Kandy the second large city of Sri Lanka, has one of the most sacred Buddhist temples in the world and has high cultural value. The temple of tooth relic and its annual festival called “Perahera” are the most famous among both travelers and pilgrims from all over the world. The temple is situated inside of the Royal Palace of the Kandy era. The unique architectural design and its paintings are the most attractive things about this temple. Other than Temple of Tooth Relic, Kandy, there are other temples Gadaladeniya, Ambekke and Lankathilaka which are also have architectural designs of Kandy and Gampola eras.
Kandy also blessed with the mild climate and gateway to central hills and lush green plantations. On your next vacation to Sri Lanka when you are on the way to Kandy you can see these plantations and it’s one of the most scenic views in the country. The Royal Botanical Gardens of Peradeniya is also a unique attractive destination of the country which owns 4000 flora species including orchids, herbal plants, spices, and palm species; spread in 147 acres of land area.
The ancient city of Polonnaruwa is the second capital of ancient Sri Lanka; Established by king Wijayabahu I in AD 1020 by defeating Chola invaders. On his rule, he has unite the country and flourished the agriculture, trade and has been built Buddhist monasteries, stupas. The majority of these building’s ruins, unbelievable rich immigration systems can found today as well in Polonnaruwa. You can witness this proud Sri Lankan heritage on this tour.
You can take a safari in the evening of this tour at Minneriya National Park, high diversity of elephants can be seen in this park.
Anuradhapura, the first capital of Sri Lanka has been established about 380 B.C by king Pandukabhaya. According to Mahawamsa, the epic of Sinhala History, the city of Anuradhapura is a well planned by the king with hostels, hospitals, Jain temple, cemeteries. The most important thing is the immigration system, he has built a reservoir called Basawakkulama Wewa.
The era of king Devanamapiyatissa is the most prominent rural period of Anuradhapura. His reign is notable for the arrival of Buddhism to Sri Lanka from India as a gift of the Ashok emperor. This was the turning point for build a great culture and civilization in Sri Lanka. You can find all of this evidence and legends on your next vacation to Sri Lanka.
Sigiriya is another unbelievable creation by great Sinhalese at king Kashyap’s reign(477 to 495 CE). It’s a fortress with a water garden in the ground area and the royal palace top of the rock fortress. Sigiriya is a world heritage site that was declared by UNESCO and was nominated as an 8th wonder of the world at once.
Horton Plains National Park is the highest table land in the island, spreads cross over 2169 hectares with large number of flora and fauna species. This UNESCO world heritage site consists of marshy areas, grasslands with sumbar deers, montane zones and evergreen montane forests. The Horton Plains owns the coldest and windiest climate in Sri Lanka, its average annual temperature is 14 °C – 16 °C while it’s receiving over 5000 mm rainfall annually. When you are in Sri Lanka you can achieve this trekking paradise through two main entrance one is from Nuwara Eliya, Pattipola and other one is from Ohiya, Haputale.
On this day tour you can see how the world famous Ceylon Tea is growing and producing, Our guide will take you to a tea plantation and a tea factory in Nuwara Eliya.
Kitulgala, the water adventure sports paradise fame for white water rafting; but there are other lot of adventure activities like canoeing, stream sliding, trekking in the jungle, birds watching, waterfall abseiling, confidence jump.
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