Inclusions

• Airport pick up and drop off

• Assistance at the Airport

• Accommodation 3 Star category Hotels on bed & breakfast basis (Can customize)

• Private English-Speaking driver with Air-condition vehicle for the entire Journey 

• Kandy City Tour - 2 hours

• Ceylon Gem Factory visit

• Ceylon Batik clothing factory visit

• Sri Lanka Handicraft factory visit

• Spice Garden visit & 15 min Ayurvedic Massage

• Tea plantation visit & factory visit - Free tea tasting

• Nuwara Eliya city tour - 2 hours

• Sitha Amman Kovil 1 hour visit

• Galle city tour - 3 hours

• Colombo city & shopping tour - 3 hours 

• Fuel & local insurance for the vehicle will be provided

• All government taxes are included

Exclusions

• This package excludes the sightseeing entrance charges (Unless specified)

• Meals not mentioned in the itinerary

•  Late check outs & early check in charges are excluded

• Air-tickets NOT included

• Camera & Video Permits

• Guide/Driver tips

Day 02 Colombo to Kandy via Chilaw & Pinnawala

After an enjoyable breakfast at the hotel and once you have
checked out from the hotel, you will be driven to Chilaw city. Here you will be
able to visit the Munneshwaram Temple. This is the temple where Lord Rama felt
safe and asked God Shiva for a remedy to overcome his fear. Afterwards, you
will be driven to the Mannavari Temple (20 minutes' drive) – Mannavari being the
first lingam installed and prayed to by Lord Rama.

After the visits to these two temples, you will then proceed
to Kandy, visiting the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage (on your request) enroute.

You will spend the night in Kandy. 

Day 03 Kandy to Nuwara Eliya

The following morning, you will be driven to Nuwara Eliya
for a one-night stay. En route, you will visit the Sri Baktha Hanuman Temple in
Ramboda – about 1 hour & 30 mins drive from Kandy. This Hanuman deity temple was
built by the Chinmaya mission of Sri Lanka and special Pooja’s are conducted
here every full moon day, which is witnessed by thousands of devotees.
Thereafter, you will then refresh and freshen up at the hotel in Nuwara Eliya
and in the evening visit the Gayathri Peedam.
Hindu’s believe this is where Lord Shiva blessed King Ravana’s son with
supernatural powers.

You will spend the night at a hotel in Nuwara Eliya.

Day 4 – Nuwara Eliya to Ella

On day 4 of this popular Sri Lanka Ramayana Tour, you can
visit the Seetha Amman Temple, which is located close to Nuwara Eliya.
Alongside a stream (in which Sitadevi is said to have bathed) a temple is
erected for Lord Rama, Sitadevi, Lukhmana and Hanuman.

Next stop is Divurumpola – about an hour’s drive. This is
where Sitadevi was subjected to a test to prove her chastity. Devotees taking
oaths are a common ritual here.

You will spend the night in Ella to end up 4th day of your Sri Lanka Ramayana Tour.

Day 6 – Tissamaharama to Bentota

After breakfast the next morning,
you will be driven to Kataragama to visit the Kataragama shrine – dedicated to

takes place here with a grand procession in which devotees’ exhibit talents
such as hanging from hooks and other similar performances.

Thereafter, you will be driven to
Ussangoda, situated on the Colombo – Kataragama road near Ambalantota –
Nonagama Junction in Hambantota District. Here you will be able to view a burnt
down area of King Ravana’s empire and as well as an airport also believed to be
used by Him.

After the visit here, you will be
driven to Galle, which is a 3-and-a-half-hour drive. In Galle you will
visit  Rumasela – which is where parts of
the herbs from the Himalayan hills, brought by Lord Hanuman, are said to have
fallen.

The next place scheduled for you
to visit is the Seenigama Temple in Hikkaduwa, which is where King of the
Monkeys is said to have begun the onslaught on forces of King Ravana.

in the evening can visit Sri Lanka's most famous boat ride on Madu River.

Madu river Boat safari through the melodious, bird-colonized mangrove forests of Madu River, quivering with communities of land-dwelling mollusk's, river monsters, and wild butterflies in Balapitiya. It is Approximately 1 and half hour boat ride. 

after that 1-hour drive to Bentota. Overnight stay in there.

Day 7 – Airport drop

Based on your time of departure, your friendly chauffeur
will drive you back safely to the airport.

We sincerely hope that this Sri Lanka Ramayana Tour is managed
by The Visit Lanka Tours Team, covers all areas that interests you and that you
are fully satisfied and happy with all arrangements made. If you wish to spend
more time in Sri Lanka to discover more places of interest, we can better customize
this tour itinerary for you, depending on your preferences.

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