Period of Travel - 31st January 2010 to 4th Feb 2010
5 Days & 5 Nights
Places visited - Kandy, Bentota, Colombo
Day 1 - Airport to Kandy. Travel takes 3 hours.
Kandy is in the central part of Srilanka. It is the former capital of Srilanka. It is a hill station at 500m from mean sea level.
Stayed at Hilltop hotel.
Entrance of Hilltop
Pool view of Hilltop
Inside Room
View from Room
Day - 2
Kandy Local Sight seeing
Places to be seen - Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya,Dalada Maligawa - Temple of the Tooth Relic of the tooth of the Buddha
Inside Peredeniya Botanical Garden
Dalada Maligawa - Temple of Tooth Relic
Precious Stones of Srilanka
Day 3 - Kandy to Bentota
On the way visited the Elephant Orphanage at Pinnewala(30km from Kandy)
Visited Tea factory and Spice Garden near Kandy on the way Pinnewala.
From Pinnewala to Bentota, It takes 4 to 5 hours travel. Bentota is near Kalutara the southern most part of Srilanka.
stay at Hotel Serendip.
Day - 4 Bentota
Bentota is a beach resort place.
There is a mangrove forest where one go around in boat.
Inside the Room at Serendip
Pool table inside the hotel
Day - 5 Colombo the capital of Srilanka
Stay at Hotel Grand Oriental near Colombo Harbour
Harbour view from the restaurent is spectacular one(photography strictly not allowed for security purpose). But rooms are pretty ordinary.
Places to be seen - Buddha statue(Replica of one at Anuradhapura), Opp to it Bandaranaike International Conference hall gifted by China,Independence Memorial hall & some Temples
