Day 1: Arrive Colombo - Transfer to Hotel (40 kms)
On arrival, our local representative will meet you outside the Customs area and transfer you to the hotel. Enjoy en-route your first glances of Colombo. It takes about 50 minutes to reach your hotel from the airport. Arrive & check in to the Hotel. The day is free for leisure. You may relax in your room or can stroll the local ways to get familiar with the city.
Overnight stay at hotel in Colombo.
Day 2: Colombo - Half Day City Tour
Have a fill at morning breakfast. We go for a City Tour of Colombo today. You’ll see while on a tour that the city has still its charm of the old world intact. 100 yrs old clock tower and several British colonial buildings take you to a bygone era. Enjoy your time travel in past.
Rest of the day is at leisure. Go for a self exploration, enjoy local delicacies, go shopping and return to hotel when tired.
Overnight stay at hotel in Colombo (B).
Day 3: Colombo - Pinnawala (85 km) - Kandy (45 km)
Enjoy morning breakfast and check out from hotel. Today we drive from Colombo to Pinnawala that takes about 2 hours to reach. We visit Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage here. This orphanage is home to elephants that are abandoned or orphaned in the wild. Here they are being cared, fed and trained and given happy environment to live. See them play in river or feed them with bananas. After spending good time with elephants, we proceed to Kandy. It will take around 1 hour to reach from here. Arrive & check in to the Hotel.
Overnight stay at hotel in Kandy (B).
Day 4: Kandy - Full day City Tour
Enjoy morning breakfast at hotel. Today we drive to Peradeniya to visit the Royal Botanical Garden. It is known for its huge variety of orchids. This beautiful garden was built by a Sinhala king and was further expanded by the British. Covered in a span of about 147 acres, it has more than 4000 species of plants of spices, orchids, medicinal plants and palm trees.
After enlightening our souls in the beautiful garden, we return to Kandy. Here we drive around the beautiful lake built by the last Sinhala king. The day follows with a visit to local bazaar, a museum of gems and an arts-n-crafts centre. Last visit for the day would be to the Temple of the Tooth Relic, a sacred Buddhist Temple located in the royal complex. Enjoy a cultural show in the evening. Return to hotel after an event-some day.
Overnight stay at hotel in Kandy (B).
Day 5: Kandy - Tea Garden - Nuwara Eliya (75 kms)
After your morning breakfast at hotel, pack your bags for the journey ahead. We make our way out of Kandy and drive to Nuwara Eliya. The 1.5 hrs drive is quite spectacular with waterfalls, rocky outcrops and paddy fields. En route we visit tea plantation & tea factory. World renowned Ceylon tea is produced here. See the process of tea manufacturing and the way it is graded. It would be good to buy some. Ceylon tea is the most expensive tea in the world! Refresh yourselves with a cup of Ceylon Tea in the factory. We proceed to reach Nuwara Eliya.
Nuwara Eliya is Sri Lanka’s most popular hill resort and hosts Sri Lanka’s highest mountain Pidurutalagala (8282 feet). This place produces a significant share of world’s best tea.
Check in and have rest. Stay overnight at hotel in Nuwara Eliya (B).
Day 6: Nuwara Eliya - Hakgala - Nuwara Eliya
Have your fill at morning breakfast. Today we go on a tour to Hakgala. This place has beautiful Botanical Gardens that lay just 10 kms from Nuwara Eliya town. It is believed that it was once the pleasure garden of Ravana of the Ramayana epic. This garden was expanded by the British period and today it hosts a wide variety of flowers. After the visit we return to Nuwara Eliya.
Rest of the day is at leisure. Overnight stay at hotel in Nuwara Eliya (B).
Day 7: Nuwara Eliya - Bentota (186 kms)
Enjoy a lazed off morning and a relaxed breakfast. Today we check out from the hotel and drive to Bentota. It takes about 4.5 hrs to reach. On arrival, check in and relax. Spend a leisurely evening in the locales.
Overnight stay at hotel in Bentota (B).
Day 8: Bentota - Galle (60 kms) - Bentota
Enjoy your morning breakfast at hotel. Today we drive to Galle, the ancient city. Galle is a walled city that has stood since the early 16th century and saw Colonial periods of Portuguese, Dutch and British. It is today proclaimed as an Archaeological Reserve and has been declared as a living World Heritage Site. Visit the majestic Galle Fort, Dutch Museum and Dutch Church. Return to Bentota.
Overnight stay at hotel in Bentota (B).
Day 9: Bentota - Colombo (115 kms) - Departure
After having a fill at morning breakfast, check out from the hotel. Today we transfer back to Colombo International Airport (it takes around 2 hours to reach) to board the flight for returning home.
Hope you had a wonderful trip (B).
2 Nights accommodation in Colombo, 2 Nights accommodation in Kandy, 2 Nights accommodation in Nuwara Eliya, 2 Nights accommodation in Bentota, Daily Buffet Breakfast at Hotel, City tour & Sightseeing tours (as mentioned in Itinerary), Airport transfers, All Tours & Transfers by Air conditioned private vehicle, All Hotel taxes.
*Airfare & Visa fees not included.
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Online Booking Procedure
To book online, you need to make payment as per the minimum booking amount specified in “Book Online” section of this package OR Rs. 10,000/- per person.
As soon as you make an online booking, you will receive a booking voucher in your email.
You will receive a call from our support staff about your booking status.
We will start the process at our end while you sit back at home and dream about your holiday.
The balance payment would be collected as per the case mentioned below:
If you are booking within 10 days of date of travel,
You will need to make payment of 100% of the tour package cost/ tour components costs at time of booking process is undertaken.
Any amendment or cancelation made by traveler would be chargeable as per cancellation policy.
If you are booking within 10 – 20 days of date of travel,
You will need to make payment of 75% of the tour package cost / tour components costs at the time of booking process is undertaken.
Any amendment or cancelation made by traveler would be chargeable as per cancellation policy.
Balance payment will be required to be paid at the time of confirmation of booking.
If you are booking within more than 20 days of date of travel,
You will need to make payment of booking amount of Rs. 20,000/- per pax at the time of booking process is undertaken.
Any amendment or cancelation made by traveler would be chargeable as per cancellation policy.
Balance payment will be required to be paid at the time of confirmation of booking.
If your booking is having tour components which needs guaranteed booking as per stipulated condition,
You will need to make payment of 100% of the tour package cost/ tour components costs at time of booking process is undertaken.
No cancellation will be allowed once booking is made even if by some reason short payment has been made. The tourist will have to make entire payment whether he or she travels or not.
Once the entire package formalities are completed at our end, our representative will share package to you.
Standard Booking Procedure (in case of Offline Bookings)
If you are booking within 10 days of date of travel,
You will need to make payment of 100% of the tour package cost/ tour components costs at time of booking process is undertaken.
Any amendment or cancelation made by traveler would be chargeable as per cancellation policy.
If you are booking within 10 – 20 days of date of travel,
You will need to make payment of 75% of the tour package cost / tour components costs at the time of booking process is undertaken.
Any amendment or cancelation made by traveler would be chargeable as per cancellation policy.
Balance payment will be required to be paid at the time of confirmation of booking.
If you are booking within more than 20 days of date of travel,
You will need to make payment of booking amount of Rs. 20,000/- per pax at the time of booking process is undertaken.
Any amendment or cancelation made by traveler would be chargeable as per cancellation policy.
Balance payment will be required to be paid at the time of confirmation of booking.
If your booking is having tour components which needs guaranteed booking as per stipulated condition,
You will need to make payment of 100% of the tour package cost/ tour components costs at time of booking process is undertaken.
No cancellation will be allowed once booking is made even if by some reason short payment has been made. The tourist will have to make entire payment whether he or she travels or not.
Please prefer payment through a cash deposit at our office/to our representative; cheque (delivery of documents will be subject to clearance of cheques and cheque will be accepted if the travel date is more than 1 week later. For closer dates, a cheque will not be acceptable); PO/DD;
Bank transfer. EMI payment option also available online presently. For any other payment mode, the same could be subject to transaction charges. For specific guidance/clarification you may contact our executive dealing with you, beforehand.
Cash deposit in our office, our staff & direct cash deposit in any of Company Bank Account must be less than Rs. 1,99,000/-. For any clarification, you must call the undersigned before depositing in our Bank Account as there is penalty u/s 271DA of IT Act.
Entire tour cost must be paid on demand and in any case before date of travel;
Advance amount (part of tour cost) is taken to process the booking and to secure part cancellation charges applicable in case of tour is canceled for whatsoever reason;
Balance tour cost is demanded once the package is ready before the delivery of tour package/ tour component(s);
If balance tour cost is not made as demanded in writing/ sms / phone call, tour package/ tour component(s) shall be liable to be released and the package will be treated as canceled for want of balance amount. Such cancellation shall be subject to applicable cancellation charges and advance amount collected will be adjusted towards cancellation charges. If advance amount falls short to recover entire cancellation charges the remaining cancellation charges shall be recovered as per the cancellation terms/policy applicable to the booking;
You can make NEFT, RTGS, IMPS to our bank account mentioned below.
You can deposit the payment in any of the below mentioned banks: - (You must send us the receipt of payment deposit through mail on and in my mail id.)
If payment is by cheque, payment should be made at least 01 week before the delivery of documents.
Payment can be done by DD in favoring . Extra 01% charge on cash deposit in our account.
You can make payment by your credit card /debit card by clicking on the link (Chargeable): https://ignitersindia.com/payment . make online booking.
No booking is undertaken without cancellation charges. If there is any doubt about cancellation terms or policy applicable to your booking please get it clarified before the advance payment is made for processing the cancellation charges; and
Initiation of the booking process should not be viewed as confirmation of booking. We reserve our right to call off the booking if unable to process and in that case we will only be liable to make a refund of the advance amount collected if any.
