Enjoy the luxury of your own private guide to introduce you to Kandy, set in the hills around an artificial lake 115km east of Colombo, is probably the most charming city in Sri Lanka. En route you will visit the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage to see elephants bathing in the river at Pinnawela and then visit a tea factory at Giragama.

In Kandy, visit the Dalada Maligawa/ the Temple of the Tooth Relic, which houses the Tooth Relic of the Lord Buddha, rescued from the cremation flames in 543 BC and brought to Sri Lanka in the 4th Century. The relic cannot be seen as it is encased within seven jeweled gold caskets, each worth a King's ransom.

Continue to visit the Kandyan Arts and Crafts Center to find craftsmen fashioning brass, silver and lacquer work. The next stop is at the Royal Botanical Gardens. See its magnificent Orchid House and the grove of splendid trees, all planted by eminent world figures. You will return to Colombo by evening. Tour includes lunch in Kandy and entrance fees to the Botanical Gardens, Dalada Maligawa and Pinnawela.

On this tour you will have the opportunity to climb the Sigiriya Rock Fortress built in 5th Century A.D.and also visit all the sites of ancient kingdom where you will gain a better understanding of the island's remarkably rich cultural and religious history. Uncover lesser known, but still entrancing, remains of Sri Lanka's cultural past.

Visit the Golden Rock Cave Temple at Dambulla before continuing to Kandy. Enroute to Kandy you will visit the exotic Spice Gardens and in Kandy you will visit the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Bazaar and Arts and Crafts Center, the Temple of the Tooth and the performance of Kandyan Cultural Dance group.

Proceeding to hill country town Nuwara Eliya known for its invigorating mountain climate and scenery where you will enjoy a visit to a tea plantation and a tea factory and tour of Nuwara Eliya city. Then depart to Unawatuna in the South Coast, en route visit the Elephant Orphanage at Pinnawela. Then onto Galle with a brief sightseeing tour of Galle the Colonial Dutch town and its well preserved 17th century Fortress, finishing the tour off with a day at the Beach relaxing at your leisure.

Start with a sightseeing tour of Colombo with your own private tour guide driving through the Commercial area of the 'Fort' so named, because both the Portuguese and Dutch had a fort at this point. Drive past 'Pettah' - a noisy Oriental bazaar with a hotchpotch of humanity, ancient vehicles, bargains, mosques and temples.

Visit a Hindu and Buddhist temple and the Jumi-ul Alfar Jumma Mosque.

Continue the tour through the Wolvendhal Dutch Church and Hultsdorf Law Courts, then the residential area of Cinnamon Gardens which was an important cinnamon-growing region during the Dutch period. From here you proceed on to the Independence Square, the Convention Center (BMICH) and the National Museum.