Trekking & Hiking 7 Days
Leisure Travel Sri Lanka
Leisure Travel Sri Lanka has on offer this special tailor made tour for those who would like a bit of adventure in trekking & hiking, camping and water rafting. Your guide will take you to places of great interest in the outback, hill Country, tea plantations, jungles in the hills and ancient cities. This is a wonderful opportunity to see it all in 7 days. You can add a village excursion at Hiriwadunna, Habarana at an extra cost. At this excursion you can experience the actual village life and watch a local cookery demonstration. ​

DAY 01 - WHITE WATER RAFTING

Get your adrenalin pumping

Pick up from your hotel in Colombo or Negombo. Proceed to Kitulgala for white water rafting. Stop for lunch at Kitulgala rest house. Continue your journey to Dalhousie, a village situated close to the base of Adams Peak. Enjoy lookout points at Laxapana falls and seven virgin mountains ranges know as Saptha Kanya Hills, where trekking is famous as well.
Settle in Dalhousie for an early morning climb up Adam's Peak. (2:30 am start)
Overnight stay in Dalhousi

DAY 02 - CLIMB ADAM'S PEAK

Watch the beautiful sunrise from its peak.
Wake up at 2:00 a.m. and start the climb at 2:30 am
You will be delighted to see a spectacular sunrise. Adam's Peak is a UNESCO declared world heritage site. 
Walk back to hotel, approximately 3 hours. 
After breakfast proceed on scenic drive to Kandy. 
Overnight stay in Kandy

DAY 03 - KNUCKLES/TREKKING & CAMPING

A mountain range that is enchanting. 

7:00 .am start drive from Kandy to Knuckles Mountain range. See the Victoria reservoir. Pass though village home gardens, terraced rice fields, tea plantations and exotic forests. Start trekking on smooth medium and hard levels in trails within tea plantations, second-generation forests, evergreen pigmy forests and bamboo corridors that lead up the mountain range. Picnic lunch. Enjoy resplendent views and camp for the night. Campsite set in a huge pre-historic shelter in the thick jungle.
Overnight camp at Knuckles

DAY 04 - TREKKING & CAMPING

Experience the thrill of nature & cloud forests
After breakfast start your adventurous trekking up the knuckles peak passing grassland, Cloud forests, and crystal clear water streams. Learn about the bio-diversity and geology of cloud forests in this region. Enjoy the panoramic views from the peak amidst thick jungle foliage. Picnic and walk back to location where jeep is parked or enjoy lunch at a village house. Drive down to Mahiyangana Lake. Camp by the Sarobora lake. Enjoy bonfire, barbecue, and singsong. Camp setting is on floating tents on lake.
Overnight Camping at Sarobora Lake

DAY 05 - TREK TO VEDDHA VILLAGE

Meet the indigenous people Sri Lanka
After breakfast departure to Polonnaruwa, an ancient capital city. On the way visit a Veddha village (aboriginal settlement). Walk around the village setting and explore the veddha life style in the jungle. After lunch take a scenic drive passing a huge reservoir. Observe wild elephants at Maduru Oya National park. 
Overnight at Polonnaruwa guesthouse.

DAY 06 - WILDLIFE SAFARI

Explore the wild life of Sri Lanka
After breakfast visit Polonnaruwa an ancient City (a UNESCO listed world heritage site). After lunch drive to Minneriya lake national park for wildlife safari. You can watch wildlife until sunset. Drive to eco resort set within the jungle in Sigiriya. 
Overnight stay at Sigiriya.

DAY 07 - CLIMB SIGIRIYA ROCK

UNESCO heritage listed site
After an early breakfast climb the world heritage listed Sigiriya rock fortress. Return to hotel for lunch and proceed to historic cave temple at Dambulla. (17th century world heritage listed temple site). You will see well preserved Buddha carvings and wall paintings.
Overnight stay at Dambulla.
This cave temple has remained a sacred pilgrimage site for 22 centuries. You will find 157 statues and mural paintings of significant importance. This is a temple well preserved in a rock overhanging despite being visited for centuries. It is worth a visit.

DAY 08 - END OF TOUR

 Depart to Airport or continue your stay at selected beach hotel. 
Need to Extend your stay. We can pre- arrange hotel reservations for you.