountains, at a height of more than 2,000m. A part of the Peak Wilderness Sanctuary and dramatically different from the coastal plains thousands of feet below, it is a plateau of 3,150 hectares in area. It is a wild and windswept plain of grasslands or patanas and patches of eerie forests. Residents include elk, monkeys, eagles, horned lizards and the occasional leopard. The Plains were uninhabited by the local population but were prized hunting and fishing grounds for the Europeans who “discovered” them in the early 19th century. The visit from your hotel to the entrance will have to do it by jeep.Dinner & overnight stay at your hotel in Nuwara Eliya. DAY 10 - NUWARA ELIYA / ELLA / YALA After breakfast leave for Yala via Ella Wellawaya and stop for view the Ravana Falls and the Ella Gap. Check-in to your hotel in Yala In the afternoon visit the Yala National Park which has a large wildlife sanctuary and offers the wild life enthusiast and nature lover the opportunity to observe a great variety of fauna. Visit the Yala National park and DAY 9 - VISIT HORTON PLAINS

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the tour will be conducted through the park where you will have the opportunity to see Leopards, Bears, Sambhurs, Wild Boar and Elephants. Dinner & overnight stay at your hotel in Yala. After breakfast travel through the picturesque coastal line along the South coast to Galle, which had its original Old Portuguese Fort rebuilt by the Dutch. Galle is also the centre of the ebony elephant makers, tortoise shell craft and handmade laces. Take a sightseeing tour of the walled city. DAY 11 - YALA / GALLE

Check-in at your hotel in Galle for dinner & overnight stay.

DAY 12 - GALLE

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to airport and en route visit a mask factory in Ambalangoda where he famed ‘devil masks’ are produced. Also visit a Turtle Sanctuary in Kosgoda to spare few hours at one of the sanctuaries in Sri Lanka and see the life of Turtles. You can see almost the full life journey of Turtles in these sanctuaries. Flight back to Malta.

DAY 13 - MALTA

Arrival in Malta.

DESTINATION

HOTELS

Colombo

Colombo Hilton Lake Forest Hotel

Anuradhapura

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Habarana/Giritale

Cinnamon Lodge/Deer Park Hotel

Kandy

Mahaweli Reach Hotel

Nuwara Eliya

Araliya Green Hills

Yala

Cinnamon Wild

Galle

Le Grand

Price per person in Euro

SINGLE

TWIN

TRIPLE

BOOK BEFORE 31 MAR

BOOK AFTER 01 APR

€4019

€2979

€2759

01 Feb – 30 Apr 2023

€4219

€3179

€2959

€3759

€2929

€2779

01 May – 30 Jun 2023

€3959

€3129

€2979

€3959

€2979

€2799

01 Jul – 31 Aug 2023

€4159

€3179

€2999

€3739

€2749

€2719

01 Sep – 31 Oct 2023

€3739

€2949

€2919

Price when sharing with 2 adults: Child with an Extra Bed € 1789 Child without an Extra Bed € 1609

Mandatory Supplement If the stay is coinciding with Kandy Perehara Festival Season in August 2023 a mandatory surcharge of € 67 per room per night will apply. Dates to be notified. Special Notes Please note Yala National Park may be closed during September/October 2023 due to drought season and if so the visit will be substituted with a safari to Udawalawe National Park with overnight stay at Grand Safari Hotel or Centauria Wild in Udawalawe. Package Includes: 3 Meet & greet services on arrival at the airport by Kingstar Leisure Staff. 3 Arrival / Departure airport transfers and sightseeing tour by air-conditioned private car with an English speaking chauffeur guide on transfers and sightseeing 3 Hotel accommodation in hotels listed above or similar in Single/Double/Triple occupancy 3 Daily Breakfast & Dinner 3 01 night Candle Lit Dinner at hotel in Kandy for honeymooers only 3 Sightseeing entrance fees toCultural Triangle (Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa &Sigiriya), Dambulla Temple, Kandy Temple, Cultural Show, Botanical Gardens, Elephant Orphanage, Horton Plains, Yala National Park, Elephant Ride at Habarana and Turtle Hatchery 3 4WD Jeep Hire to visit Yala National Park and from Hotel up to the entrance of Horton Plains. 3 Service Charge & Government Taxes

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Price Excludes: Cost of Lunches

White Water Rafting at Kithulgala € 67 Madhu River Cruise at Balapitiya € 19 Whale Watching at Mirissa € 86 Kandy Perehara Festival seats € 92 – € 123 per person depending on the dates

PRICES ARE PER PERSON & SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY AT THE TIME OF BOOKING. PRICE MAY VARY WITHOUT NOTICE. TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY.

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€ 3219 17 DAYS

Visiting: Colombo, Wilpattu, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee, Polonnaruwa, Gritale, Sigiri ya, Dambulla, Matale, Kandy, Pinnawala, Botanical Gargen, Nuwara Eliya, Hortons Plains., Yala, Deniyaya, Sinharaja, Galle, Madhu River, Negombo DAY 1 - MALTA / SRI LANKA

threatened species living within the Wilpattu National Park are the elephant, sloth bear, leopard and water buffalo. Sambhur, spotted deer, mongoose, mouse and shrew are more of Wilpattu’s residents. The painted stork, the open bill, little cormorant, Sri Lankan jungle fowl along with many species of owls, terns, gulls, eagles, kites buzzards are to be found at Wilpattu National Park. Wetland bird species that can be seen in Wilpattu are the garganey, pintail whistling teal hoonbill, black-headed ibis, large white egret, cattle egret and purple heron. The most common reptiles found in the park are the monitor lizard, mugger crocodile, common cobra, rat snake, python and the soft shelled turtle which are resident in the large permanent Villus. Continue to Anuradhapura for dinner & overnight stay at your hotel. Anuradhapura. Located on the dry plains of the North Central Province within the Cultural Triangle. The ruins at Anuradhapura tell tales of a royal capital of 113 succes sive kings who made it the greatest monastic city of the ancient world. Tour of this ancient city which was established in 500 BC and served as an administrative DAY 4 -ANURADHAPURA Breakfast at hotel. Full day sightseeing tour of

center of Sri Lanka and as the island’s capital for 1400 years. The oldest historically documented tree on earth, The Sacred Bo Tree - is also located in this city. The per fection and scale of the da gobas or relic chambers like the Ruwanveliseya, Abhayagiri and the Jetavanarama, which are the largest in the world, are staggering, the latter vying with the largest pyramids at a height of 122m. Return to your Hotel for Dinner and Overnight Stay. DAY 5 – ANURADHAPURA / TRINCOMALEE Breakfast at hotel and transfer to Trincomalee for sightseeing tour. Trincomalee is a port city on the east coast of Sri Lanka. The city is built on a peninsula, which divides the inner and outer harbors. It is one of the main centers of Tamil-speaking culture on the island. Historically referred to as Gokanna or Gokarna it has been a sea port that has played a major role in maritime and international trading history of Sri Lanka. Trincomalee is a natural deep-water harbor, which is rated as one of the finest of its kind in the world and attracted great sea farers like Marco Polo, Ptolemy and Sea Traders China and East Asia from the ancient times. The long and wide beaches here offer surfing, scuba diving and fishing and

Flight Malta – Sri Lanka.

DAY 2 - ARRIVAL / COLOMBO SIGHTSEEING Met on arrival by the Kingstar Leisure Representative at the Bandaranaike International Airport and transfer to Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Check-in to your hotel in Colombo. Afternoon take a sightseeing tour in Colombo, like many capital cities in developing countries is fast changing its face. Almost overnight, skyscrapers arise from where old buildings once stood. Yet in some parts, the old world charm is retained. For example, there is a 100- year old clock tower and several British-built colonial Buildings. Other places of interest are the Pettah bazaar - where one can shop for bargain, a Hindu and a Buddhist temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. Dinner & overnight stay at your hotel in Colombo. DAY 3 - COLOMBO / WILPATTU/ANURADHAPURA After breakfast leave for Wilpattu where 31 species of mammals have been identified within Wilpattu National Park. Mammals that are identified as

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DAY 6 - TRINCOMALEE / POLONNARUWA / GIRITALE After breakfast leave for Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka’s medieval capital in 11th & 12th Century AD. Travel via Mutter and Vakarai along the East Coast. Polonnaruwa is a well-preserved city of ancient beautiful statues. The majestic King’s Council Chamber, the Lotus Bath, the Lanka Thilaka Viharaya, the Gal Viharaya (rock temple) and the statue of one of Polonnaruwa’s great kings, Parakramabahu, are a The Sea of Parakrama - a vast 12th century man-made reservoir dominates the city. Moreover, the monuments here are located in a more compact area, and their development is easier to follow. Transfer to Giritale and DAY 7 - GIRITALE / SIGIRIYA / DAMBULLA / MATALE / KANDY After breakfast leave for Kandy, beautiful Hill capital, the last Kingdom Capital of the Sri Lanka’s royalty. Kandy is surrounded by the lush tropical scenery. En route climb the Sigiriya Rock, the fascinating fortress which was a stronghold of a fifth century king who murdered his father. The red stone rises 600 feet from the green scrub jungle and it is famous for its frescoes painted within a sheltered rock. Only 19 out of the 500 painted in the 5th century remain. The Lion stairway, the mirror wall and the water gardens are dagobas, moonstones, beautiful parks, massive buildings and stunningly few of this capital’s memorable sights. check in at you hotel for Dinner & Overnight stay.

whale watching. The small peninsula jutting out of Trincomalee town, near the stadium and the main shopping streets, is the Portuguese built Fort Frederick. It’s still a working military base but, you can walk through it. Inside the fort grounds are plenty of colonial style British army buildings, cannons and other leftovers from previous inhabitants and, bizarrely, loads of deer poking their heads out from behind the military offices. This sea town is home to the Thirukonesvaram Kovil, which is one of the oldest Hindu temples in Sri Lanka here are many things to do and see in town and the views across the three main bays are very pret ty. It is found on Swami Rock, just above Fort Frederick. It’s very colourful and you can walk around the grounds. The temple is built on top of the cliff, tottering right on the edge of the Indian Ocean. Next to Koneswaram Temple is Lovers Leap. The name kind of gives it away but it is indeed a favorite suicide spot, with a sheer drop to the ocean crashing against the rocks below. There’s a memorial and shelter, commemorating the legend behind the name. Apparently the daughter of an Old Dutch official here threw herself off the cliff when her forbidden lover had to sail back to Europe, never to see her again. The story was dampened slightly when records revealed that the girl in question in fact grew old in the town, married with children. But the name and memorial remains. Check-in at your hotel for Dinner and Overnight Stay.

amongst Sigiriya’s other highlights. Also visit Dambulla Rock Cave Temple, where you will see the frescoes over 2000 years old and the colossal figure of the recumbent Buddha carved out of the living rock about 14 meters long. It also holds its own treasure - a magnificent temple, which is a series of five caves established as a monastery in the 3rd Century BC. These caves built at the base of a 150m high rock during the 1st Century BC to 993 AD and are by far the most impressive of the many cave temples found in Sri Lanka. Proceed to Kandy, En route visit a Spice Garden in Matale which grows spices and herbs used for Sri Lankan cuisine and medication. Check-in to your hotel In Kandy for Dinner & Overnight stay. DAY 8 - KANDY / PINNAWALA / BOTANICAL GARDEN / KANDY After breakfast visit the Elephant Orphanage in Pinnawala near Kegalle to see the daily routine of up keeping of baby elephants and other abandoned elephants. The unique concept of the Elephant Orphanage of Pinnawala is one of the most visited sites in Sri Lanka. Founded in the year 1975, with 05 baby elephants found abandoned in the forest, is today the home of nearly 93 elephants of different ages and sizes. Bottle feeding of the baby elephants is the highlight event of the place. There after visit Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya which has been first built as a pleasure garden by a Sinhala king and was expanded by the British. It

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