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Welcome & assistance in Colombo. Leave Colombo by 06.30Hours & proceed to Pinnawala Elephant orphanage in time to witness Bottle milk feeding for baby Elephants at 09.15Hours.Feeding will be on for about 30 Minutes. Thereafter witness all the Elephants leaving the orphanage crossing the road to a nearby river for a bath. Spend some time here. Thereafter drive to Dambulla to visit Dambulla cave temple & the Golden temple. At Habarana enjoy an Elephant back safari. Safari through a jungle & crossing a lake. Journey will take about 30 Minutes. Thereafter check in at the Hotel in Habarana. Rest of the day at leisure. Dinner at the Hotel.
Pinnawala is an orphanage for elephants set Zoological Gardens. This orphanage was established to feed, nurse and house young elephant found abandoned by development projects or those found wounded. It is probably the closest you’ll ever come to an elephant and certainly the most unforgettable.
Twelve miles from Sigiriya is Dambulla, a vast isolated rock mass 500 ft. high and a mile round the base. Here is found the famous rock-temple dating to the first century BC. The cave of Dambulla sheltered the king during his 14 years of exile from Anuradhapura. When he regained the throne, he caused to be built the most magnificent of rock-temples of this island. The view from the top of this rock is breathtaking 350 ft. above are a series of five caves turned into shrines. In the first cave is recumbent image of the Buddha 47 ft. long, cut out of the rock. There are images of deities associated with Buddhism. The frescoes on the walls and ceiling could be dated to the 15th – 18th centuries. In the second cave, the finest and the largest of all are not less than 150 life-size statues of gods. Images of the Buddha as well. The ceiling too is covered with frescoes which depict great events in the life of the Buddha, and landmarks in the history of the Sinhala people.
After Breakfast check out from the Hotel. A visit to Sigiriya Rock Fortress. As you start climbing the rock you will witness the frescos. Thereafter climb up to the top of the rock to witness the ruins of the palace & the swimming pool used by the King Kassapa. Proceed to Kandy via Mathale road. A visit to a spice garden at Mathale. Thereafter a visit to the Temple of the tooth relics. After a city tour in Kandy straight drive to Galle. Access to the Southern express way from Kadawatha. Drop off at a Hotel in Galle.
Sigiriya was no mere fortress, gloomy and forbidding. At the brief height of its glory
It was a royal citadel for more than 18 years, from 477 to 495 A.D. and one of the
Loveliest those have graced this land. There are many interpretations of the Sigiriya period, history replete with legend, love and betrayal. But one story remains, the story of Kasyapa (477–495 A. D.)Its creator, King with an artist’s soul. Bards have written about him and plays and films have tried to capture his personality. The summit of the rock is nearly three acres in extent. The outer wall of the palace which is the main building was constructed on the very brink of the precipice. There were gardens, cisterns and ponds laid out attractively. The pleasure garden of the western side of the rock is studded with ponds, islets, promenades and pavilions. Some underground and surface drainage systems have been discovered during excavations. The wall abutting the moat encircling the fortress is one of the most arresting features.
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