The highlights tour will show you some of the important places to be visited in Sri Lanka. This tour is ideal to combine with a beach extension in Sri Lanka, also can be adjusted to include beach stay in South Coast, West Coast or East Coast throughout the year to be compatible with the beach season of the travelling period as tour ending night being Kandy, which is centrally located town in the island. Tour can be combined with an extension to Maldives or South India too.
Highlight’s Tour Sri Lanka
Code: ACME014
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Day 1: Airport / Colombo
Flight Arrival in Sri Lanka and landing at Colombo Bandaranayke International Airport. After the completion of your Immigrations, Customs and Security procedures, please proceed to the Meeting Lobby of the arrival Terminal. Meeting with Assistance at the Lobby by our Representative, later your tour chauffeur will pick you at the Exit Gate . Transfer to your hotel in Colombo. – Visit Colombo, the commercial and financial center of Sri Lanka. This is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins. First overnight stay in Colombo
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Day 2 Colombo / Kitulgala / Nuwara Eliya
After breakfast leave to Nuwara Eliya, En route visit Kitulgala – a small town now developing fast as a Fresh Water sports and Nature Sports resort. You can also do Bird Watching, Bicycle Riding, Jungle Trekking and Zip Lining. (Payment direct) Later leave for Nuwara Eliya – the center of the hill country. You can witness plenty of eye-catching and heart-touching places like the Gregory’s Lake, Race Course, Victoria Park, The Golf Club, and the old Brick Post Office Building and spend the evening walking in the cool climate. Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya.
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Day 3 Nuwara Eliya / Tea Plantation / Gampola / Kandy
After Bfast leave to Kandy & en route visit a tea plantation and witness the manufacture of the world-famous Ceylon tea. PM visit the most famous temples are Lankathilaka, Gadaladeniya and Embekke with Splendid ancient architecture. Arrive in Kandy for overnight stay.
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Day 4 Peradeniya Gardens / Kandy City / Cultural Dance / Temple Tooth
After breakfast visit the royal botanical gardens of Peradeniya which is best known for having the largest collection of orchids in Asia and many other varieties of plants. PM, visit the city of Kandy – the Royal Capital of Sri Lanka under the King’s Rule until the British Invasion in 1815. It is also known as the center of traditional arts in Sri Lanka. In the evening you can view a Cultural Dance show. Then visit the most sacred Buddhist establishment in Sri Lanka – the Temple of Tooth the evening ceremony. Overnight stay in Kandy.
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Day 5 Pinnawela / Airport
Breakfast at hotel and travel to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, one of the most popular attractions in Sri Lanka. It fosters the biggest herd of captive elephants in the world. Witness the elephants bathing in the nearby river. By afternoon the tour will come to its end and you will be transferred to the Airport at Katunayake to connect to your departure flight.
- There has to be a minimum of two clients per booking.
- If only one client is travelling alone please contact us for further details.
01st May 2023 to 31st October 2023 (Except Kandy Perahara Period 21st to 30th August 2023)
| Number of clients Travelling together | Comfort Category |
| 02 | 470 per person |
| 04 | 390 per person |
| 06 | 340 per person |
| Single room extra charges | 145 per person |
Kandy Perahara Period for ten nights from 21st to 30th August 2023 – only if clients are spending the nights in Kandy during the Perahara Period, a extra supplement will be applicable – USD 60 per room per night extra for only Kandy overnights.
- All entrance fees as per program to be paid directly will cost around USD 50 per person. (Kandy temple / Cultural Dance Show / Kandy Museum / Peradeniya Gardens / Gadaladeniya / Embekke / Lankathilaka / Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage.
- Please change foreign currency in to SLRS at the airport after customs, there are many 24hrs bank counters at the airport as all these payments have to be made only in SLRS. No credit card payments are accepted at these sites. Subject to change slightly sometimes details are provided with rates as applicable at the moment. (Children under 12 years will be charged half rate 50%)
- For Reservations during, Super Peak Period – 21 December 2023 to 10 January 2024 period please contact us for further details. As Peak supplements apply at hotels during this period & this will change according to the category of hotels and actual days of stay at each hotel.
- If required we can modify the program to have the last night in a beach hotel south of Colombo or in Negombo then proceed to the airport. Any other modifications to the program can be arranged as per individual preferences.
- CANCELLATION POLICY – You may cancel your booking at any time prior to commencement of the reservations which has to be acknowledged by our company in writing. If the cancellation is made 30 days before the first date of the reservation we will retain your 1st small deposit to cover our costs. If the cancellation is notified less than 29 days prior to the first date of reservation following additional cancellation charges will apply.
- Less than 30 days before arrival 25% of total invoice
- Less than 21 days before arrival 50% of total invoice
- Less than 14 days before arrival 100% of total invoice
- No show or early departure 100% of total invoice
- No more restrictions regarding Covid vaccinations etc. All tourists are allowed entry no requirement of Covid vaccination proof anymore in Sri Lanka with effect from 06th Dec 2022. Anyway we must check back again a few days before arrival if there are any new changes.
| Comfort | |
| Day 1 | Ramada Colombo (Deluxe Room) |
| Day 2 | Galway Heights Hotel (Deluxe Room) |
| Day 3 | Hotel Thilanka or Hotel Suisse |
| Day 4 | Hotel Thilanka or Hotel Suisse |
| Day 5 | No Hotel |
All about the High Lights Tour – 5 Days – Sri Lanka.
Services Included
All rates quoted are in US Dollars & net per person inclusive of all applicable taxes.
Every two persons sharing a double or twin room at mentioned properties or similar.
Welcomed at the airport by our representative.
Check-in 14h00 & Check-out at 12hrs.
Four nights on bed & breakfast basis (breakfast only) – Total Four Nights.
Air-conditioned private vehicle with an English speaking chauffeur will be provided (Private Tour).
No vehicle will be provided on any free days if any (as per program). Last day Transfer to the airport included.
Fuel & local assurance for vehicle & passengers while travelling included.
The chauffeur will look after his own meals & accommodation.
Services Not Included.
All entrance fees as per program to be paid directly only in Sri Lankan Rupees and it will cost around USD 50 per person.
Personal spending (tips, laundry, mini bar, telephone, fax, beverages etc.)
The right to use video cameras at sites – most places will allow you to use video cameras once the entrance fee is paid except at The Temple of the Tooth in Kandy & Pinnawela elephant orphanage (USD 05 per Videocamera per location).
Medical expenses, travel insurance, international flights.
Sri Lanka Visa charges USD 50 per person & for SAARC countries USD 20 per person, can be obtained directly via the internet please visit this site. http://www.eta.gov.lk/. The process is very simple payments can be paid online & with the confirmation document print out & code you have to submit passport on arrival only. The passport has to be valid for six months from the day of arrival return air tickets & sufficient funds or reservations arranged for the holiday should be with you. All nationals have to obtain a visit / tourist visa prior to arrival.
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