TRIP ITINERARY

CALTHORPE PARK SCHOOL – OPTION I

TOUR OF SRI LANKA - 0CTOBER 2013

25^TH OCT          AIRPORT / PINNAWALA / KANDY – THILANKA HOTEL

(Friday)

AM                    Welcome on arrival and transfer to Negombo

Refresh and breakfast at Paradise Beach Hotel and proceed to Pinnawala. Visit the Elephant Orphanage and visit the baby Elephants bottle fed with milk. Thereafter witness the Elephants bath in the river. LUNCH at Pinnawala

PM                    Leave for Kandy and check-in to hotel

Kandy is the last Kingdom of Sri Lanka which was finally ended to the British in 1815. Dinner and overnight stay             

26^TH OCT          KANDY / MATALE / DAMBULLA – THILANKA RESORT & SPA

(Saturday)

AM                    After breakfast, visit the Kandy Temple where the Sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha is placed in a chamber. About 1000 devotees worship the temple every day. Kandy city tour and the market place, visit the Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya. It was a pleasure garden for the queen of King Wickramabahu III in 14^th Century. Later it was established as a botanical garden by the British in 19^th Century.  

                        Thereafter visit a Tea Plantation and a Factory at Geragama.

PM                    Leave for Dambulla and check-in to hotel for late lunch

Visit Dambulla rock caved temple

Return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay

27^TH OCT          DAMBULLA / CRICKET MATCH / MINNERIYA / DAMBULLA

(Sunday)                                                          – THILANKA RESORT & SPA

AM                    After breakfast, leave MPS Village Grounds

CRICKET – TWO 10 OVER SOFT BALL CRICKET MATCHES WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOYS. PLAYERS WILL BE MIXED BEFORE THE SECOND MATCH.

                        Lunch at the grounds

PM                    Afternoon at leisure by the pool

Dinner and overnight stay

28^TH OCT          DAMBULLA / POLONNARUWA / BATTICALOA

(Monday)                                                         – BRIDGE VIEW HOTEL

AM                    After breakfast, leave for Batticaloa and check-in at hotel

At Leisure

PM                    MEET THE TEAM FROM OCEAN STARS AND PLAN THE REST OF THE 03 DAYS IN BATTICALOA.

                        Overnight stay

29^TH, 30^TH & 31^ST OCT  BATTICALOA – BRIDGE VIEW HOTEL

(Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday)

AM/PM             VISIT THE SCHOOLS AS PER OCEAN STARS SCHEDULE

                        Evening return to hotel for overnight stay

01^ST NOV          BATTICALOA / MAHIYANGANA / KANDY / COLOMBO

(Friday)                                                           – CINNAMON LAKESIDE

AM                    After breakfast leave for Colombo via Kandy

En-route visits the beautiful sceneries and the famous road with 18 beds up to Kandy. Lunch en-route

PM                    Arrive in Colombo and check-in to hotel (Approx. 4.00pm)

                         

02^ND OCT          COLOMBO / CITY TOUR – CINNAMON LAKESIDE

(Saturday)

AM                    Breakfast at hotel

Colombo city tour and visit the interesting places such as the Old Parliament, Galle Face green, Gangarama Temple, New Parliament complex , last minute shopping.

PM                    At Leisure by the pool side

                        Dinner and overnight stay (PIZZA NIGHT)

03^RD OCT          COLOMBO / AIRPORT – DEPARTURE

(Sunday)

AM                    Breakfast at hotel

                        Transfer to airport in time for the departure flight.

END OF TOUR BACK HOME!!