Phuket
JEEP SAFARIS IN SRI LANKA • SCENIC TRAIN RIDE FROM KANDY TO NUWARA ELIYA
Day 1: Fly UK to Singapore
(overnight flight).
Day 2: Transfer to 5* Singapore hotel for
1 night including breakfast.
Day 3: Transfer to Singapore cruise
terminal to embark Silver Spirit for a 10
night cruise.
Day 4: At sea.
Day 5: Phuket, Thailand
Phuket is a modern, vibrant island with
more than 6 million annual visitors, a
number that is only increasing year-to-year.
If you’ve never been to Phuket, you will
likely love it; returning visitors will find a
new island that eagerly greets its next wave
of tourism.
Day 6: At sea.
Day 7-9: Yangon, Myanmar (overnight)
Spend three nights in Yangon exploring
deep into Myanmar’s gilded temples.
Colourful and chaotic, Yangon is a feast
for the senses. Grinning uniformed
schoolchildren and preadolescent
monks vie for sidewalk space as vendors
hawk fried goods and longyi-wearing
businessmen go off to work. On a street of
Indian-run paint shops sits the country’s
only synagogue, a 19th-century relic;
blocks away rise the steeples of St. Mary’s
Cathedral, another reminder of the city’s
colonial past. Yangon’s most iconic sight
is unquestionably the enormous gilded
Shwedagon Pagoda, but what makes it
worth visiting beyond that is the rich,
vibrant life that spills out of people’s homes
and onto the streets.
Day 10: Yangon, Myanmar.
Day 11: At sea.
Day 12: At sea.
Day 13: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Disembark ship and transfer to Dambulla
hotel for 2 nights. In the afternoon visit
the Dambulla Cave temples which were
built by King Walagamba, after he used the
caves for shelter during his 14 year exile
from Anuradhapura. Return to hotel for
dinner and overnight stay.
Day 14: After breakfast, visit what is
probably Sri Lanka’s most dramatic
sight – the near vertical walls of Sigiriya
Rock Fortress soaring to the flat-topped
summit containing the ruins of an ancient
civilisation. You will then proceed to
Polonnaruwa – World Heritage site and
the capital of Sri Lanka from 11th – 13th
Centuries which contains some splendid
and spectacular statues. In the afternoon
enjoy a Jeep Safari at Minneriya National
Park famous for its large population of
elephants. Return back to hotel for dinner
and overnight stay.
Day 15: After breakfast leave for Kandy.
En-route, visit the Spice Gardens at
Matale, famous for kohilla (a type of
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watercress) and enjoy lunch. On arrival in
Kandy, experience the city on this relaxing
and fun-filled Kandy city walking tour
before arriving at your Kandy hotel for
dinner and overnight stay.
Day 16: After breakfast depart on a scenic
train ride from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya
stopping en-route to visit the Ramboda
Falls tea plantation and tea factory where
you can learn the process of making the
world-famous Ceylon Tea. On arrival in
Nuwara Eliya, you will see why the area
is known as “Little England” with British
influences highlighted in the country
cottages and Queen Ann style mansions.
Check in to your Nuwara Eliya hotel for
dinner and overnight stay.
Day 17: After breakfast, proceed to Yala.
En-route visit Ravana Water Falls, Nine
Arches Bridge in Ella and Ella Gap. Arrive
at your Yala hotel for dinner and overnight
stay.
Day 18: In the early morning proceed to
the Yala National Park for early morning
safari then continue to Colombo. En-route
you will be able to see traditional Stilt
Fishing and visit the Galle Fortress, built
in 1752 by the Dutch. Arrive in Colombo
for overnight stay.
Day 19: After breakfast transfer to airport
for your return flight to the UK.
Day 20: Arrive UK.