Ayubowan (May You Live Long !!) 
Welcome to Sri Lanka. 

• Meet and greet upon arrival at Colombo international airport 
• Transfer and check-in to hotel in Habarana
• Relax and unwind after long flight.
• Night walk to see the Slender Loris (Sigiriya or Dambulla) 
• No other activities scheduled for today
• Overnight stay in Habarana

• Visit Sam Popham Arboretum – Dambulla  (2-3 Hrs.)
• Sigiriya sanctuary bird watching.
• Afternoon jeep safari at Minneriya or Kaudulla National Park
• Overnight stay in Habarana

Sam Popham Arboretum is a dry zone arboretum which is home for many birds like the Jungle Magpie Robins, Jungle Fowl, the Red Vented and Black Capped Bulbuls, Recommended Arboretum for bird watching tours and you will see avian species belongs to dry zone of Sri Lanka.

• Transfer to Kandy. (2 Hrs) (UNESCO World Heritage) 
• En route visit Dambulla Cave Temple (UNESCO World Heritage) 
• Visit Royal Botanic Gardens - Peradeniya
• Overnight stay in Kandy

Royal Botanical Gardens is the oldest of formal gardens in Sri Lanka. It is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Kandy Sri Lanka. The garden includes more than 4,000 labeled species of plants, including orchids, spices, medicinal plants, and palm trees.

• Morning visit to Udawattakele Sanctuary Kandy 
• Back to hotel and Leave for Kitulgala after breakfast (3 - 4 Hrs.)
• Nature walks in Kitulgala Rain Forest
• Overnight stay at Kitulgala hotel

Udawattakele Sanctuary is a forest Reserve, often spelled as Udawatta Kele, is a historic forest reserve on a hill-ridge in the city of Kandy. The sanctuary is famous for its extensive avifauna. The reserve also contains a great variety of plant species, especially lianas, shrubs and small trees.

• Birding trail in Makandawa Rain Forest Kitulgala
• Optional rafting / water based activities in Kitulgala 
• Check-out and leave for Nuwara Eliya (2 Hrs)
• Visit Hakgala Botanical Gardens
• Spend some time at Victoria Park – Nuwara Eliya 
• Overnight stay in Nuwara Eliya

Makandawa Forest Reserve is one of Sri Lanka's most beautiful and picturesque bird watching locations. The reserve is home to lots of birds, so we'll keep an eye out for most of endemic birds including the Green-Billed Coucal, Orange-Billed Babbler, Chestnut-Backed Owlet. Recommended bird watching place in Sri Lanka.

• Early morning visit to Horton Plains National Park. (This is 7 KM walk on uneven road) 
• Back to hotel by 11.00 AM 
• Transfer to Yala (3 Hrs)
• Overnight stay in Yala Hotel

Horton Plains National Park is rich with montane evergreen forests, grasslands, marshy lands, and aquatic ecosystems with an area of 3,169 hectares where you’ll witness several endemic flora and fauna during your bird watching tour in Sri Lanka. 12 endemic bird species can be seen at Horton Plains.

• Enjoy Full day safari ride at Yala national park 
• Back to hotel before dusk  
• Overnight stay in Yala 

Yala National Park is the most visited national park in Sri Lanka. It combines a strict nature reserve with a national park. It’s consisting of light forests, scrubs, grasslands, tanks and lagoons where thousands of animals find refuge. Yala gives you a wide range of fauna species including birds and recommended park for bird watching in Sri Lanka.

• Visit to Bundala National Park
• Check-out and proceed to Udawalawa 
• Afternoon safari at Udawalawa National park (Important Bird sanctuary in Sri Lanka)
• Overnight stay in Udawalawa hotel

Bundala National Park is a perfect destination for bird watchers & nature lovers. It harbors 197 bird species and is declared as Ramsar wetland site and a UNESCO biosphere reserve. You will witness many species of native & migrant bird species at Bundala National Park during birding tour in Sri Lanka.

• Enjoy jeep safari at Udawalawa National Park 
• Transfer to Sinharaja rain forest (2 Hrs)
• Nature walk with your personal guide around Sinharaja rain forest buffer zone.  
• Overnight stay in hotel in Sinharaja

Udawalawe National Park is the third most visited national park in Sri Lanka. It is also considered as best bird watching site in Sri Lanka which habitat for many bord species /  herds of elephants, wild buffalo, sambar and spotted deer, and giant squirrels.

• Full day at Sinharaja Rain Forest. 
• Overnight stay in Sinharaja 

Sinharaja Rain Forest is a biodiversity hotspot located in lowland wet zone of Sri Lanka. The reserve is home to over 50% of Sri Lanka's endemic species of butterflies, mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, and very rare amphibians. Sinharaja Rain Forest is a key destination for bird watching in Sri Lanka.

• Nature walk before the breakfast at Sinharaja buffer zone villages. 
• Transfer to Colombo 
• Bird watching at Thalangama lake and Attidiya Bird Sanctuary

Thalangama Wetland - Located on the outskirts of Colombo is a rich and diversified wetland habitat. Its collection of ponds, canals, and rice fields makes it a good place in Colombo suburbs for birding tours in Sri Lanka. Also, Thalangama is a fantastic place to photograph dragonflies and colorful butterflies.

• Enjoy Dutch Cannel boat ride at Muthurajawela Wetland 
• Negombo sightseeing 
• End of the bird watching holiday in Sri Lanka 
• Departure 

Muthurajawela wetland is a well-known bird watching site in Sri Lanka. The bird-watching walk through the wetland leads to the southern end of Negombo Lagoon, where you can see variety of cormorants, ducks, egrets, herons, storks, eagles, terns, swallows, swifts, kingfishers, and as well as Toque Macaque roaming the lagoon.