zExploring South India & Sri Lanka

Check in to the Vivanta by Taj Malabar Hotel in the heart of this historic city.

Your tour of India’s first European settlement includes the Dutch Palace, Jewish Synagogue and St. Francis Church. Dine at Fort Kochi, the city’s finest seafood restaurant, and enjoy a performance of traditional Kathakali dance. Meals B,D

Explore the quiet backwaters of Kerala on your privately chartered houseboat. After lunch onboard, check in to the Kumarakom Lake Resort. Meals B,L

Enjoy an early morning visit to the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary, a vital habitat for a variety of migratory birds. The rest of your day is at leisure followed by an evening motorboat excursion along the meandering canals of Kerala. Meals B

Visit Mannarasala Temple, with its 30,000 images of serpent gods, and opulent Krishnapuram Palace. Continue to your enchanting resort, The Leela. Meals B

Join our yoga master for a morning meditation session. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy the cliff-top setting of your resort. Meals B

Transfer to the airport for your included flight to Colombo. Then journey into the central plains to Sigiriya and check in to the Vil Uyana Hotel. Meals B

Rising 650 feet above the plains, the rock fortress of Sigiriya is an astounding palace complex of gardens, pools, and fountains built in the 5th century. Your tour takes you to the summit for glorious views of the countryside. Meals B

Visit Matale, surrounded by fragrant spice plantations, and continue on to historic Kandy. Check in to the Chaaya Citadel and tour Dalada Maligawa, a revered temple strongly associated with the early spread of Buddhism. Meals B

The final stronghold of the Sinhalese Kings is revered to this day as the island’s cultural capital. Today you’ll visit the Royal Botanical Gardens, laid out in 1832 and considered one of the world’s finest. Meals B

Travel to Nuwara-Eliya and check in to the unique Heritance Tea Factory Resort, set on a lush organic tea plantation. Try your hand at tea harvesting and sample fine Ceylon Tea. Meals B

This day is yours to relax and enjoy the amenities of your resort, surrounded by the misty mountain ranges and cool verdant forests which made this a favored hill station of the British. Meals B

Continue to the Galle Face Hotel in Colombo. Meals B

A morning orientation tour takes you through the capital, a vibrant port that resonates with Sri Lanka’s millennia-old cultural heritage and its rich Colonial history. Meals B

Our tour services end this morning after breakfast. Meals B