DAY 01 ARRIVAL TRANSFER / NEGOMBO
Met on arrival at Colombo International Airport and transfer to Negombo – Check in at Blue Oceanic Hotel or Similar – Rest of the day at leisure – Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel.

DAY 02 NEGOMBO / MUTURAJAWELA / NEGOMBO
Breakfast at Hotel – Visit Muturajawela Bird Sanctuary to witness birds – Return to Hotel for Dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 03 NEGOMBO / KITULGALA)
Breakfast at Hotel – Leave for Kitulgala. A short visit will be made to a remnant area of rain forest for the endemic Green-billed Coucal and other species. Enroute to Kitulgala, for one night, you will see White-breasted Kingfisher, White-bellied Drongo, Crested Serpent Eagle and Little Swift. The rest house at Kitulgala is attractively situated above a river overlooking the rain forest. It is here that the film "Bridge Over The River Kwai" was filmed in 1958 – Check in at Plantation Hotel or Similar.

Afternoon you cross the river by dug-out canoe to visit the Kelani Forest Reserve. The rain forest has important numbers of endemic Green-billed Coucal, Ceylon Blue Magpie, Ashy-headed Laughingthrush and Spotted-winged Thrushes, Orange-billed and Dark-fronted Babblers and perhaps the secretive Ceylon Spurfowl. The trail winds through the jungle and into an upland area hosting Malabar Trogon , Indian Scimitar Babbler and Common Iora. The lower ground with its fruiting trees attracts endemic Ceylon Mynas. The river itself has Stork-billed Kingfisher, Black Bittern, Little Cormorant, Little Egret and wintering Common Sandpipers – Return to Hotel for Dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 04 KITULGELA / HAMBANTOTA / KALAMATIYA / HAMBANTOTA
After breakfast you leave for Hambantota on the south-east coast – Check in at Oasis Hotel or Similar - Woolly-necked Stork and Oriental Darter are possibilities en route to Hambantota. Kelametiya Sanctuary, an extensive coastal reserve of scrub, lakes, woodland, grassland and estuarine habitats, is particularly good for water birds in Intermediate Egret, Painted Stork, Asian Openbill, Black-headed Ibis, Garganey, Northern Pintail, Common Kingfisher and the ever-present Brahminy Kites. The grasslands hold Pacific Golden Plover, Yellow and, more rarely, Citrine Wagtails, Oriental Skylark, Red-wattled and Yellow-wattled Lapwings and, occasionally, Caspian Plover, Crested Tree, Alpine and Asian-palm Swifts are frequently seen overhead.

A flooded marsh has Pintail Snipe, Greater Thick-knee, Whimbrel and Streaked Weaver in the reeds. As Kalametiya is so diverse in its habitats, you can make more than one visit here. The road to Hambantota passes by several coastal lagoons which host Greater Flamingos, Saunders' Little Terns, egrets, herons, ducks and an amazing variety of shorebirds – Return to Hotel for Dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 05 - HAMBANTOTA / BUNDALA / NUWARA ELIYA
Breakfast at Hotel – Visit Bundala Wild Life Park. You will be making a safaris into these famous reserves. Your hotel also offers ample birdwatching opportunities in the vicinity and from your hotel balconies for passing Greater and Lesser Crested Terns. Also of interest, within a short distance, are saltpans and large tanks with muddy margins for wading birds. Shorebirds include Greater and Lesser Sandplovers, Temminck's, Little and Long-toed Stints, Green, Common, Curlew and Broad-billed Sandpipers and Collared Pratincole, Brown-headed Gull, Little Grebe, Indian Pond and Purple Herons can be common.

A dawn start on one day to visit Bundala, a birdwatcher's paradise. You will travel around the park on rutted and often water-filled tracks. Bundala holds Peafowl that occur here in their natural habitat, often in the tops of trees. We should get close views of Painted Stork, Asian Openbill, Eurasian Spoonbill, Indian and Little Cormorants, Ceylon Junglefowl, Little Green, Chestnut-headed and Blue-tailed Bee-eaters, Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark and Oriental Darter. There are waders including Eurasian and Greater Thick-knees. At dusk you may have a chance of seeing and hearing Indian Nightjars – Leave for Nuwara Eliya – Check in at Grand Hotel or Similar – Evening at leisure – Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel

DAY 06 NUWARA ELIYA / HOTON PLAINS / NUWARA ELIYA
After breakfast travel to Horton Plains National Park. Before you reach the park headquarters, a stop will be made to try and locate the rare Ceylon Whistling Thrush. This small bird only inhabits mountain streams with dense cover above 2000 feet. This is an area reminiscent of the Scottish Highlands and the views are outstanding on a clear day. Common birds include Pied Bushchat, Indian Robin, and Scaly-breasted and Black-throated Munias. The road goes through pine woods where we should find Ceylon Junglefowl, Kashmir Flycatcher, Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Common and Hill Mynas and Black-shouldered Kites. The road then climbs high above wooded valleys where two endemics occur, the Dull-blue Flycatcher and the highly localized Ceylon White-eye . Areas of scrub and low trees have two of Sri Lanka's rarest endemics in the Ceylon Bush-warbler and the Ceylon Woodpigeon.

The plains open up where the habitat is grassland, a good area for Crested Serpent and Mountain Hawk Eagles, Common Buzzard and the rather uncommon race of Black Kite. World's End offers spectacular views at the end of the road past Farr Inn, named after the Scotsman who discovered this area in the last century – Return to Nuwara Eliya - Afternoon visit to Victoria Park for wintering Pied Thrushes, Kashmir Flycatcher and Indian Blue Robin – Return to Hotel for Dinner and overnight stay

DAY 07 NUWARA ELIYA / KANDY
After breakfast leave for Kandy. The road winds its way through tea plantations where we will stop and make a short visit to a tea factory for Hill Swallow. On the outskirts of Kandy are botanical gardens, a birdwatcher's delight for Greater and Black-rumped Flamebacks, Rufous Woodpecker, Common Tailorbird, Alexandrine and Layard's Parakeets, Asian Koel, Asian Brown and Asian Paradise Flycatchers, Oriental White-eye and the attractive Indian Pitta – Check in at Amaya Hills or Similar - There are several gemstone dealers whom you can visit and also witness the famous ceremony at the Temple of the Tooth and cultural show – Return to Hotel for Dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 08 KANDY / DAMBULLA
After breakfast leave for Dambulla – Check in at Amaya Lake or Similar – Afternoon trek around the Lake area for Birds may be productive for Brown-capped Woodpecker, Stork-billed Kingfisher and other wetland birds. The Habarana village is set amongst mature woodland next to a lake and has well-marked nature trails. The grounds are a regular haunt of Brown Fish Owl, Pied Kingfisher, Streaked Weaver, Common Woodshrike and Indian Robin – Return to Hotel for Dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 09 DAMBULLA / SIGIRIYA / POLONNARUWA
Breakfast at Hotel – Leave for Sigiriya, a huge rock that rises nearly 200 metres out of the plain. The rock itself has the local race of Peregrine Falcon. The surrounding jungle and scrub have many species including Chestnut-winged, Grey-backed and Bay-banded Cuckoos, White-rumped Shama , Blue-faced Malkoha, Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher and Grey-breasted Prinia. Your final safari takes you to Kawdulla in the afternoon. Apart from the huge numbers of herons and egrets, you can expect White-bellied and Grey-headed Fish Eagles, Jungle Prinia and, at dusk, Indian and Jerdon's Nightjars – Proceed to Polonnaruwa to visit Second Capital of Sri Lanka and to view Brids in the tank arrears – Return to Hotel for Dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 10 DAMBULLA
Breakfast at Hotel – Full day to witness birds in the Dambulla area – Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel.

DAY 11 DAMBULLA / NEGOMBO
Breakfast at Hotel – Leave for Negombo – Check in at Blue Oceanic Hotel or Similar – Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel.

DAY 12 NEGOMBO / DEPARTURE TRANSFER
Breakfast at Hotel – Transfer to Airport to connect with departure flight.

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