Wildlife Tour
in
Sri Lanka.
11 Nights / 12 Days
(Travel during 01st March to 31st March 2018)
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Summary of the tour itinerary .
Date
Day 01
Day 02
Day 03
Day 04
Day 05
Day 06
Day 07
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
08
09
10
11
12
Itinerary
Arrival/ Sigiriya
Sigiriya
Sigiriya/Kandy
Kandy/ Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya/ Horton Plains/ Nuwara Eliya
Nuwara Eliya / Ella/ Tissamaharama
Tissamaharama/ Yala/ Embilipitiya
(Udawalawa)
Embilipitiya (Udawalawa)/ Sinharaja
Sinharaja
Sinharaja/ Mirissa
Mirissa
Mirissa /Airport
Hotel
Fresco Water Villa
Fresco Water Villa
Hotel Suisse
Uva Ben Head Bungalow
Uva Ben Head Bungalow
Kithala Resort
Centauria Lake Resort
Hotel
Fresco Water Villa
www.frescowatervilla.com
Hotel Suisse
Room Type
A/C Standard
Location
Sigiriya
Kandy
Blue Magpie Lodge
Blue Magpie Lodge
Fisherman’s Bay
Fisherman’s Bay
A/C Standard
www.hotelsuisse.lk
Nuwaraeliya
Uva Ben Head Tea Plantation Bungalow
Non A/C Standard
www.uvabenhead.com/
Tissamaharama
Kithala Resort
A/C Standard
www.theme-resorts.com/kithalaresort/
Embilipitiya
Sinharaja
Mirissa
Centauria Lake Resort
www.centauriahotel.com/lake/
Blue Magpie Lodge
www.bluemagpie.lk
Fisherman’s Bay
www.fishermansbay.lk/
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A/C Deluxe
Non A/C Standard
A/C Superior
Day 01. : Arrival / Sigiriya.
On arrival at the Bandaranayaka International Airport, you will get your first taste of
warm Sri Lankan hospitality. Representative from BAURS Travels will welcome you at
the airport and proceed to Sigiriya. (Approx.: travel time 4½ hrs.) .
Check-into a Hotel in Sigiriya.
Dinner & overnight stay at a Hotel in Sigiriya .
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Depending on your arrival flight time you could vist the famous Dambulla Cave
Temple. (Approx: Travel Time – Sigiriya – Dambulla– 30 mins)
Dambulla is a large town, situated in the Matale District, Central Province of Sri Lanka,
situated 72 km (45 mi) north of Kandy. Due to its location at a major junction, it's the
centre of vegetable distribution in the country.
Major attractions of the area include the largest and best preserved cave temple
complex of Sri Lanka, and the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, famous for being
built in just 167 days. The area also boasts the largest rose quartz mountain range in
South Asia, and the Iron wood forest, or Na Uyana Aranya.
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Day 02. : Sigiriya.
After breakfast, climb the Sigiriya Rock fortress while witnessing the wildlife inside
the Sigiriya Archeological site .
Sigiriya - the 5th Century Sigiriya Rock Fortress which is a world heritage site, built by
King Kashyapa (477-495 AD). The 'Lion Rock' is a citadel of unusual beauty rising 200
metres from the scrub jungle. The rock was the innermost stronghold of the 70 hectare
fortified town. A Moat, Rampart, and extensive Gardens including the renowned Water
Gardens ring the base of the Rock.
Dinner & overnight stay at a Hotel in Sigiriya .
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Day 03. : Sigiriya/ Kandy.
After breakfast proceed to Kandy via Knuckles Mountain Range(Approx.: travel time 04
hrs.)
The Knuckles range is one of the loveliest nature attractions of Sri Lanka. The changing
terrain of grasslands, rugged mountain peaks interspersed with streams and cascading
waterfalls make Knuckles mountain range that covers an area of 18512 hectares the
trekker’s paradise.
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Enroute to Kandy you cluold do more birding.
Possible noteworthy species: Black Eagle, Crested Serpent Eagle, Crested Hawk-Eagle,
Ceylon Hanging Parrot, Alexandrine, Rose-Ringed, Plum-Headed & Layard’s Parakeet,
Lesser Yellow nape, Black-rumpedFlameback.
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On completion proceed to Kandy.
Kandy where traditional culture abounds was the last stronghold of Sri Lankan kings
conqueredby the colonial rulers. It is richly set against Tea and Spice lands, surrounded
with hills through which the Mahaweli, the longest River in the Island, beautifully winds
it’s way.
In the evening visit the Dalada Maligawa, the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the
Buddha, is the major tourist attraction in Kandy and is located spectacularly against a
vast serene lake. The Tooth Relic is a symbol of sovereignty and receives state
protection.
The preserved stuffed Tusker that ceremoniously carried the tooth relic in the past
during the annual parade is an inspiring sight. There are also British colonial buildings
that had been established in 1815.
Dinner & Overnight stay at a Hotel in Kandy.
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Day 04. : Kandy/ NuwaraEliya ( Welimada ) .
After b’fast at the hotel start the village visit in Kandy .
Here is an opportunity to offer a new experience to our visitors to Sri Lanka. “A Walk
in the Village” is an inspiring and soul-searching activity. We are proud to share with
our visitors the authentic life of a rural family. Unlike the common routine visits to
tourist attractions, “A Walk in the Village” will allow our foreign guests to understand
the way of life of our rural community, its culture and family situations ,a great new
experience to our visitors from overseas.
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Afterwards proceed Nuwara Eliya.( Approx. Travel time : 3 ½ hrs) .
NuwaraEliya - The ‘Little England’ of Sri Lanka, is set against beautiful backdrops of
Mountains, Valleys, Waterfalls and Tea Plantations. It is supposed to be one of the
coldest places on the Island, but it is really just like an English spring day, although the
temperature does drop at night. All around NuwaraEliya you will see evidence of the
British influence. Houses are like Country Cottages or Queen Ann style Mansions.
Sri Lankan Tea - Tea was first planted in Sri Lanka in 1824 at the Botanical Gardens at
Peradeniya, when a few plants were brought from China. More were introduced from
Assam in 1839. In 1867, a Scottish Planter named James Taylor planted Tea Seedlings
on 8 hectares of forest land, in the Loolkandura Estate. In 1873, the Tea export industry
of Sri Lanka began with a modest 23lbs being shipped to London. Tea will grow only on
rolling terrain. It is classified into3 main groups as Low Grown, Medium Grown, High
Grown.
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Check-into The Uva Ben Head Tea Plantation Bungalow in Welimada.
The area is fringed by Hills and High Mountains, amongst them the spectacular trident
of Hakgala, Pidurutalagala (Mt. Pedro) and Totupola, The Island’s highest and third
highest peaks. All three can be seen from Uva Ben Head.
The Bungalow there was built in the early 1940s by A.
(established 1897) as a holiday home .
Baur &
Co. (Pvt.)
Ltd.
The climate is best described as Mediterranean, pleasant during most of the
year. During the Dry Period the famous Uva flavor Tea is produced, with very low yields.
Dinner & overnight stay at Uva Ben Head Tea Plantation Bungalow .
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Day 05. : NuwaraEliya / Horton Plains/ NuwaraEliya.
Early morning visit to Horton Plains National Park, with a picnic breakfast.
Horton Plain is a gently undulating highland plateau at 2,100m, lying at the south and
of the Central Highlands, its surroundings forests and the adjoining Peak Wilderness,
constitute Sri Lanka’s most important catchment area of almost all major rivers. The
plains are also of outstanding scenic beauty and conservation importance, containing
most of the habitats and endemic fauna and flora representatives of the country’s wet
and montane zones. The western slops support the most extensive area of montane
cloud forest surviving in the country.
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Witness the wildlife at Horton Plain .
Possible noteworthy bird species: Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Mountain Hawk Eagle,
Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon, Crimson- backed Golden back, SL Blue Magpie, Pacific Swallow, Yelloweared Bulbul, SL White- eye, SL Bush Warbler, Green Warbler, Large-billed Leaf Warbler, SL
Scimitar Babbler, Dark- fronted Babbler, Velvet- fronted Nuthatch, SL Whistling Thrush, Indian
Blackbird, Pied Bushcht, SL Dull blue Flycatcher, Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher, Blackthroated Munia.
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Possible Butterflies: Red Helen, Blue Mormon, Common Bluebottle, Mottled Emigrant, Lemon
Emigrant, Glassy Tiger, SL Tiger, Common Crow, Common Tiger, Common Leopard, Tawny
Coster, Tropical Fritillary, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Great Eggfly, Common Sailor, Club Beak,
Tamil Treebrown, SL Treebrown, Medus Brown, Common Bushbrown, Tail-less Lineblue,
Common Lineblue, Dark Cerulean, Common Cerulean, Plain Hedge Blue, Lime Blue, Water Snow
Flat, Indian Skipper, Chestnut Bob, Smallest Swift.
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Possible Mammals: Eurasian Otter, Indian Brown Mongoose, Stripe-necked Mongoose, Sambar
Deer, Purple-faced Langur(The Bear Monkey), Indian Hare, Dusky-striped Squirrel,
Kelaart’sPipistrelle.
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Witness the Baker’s Falls and World’s End during your trekking excursion at Horton plains.
Baker's Falls is a famous waterfall in Sri Lanka. It is situated in Horton Plains National Park on
a tributary of the Belihul Oya. The height of the Baker's waterfalls is 20 metres (66 ft). The falls
were named after Sir Samuel Baker, who was a famous explorer.
Dinner & Overnight stay at Uva Ben Head Tea Plantation Bungalow.
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Day 06. : NuwaraEliya/ Tissamaharama.
After breakfast proceed to Tissamaharama via Ella . (Approx.: travel time 04 hrs.)
You could do birding around wetlands in Tissamaharama area.
Possible noteworthy species: Purple Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, Yellow
Bittern, Black Bittern, Brahminy Kite, Shikra,Purple Swamphen, Pheasant-tailed Jacana
and other common water birds, Pipits & Wagtails , Streaked & Baya Weaver .
Dinner and overnight stay at a Hotel in Tissamaharama.
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Day 07. : Tissamaharama / Yala /Embilipitiya (Udawalawa).
Early morning proceed to Yala National Park by jeep.
Do a safari game drive at Yala National Park .
Possible noteworthy bird species: Barred Buttonquail, Indian Peafowl, Woolly- necked
Stork, Black-necked Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Spot- billed Pelican, Darter, Common
Kestral, White- bellied Sea Eagle, Grey- headed Fish Eagle, Crested Serpent Eagle,
Booted Eagle, Changeble Hawk Eagle, Eurasian Thick-knee, Great Thickknee, Yellowwattled Lapwing, Gray-bellied Cuckoo. Blue-faced Malkoha, Sirkeer Malkoha, Jerdon’s
Nightjar, Inddian Nightjar, Oriental Scops Owl, Brown Fish Owl, Orange-breasted Green
Pigeon, Crested Treeswift, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Coppersmith Barbet, Malabar
Pied Hornbill, Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, SL Woodshrike, Marshall’s Iora, Whitebrowed Fantail, Ashy Drongo, Racket- tailed Drongo, Jerdon’s Bushlark, Ashy-crowned
Sparrow Lark, Grey-breasted Prinia, Jungle Prinia, Ashy Prinia, Tawny-bellied Babbler,
Yellow-eyed Babbler, White-rumped Shama, Rosy Starling, Brahminy Starling, Baya
Weaver, Indian Silverbill.
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Possible Mammals: Leopard, Jungle Cat, Rusty-spotted Cat, Golden Jackal, Sloth Bear,
Small Indian Civet, Common Palm Civet, Golden Palm Civet, Indian Grey Mongoose,
Ruddy Mongoose, Sambar Deer, Spotted Deer, Hog Deer, White-spotted Chevrotain,
Indian Water Buffalo, Wild Boar, Asian Elephant, Tufted Grey Langur, Toque Macaque,
Indian Hare, Indian Gerbil, Indian Bush Rat, Soft-furred Metad, Greater Asiatic Yellow
House Bat.
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Possible Butterflies:Crimson Rose, Common Rose, Banded Peacock, Lime Butterfly, Blue
Mormon, Common Mormon, Common Jay, Tailed Jay, Jezebel, Psyche, Common Gull,
Chocolate Albatross, Striped Albatross, SL Lesser Albatross, Yellow Orange Tip, White
Orange Tip, Great Orange Tip, Dark Wanderer, Small Salmon Arab, Little Orange Tip,
Common Grass Yellow, Blue Tiger, Dark Blue Tiger, Glassy Tiger, Plain Tiger, Common
Tiger, Angled Castor, Rustic, Tawny Coster, Lemon Pansy, Blue Pansy, Peacock Pansy,
Gaudy Baron, Baron, Nawab, Black Rajah, Tawny Rajah, SL Tamil Bushbrown, Common
Bushbrown, Common Palmfly, Apefly, Radspot, Silver Streak Blue, Purple Leaf Blue,
Common Silverline, Common Shot Silverline, Peacock Royal, Forget-me-not, Common
Pierrot, Grass Jewel, Tiny Grass Blue, Plains Cupid, Brown Awl, White Banded Awl.
On completion proceed to Emblipitiya (Udawalawa)
Dinner and Overnight stay at a Hotel in Embilipitiya.
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Day 08. : Embilipitiya (Udawalawa)/ Sinharaja
Early morning visit Udawalawa national park with a packeted breakfast by a jeep.
The national park was created to provide a sanctuary for wild animals displaced by the
construction of the Udawalawe Reservoir on the Walawe River, as well as to protect
the catchment of the reservoir. Udawalawe is an important habitat for water
birds and Sri Lankan elephants. It is a popular tourist destination and the third most
visited park in the country.
Possible noteworthy bird species: Barred Buttonquail, Indian Peafowl, Painted Stork,
Woolly-necked Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Spot-billed Pelican, Black-winged Kite, Whitebellied Sea Eagle, Grey-headed Fish Eagle, Pallid Harrier, Montagu’s Harrier, Osprey,
Crested Serpent Eagle, Booted Eagle, Crested Hawk Eagle, Orange-breasted Green
Pigeon, Plum-headed Parakeet, Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Sirkeer Malkoha, Blue-faced
Malkoha, Brown Fish Owl, Crested Tree Swift, Coppersmith Barbet, Malabar Pied
Hornbill, Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, Rufous Woodpecker, Crimson-backed
Goldenback, White-naped Woodpecker, SL Woodshrike, Marshall’s Iora, White-browed
Fantail, Black-naped Monarch, Forest Wagtail, White Wagtail, Blyth’s Pipit, Jerdon’s
Bushlark, Grey-breasted Prinia, Jungle Prinia, Ashy Prinia, Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Green
Warbler.
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Possible Butterflies:SL Birdwing, Crimson Rose, Common Rose, Banded Peacock, Lime
Butterfly, Blue Mormon, Common Mormon, Common Jay, Tailed Jay, Jezebel, Psyche,
Common Gull, Chocolate Albatross, Striped Albatross, SL Lesser Albatross, Yellow
Orange Tip, White Orange Tip, Great Orange Tip, Dark Wanderer, Small Salmon Arab,
Little Orange Tip, Common Grass Yellow, Blue Tiger, Dark Blue Tiger, Glassy Tiger, Plain
Tiger, Common Tiger, Angled Castor, Rustic, Tawny Coster, Lemon Pansy, Blue Pansy,
Peacock Pansy, Gaudy Baron, Baron, Nawab, Black Rajah, Tawny Rajah, SL Tamil
Bushbrown, Common Bushbrown, Common Palmfly, Apefly, Radspot, Silver Streak Blue,
Purple Leaf Blue, Common Silverline, Peacock Royal, Forget-me-not, Common Pierrot,
Grass Jewel, Tiny Grass Blue, Plains Cupid, Brown Awl, White Banded Awl.
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Possible Mammals:Fishing Cat, Golden Jackal, Eurasian Otter, Ruddy Mongoose, Spotted
Deer, Indian Water Buffalo, Feral Water Buffalo, Wild Boar, Asian Elephant, Tufted Grey
Langur, Indian Bush Rat, Soft-furred-Metad, Blanford’s Rat, Indian Flying Fox, Shortnosed Fruit Bat.
In the afternoon proced to Sinharaja . (Approx.: travel time 03 ½ hrs.)
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Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a national park and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka. It is
of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World
Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The hilly virgin rainforest, part of the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests ecoregion, was
saved from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility, and was designated a
World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988. The reserve's name
translates as Lion Kingdom.
In the evening witness the wildlife around the hotel area.
Dinner & Overnight stay at a hotel in Sinharaja.
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Day 09: Sinharaja
Early morning start visit Sinharaja World Heritage Wildernes for birding and wildlife.
Possible noteworthy species: SL Spurfowl, SL Junglefowl, Crested Goshawk, Shikra,
Besra, Oriental Honey- buzzard, B lack Eagle, SL Wood Pigeon, Emerald Dove, SL Green
Pigeon, SL Hanging Parrot, Layard’s Parakeet, Red- faced Malkoha, Green- billed Coucal,
SL Frogmouth, Serendib Scops Owl, Chestnut- backed Owlet, Spot- bellied Eagle Owl,
Malabar Trogon, SL Yellow- fronted Barbet, SL Grey Hornbill, Lesser Yellownape,
Crimson- backed Goldenback, Black- headed Cuckooshrike, SL Blue Magpie, SL Drongo,
SL Scimitar Babbler, Orange- billed Babbler, Ashy- headed Laughingthrush, SL Hill Myna,
White-faced Starling, SL Spot- winged Thrush, SL Thrush, SL Legge’s Flowerpecker,
Black- throated Munia.
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Possible Mammals:Golden Palm Civet, Indian Brown Mongoose, Toque Macaque, Red
Slender Loris, Layard’s Palm Squirrel, Purple-faced Langur, Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel,
Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat.
Dinner & overnight stay at a Hotel in Sinharaja.
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Day 10 :Sinharaja/ Mirissa
After breakfast proceed to Mirissa. (Approx. Travel time – 3 ½ hours)
Mirissa is a small town on the south coast of Sri Lanka, located in the Matara District of
the Southern Province. It is approximately 240 kilometres (150 mi) south of Colombo
and is situated at an elevation of 4 metres (13 ft) above the sea level. Mirissa's beach
and night life make it a popular tourist destination. It is also a fishing port and one of
the island's main whale and dolphin watching locations.
Dinner & Overnight stay at a Hotel in Mirissa / Weligama .
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Day 11 :Mirissa.
In the morning visit to Mirissa harbor for the Whale watching excursion.
The ever smiling, mischievous dolphins will put on a show while some of the oldest and
the largest sea creatures, the humpback and the blue whales, will nonchalantly glide
past you, when you embark on a whale/ dolphin watching excursion off the Southern
coast of Sri Lanka. The ideal locations for whale watching would be Dondra Point
(Mirissa) and Trincomalee while the sea off Kalpitiya teems with an abundance of
dolphins.
Dinner & Overnight stay at a Hotel in Mirissa / Weligama .
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Day 12 :Mirissa/ Airport.
After breakfast, proceed to the Colombo International Airport in time for your
departure flight. (Approx: Travel time – 2 ½ - 3 hrs)
End of the tour in Sri Lanka.
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