Trips

We can organise one day trips or longer excursions according to your wish departing from our residence Land’s End. Here you can find a description of interesting places and also examples of excursions.

One day trips

SAFARI – Balabitiya. Departure in the morning with minibus, also boattrip through mangroves, visit of clove planations.

Visit of turtle farm – Balapitiya, manufactory of palm wine, original „Moon stone“ mines in Asia / Ambalangoda/. Return late afternoon.

YALA NATIONAL PARK – Departure 2am from Unawatuna by minibus. Trip along the southern coastline. At sunrise 6h30am arrival at national park YALA to observe animals (elephants). After breakfast at 10am visit of salt mines in Hambantota, rice fields, Dondra, ancient Hindu „Vishnu temple“, Buddha statue, Wewurukannala, Duth fortress Matara, fisher men village. Return in evening to Unawatuna.

RAIN FOREST SINHARAJA. Departure 6am, visit of jungle, waterfalls, ancient trees, apes…

3-day trip

KANDY N’ ELIYA YALA NATIONAL PARK

1st day:

Departure 8am from Unawatuna along the coast direction Colombo. Halfway Colombo we go inland direction Kandy. Visit of elephant farms and orphanage in Pinnawala.

Kandy – botanical garden, farm with different spices, temple of the tooth and other historical sights.

2nd day:

After breakfast departure to Nuwaraeliya, on the way you will see endless tea plantations, great mountains with waterfalls. Visit of tea factory with tasting and possibility to buy the best Ceylon tea. Visit of Nuwaraeliya. After, we continue to Tissamaharamaya through the famous vegetable plantations. We pass by the Bandarawela falls. In the evening we stop in Tissamaharamaya.

3rd day:

We enter the national park YALA by sunrise at 6.30am, observing of animals (elephants). After breakfast at 10am we visit the salt mines at Hambantota, rice fields, Dondra, ancient hindu Vishnu temple, Buddha statue, Wewurukannala, Dutch fortress Matara, fisher men village. Evening return to Unawatuna.

Several days:

1st day: Transfer to Anuradhapury

2nd day: Anuradhapura and Mihintale

3rd day: Polonnaruwa

4th day: Sygiria

5th day: Kandy, elephant orphanage

6th day: Nuwara Eliya, visit of tea factory, return

Longer trip

Golf in Nuwara Elyie and Kandy