The Enchanted Journey

Your guide meets you at arrivals. The drive north moves from coastal plain to forest and paddy fields, with optional stops at Pinnawala and the Golden Temple of Dambulla. Evening arrival in Sigiriya.

✦ Add if you like: Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage · Golden Temple of Dambulla · Village tour · Tuk-tuk ride

Sigiriya Rock Fortress in the morning, then Polonnaruwa's 12th-century royal city and the Gal Vihara rock carvings.

✦ Add if you like: Sigiriya Rock Fortress · Polonnaruwa ancient city

South to Kandy via a spice garden. City tour and a Kandyan dance show.

Included: Spice garden · Kandy city tour · Kandyan dance show

✦ Add if you like: Temple of the Tooth Relic

Tea plantations and a factory tasting, then the colonial hill town.

Included: Tea factory visit and tasting · Nuwara Eliya town tour

✦ Add if you like: Horton Plains and World's End

St Clair's and Devon Falls on the way down to Kitulgala, where the Kelani River runs through rainforest.

Included: St Clair's and Devon Falls

✦ Add if you like: White-water rafting

Back into the hills for the Nanu Oya–Ella train. Nine Arches Bridge in the afternoon.

Included: Nine Arches Bridge

✦ Add if you like: Nanu Oya–Ella train · Mini Adam's Peak

Galle Fort, the stilt fishermen of the south coast, then Bentota.

Included: Galle Fort · Bentota beach

✦ Add if you like: Madu River boat ride

Colombo surprises people. Our guide takes you around Independence Square, the Red Mosque and Pettah market, or Fort's boutique lanes if you'd rather shop. Dinner at a local restaurant can be arranged.

Included: Colombo city tour · Independence Square · Red Mosque · Pettah market

✦ Add if you like: Gangaramaya Temple · Lotus Tower

The last morning is yours. Depending on your flight, there's time for one last walk or one last meal before your private transfer to the airport.

Included: Airport drop-off