DAY ONE
On your arrival, we will be there at the Airport to welcome you. From there we will drive you in air-condition comfort to the Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka. Lunch will be arranged for you on the way and by evening you will arrive at Hotel Culture Club. Your dinner and overnight stay will be arranged there and if you prefer, you can experience a herbal massage at the Ayurvedic (Ingenious Medicine) Health Centre - a guaranteed stress-buster to overcome your travel fatigue.

DAY TWO
On this day, after your breakfast at Hotel Culture Club, we will drive you in air conditioned comfort to ANURADHAPURA - the Royal Capital built in 380 BC. After arriving at this Royal Capital, you will see massive STUPAS (domed shrines) remains from Palaces, Temples, Monasteries and Ceremonial Baths - all built by Sinhalese Kings. Here you see the JETAWANA - the largest Stupa in the world (400 feet high) which was constructed by King Mahasena in the 4th Century A.D. When you consider the major monuments of man at the collapse of the Roman Empire, which was the last phase of the ancient civilization, the JETAWANA comes third in line with only the Pyramids of Giza surpassing this, the tallest of which was 483 feet. Monuments such as these leave you rather amazed as to how a tiny island in the Indian Ocean could have in so many ways matched the achievements of the major civilizations of the Ancient World of Egypt, Greece, Rome and India. You will have your picnic lunch during this excursion while you are inside this Royal Capital. After completing your expedition on this way, we will drive you to Hotel Palm Village for your dinner and overnight stay.

DAY THREE
The Royal Capital of ancient Sri Lanka was moved from Anuradhapura to POLONNARUWA after the 10th Century AD. Day three will be allocated to reach this relocated Royal Capital, built by Sinhalese Kings during the 11th - 13th Centuries. The third day of your expedition starts after breakfast. We will drive you once again in air-conditioned comfort to POLONNARUWA through Anuradhapura. This drive across one ancient Capital to another will be an exciting experience. During this drive we will arrange your lunch at Hotel Royal Lotus Girithale. After lunch we will drive you to POLONNARUWA to see the relocated Royal Capital. There you can see Temples, Stupas, The Royal Palace and The Royal Library. Here you will see the 12th Century University of Sri Lanka, which has been abandoned and allowed to go into ruins. It is the only scientific spade of the archaeologist and the imagination of the historians that can piece together the skeletal remains of this educational establishment known as Alahana Pirivena, and perhaps breathe a sense of soul and life into it in order to understand the style of living and its contribution to the ancient civilization of that time. After seeing the monuments of this ancient civilization, we will drive you to Hotel Giritale for your dinner and overnight stay. This hotel, located in a position facing the Giritale Reservoir - a man made lake built for irrigation purposes by the ancient Sinhalese Kings, will provide you with serene atmosphere for the rest of the evening.

DAY FOUR
You begin the fourth day of your expedition after having breakfast at Hotel Giritale. During the morning session we will drive you to see one the man made wonders built by the engineers of this ancient civilization - the Parakrama Samudra - a massive inland sea built by them under the instruction of King Parakramabahu. Then we will drive you to see ancient, ingenious and complex irrigation systems which distributed water from one man made reservoir through an intricate system of channels of different gradients and other artificial water works of every kind which were unique to this ancient civilization. After seeing these engineering marvels created by this ancient civilization, we will drive you back to Hotel Giritale for your lunch. After lunch we will drive you to Habarana Lodge to spend you evening at leisure. Your dinner and overnight stay will be arranged at this Lodge.

DAY FIVE
On your fifth day after breakfast at the Habarana Lodge, we will drive you for an unique experience never experienced before, that is, to climb the Sigiriya Rock. This impressive rock which rises 200 meters out of the jungle, had been transformed in the 5th Century by King Kashyappa into a fortress that became his Capital, as he feared for his life. On top of the rock you can see the ruins of the palace known as "The Heaven Castle". What remains today is only the foundation walls of this once magnificent building and the many fortifications. During the climb you will see the Phenomenal Frescoes of young maidens. No one knows whom these seductive beauties, painted in brilliant colours on the rock wall represents. One can think of Heaven Dwelling Nymphs from a realm of radiant light. King Kashyappa was a poet in construction and thus breathed into the pleasant design of the Pleasure Parks of this fortress, a sense of garden architecture, which is unparalleled in the achievements of even the Persians of that time. You can see this garden architecture at the bottom of the Sigiriya Rock. After having this unique experience you will descent for your lunch after which we will drive you to Hotel Culture Club again for dinner and overnight stay.

DAY SIX
On this day after breakfast at Hotel Culture Club, you will get an opportunity to wander across the breathtaking outback, which over looks Kandalama Lake and Sleeping Soldier Mountain Range. You will get the opportunity to spend the whole morning session in this native flora and fauna environment. After lunch we will drive you to see the Dambula Rock Caves, located in an isolated rock mass. During the 1st Century BC, King Valagambahu used these caves as his refuge from his enemies and which later turned into a Rock Temple with an unique art gallery. Some of the frescoes found here are over 2000 years old. But the present paintings are from the 18th Century AD as these were restored by King Kirthisri Rajasinghe. The caves contain perhaps the largest area of painted surface in any Buddhist shrine in the world. We then drive you back to Hotel Culture Club for dinner and overnight stay.

DAY SEVEN
On this day after breakfast we will drive you to the Bandaranayake International Airport for your flight back home.

Anuradhapura

Polonnaruwa

Dambulla Sigiriya Rock - this impressive monolith which rises 200 metres out of the jungle has been transformed in the 5th Century by King Kashyappa into a fortress and became his capital as he feared for his life. On top of the rock was the King's Palace - "The Heaven Castle". What remain today are only foundation walls of this once magnificent building and the many fortifications. What remains to be seen and is worth the difficult climb are the phenomenal frescoes of the Sigiriya maidens. No one knows whom the seductive beauties, painted in brilliant colours on the rock walls represent. One can think of them As heaven dwelling nymphs from a realm of radiant light. En route visit Dambulla Rock mass and it was here that King Valagambahu took refuge in the 1st Century BC. He later turned the caves into a Rock Temple. Some of the frescoes found here are over 2000 years old and there is a colossal figure of the recumbent Buddha carved out of the living rock some 14 metres long.