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Duration
8 Days 7 Nights
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Tour Type
Group Tour
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Tour Guide
Sri Lanka

Children’s Explore

HOLIDAY WITH FAMILY TOURS

Family holidays are all about spending time with your loved ones whilst also having the opportunity to enjoy precious time with yourselves. Whether you seek a relaxing beach holiday, fun-filled adventure, a slice of an exotic paradise, or somewhere closer to home, Ceylon Discovery Tours offers a fabulous holiday that caters to all of your family’s needs.

Sri Lanka’s endless carpet of golden sand lapped by crystal-clear aquamarine waters offers blissful relaxation for the whole family. However, with its rich heritage, a plethora of cultural treasuresstunning scenery, and incredible wildlife, this exotic island offers families the chance to venture beyond the beach and embark on unforgettable adventures.

 

Duration: 8 Days – 7 Nights Tour 975US$ per person 

Tour Highlights 

  • Pinnewele Elephant Orphanage
  • Dambulla Cave Temple -UNESCO World Heritage site
  • Elephant Safari at Minneriye/Kaudulle
  • Elephant Back Ride in Haberene/Sigiriye
  • Kandy City tour
  • Tea Factory visit in Hill Country
  • Turtle Hatchery at Kosgoda
  • Water Sports at Bentota River (Optional)
  • Shopping in Colombo

Day 01: Arrival – Air Port to Negambo 

Arrival at Bandaranaike International Ari Port and transfer to Hotel in  Negambo. 

Dinner & Overnight stay at a Hotel in Negambo

 

Day 02: Negambo / Pinnewele / Dambulle 

After breakfast leave for Dambulla and en route visit the Elephant Orphanage at Pinnewele. Pinnewele Elephant Orphanage where abandoned and disabled elephants get a lot of love, care, and protection can enjoy the bathing, feeding & playing of dignified elderly matriarchs to the cutest of babies. 

Dinner & Overnight stay at Hotel in Dambulla

 

Day 03: Dambulle / Minneriye / Dambulle 

After breakfast go on an elephant back safari at Habarana; set  amidst the natural wilderness and serene lakes Habarane, is the ideal place for this adventurous fun experience. The jungle trek on the elephant’s back accompanied by the mahout – the elephant handler – you set off for a ride of a lifetime along jungle paths and across shallow rivers, which would  give great fun for your whole family. 

Afternoon, visit Minneriye/Kaudulle/Eco Park National Park. This will include a Safari tour by jeep  with a jungle tracker. The Park is an incredible place to observe the elephants that come to bathe & graze on the grasses as well as the huge flocks of Birds that come to fish in the shallow waters. 

Dinner & Overnight stay at the same Hotel in Dambulla

 

Day 04: Dambulla To Kandy 

After breakfast leave for Kandy. En route visit Cave Temple at Dambulla where a large number of Buddha statues are housed in 5 caves,  including a 14-meter-long, colossal figure of the recumbent Buddha carved out of the rock, the caves’ rock ceiling covered in one large sweep of colorful frescoes. It is the best place to see the classical Buddhist paintings & murals of the island. Evening reaching Kandy and seeing the Cultural Show. Kandy, the capital of the hill country, was the last seat of Sinhalese kings who ceded power to the British in1815 after many battles with the western colonial forces, still remains much of its old world charm and traditions of the Sri Lankan  lifestyle, At the Cultural Show, can enjoy the Dancers & Drums of Traditional Artist with their magical  Firewalking. 

Dinner & Overnight stay at Hotel in Kandy.

 

Day 05: Kandy to Nuwere Eliye 

After Breakfast leave for Nuwara Eliya. In the morning Sightseeing in Kandy including Upper Lake Drive Observe the glorious  architecture of that period and experience the tranquility of the  atmosphere. And visit Art and Craft Centers, and Gem Factory to see the rich skills of Kandian Traditional Craftsmen & Artists. Next visit a Tea Factory with rolling tea gardens via crashing waterfalls and reach Nuwere Eliye in the evening: Nuwara Eliya also known as Little  

England is where the homesick British (The Tea Planters) built themselves a home away from home.

Dinner & Overnight stay at Hotel in Nuwara Eliya

 

Day 06: Nuwere Eliye to Bentota 

After Breakfast leaves for Bentota via Kithulgala. En route further, enjoy lush tea plantations, majestic peaks, and rushing waterfalls, and stop to view fascinating two waterfalls St.clairs fall and Devon Fall. 

Dinner & Overnight stay at Hotel in Bentota

 

Day 07: Bentota to Colombo 

After breakfast, Children will be kept entertained with the numerous water  sports (an optional Activity) on offer on the calm Bentota River, alongside  the sea including banana-boating, water-skiing, jet-skiing, windsurfing, and wave boarding. Next visit sea turtles at the Kosgoda Turtle Conservation Project which is a pioneering effort in conserving the endangered Marine Turtle species that come to nest along the west coast of the island. The process of marine turtles nesting, hatchlings being born, and swimming back to sea is a phenomenal ritual that is  fascinating to observe. 

And in the afternoon leaves for Colombo and visits the main shopping places around the city.

Dinner & Overnight stay at a Hotel in Colombo

 

Day 08: Departures – Colombo to Air Port 

Leave for Airport for Departure (According to your flight times)

 

Tour Includes 

  • Accommodation on a 3-star hotel HB basis (breakfast & dinner)
  • Transportation in an A/C Car (Up to 02 Pax) / A/C Micro van (03 – 06 Pax)/A/C Mini coach (06- 12Pax)
  • Airport Transfers.
  • Entrance tickets & fee for all activities mentioned above (Except Water Sports) ∙ Jeeps for safaris where mentioned
  • Government Taxes.

Tour Excludes 

  • Tips and porterage.
  • Expenses of a personal nature
  • Lunch & Beverages
  • Fee for Water Sport Activities
  • Flights & Visas
  • Early check-in & Early checkout charges
  • Optional Activities

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