Culture
A Kandy cultural dance show, the Temple of the Tooth Relic, and the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Eight friends, one elephant orphanage, and a Bentota beach stop that runs longer than the sightseeing.
Eight friends need a short, high-impact circuit more than a long one , an elephant orphanage and a cultural show to open the trip, then straight to the beach for two nights before Colombo closes it out.
This is one of the Sri Lanka itineraries we've planned for a group of friends before , four nights, five days across Kandy, Beruwala and Colombo, built for eight adults travelling together. It's shared here to show what a friends' trip to Sri Lanka could look like. A version built around your own group's size and dates would look a little different , and that's the point.
Why This Trip
Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage on day one is the kind of stop a group photographs for years , baby elephants fed from oversized bottles, bathed in the river alongside. Kandy's evening cultural show, with its drummers and dancers, gives the group a shared first-night memory before anyone's even unpacked properly.
Two nights in Beruwala keep the back half of the trip loose , a Madu River boat ride and the Kosgoda turtle farm in the morning, then the rest of the day left to the group to split off however they want along Bentota's beach.
per adult, based on 8 adults travelling together, breakfast daily, excluding international airfare and entrance fees
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Day By Day
Land and transfer to Kandy, stopping en route at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. An afternoon Kandy city tour closes with a cultural dance show in the evening.
A transfer down to the coast, with the rest of the day left free at the beach.
A Madu River boat ride and a stop at the Kosgoda Turtle Farm in the morning, with Bentota's beach and water sports centres for the rest of the day.
A transfer to the capital, with an evening city tour of Colombo's markets and colonial landmarks.
Breakfast at the hotel, then a transfer to the airport for the flight home.
What's Included
A Kandy cultural dance show, the Temple of the Tooth Relic, and the Royal Botanical Gardens.
The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage and a Madu River boat ride through the mangroves.
Two nights on Bentota's beach, with water sports and a turtle farm splitting up the group's time.
Colombo's markets and shopping centres on the final full day.
A Kandy cultural dance show, the Temple of the Tooth Relic, and the Royal Botanical Gardens.
The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage and a Madu River boat ride through the mangroves.
Two nights on Bentota's beach, with water sports and a turtle farm splitting up the group's time.
Colombo's markets and shopping centres on the final full day.
A Kandy cultural dance show, the Temple of the Tooth Relic, and the Royal Botanical Gardens.
The Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage and a Madu River boat ride through the mangroves.
Two nights on Bentota's beach, with water sports and a turtle farm splitting up the group's time.
Colombo's markets and shopping centres on the final full day.
Where You'll Stay
Four nights across Kandy, Beruwala and Colombo, with breakfast daily.
Kandy: Earls Regency, for one night. Beruwala: Cinnamon Bey, sea-view rooms, for two nights. Colombo: The Kingsbury Hotel or Sheraton Colombo, deluxe ocean-view rooms, for the final night.
The Fine Print, Handled
Itinerary planning, hotel reservations, private transfers, city tours, entrance fee bookings, international flights, visa assistance, and a single point of contact for the whole group.
Customised by group size, hotel category, travel dates, and pace.
Ready When You Are
Elephants on day one, a beach for two nights, a capital city to close it out , Sri Lanka gives a group of eight a trip with a clear rhythm and enough beach time to make the sightseeing feel earned.
This is one of the itineraries we've built for a group of friends travelling together before, shared here to show what the trip could look like. A version built for your own group , size, pace, and dates , would look a little different.
Estimated from ₹67,250 per adult · All inclusive