Ceylon Culture and Heritage Tour – 6 Nights

• After Breakfast do a city tour of Anuradhapura, the first ancient capital of Srilanka
• Sightseeing will include

• Sacred Bo Tree-the oldest historically authenticated human planted tree ever in the world.
• The Brazen Palace and Ruwanwelisaya Dagoba
• Thuparama Dagoba-the first temple of Srilanka
• Isurumuniya rock temple- the rock carving of the “LOVERS”
• Samadhi statue of Buddha & Royal Pleasure Gardens
• Moonstone carvings and twin Ponds
• Abhayagiri and Jethavanaramaya Dagoba and monastery complex
• Mihintale

Overnight at Anuradhapura (Hotel to be decided according to the guest’s personal interest)

• After Breakfast Proceed to Polonnaruwa (104km 2.10hrs)
• Do a city tour of Polonnaruwa

Polonnaruwa was the 2nd Capital of Srilanka, the sightseeing include

• The Museum of Polonnaruwa
• Kings Palace, Council chamber, Royal Bath
• Shiva Devalaya (Hindu Temple)
• Atadage, Vatadage, Hetadage (the tooth relic temples of Polonnaruwa
• Galviharaya (Northern Monastery
• Kiri vehera

Overnight at Polonnaruwa (Hotel to be decided according to the guest’s personal interest)

• After checkout Proceed to Sigiriya (56km 1.20hrs)
• Visit Sigiriya Rock Fortress 
• Sigiriya is a unique combination of fifth century urban planning, landscaping, Hydraulic management, engineering, architecture, painting, sculpture and poetry.

Overnight at Sigiriya (Hotel to be decided according to the guest’s personal interest)

• After the Breakfast and leave to Kandy. 95km 2.20hrs

     En route visit Dambulla Rock Cave Temple.

• Dambulla Rock cave Temple is a UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE in Srilanka. The history of the temple dates back to 3rd Century BC. In the 1st century BC major five caves had been converted to beautiful interior carved temple. The caves consist of Buddha statues, statues of gods, statues of kings and as well as Bodhisatwa. And the Caves features 20000 of square feet of ceiling paintings which is the largest south Asia.
•  In the evening visit Sacred temple of tooth relic
• Cultural Dance Program (Optional)

Overnight at Kandy (Hotel to be decided according to the guest’s personal interest)

• Transfer to Negombo (102km 3.05hrs)

En route visit 

• Embekke, Lankatilaka and Gadoladeniya Temples
• Embekke devalaya is an ancient shrine and a temple dedicated to lord kataragama. Built by king vikramabahu3rd of gampola(1357-1374)Embekke is world famous for wood carvings.
• Gadaladeniya   Built almost exclusively of stone in 1344 by gampola king wickramabahu. The architecture is Dravidian, the entrance porch feature large stone pillars, which support a roof of huge stone slabs.  The 638 years Old jackwood doors still exhibits their original painting.
• Lankathilaka 
• Completed in 1344, but more traditional Sinhalese style. three storied building,  situated on a top of a gray rock above the fertile highland gree, the shrine contain ancient Buddha image of brick and plaster, plus devalas to four guardian deities of the island. Each with his consort. Wood carvers still work at the foot of the rock on which the temple stands. The painted doors of wood and frescoes still bright with their original paint on walls and ceilings in the shrine room. And superb seated image of Buddha

Overnight at Negombo (Hotel to be decided according to the guest’s personal interest)

• After checkout Proceed to Bandaranaike international airport.9km  0.30hrs

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