Family Tour With East Coast

12 days/ 11 nights

This tour is designed for families with children. Discover beauty of Sri Lanka at your own pace. It will be fun, interesting and adventurous not only for your children.

Where We Take You

Negombo -> Pinnawela -> Kandy -> Tea Plantations -> Matale -> Passikudah -> Minneriya Natioanl Park -> Habarana
-> Sigiriya -> Dambulla -> Bentota -> Balapitiya

Day 1: Arrival-Negombo

Welcome to Sri Lanka. Meet with your guide at the airport. Transfer to beach hotel in NEGOMBO, just close by from the airport. Spend a resting day. Dinner and overnight

Day 2: Pinnawela-Kandy

After breakfast you will start your adventure. Proceed through beautiful tropical scenery around you, as well get to know local traffic that is really fascinating. he first stop today is PINNAWELA – ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE. Here you can see large numbers
of elephants, over 70, also the youngest ones baby elephants. The most beautiful and interesting part is elephant river bathing and to observe those “gentle giants” enjoying it.Then experience walk with the elephant; have a walk inside jungle with an elephant around, observe this amazing animal while listening to local guide about many interesting information, get a chance to feed and bath an elephant in the river; fascinating experience.Arrive to the last royal capital city – KANDY; UNESCO heritage. Check in to hotel, and spend evening by leisure. Dinner and overnight.

 Day 3: Kandy-Tea Plantations

After breakfast start with a walk inside Royal Botanical Garden; the largest botanical garden in Sri Lanka, variety of exotic flowers, trees and plants, royal palm-avenue, giant coconuts, huge bamboos, orchid house; also cheerful monkeys and bats hanging from the trees.

Then proceed to the most beautiful part of Sri Lanka. Green trees, hills and mountains all around, waterfalls, breath-taking landscape scenery, captivating scent of tea, tea plantations, tea pluckers, tea factory where you will get a chance to taste original Ceylon tea renowned throughout the world, and find out how tea leaves end up as a cup of tea.Back to KANDY. In silk shop try on traditional Sri Lankan saree for women and sarong for men and pose on a family picture. In the evening visit possibly the most sacred Buddhist shrine in the world – Dalada Maligawa- The Tooth Relic Temple. Back to hotel, dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Matale-Passikudah

After breakfast proceed to MATALE and visit magical spice garden; different kinds of herbs and spices that Sri Lanka is famous for; the world‘s best cinnamon; taste herbal tea. On the way you will also see colourful Hindu Temple. Then visit local „coconut family“ that will show you everything what they make from coconut and coconut palm. After few hours of driving, arrive to the East Coast- PASSIKUDAH with white sands and turquoise water, also called as a local Maldives. Enjoy relaxing days on the beach.

 Day 5-7: Passikudah Beach Stay

Day 8: Matale-Passikudah

Morning leisure on the beach. Afternoon you will experience jeep safari adventure where you can see large numbers of wild elephants and beautiful nature- MINNERIYA NATIONAL PARK. Transfer to hotel, dinner and overnight.

Day 9: Sigiriya-Habarana

In the morning star with a bit of sport and climb 200 meters rising up citadel of unusual beauty, SIGIRIYA- The Lion Rock, The Rock Fortress, “The Eighth Wonder of the World”; follow the steps of King Kassapa; 1200 steps ahead; and at the end the best, top of the rock fortress with the spectacular view. UNESCO heritage.

Then experience traditional Sri Lankan rural life- fun for all; you will be like a farmer; this includes bullock cart ride between green paddy fields, canoeing on the lake, demonstration of cooking traditional local meals with tasting, and in the end crazy tuk ruk rides.
Back to hotel, leisure at the pool side. In the evening parents can go for traditional Ayurveda massages (optional). Dinner and overnight.

Day 10: Dambulla-Bentota

After breakfast visit Golden Rock Temple in DAMBULLA, over 150 statues of Buddha and beautiful painting, 14 meters Buddha statue carved out of the rock; all around cheerful monkeys that will pose on your pictures. UNESCO heritage. Transfer to the coast around BENTOTA. Leisure afternoon, dinner and overnight.

Day 11: Balapitiya-Turtles-Bentota

Late breakfast. Today visit BALAPITIYA and experience boat safari adventure in Madu Ganga River. Boat takes you into the labyrinth of mangrove forests with many islands; cinnamon island with cinnamon processing; island so called “Fish Spa” where you just dangle your feet into the tank to get treated by the massage fishes. Also visit turtle farm where you can see from the smallest baby turtles to the biggest ones. In the late afternoon back to hotel, leisure on the beach, dinner and overnight.

Day 12: Bentota-Departure