Sri Lanka Food Tour- Culinary Adventures
12N~13D | Specialty Tour
$ 2080 per person | twin-sharing
The Tour :
Indulge in gastronomic delights on this immersive Sri Lanka food tour, where you’ll uncover the art of cooking with authentic regional flavors, local ingredients, and traditional methods such as preparing meals in clay pots over an open flame. Alongside these rich culinary experiences, you’ll also explore the island’s stunning natural landscapes and remarkable cultural heritage, creating a perfect blend of food, nature, and history.
When to go :
A Sri Lanka food tour is great almost all year, except for brief unsettled weather periods in late October, late April, and early May.
Best For :
Strenuousness :
Wheelchair Accessibility :
Highlights:
- Hiriwadunna Trek & Village cookery lesson
- Cookery lesson at a spice garden in Matale
- Sigiriya Rock - UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Hiking Little Adam's Peak in Ella
- Nine-arch bridge in Demodara
- Dambulla cave temple - UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Sightseeing in Kandy - UNESCO World Heritage Site
- A cookery class at the Dutch Fort in Galle
- Colombo city tour
- Elephant orphanage in Pinnawala
- Ceylon Tea Museum in the Hantana Mountains
- Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya
- Ravana falls in Ella
- Ruins of Polonnaruwa - UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Jeep safari in Minneriya National Park
- Dutch Fort of Galle - UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Beach break in Bentota
Includes:
- Accommodation
- Breakfast
- 03 cookery lessons with ingredients
- Private transport
- English-speaking chauffeur-guide
- Entrance tickets to mentioned sites
- All mentioned activities
Itinerary
Day 01
Accommodation : NH Collection Colombo
Day 02
Accommodation : Aliya Resort in Sigiriya
Day 03
- Begin your morning with a delightful village tour in nearby Hiriwadunna, a signature experience of this Sri Lanka food tour.
- Stroll through the village to Hiriwadunna Lake and hop onto a catamaran to cross to the opposite bank.
- Take a hands-on cooking class, preparing a traditional Sri Lankan lunch over an open fire using clay pots.
- Learn local culinary techniques: scrape coconuts, extract coconut milk, and grind sambol-salads on a stone grinder.
- Relish the lunch you prepared, then return to the hotel for a midday rest.
- In the afternoon, enjoy an exciting jeep safari at Minneriya National Park, home to the largest seasonal elephant gathering in the world.
Accommodation : Aliya Resort in Sigiriya
Day 04
Accommodation : Aliya Resort in Sigiriya
Day 05
- Start the day with an informative excursion to a spice garden in Matale, a must-visit stop on this Sri Lanka food tour.
- Participate in a hands-on cookery lesson, learning how to prepare authentic local dishes using tropical spices.
- Transfer to Kandy and embark on a scenic city tour:
- Drive along Upper Lake Drive for panoramic views of the city.
- Stroll around the man-made Kandy Lake.
- Browse through local gift stores for souvenirs.
- In the evening, enjoy a traditional cultural show followed by a visit to the Temple of the Tooth Relic, enriching your culinary and cultural experience.
Accommodation : THE GOLDEN CROWN in Kandy
Day 06
Accommodation : THE GOLDEN CROWN in Kandy
Day 07
Accommodation : Araliya Green Hills in Nuwara Eliya
Day 08
Accommodation : The Pinnacle Ella
Day 09
Accommodation : Thaala Bentota
Day 10
- Start the morning at the Dutch Fort, participating in an interactive cookery lesson, a highlight of your Sri Lanka food tour.
- Shop at the nearby local market with your host to gather fresh ingredients for your dishes.
- Learn to prepare meals using authentic regional flavors, local ingredients, and traditional cooking methods.
- Enjoy the fruits of your labor with a freshly cooked meal, then bid farewell to your host.
- Return to your beach hotel in Bentota and spend the rest of the day at leisure.
Accommodation : Thaala Bentota
Days 11 & 12
Accommodation : Thaala Bentota
Day 13
At noon, transfer back to the airport for your flight, concluding your immersive Sri Lanka food tour.
Suggested
Accommodation
This corporate hotel ranks as the largest premium 5-star city hotel in the island, housing 14 restaurants, cafes and pubs, 11 ballrooms, conference halls and private meeting rooms, 02 swimming pools, a spa and a gym. Hotel provides facilities for differently-abled traveler.
In-room amenities include a safety deposit box, a special pillow menu and free WiFi.
The hotel is located close to a number of UNESCO-preserved World Heritage sites. All rooms offer lake views. The main restaurant ‘Viewing Gallery’ serves international and Sri Lankan cuisines, while the ‘Lu Lin’ – Chinese.
There is an infinity pool, a spa and a gym to keep guests toned. The ‘Canopy’ and ‘Isle’ bars serve alcohol and non-alcohol beverages. WiFi is free here.
With 90 well-appointed Deluxe rooms and 18 Suites, the Golden Crown is the newest player among the luxury hotels in Kandy city. All rooms and suites are fitted with signature ‘Golden Crown Beds’ and luxurious rainfall showers. The hotel serves a range of Asian cuisine, as well as Western.
Other in-room amenities include minibars, HDTV, safety deposit boxes, tea-coffee facilities, a coffee maker, bathrobes and slippers. Wi-Fi is free.
This lean four-star hotel offers great expansive views of the Nuwara Eliya town. Most of the city attractions are under a couple of miles away. In-house dining options include the ‘Seven Hills’ buffet restaurant, the A’ la Carte ‘Single Tree’ and an all-day dining restaurant, along with ‘Galway Wine Bar’, ‘Red Sky Bar’, pool bar and outdoor beer garden.
The hotel has a heated indoor pool, a gym, shopping arcade, night club on-demand laundry service and a doctor on call.
The Mountain Heavens is blessed with unobstructed sweeping views of the legendary Ella Gap with soaring Little Adam’s Peak and Ella Rock on either side.
All rooms come with plush king-size beds, hot and cold water, cable channels, a bean bag and complimentary tea & coffee making facilities.
The coral gardens of Hikkaduwa, which the hotel can boast as a near-by attraction, is one of the 03 marine national parks of Sri Lanka. But the long sandy beach strip of Hikkaduwa is mostly famous for its vivid nightlife and aquatic sports.
Superior rooms come with private balconies with ocean views, king size beds, shower cubicles, safety deposit box, iron and ironing board, cable TV and free WiFi.
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