The Top 10 Car & Driver Private Tour for Week Start from Colombo

pick up from the point as agreed, and leave for Sigiriya, on the way stop at Dambulla golden cave temple. evening cultural show. A sacred pilgrimage site for 22 centuries, this cave monastery, with its five sanctuaries, is the largest, best-preserved cave-temple complex in Sri Lanka. The Buddhist mural paintings (covering an area of 2,100 m2 ) are of particular importance, as are the 157 statues. overnight sleeps at Sigiriya.

after breakfast climb Sigiriya rock fortress The ruins of the capital built by the parricidal King Kassapa I (477–95) lie on the steep slopes and at the summit of a granite peak standing some 180m high (the 'Lion's Rock', which dominates the jungle from all sides). A series of galleries and staircases emerging from the mouth of a gigantic lion constructed of bricks and plaster provide access to the site. or Pidurangala rock hicking. after lunch visit Minneriya national park. overnight sleeps at Sigiriya.

leave for Kandy, on the way to spice gardens, Enjoy Sri Lanka’s world-renowned spices at their source. Visit a spice garden, where smells of cinnamons, pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, and mace overwhelm the senses and the visitors are provided an insight into an age-old industry of spice production, which attracted many European and Asian merchants to the ports of ancient Sri Lanka. evening visit Kandy temple of the tooth relic of lord buddha. This sacred Buddhist site, popularly known as the city of Senkadagalapura, was the last capital of the Sinhala kings whose patronage enabled the Dinahala culture to flourish for more than 2,500 years until the occupation of Sri Lanka by the British in 1815. It is also the site of the Temple of the Tooth Relic (the sacred tooth of the Buddha), which is a famous pilgrimage site. shopping, a botanical garden, and overnight sleep at Kandy.

After breakfast leave for Nuwara Eliya on the way to taste a cup of Ceylon Tea at a tea plantation, & visit the tea factory, and scenic waterfalls, Often referred to as ‘Little England’, this genteel highland community does have a rose-tinted, vaguely British-country-village feel to it, with its colonial-era bungalows, Tudor-style hotels, well-tended hedgerows, and pretty gardens. Indeed, Nuwara Eliya was once the favored cool-climate escape for the hard-working and hard-drinking English and Scottish pioneers of Sri Lanka’s tea industry. A recent construction boom has blighted the scene to a degree, and the dusty and bustling center is a thoroughly Sri Lankan urban tangle, but Nuwara Eliya still makes a fine base for a few days' relaxation. The verdant surrounding countryside of tea plantations carefully tended vegetable plots and craggy hills is highly scenic. Treat yourself to a night in one of Nuwara Eliya’s colonial hotels. overnight sleep at Nuwara Eliya

leave for Mount Lavinia beach, on the way lunch at Base camp at Kitulgala. Kitulgala is most famed for being the hub of exciting water sports activities; from white water rafting to abseiling and exploring waterfalls. Kitulgala has located approximately 83km from the Colombo International Airport and makes for a great stopover as you head out to explore the mountainous regions of Sri Lanka. Explore the Broadlands Dam, discover the historical secrets of the Belilena Cave, and admire the beauty of several waterfalls along the way from Aberdeen Falls to Nalagana Ella Falls.

relax on the beach and in the evening Colombo city tour,