When to go ?

• West/South : Decembre to march
• East : May to septembre

 

Where to go ?

Day 1 – Dambulla

• Cave Temple
• Golden Temple

 

Day 2 – Safari

• Hirriwadunna village
• Minneriya National Park

 

Day 3 – Sigiriya

• Lion’s Rock

 

Day 4 & 5 – Kandy

• Spice Garden
• Peredeniya Garden
• Kandian dance show
• Kandy market
• Temple of the Sacred Tooth

 

Day 6 & 7 – Nuwara Eliya & Ella

• Tea plantation
• Tea factory
• Train journey
• Mini Adam’s Peak

 

Day 8 – Udawalawe

• Orphenage
• Udawalawe National Park

 

Day 9&10 – Tangalle to Negombo

• Tangalle
• Galle
• Hikkaduwa
• Colombo (Seema Malaka & Gangaramaya Temple)
• Negombo

 

Thank you so much to Daphne for helping us translate and organize this tour and to Kasun, best driver ever, from Sri Lanka Escape ♥

 

How to move ?

• Train
• Bus
• Tuk-tuk
• Car

What to eat and drink ?

Eat

Drink

•  Fresh juices
• Lion Beer
• Arrack (coconuts flowers alcohol)

 

Where to stay ?

 

Sigiriya Riverside Villa – Tree House

 

Oak Ray Regency, Kandy – Luxury

 

Country Homes, Ella – With a view

 

Kottawatta Village, Udawalawe – Bathroom goal

 

Hotel J, Negombo – Chill & Cocktails

 

What to bring back ?

• Wood carving
• Batik
• Jewelry, precious stones
• Spices
• Tea
• Ayurvedic products
• Clothes
• …

 

Some essentials :

• Washing line (you will not take a long time to understand…)
• Adaptor (some hotels lend it)
• Mosquito spray (you can buy it in spice gardens)

 

♥♥♥

 

“It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed is you.”