10/13/17 DAYS STUNNING SRI LANKA

DAY 1 - MALTA / SRI LANKA

Flight Malta – Sri Lanka.

DAY 2 - ARRIVAL / COLOMBO SIGHTSEEING

Met on arrival by the Kingstar Leisure Representative at the Bandaranaike International Airport and transfer to Colombo, the commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Check-in to your hotel in Colombo. Afternoon take a sightseeing tour in Colombo, like many capital cities in developing countries is fast changing its face. Almost overnight, skyscrapers arise from where old buildings once stood. Yet in some parts, the old world charm is retained. For example, there is a 100- yearold clock tower and several British-built colonial Buildings. Other places of interest are the Pettah bazaar - where one can shop for bargain, a Hindu and a Buddhist temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent, the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall. Dinner & overnight stay at your hotel in Colombo.

DAY 3 - COLOMBO / WILPATTU/ANURADHAPURA

After breakfast leave for Wilpattu where 31 species of mammals have been identified within Wilpattu National Park. Mammals that are identified as threatened species living within the Wilpattu National Park are the elephant, sloth bear, leopard and water buffalo. Sambhur, spotted deer, mongoose, mouse and shrew are more of Wilpattu’s residents. The painted stork, the open bill, little cormorant, Sri Lankan jungle fowl along with many species of owls, terns, gulls, eagles, kites buzzards are to be found at Wilpattu National Park. Wetland bird species that can be seen in Wilpattu are the garganey, pintail whistling teal hoonbill, black-headed ibis, large white egret, cattle egret and purple heron. The most common reptiles found in the park are the monitor lizard, mugger crocodile, common cobra, rat snake, python and the soft shelled turtle which are resident in the large permanent Villus. Continue to Anuradhapura for dinner & overnight stay at your hotel.