Excursion to Hill Country by Train (5)

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Airport > Colombo⌄

   Relax in the morning, Afternoon go for a City tour of Colombo. Visit fort and Pettah area, fort Railway Station, Dinner & overnight stay at the Colombo hotel.

   Overnight: Overnight at a 3-star hotel.

2. 2Colombo > Nanu Oya > Nuwara Eliya⌄

   On arrival at Nanu Oya railway station You will be transferred to selected hotel or bungalow in Nuwara Eliya. Journey from Nanu oya to Nuwara Eliya takes approximately 20minutes. Lunch at the hotel and refresh yourself. Afternoon city tour of Nuwara Eliya, visit Gregory lake,

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Overnight at a 3-star hotel.

3. 3Nuwara Eliya > Horton Plain > Nuwara Eliya⌄

   Horton Plains National Park – 20 miles (32 km) from Nuwara Eliya via Ambewela and Pattipola, is the Horton Plains only 3160 hectares in extent. Known to Sri Lankans as Mahaeliya, it became Horton Plains after Sir Robert Horton, British Governor from 1831- 1837. Horton Plains became a Nature Reserve in 1969 and upgraded as a National Park in 1988 due to its unique watershed and bio-diversity values. Its flora has high level of endemism. The hills are covered with diverse wet low evergreen forest with even large trees grown flattened to the ground on the higher windswept slopes.

   In the evening visit a Tea Factory and Tea Plantations at Labukelle or Radella estate, where you taste the tea and experience of processing tea at the factory. After completion return back to the hotel for Dinner & Overnight stay at the Hotel, Nuwara Eliya.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Overnight at a 3-star hotel.

4. 4Nuwara Eliya > Colombo⌄

   After breakfast you will be picked up by 0830Hrs and transfer to Nanu oya railway station to board the train to Colombo fort. Train leaves at 0922Hrs (Udarata Menike) and will be arrive to Colombo fort stations by 1530Hrs. Upon arrival at Colombo, you will be transferred to your chosen hotel.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Overnight at a 3-star hotel.

5. 5colombo > BIA⌄

   Free day in Colombo for shopping and/or relaxation. Dinner & overnight at the Selected hotel in Colombo.

   Meals: Breakfast

   Overnight: Overnight at a 3-star hotel.