Discover Sri Lanka - 5 Days
About This Package
In the heart of Sri Lanka, you’ll find one of the world’s most scenic train trips. The train from Kandy to Ella is a beautiful 7-hour ride through lush tea plantations, rolling rice fields, and endless mountain views. Incredibly, it’s also one of the world’s best travel bargains.
Package Highlights
Tailored for explorers and comfort seekers, this experience combines natural wonders with sophisticated planning:
- —Transport
- —Hotels
- —Breakfast
- —Train tickets
Detailed Itinerary
Each day is crafted for immersive exploration and relaxation:
Day 1 – Airport – Colombo
Your driver will meet you at the airport or your hotel and continue to Colombo City. Depending on your time of arrival/pick-up you will enjoy a Colombo sightseeing tour (optional) or proceed directly to your hotel. Overnight at a 3* Hotel in Colombo.
Day 2 – Colombo – Train Ride – Kandy
After breakfast, you will be picked you up from your hotel and proceed to the Colombo Fort train station from where your journey by train to Kandy begins. This train ride will take you by the famous Muthurajawela marshland, through villages and vast paddy fields. Once in Kandy, our driver who will await you at the railway station takes you to your hotel for a relaxing afternoon. Overnight at a 3* Hotel in Kandy.
Day 3 – Kandy – Elephant Orphanage – Temple of the Tooth
In the morning you will visit Elephant Orphanage in Pinawella to watch around 80 elephants in their natural environments. Here you can feed the baby elephants from the milk bottle or even walk with them to their bath in the nearby river. After lunch is time to explore the beauty of this Buddhist capital city with its famous and most important Temple of The Tooth, Peradeniya botanical garden, bazaars, batik factories, and gem museums. Overnight at a 3* Hotel in Kandy.
Day 4 – Kandy – Sigiriya – Dambulla – Kandy
After breakfast, you will proceed to Sigiriya by car to visit the Sigiriya, the ruins of an ancient palace in a 200m high rock fortress, overlooking the beautiful plains of North-Central Sri Lanka. After the climb and perhaps a short elephant ride through the jungle around the rock you will visit another gem of Sri Lanka`s heritage, The Golden Temple in Dambulla which is the largest and best-preserved cave temple complex in Sri Lanka spread over 5 caves with a total of 153 statues of Buddha. Overnight at a 3* Hotel in Kandy.
Day 5 – Kandy – Train Ride – Ella
The train journey from Kandy to Ella is the most beautiful train ride in Sri Lanka, if not in the world! Board the train and experience breathtaking views of lush green tea plantations, mountains, viaducts, valleys, and dense jungle. The route takes you through tea plantations, jungles, and mountains. As the journey goes on, you move into the lush green highlands, dotted with tea plantations, beautiful hilltop villages, and waterfalls. Overnight at a 3* Hotel in Ella.
Day 6 – Ella – end of train tour
Ella is a small village located among the peaks of Sri Lanka’s central highlands. This sleepy village is nestled in a valley peering straight through the Ella Gap to the plain nearly 1000m below and across to the coastline. Depending on your travel plans, you can extend your stay with a tailor-made Beach Extension, continue with one of our other Sri Lanka Tour Packages.
Tour Details & Schedule
- Duration: 5 Days
- Location: Sri Lanka
- Tour Style: Multi-day
- Group Size: Private / Couples / Families
- Availability: Year-round
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