| Arrival & transfer to a hotel
in Waikkala or Negombo.
NEGAMBO
Bustling Negambo town is a historically interesting place strongly
influenced by the Catholic Church. The narrow strip of land between
the lagoon & the sea and the many canals make for a good exploring.
The Dutch captured the town from the Portuguese in 1640, lost it
again in the same year, then captured it again in 1644. The British
then took it from them in 1796 without a struggle. Negambo was one
of the most important sources of cinnamon during the Dutch era,
and there are still reminders of the European days.
WAIKKALA is located in the Puttalam
District, which falls into the dry zone category. Waikkala is in
the midst of marine, coastal, estuarine, mangroves, marshland and
man made habitat systems. All of these have contributed to the avifaunal
diversity visible in the immediate surrounding. Much of the avifauna
is characteristically wetland.
SCHEDULE
• Arrival & transfer to a hotel in Waikkala or Negambo.
• At leisure after a long flight.
• Dinner & night stay over at Negambo. Value – Hotel Sunset
Beach or similar / Standard – Browns Beach or similar / Deluxe –
“The Beach” Hotel or similar.
| Day 2 - Waikkala / Negombo
– Muthurajawela – Waikkala / Negombo (FB) |
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| Bird watching trail followed
by Breakfast at the hotel. Plenty of birding in the surroundings.
After lunch leaving to Muthurajawela or Anawilundawa
for bird watching.
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| MUTHURAJAWELA
is located south of Negombo in the Colombo district. A vast
area of marshland and mangrove vegetation with an extent of
3100 hectares of which 1000 hectares is declared as sanctuary.
This important wetland habitat is home to 85 resident birds.
SCHEDULE
• Early morning bird watching in Waikkala followed by breakfast.
• Plenty of birding in the surroundings.
• Dinner & night stay over at Negambo. Value – Hotel Sunset
Beach or similar / Standard – Browns Beach or similar / Deluxe
– “The Beach” Hotel or similar.
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| Day 3 - Waikkala / Negombo
– Dumbula – Kandalama - Dambulla (FB) |
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| Proceed to Dumbulla. Visit the Dumbula
cave temple. |
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| DAMBULLA,
an ancient city, is known for its beautiful Cave temples
and a huge Buddha statue. The history of the 5 caves
containing over 150 images of Buddha goes back to 1st
century BC when king Valagambahu took refuge here. This
place is worth visiting not only for the cave temple,
but also for the beautiful view over the countryside
you can get from the hill.
SCHEDULE
• Finishing breakfast leaving to Dambulla for the cave
visit.
• Check in & lunch at the hotel.
• Evening bird watching at Kandalama – Lake (Bird island)
• Dinner & night stay over at Dambulla. Value –
Gimanhala Transit Hotel or similar / Standard – Culture
club resort or similar / Deluxe – Kandalama Hotel or
similar.
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| Day 4 - Dambulla – Sigiriya
- Dambulla (FB) |
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| A visit to the Sigiriya
Rock Fortress.
SIGIRIYA sanctuary
with extent of 51,099 ha. is in the Polonnaruwa District.
This sanctuary holds a great significance, as it has
within its borders the world famous Sigiriya – a world
heritage site, among other archeological sites. Sigiriya
also has a large population of migratory elephants,
apart from the presence of many other large mammals.
Another important factor is the presence of Loris is
this sanctuary. There are about 150 species of birds
found in this area.
Eg:- Oriental
Sharma, Pompador Green Pigeon, Shahin falcon, crested
hawk Eagle. Rufus bellied hawk Eagle and Greater.
SCHEDULE
• After breakfast a visit to the Sigiriya Rock fortress
& Sanctuary.
• Lunch back at the hotel.
• Evening bird watching around the premises.
• Dinner & night stay over at Dambulla. Value –
Gimanhala Transit Hotel or similar / Standard – Culture
club resort or similar / Deluxe – Kandalama Hotel or
similar.
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| Day 5 - Dambulla
– Kandy – Udawattakele - Kandy (FB) |
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| After breakfast
leaving Dumbulla & you will proceed
to Kandy via Matale.
KANDY,
Sri Lanka’s hill capital stronghold of the
Sinhala kings, repository of culture, religious
center is Sri Lanka’s most beautiful town.
Focal point of this city is the Dalada Maligawa,
were the sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha
is enshrined. Highlight of the year is the
Kandy Esala Perahera, when a replica of
the relic casket is paraded in the streets,
accompanied by exotically costumed dancers,
drummers and anything from eighty to a hundred
gaily-caparisoned elephants, for ten littering
festival nights. Once in Kandy you can’t
miss the lovely artificial lake built by
the last Sinhala king, Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe,
in 1806.
UDAWATTAKELE
is a Buddhist sanctuary and there is a temple
in the vicinity. Vegetation comprises fairly
dense forest, mostly plantation and secondary
formations. About 80 species of bird have
been recorded from the area
The history of the gardens
goes as far back as1371. The gardens is
a horse-shoe-shaped peninsula round which
flows the chief river of Sri Lanka, the
Mahaweli. The total area is 147 acres containing
more than 4000 plant species.
SCHEDULE
• After breakfast proceed to Kandy.
• Lunch at a hotel or restaurant in Kandy.
• Evening bird watching at Udawattakale
Nature Reserve.
• Dinner & night stay at Kandy. Value
– Gem Inn or similar / Standard – Suisse
Hotel or similar / Deluxe – Earls Regency
or similar.
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| Day 6 - Kandy
- Nuwara Eliya – Horton Plains – Nuwara Eliya
(FB) |
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| After
breakfast leaving Kandy to Nuwara Eliya.
NUWARA ELIYA
has a cool sparkling climate with the temperature
changing around 13degC this is an exquisite and
healthy city famous for its wide range in flowers.
With buildings of English architecture everywhere
in the city, it is affectionately called little
England. The Victoria Park in the center of Nuwara
Eliya, the highest town in Sri Lanka. Yellow-eared
Bulbul, Blackbird, in winter Pied Thrush and Kashmir
Flycatcher are very common.
From Nuwara Eliya proceed to Horton
Plains. Lunch on the way.
HORTON PLAINS
NATIONAL PARK is undoubtedly one of the
world’s best nature reserves. It is characterized
by a beautiful landscape of rolling hills, covered
in upper montane forest and wet patana grassland.
In general, the forests are seen on the hilltops
or upper slopes, and the grasslands in the valleys
and lower slopes, eventually giving way to wetland
habitats. Spanning approximately 10,000 hectares
the park is also home to a wide variety of flora
(57 species, 29 endemic to Sri Lanka) and 24 species
of mammals such as elk, deer, giant squirrel,
wild boar, wild hare, porcupine and leopard. For
bird enthusiasts, there are 87 species (14 of
which are endemic), including many migratory birds.
The Plains also feature many interesting attractions
such as ‘Baker’s Falls’, ‘Chimmini Pool’ and the
famous ‘World’s End’ (a 3700 ft sheer drop that
offers fabulous views of the tea estates below
and all the way out to the distant southern coastline).
SCHEDULE
• After breakfast proceed to Horton Plains via
Nuwara Eliya.
• Lunch on the way at a hotel or restaurant.
• A bird watching trail in Horton Plains Park.
• Finishing the trail back to Nuwara Eliya for
the night.
• Dinner & night stay at Nuwara Eliya. Value
– The Rock or similar / Standard – Gallway Forest
Lodge or similar / Deluxe – Tea Factory Hotel
or similar.
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| Day 7 - Nuwara
Eliya - Yala (FB) |
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Leaving Nuwara
Eliya to Yala.
YALA
NATIONAL PARK lies 24km northeast
of Tissamaharama and 290km from Colombo
on the southeast coast of Sri Lanka, spanning
a vast 97,878 hectares over the Southern
and Uva Provinces. The vegetation in the
park comprises predominantly of semi-arid
thorny scrub, interspersed with pockets
of fairly dense secondary forest. Small
patches of mangrove vegetation also occur
along the coastal lagoons. The park is renowned
for the variety of its wildlife (most notably
its many elephants) and its fine coastline
(associated with beautiful coral reefs).
It also boasts a large number of important
cultural ruins, bearing testimony to earlier
civilizations and indicating that much of
the area used to be populated and well developed.
SOME
OF THE BIRDS IN YALA
Yala is also a very large reserve with rivers,
lagoons, saltpans, rocky outcrops, shoreline
and forest in the southeast. Birding in
Yala is very interesting because of its
complex system of forest. SL Jungle fowl,
White-bellied Fish Eagle, Grey-headed Fish
Eagle, Painted Stork, Black- necked Stork,
Lesser Adjutant, Pompadour Green Pigeon
and flocks of flamingoes can be seen in
this reserve.
SCHEDULE
• Finishing breakfast proceed to Yala.
• Lunch on the way at a hotel or restaurant.
• Evening at leisure after a long journey.
• Dinner & night stay at Yala / Tissamaharama.
Value – Chandrika or similar / Standard
– Tissamaharama Resort or similar / Deluxe
– Yala Village Hotel or similar. |
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8 - Yala – Bundala – Yala [FB] |
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A visit
to Yala & Bundala. Lunch at the
hotel.
After lunch a visit to Bundala Bird
Sanctuary. |
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The high species
richness of birds in the BUNDALA
NATIONAL PARK resulted in it
being declared as Sri Lanka’s first
Ramsar site in 1990. A wetland of
international importance for migratory
waterfowl. The park consists mainly
of dry thorny scrubland and lagoons.
The highlight of Bundala is the migratory
Greater Flamingo, which visits in
large flocks of over 1000 individuals,
from Rann of Kutch- India. In particular
you may find Indian Cormorant, Yellow
Bittern, Black-crowned Night and Purple
Herons. The area is also famous for
crocodiles.
SCHEDULE
• Finishing breakfast proceed to Yala
for a morning safari.
• Lunch at the hotel.
• Evening visit to the Bundala National
Park.
• Dinner & night stay at Yala
/ Tissamaharama. Value – Chandrika
or similar / Standard – Tissamaharama
Resort or similar / Deluxe – Yala
Village Hotel or similar.
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Singharaja [FB] |
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From Yala, leaving
to Singharaja after breakfast.
Lunch at the Singharaja Kudawa Camp. |
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SINHARAJA
rain forest, which is a world heritage site,
may be described either as a Tropical Lowland
Rainforest or Tropical wet evergreen forest.
Birding in this ecosystem is very interesting.
95% of the endemic birds of Sri Lanka have
been recorded in Sinharaja.
Sinharaja
is the best location to observe the flock
behavior of birds We will be looking for
Sri Lanka Spur fowl, Sri Lanka Jungle fowl,
Green-billed Coucal, Red-faced Malkoha,
Blue Magpie and Spot-winged Thrush, Endemic
White-faced Starling, Sri Lanka Myna amongst
others. Also keep an eye out for the endemic
purple-faced leaf monkeys moving through
the canopy, and the impressive grizzled
Indian squirrel.
SCHEDULE
• Proceed to Singharaja after an early breakfast.
• After lunch, Singharaja Rainforest exploration.
• Dinner & night stay at Singharaja.
Value – Singharaja Lodge or similar / Standard
– luxury camping with BBQ / Deluxe – Boulder
Gardens or similar |
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| Day 10 - Singharaja
- Colombo - Katunayake Airport |
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via Colombo. |
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