Sri Lanka Bike Tours |
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Mode of transport: vehicle transfers and Bike Rides
Route: Airport/Colombo/Dambulla/Nalanda/Matale/Kandy/Knuckles Range/Peradeniya /Gampola/Galaha/Gampola/Ramboda/Kotmale/Nawalpitiya/Kitulgala/
Ratnapura/Bulthsinghala/Kalutara/Colombo/Airport
Duration: 06 Nights / 07 Days
Accommodation Basis: Full Board
Day 01. Colombo:
Vehicle transfer: Arrival at Bandaranayake International airport and transfer to Colombo.
Accommodation: Check in at Hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure.
Overnight at Hotel.
Day 02. Colombo-Dambulla:
Vehicle transfer: After an early breakfast drive to Dambulla
Accommodation: check into the hotel at Dambulla
Lunch: lunch at the hotel in Dambulla
Visiting tourist attractions: After lunch visit to the Dambulla Rock Cave Temple, a World Heritage Site. The famous ancient rock cave, of which all walls and ceilings are adorned with paintings. The temple houses hundreds of statues of Buddha and deities. The center of the attraction is a colossal statue of Buddha in reclining posture spanning a length of 14 meters carved out of a rock.
Overnight hotel
Day 03.
Biking: Bike Ride No. 1: Dambulla to Nalanda - 35 Km approximately.
Bike ride No. 1 begins at Dambulla and ends at Nalanda; track: flat roads, both smooth and gravel.
Visiting tourist attractions: Reach Nalanda, a cultural attraction of Sri Lanka
Vehicle transfer: Nalanda to Matale by coach.
Lunch: at Matale
Biking: Bike ride No. 2: Matale to Kandy via Knuckles Range - 40 Km ? appr.
Bike Ride No. 2 begins at Matale and ends at Kandy; track: high plains and Knuckles Mountain Range
Rest of the day: at leisure at the hotel in Kandy
Overnight; at the hotel in Kandy
Day 04.
Vehicle transfer: After breakfast drive to Peradeniya
Visiting tourist attractions: Peradeniya Botanical Gardens
Biking: Bike Ride No. 3: Peradeniya to Gampola via Galaha- 20 Km. approx
Bike Ride No. 3 begins at Peradeniya and ends at Gampola; track: Peradeniya campus grounds; Gampola road, slightly on the uphill runs parallel to Sri Lanka longest river called Mahaweli Ganga
Rest: at Gampola before continuing on.
Biking: Bike Ride No. 4: Gampola to Ramboda-34 Km ? approx
Bike Ride No. 4 begins at Gampola and ends at Ramboda; track; winding, climbing and through the mountain pass at Ramboda where lovely Ramboda Falls cascades
Lunch: at Ramboda Falls Inn.
Biking: Bike Ride No. 5: Ramboda to Kotmale-26 Km approx
Bike Ride No. 5 begins at Ramboda and ends at Kotmale; track: descending road
After the lunch descend to Kotmale Holiday Resort by a narrow road along the Kotmale Water Reservoir.
Overnight at the hotel in Kotmale
Day 05.
Vehicle transfer: After an early breakfast, transfer to Nawalapitiya
Bike Ride No. 6 begins at Nawalapitiya ends at Kithulgala-35 Km approx; track: lovely descending country road
Option: 02 hour session of White water rafting on grade 4 & 3 rapids at Kitulgala.
Lunch: at Kithulgala.
Vehicle transfer: From Kitulgala to Ratnapura.
Bike Ride No. 7 begins at Ratnapura to Bulathsinghala 40 Km approx
Bike Ride begins at Ratnapura and ends at Kalutara through the River Kalu ganga and Rubber estates.
Overnight at the hotel in Kalutara.
Day 06.
Vehicle transfer: Kalutara - Colombo:
After breakfast drive to Colombo.
Arrive and check into the hotel at Colombo
Rest of the day free at Colombo
Day 07. Colombo:
Departure: vehicle transfer to CMB Int'l airport |
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