Boutique Sri Lanka Tour

  After breakfast proceed to Kandy via Pinnawala

Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage- App. 55 miles from Colombo, off the Colombo - Kandy road is Pinnawela, where an orphanage was started in

1975 to house the abandoned and the wounded elephants. The number of elephants has increased to more than 65 now; including Baby Elephants brought from various parts, as well as some of the more than 25 babies born, as a result of the captive breeding programme. The best time to visit is the feeding time from 0915-0945hrs and 1415-1445hrs and the bathing time from 1000-11.00hrs and when all the elephants are taken to the river close by.

Kandy city tour

Commence a sightseeing tour of Kandy including the visits to Market Square

• Kandy shopping, Gem shops, Bathik factory, Wood carving factory, Kandy Lake and in the evening attend the evening pooja at the Temple of the Tooth Relic and witness a Sri Lankan cultural dance performance.

Kandy Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden – 147 acres in extent; Started in 1374 as a pleasure garden of the Kings of Gampola and Kandy. There are more than 5,000 species of trees, plants and creepers. Some rare and endemic as well as flora from the tropical world are found in the gardens. Spice Garden and Orchid House are popular with tourists. There are 5 Palm Avenues beautifying the gardens, the earliest and tallest Palm Avenue (Royal Palm Avenue) was planted in 1905 and the Double Coconuts from the Seashells Island, with the largest seed of all plants in the world is one such avenue.