SLDT02-1 - Sri Lanka Day tour to Kandy from Colombo

SLDT02-1 - Sri Lanka Day tour to Kandy from Colombo

This day trip intend to cover Tea factory, Kandy city tour, cultural show and pay homage to the Buddhist most sacred “Temple of the tooth (Dalada Maligawa). On this trip your first stopover will be at a tea factory where you will witness how world finest Sri Lankan tea is processed and if you wish to you can purchase tea from the outlet which you can take home to have perfect good cup of tea back in the home. Upon reaching Kandy, commences the site seeing in Kandy which includes Kandy market, the magnificent Kandy Lake, view point and visit the UNESCO listed Dalada Maligawa and cultural show and on completion leave back to Colombo or Negombo.

• Departure time – 6.30 am
• Departure Point – Colombo or Negombo
• Distance one way 120 kms.
• Total duration of the day trip 13.00 hrs. To 15.00 hrs.
• Drive time one way 3.00 hrs.
• Tea factory visit.
• Kandy market.
• Kandy city tour.
• Cultural show.
• Dalada Maligawa,
• The worship of corporeal remains of the Buddha, as recorded in the Mahaparinibbana – sutta (the Record of the Demise of the Buddha), was sanctioned by the Buddha himself on the verge of his passing away. The Buddha declared that four noble persons are worthy of the bodily remains being enshrined and honored, the Buddha, the Personal Buddhas (Pacceka Buddhas,) the Arahanths (Buddha’s disciples) and the Universal Monarchs (Cakkavati kings). The bodily remains of the Buddha, after their distribution among various states that claimed for the relics, were enshrined in the funerary mounds known as stupa.
• Depart from Kandy.
• Drop off in Colombo or Negombo. End of the day tour.