Pinnawala – Eelephant orphanage-
The Pinnewela Elephant Orphanage is situated northwest of the town of Kegalle, halfway between the present capital Colombo and the ancient royal residence Kandy in the hills of central Sri Lanka. It was established in 1975 by the Sri Lanka wildlife department in a 25-acre (100,000 m2) coconut property near the Maha Oya river. The orphanage was originally founded in order to afford care and protection to the many orphaned elephants found in the jungle. As of 2008, there are about 84 elephants.

You can see baby jumbos wondering around their cramped foster home or bottle fed and bathed by their human foster fathers at Pinnawala. Most orphans are accustomed to their curious human visitors and are harmless. Open from 10.00am and 2.00pm. Feeding time is about and hour earlier.

Kandy  -
Kandy is the English name for the city of Maha Nuvara (Senkadagalapura) in the centre of Sri Lanka. It is the capital of the Central Province and Kandy District. It lies in the midst of hills in the Kandy Valley which crosses an area of tropical plantations, mainly tea. Kandy is one of the most scenic cities in Sri Lanka. Kandy is of both an administrative and religious city.

Attractions: Temple, botanical gardens, kandy lake,  shopping

Gampola –
Gampola is a town located near Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Gampola was made as the capital city of the Island by the King Buwanekabahu the fourth, who ruled for 4 years in mid fourteenth century. The last king of Gampola was King Buwanekabahu the fifth. He ruled the Island for 29 years.

Attractions: Lankathilaka Viharaya, Gadaladeniya (A roof made of stone), Ambekke (wood carvings)   

Nuwaraeliya – (Little England)
The town was founded by Samuel Baker as a hill retreat for the British during the colonial era, where typical English pastimes including golf ,fox hunting, polo and cricket were played.

Although the town was founded in the 19th century by Englishmen, the site was frequently visited by native Sinhalese travellers. It has also been an area of pre-historic human beings as recent archaeological findings confirm.

Attractions: Tea and vegetable plantations, Tea factories, Golf course

Ella –  
Ella, situated in the intermediate climatic zone where the average temperature varies between 12 – 15°c due to the picturesque hills surrounding the area is an ideal location in the Uva province for an un spoilt holiday with a tempting variety of diverse attractions – Nature, Wildlife, Culture etc. being a pre-dominantly agricultural area.

Attractions:
Waterfalls - Bamarakanda (Tallest), Dunhinda (biggest), Diayluma, Rawana Falls
Trecking
Panoramic views  
Train Journey - View panoramic scenery in the observation car
Palces to relax on the mountain areas

Yala –

Yala National Park is a national park in Sri Lanka. The reserve covers 979 km², although only the original 141 km² are open to the public. Much of the reserve is parkland, but it also contains jungle, beaches, freshwater lakes and rivers and scrubland. The latter zone is punctuated with enormous rocky outcrops. The range of habitats give rise to a good range of wildlife.

Yala has the world's highest concentration of Leopards, although seeing this largely nocturnal carnivore still requires some luck. There are good numbers of Asian Elephants, Crocodile, Wild Boar, Water Buffalo and Grey langurs amongst other large animals.

The open parkland attracts birds of prey such as White-bellied Sea Eagle and the wetlands have Waders, Painted Storks, and the rare Black-necked Stork.

Landbirds of course are in abundance, and include Sirkeer Malkoha, Indian Peafowl and Sri Lanka Junglefowl.

Katharagama – (one of the 7 impotant temples of Hindus)

Katharagama is a regionally popular place of pilgrimage of Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim and indigenous Vedda communities of Sri Lanka and South India, where the god Muruga is the main deity.

Singharaja Rainforest –
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a national park in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

The hilly virgin rainforest, part of the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests ecoregion, was saved from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility, and was designated a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988. The reserve's name translates as Kingdom of the Lion.

UDAWALAWE NATIONAL PARK is located approximately 200 km south-east of Colombo city and is a major eco tourism destination in Sri Lanka . The 30,821 hectares dry zone game park has an annual rainfall of 1524 mm and an average temperature of 29.4°C.

It is most famous for the many elephants that live there (about 400 in total). During a visit, it is not unusual to see whole herds of adults and young elephants– feeding or bathing and playing in the water!

South coast -

Colombo –
Business capital in Sri Lanka. About 6 - 7 kms away from the official capital Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte of Sri Lanka.

(Shopping, zoological garden, Museum, Old parliament, Colombo Harbor, Famous Mt Lavinia Beach, Ancient colonial hotels [Mt Lavinia, Galleface, Grand Oriental], Gangarama Temple – situated In the bere lake. New parliament in Kotte, Independent square, golf course)   

Ratnapura

Kithulgala –
(Famous film The Bridge on the River Kwai  was filmed here) White water rafting.

Sigiriya –

Sigiriya (Lion's rock) is an ancient rock fortress and castle/palace ruin situated in the central Matale District of Sri Lanka, surrounded by the remains of an extensive network of gardens, reservoirs, and other structures. It is a popular tourist destination, also known for its ancient paintings (frescos), very similar to those in the Ajanta Caves of India. The Sigiraya was built during the reign of King Kassapa I (AD 477 – 495), and it is one of the seven World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka.

Dambulla –

The city of Dambulla is situated in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, situated 148 km north-east of Colombo and 72 km north of Kandy.

Major attractions of the city include the largest and best preserved cave temple complex of Sri Lanka, and the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, famous for being built in just 167 days. The city also boasts to have the largest rose quartz mountain range in South Asia, and the Iron wood forest, or Namal Uyana.

Anuradha pura –

Anuradhapura, is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.
The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic Malvathu Oya.

Trincomale –
Trincomalee (Sinhala: Tirikunamalaya) is a district, a bay and a port city on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka, about 110 miles northeast of Kandy. The town is built on a peninsula, which divides the inner and outer harbours.

Attractions: Natural harbor, Hot wells, Nilaweli beach,

Batticcaloa –

Batticaloa is the provincial capital of the Eastern province of Sri Lanka. It is also the seat of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka. It is on the east coast, 69 m. South by South East of Trincomalee, situated on an island.

Negombo –
Negombo is a town of about 65,000, approximately 37 km north of Colombo, in Sri Lanka. It is located at the mouth of the Negombo Lagoon, about 7 km from the Bandaranaike International Airport. Negombo has a small port, and its economy is mainly based on tourism and its centuries-old fishing industry. though it also produces ceramics and brass ware.

Attractions: City tour, fishing harbor (Lellama), Dutch cannel, Lagoon, the Beach

Chilow – Beach and the fishing Harbor