Land of the Arhants

Land of the Arhants

BIA/ Colombo/ Potuvil/ Ampara/ Kudumbigala/ Okanda/ Kumana/ Yala/ Kataragama/ Galle/ Colombo/ BIA

Highlights -

Elephant safari, Lahugala archaeological sites, Ampara Archaeological sites and beach, Buddangala, Kudumbigala, Samangala, Okanda temple and beach, Kumana Bird Sanctuary, Yala Wildlife Sanctuary, KataragamaDevalaya and KiriWehera, Galle fort and city tour, Colombo City tour.

Day One - Bandaranaike International Airport/ Colombo

Spend the rest of the day following your arrival in touring the city of Colombo and enjoying the diverse colours and sounds of Sri Lanka’s capital.

Day Two - Colombo/ Potuvil

Head to the Eastern Sri Lanka, stopping at the Lahugala Elephant Sanctuary and the MagulMahaViharaya in Lahugala, an ancient monastery complex spreading over the jungle. Spend the evening at the beautiful Potuvil beach.

Day Three - Potuvil/ Deegawapiya/ Potuvil/ Kudumbigala/ Okanda/ Pottuvil

Spend the morning marvelling Deegawapiya, an ancient monastery complex and head to Kudumbigala, a forest hermitage practicing 2500 year old monastic tradition, situated amidst the Kudumbigala Wildlife Sanctuary.From Kudumbigala proceed to OkandaDevalaya, a Hindhu temple situated closer to the famous Okanda Beach

Day Four - Pottuvil/ Kumana/ Yala

Visit the Kumana Bird Sanctuary for an exceptional experience in Sri Lanka’s bird life and the archaeological sites scattered over the sanctuary. Proceed to a luxury camping experience at Yala for the night.

Day Five - Yala/ Kataragama

Spend the day within the Yala Wildlife Reserve in pursuit of Elephants and illusive leopard and head to Kataragama sacred city for the night.

Day Six - Kataragama/ Galle

Visit the sacred Kataragama temple dedicated to Lord Skanda and join the morning prayers with thousand others devotees. Head to Galle, a per-colonial trading town and a trading and military base of the Dutch and British During their rule over Sri Lanka. Investigating the Dutch Galle fort under the setting sun, a memory to be treasure forever.

Day Seven - Galle/ Colombo

Spend the day visiting the Colombo museum followed by shopping at Colombo town.

Day Eight - Colombo/ BIA
End of the tour
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