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Breakfast at the
Hotel.
Morning - visit
the Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya.
Royal Botanical Gardens :
This botanical garden was fruit built as a pleasure garden by
a Sinhala king and was expanded by the British. It is 147
acres in extent and provides an amazing variety of trees,
plants and flowers.
Transfer from Colombo via
Pinnawala.
The Pinnawela Elephant
Orphanage : The Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, established
in 1975, commenced with seven orphans. Today some of these
orphans enjoys the fortune of seeing their grandchildren born
in the same location. The original objective of establishing
the orphanage inclined more towards tourism, but is soon
became a conversation and educational centre. With the help of
local and foreign elephant experts, Pinnawela started a
scientific captive-breeding programme for elephants. The free
movement of the herd enhanced the chances for respective
individuals of both sexes to get together and mate. The nearby
river played a dominant role in this regards, and in 1984, the
first baby of Pinnawela was born.
The success story of Pinnawela
has drawn the attention of scientists from all over the world.
Almost considerable number of books and research articles on
Pinnawela have been published in several languages. The
members of the Pinnawela herd have been filmed, videoed and
photographed thousands of times by professionals.
Morning City & Shopping tour of
Colombo.
Colombo : Colombo, like many capital cities in
developing countries is fast changing its face. Almost
ovenight, skyscrapers arise from where old buildings once
stood. Yet in some parts, the old world charm is retained, For
example, there is a 100-year-old clock tower and several
British built colonial buildings. Other places of interest are
a Hindu and a Buddhist temple, residential areas where you
find the stately homes of the affluent, the Bandaranaike
Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) - an outright
gift to Sri Lanka from the People's Republic of China & the
old parliament. Also visit House of Fashions,
ODEL, Noritake ceramic shop & a local souvenir shop.
Overnight stay in Colombo. |
