5-day Sri Lanka Central Highlands Tour

Itinerary

Day 1: Colombo - Colombo

Stop At: Colombo Fort, Galle Buck, Colombo Sri Lanka
We will pick you up at the Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport, you will be warmly greeted by your very own chauffeur guide and transferred to your hotel in Colombo (Approx. 1 hour drive).
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation is in a three star hotel on bed & breakfast basis.

Day 2: Colombo - Nuwara Eliya

Stop At: Devon Falls, Talawakele, Nuwara Eliya 22200 Sri Lanka
Drive to Nuwara Eliya (approx. 5 hours drive). En route visit Devon.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: St Clair's Falls, Hatton-Talawakele Highway, Talawakele, Nuwara Eliya 22200 Sri Lanka
Visit St. Claire's waterfalls.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Nuwara Eliya Golf Course, Grand Hotel Road, Nuwara Eliya 22200 Sri Lanka
Afternoon: You will have a city tour of Nuwara Eliya. Surrounded by hills and tea plantations, the town of Nuwara Eliya is blessed with spring-like weather throughout the year. A favorite retreat of the British during colonial times, the town is dotted with English country style houses and half-timbered bungalows.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation is in a three star hotel on bed & breakfast basis.

Day 3: Nuwara Eliya - Horton Plains - Nuwara Eliya

Stop At: Horton Plains National Park, Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka
Morning: Start your day early to Horton Plains National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage, and take a guided walk along the nature trails to a viewpoint known as World’s End (approx. 1 hour & 30 minutes drive).
Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Pedro Tea Factory, Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka
Afternoon: Visit a tea plantation and tea factory where the best tea in the world is produced. Today more than 200,000 hectares in highlands and other areas are under Tea and around 300 million Kilograms, with a 25% of world tea exports are done by Sri Lanka as the World’s largest tea exporter.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation is in a three star hotel on bed & breakfast basis.

Day 4: Nuwara Eliya - Kandy

Stop At: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, Sri Dalada Veediya, Kandy 20000 Sri Lanka
Today after breakfast, you will be driven to Kandy (approx. 3 hours drive). 

Afternoon: You will do the city tour of Kandy including a visit to the temple of the sacred tooth relic, upper lake drive, market square, gem lapidary and more.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation is in a three star hotel on bed & breakfast basis.

Day 5: Kandy - Colombo

Stop At: Colombo Fort, Galle Buck, Colombo Sri Lanka
Drive from Kandy back to Colombo and take you straight to Bandaranaike International Colombo Airport (approx. 3 hours drive) to catch your flight.
Duration: 15 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.