ROCS Holidays Sri Lanka 2023

SRI LANKA 17 DAYS

€ 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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