Later, continue to Sigiriya and have a good rest for the following best tour packages in Sri Lanka.

In the afternoon, we will drive 30 minutes to the peaceful Hiriwadunna Village. Follow your guide to explore this rural village. You will find paddy fields and vegetable gardens outside traditional bungalows, and kitchen ware and farm tools hanging on the mud walls. Sri Lanka is a poor country with a per capita GDP of about USD 3,800. With weak industrial base, its national income is heavily dependent on tourism and handicraft industry. Rare modern facilities can be seen in most villages of the country. However, you can always feel the optimism and kindness of Sri Lankans. They will warmly welcome you with their palms together and a big smile on the face. Immerse yourself in the local atmosphere and enjoy an authentic Sri Lankan lunch specially made for you, possibly including delicacies made with curry and coconut. After lunch, you can take a catamaran ride on the nearby lake and watch the birds.

After visiting the temple, your driver guide will take you to watch a wonderful Culture Dance Show. Sri Lankan traditional dance represented by Kandyan dance dates from the 16th century, the origin of which was a kind of sacrificial dance with a history of over 1,000 years. Kandyan dance features powerful and rhythmic movements, especially the imitations of animals’ actions like peacock pecking and spreading wings. Also there will be dance scenes of harvesting or picking tea leaves, showing the charm of vitality and pureness. Then, your driver guide will escort you back to your hotel.

After breakfast, we will head to Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, which is the biggest tropical botanical garden in the country and one of the best ones in the world. Founded in 1371, it used to be the imperial garden of the king. Over 4,000 species of native and overseas plants are grown in the gardens, including orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees. The dense plants make the environment cool and comfortable. You may stroll in the gardens, explore more than 20 different gardens or just leisurely sit in the shade of a huge banyan tree. After that, you will be sent back to your hotel. The rest of the day is left for you.

After admiring the beauty of Galle, we will drive you to the hotel in Bentota.

You may have traveled on a train before, but not all the trains can take you through the scenic views like Sri Lankan trains, especially the one from Bentota to Colombo. This coastal rail route, renowned as one of the most beautiful train rides in the world, stretches along the western shore of Sri Lanka with Indian Ocean close at hand. You will experience a 1-hour train journey like a local and feel the warm and lively atmosphere in the carriage. The highlight of the journey will be the part from Mount Lavinia to Colombo when the tracks are almost parallel with the shore and you may immerse yourself in the salty sea wind and clear blue sea. If you have seen Hayao Miyazaki’s animated movie “Spirited Away”, you will surprisingly find the scenery resonates with the scene in which Chihiro and No-Face take the ghostly train that rides through seawater.

Your best Sri Lanka tour ends today. Your driver guide will transfer you to the airport and see you off. Wish you a nice flight home!